[caption id="attachment_3972" align="alignright" width="333"] Valerie Hayman Sklar, president of Corporate Specialties, accepts the PPAI Technology Award at the PPAI Awards Presentation & Reception on January 9 during The PPAI Expo...
[caption id="attachment_3754" align="alignright" width="500"] Valerie Hayman Sklar, (front row, sixth from right) president of Corporate Specialties, with her fellow graduates of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Detroit program.[/caption] We’re...
Company News, Marketing & Branding
Branding. It’s more than an annual activity, quarterly planning session or something you occasionally work on when you have some spare time. In fact, branding is something that can—and should—be...
Membership has its privileges. And here’s an offer you can’t refuse. Become a Corporate Specialties Insider. As an Insider, you’ll have exclusive access to the forthcoming Take 5 (debuting spring...
In April, I was fortunate enough to join a contingency that traveled to Washington, D.C. to speak to our elected officials about the current judicial issues facing the promotional products...
Each April, promotional products professionals gather on Capital Hill to meet with elected officials as a part of PPAI’s Legislative Education and Action Day (L.E.A.D.). This year, I was invited...
In 2013, I launched a blog series that included a blog for The Apartment Boutique, a companion blog to what I write for Corporate Specialties. And within just a few months, the National Apartment...
Whether you call it branded merchandise, advertising specialties, promotional products or swag, logoed items may be one of the most influential, enduring and cost-effective ad mediums available today. This interactive...
[caption id="attachment_311" align="alignright" width="500"] Jill Wieser, AIA field sales specialist, presents Valerie Hayman Sklar, owner, Corporate Specialties, with the 2013 AIA Velocity Award at the AIA National Sales Summit.[/caption] Growing...
