Viva Las Vegas!

The Imprint sales team spent last week in Las Vegas attending the PPAI Expo, looking for fresh and exciting ideas for our clients that will help them build their brands. 

For those of you unfamiliar, PPAI is the Promotional Products Association International and Expo is the largest and most important trade show in the promo universe! We have an opportunity to catch up with suppliers and industry friends and see the new and exciting things they have to offer. We get to meet new vendors and learn about their offerings as well. 

Of course, the products we see are important, but just as important is building and maintaining relationships with vendors. It’s wonderful to have friends at the supplier level who are truly interested in how we’re doing and what we’ve been up to. It makes everyone’s job so much nicer when there’s a friendship at the other end of the phone call or email. Seeing them and catching up in person makes everyone’s day a little happier!

It's also nice to build and expand the relationships within our own sales team. We work together five days a week, but an opportunity to hang out together and have a few laughs is golden. Some of us have been to Vegas for Expo many times, and sharing the sights and sounds of the trade show and the city with those that are experiencing both for the first time, well, that’s priceless!

Don’t get me wrong – it’s a lot of long days and tired feet, but we come back home super-charged and ready to share what we’ve learned with our clients. Our adventures in Vegas however, we’ll keep to ourselves!