Podcasts about axis promotions

As part of our on-going series on mergers and acquisitions Chef Kate Plummer and Sous-Chef Andrea Pereira talk with Chef Larry Cohen of Axis Promotions, now Halo Branded Solutions. Larry walks us through what an acquisition can look like from the seller side and what everyone should know. He also drops some amazing Business 101 information that you definitely should start using now. Bio: Larry Cohen is the Founder of Axis Promotions, a full-service marketing and promotions agency, and now serves on the Executive Committee of HALO, the parent company of Axis. After working as a lawyer in Washington, D.C., Larry decided to change directions and put his creative energies and entrepreneurial spirit to use. He founded Axis in 1991 with one goal: build something that was - and still is - 180 Degrees From Ordinary. Axis has grown to become a creative powerhouse in the promotional products industry, with a client base including American Express, L'Oreal, NBC Universal and more. When Larry is not busy growing Axis, he serves on the PPAI board, PromoKitchen Advisory Board, and PeerNet Marketing Committee.

(Sponsored by GRAPHICS PRO EXPO)  Clay Barbera with  CorelTrainer.com will be joining Aaron and Terry this Friday. Clay will be fresh off exhibiting at Graphics Pro Expo in Irving (Texas) and wants to talk about trade shows in 2021 and the future. We'll mix in some training talk and CorelDraw questions from the Regulators as well. Our regular listeners know this, but 2 Regular Guys are all about garment decorating, a bit of fun, and no rants or lectures or selling. We are not doing this for our employers, but rather for our industry. Since February 2013, The 2 Regular Guys have been the first and the most listened to garment decorating industry podcast on this planet! We are humbled by all of you tuning in each week. We work hard to bring you information that will make your business better, and our industry better. Take a look at our incredible weekly guest list and you'll understand where this industry goes for news, interviews, and the heartbeat of garment decorating. Thanks for listening! News By popular demand we're planning another 2RG cocktail party this summer. We're calling it “The Beginning of the End of the Pandemic Party!” Looking at July 2nd to help all of you start your long Independence Day weekend. More info to come!!The Shirt Lab Women's Nexus is about engagement, conversations and how as an industry we can amplify women's voices, according to the company. The event will be hosted by Michelle Moxley with M&R Equipment. Alison Banholzer, Wear Your Spirit Warehouse; Johanna Gottlieb, Axis Promotions; Milissa Clark, General Standard; and Kristine Shreve, Applique Getaway, will be the highlighted speakers. The five moderators include: Marcia Derryberry with Marcia Derryberry Media Communications; Jenna Sackett with Stahls'; Holly Trevino with Planet Apparel; Nicole Rollender with Strand Writing Services; and Marj Easterling with Big Lick Screen Printing. The event fee is $97, and will be held live on June 5, completely online and virtual.The Decorators Community powered by 2 Regular Guys Podcast is hosting embroidery guru, Erich Campbell for two upcoming training classes. The first is tomorrow Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 where Erich will teach people why they should be offering more emblems and patches. This free preview webinar is happening at 12:00 PM Eastern | 9:00 AM Pacific and if you register you also get a free "How to Make Patches" guide as well as savings on the upcoming training class “Understanding Emblems”. This free webinar does have a VIP option you can purchase for only $7.97 where you get to participate in the Live Video Q&A, a FREE Patch Stock Design created by Erich sign up at https://decorators.education/whypatches/ The free webinar leads you to the live training class on May 29th, 2021, titled "Understanding Emblems - Digitizing, Production, Styles, and Sales of Patches." In this class, Erich will teach you more about digitizing for emblems including small detail tips, creating your own borders, as well as execution for stitching and preparing small-run patches in-house without expensive specialty machines and using multiple patch-making material processes. As well as covering the technical execution, Erich will discuss the range of products available in the patch world and give you tips on where they fit in your product range and how to market them. This training is available for the early bird price of $79 through May 23rd. The normal price is $119. This class will be live on May 29th, 2021 at 1:00 PM Eastern | 10:00 AM Pacific. Find out more and register for all the Decorators Community approved training at https://decorators.education/.  Dad Joke: What kind of doctor is Dr. Pepper?A fizzician Trade Shows and CorelDRAW Aaron: Clay Barbera's consistent contributions to software development, training, & sales have made him an integral part of the Imprint industry for many years. Training thousands in technology companies, his 'Teaching with questions',

In today's episode, we talk with Johanna Gottlieb about what we can do -in our own businesses, and in our community- to affect change. Despite her incredibly busy work, Johanna makes time to chair two teams that are important to her values: PromoKitchen and most recently, chair of PPAI's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force (2021) which is the subject of our chat with Jo today.

In this episode Johanna Gottlieb, Axis Promotions, and Ashley Colautti, Commonsku talk to Meg Erber, S&S Activewear and Glencora Twigg, Fairware about selling sustainability in the promotional products arena. They tackle some great topics on what you can and should be asking your clients and suppliers.

In this episode Kate Plummer, Clearmount and Johanna Gottlieb, Axis Promotions chat with Juan Martinez, Director of Innovation and Branding Strategy at Spector & Co. We talk about what it means to be behind innovation at Spector and about highlighting the creative in our industry. Juan has been involved in the promotional product industry for over 25 years. During the past 20, he has been employed by Spector and Co. His proven track record includes skill and experience in diverse branding methods, technology research and development, product flow analysis, methodology implementation and staff management. His background includes an Industrial Design University degree that he applied on the automotive industry as a start up drafting and engineering position back in Guadalajara, Mexico; once in Canada and during his 26 years of residence, he has been very active within the promotional product industry, most recently as part of the operations of Spector and Co. Through all those years, he has been in charge of factory operations of a 200+ people team through 10 direct reports over 3 shifts as well as 2 major building layout reconfigurations. Leading the research and development department over the past 3 years, extensive improvements and new developments to branding methods and peripheral procedures have been put in place. Most recently as Director of Innovation and Branding Strategy, he has actively continued to apply his hands on experience and career background to the extensive technology development efforts and new branding technology of Spector and Co. He is an energetic, enthusiastic individual that is success driven and passionate about what he does.

One of the very early guests on Thrive LOUD - Larry Cohen - catches up with Lou after premiering on the show three years ago. Larry shares some exciting news about his company (Axis Promotions) and some of their actions in NYC during COVID-19. Listen, learn, laugh and 'get Physical' in this fun catch up episode on Thrive LOUD.

Larry Cohen of Axis Promotions powered by HALO (asi/128263) shares how his NYC-headquartered firm is still thriving and preparing for the future from the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.

In this episode of the PK Podcast, Mark Graham and Javier Melendez sit down with Shamini Peter to discuss the opportunities and pitfalls of selling PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shamini is the COO of Axis Promotions in New York City where she has over a decade of product sourcing experience. Her supply chain expertise has helped Axis grow into the one of the largest and most sophisticated distributors in the industry. Shamini shares her recent experiences on sourcing PPE during a time when demand has far outsripped supply. In addition to his role as a PromoKitchen sous chef, Javier Melendez is an Account Executive at All Star Incentive Marketing. He has sold PPE for most of his career in the industry and shares his perspectives on the sudden popularity of this category.

Larry Alford is with Axis Promotions. In this discussion we hear tips on keeping your team engaged and sticking to a routine!

In today's episode of #skucast Joan Landorf, with Axis Promotions shares her story of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, what business looked like before and after 9/11, and its effects on her and her team and the leadership lessons she learned through adversity. Joan also shares with us how the Axis team is responding to the current crisis and how to think beyond the crisis, to a positive future.

It's Friday and time for your weekly dose of the unScripted podcast with Kirby Hasseman and Bill Petrie. This week the topics include Bill's experience at the ASI Show in Fort Worth, review their "Big Game" predictions and how much guacamole was consumed, talk about the best - and worst - commercials, dissect the halftime show, HALO's acquisition of Axis Promotions, American Solutions for Business forms a Supplier Advisory Board, when it's time to clean things out, Kirby reveals his Promo Person of the Week, and so much more! Huge thanks to the good strongs at commonsku and Vault Promotions for their sponsorship and support.

It’s become commonplace to open up our weekly email from ASI and PPAI these days and see some news about industry consolidation, whether it’s a supplier buying another supplier or a distributor joining forces with another distributor. On Jan 29, it was announced that Halo had acquired Axis Promotions, the well known distributor agency based in midtown Manhattan. While these announcements are no longer surprising, the rate of consolidation is unique to this time in the industry and that’s part of what we want to explore in this conversation. On our program today, we welcome Larry Cohen, CEO of Axis Promotions and Marc Simon, CEO of Halo. And while Johanna is a co-host, she’s doing double duty today as she’s also an employee at Axis, heading up their Chicago office.

HALO Branded Solutions (asi/356000) rocked the promo industry again with its latest Top 40 acquisition: Axis Promotions (asi/128263). The move potentially makes HALO the second largest distributor in the industry, with combined revenue of nearly $660 million. In this exclusive podcast, HALO CEO Marc Simon and Axis President Larry Cohen reveal how the deal came together and what’s next for both companies.

Johanna Gottlieb of Axis Promotions and Kate Plummer of Clearmount just took over as Chair and co-chair of the promotional products industry 501c3 non-profit PromoKitchen. Listen in as we talk about what female leadership means for PK, why diversity needs to be more of a topic in the industry and in general, and just share some good conversation between friends. ------------------------------------------------------ The Badass Women of Promo Podcast a.k.a. the #BWOPpod was created to spotlight the powerhouse women of the 25 billion dollar promotional products industry, highlight their achievements, provide a platform for their voices be heard and their ideas be shared. Are you a woman in promo? If you haven't done it already, it's time for you to #findyourinnerbadass. Welcome to the #BWOPpod! Big thanks to our friends and sponsors, commonsku and our brand new supporter and apparel manufacturer, Allmade! Please find them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @commonsku and @allmade, like and follow, and to show your appreciation for their support of both the Badass Women of Promo podcast, and badass women of promo in general.

Chef Johanna Gottlieb from Axis Promotions did such a good job taking over #PromoChat last week! However she didn't get a chance to answer any of her own questions, so PK chef Kate Plummer from sat down with her to get some advice on prospecting new clients. Remember to join us every Wednesday at 12PM Pacific, 3PM Eastern, for an all new #PromoChat over on Twitter

On May 10, 2019, the US government announced a sweeping tariff increase from 10% to 25% which impacts the costs of several promotional products categories. As this news is fresh, we wanted to explore the impact on promotional products suppliers and distributors. In this episode, PK Chef Mark Graham speaks to Larry Cohen, President of distributor Axis Promotions and Josh Goodelman, President of supplier Liquimark to weigh in on the good, bad and the ugly around this announcement. It's Promotional Products Work! Week - and we'd like to thank our sponsors PPAI and SanMar for supporting this podcast!

On this episode of Delivering Marketing Joy, we talk with Larry Cohen from Axis Promotions on where he finds his inspiration! Kirby Hasseman is the host of this show and the CEO of Hasseman Marketing. You can find more information about him and his company at hassemanmarketing.com.

In this episode, Johanna Gottlieb (Axis Promotions) and Mark Graham (commonsku) sit down with industry newbie Laura Gibson with Brand Fuel and industry veteran Lisa Pine with Axis Promotions. At the time of this recording, Laura celebrated her 4 week anniversary in the industry while Lisa has led a distinguished 30-year career. We wanted to see where their experiences were similar and where they differed in this wide-ranging conversation.

Larry Cohen is the Founder and CEO of Axis Promotions, a full-service marketing agency, based in New York City.  Axis is focused on brand development in the promotional products marketplace. Larry started Axis Promotions in 1992 at his kitchen table, after he identified a need for disposable binoculars for the NBA, and managed to sell the NBA on that idea.  Larry graduated from Duke University as pre-med with a B.A. in Political Science because he thought he was going to head off to medical school.  But after a conversation with a college mentor his senior year, Larry decided to change course and eventually went to the University of Pennsylvania law school. The post 142: How to Break Into Promotional Marketing w/ Larry Cohen, Axis Promotions [Espresso Shots] appeared first on Time4Coffee.

Larry Cohen is the Founder and CEO of Axis Promotions, a full-service marketing agency, based in New York City, focused on brand development in the promotional products marketplace. Larry started Axis Promotions in 1992 at his kitchen table, after he saw a need for disposable binoculars for the NBA, and managed to sell the NBA on that idea.  Larry graduated from Duke University as pre-med with a B.A. in Political Science because he thought he was going to head off to medical school. But after a conversation with a college mentor his senior year, Larry decided to change course and eventually went to the University of Pennsylvania law school. Today, Axis Promotions is an award-winning agency with five locations across the country serving clients from Zappos to Nickelodeon to Jet Blue to the USA Network.  Axis Promotions specializes in brand development in the promotional products marketplace. Axis has been named Counselor Magazine’s Top 40 Distributors 5 years in a row, Promo Marketing Magazine Top 40 Distributor, and PPB Greatest Companies to Work For.   The post 76: What It’s Like to Lead Promotional Products Marketing w/ Larry Cohen, CEO of Axis Promotions [Main T4C episode] appeared first on Time4Coffee.

Top 40 distributor Axis Promotions (asi/128263) made big industry headlines this week when it acquired Campus Stop (asi/336407), an online provider of branded merchandise to colleges and universities. In this exclusive podcast, Axis CEO Larry Cohen shares insights on the deal, the burgeoning partnership, and broader industry trends, including consolidation.

There were so many great answers, we had to do a bonus deeper dive as Jay Busselle talks with Johanna Gottlieb of Axis Promotions about prospecting and cold calling.

Larry Cohen of Axis Promotions shares his unique story and company and how they've maintained and grow an amazing company and connect with their clients.   How to Connect to Larry & Lou:   Larry: Twitter: @axispromo Lou:   Twitter: @ThriveLouD  //  Site:  www.thrivepartners.net   More on Larry: From humble beginnings around his kitchen table back in 1991, with a few good ideas, a lot of enthusiasm and a share of naiveté, Larry began Axis with a mission to develop a full-service promotional products company that focused on delivering creative solutions and not merely selling products. AXIS’ client base covers an exceptionally broad cross-section of industries (Pharmaceutical, Entertainment, Financial, Beauty and Fashion, Publishing and Sports).  Axis has been named Counselor Magazine’s Top 40 Distributors five years in a row, Promo Marketing Magazine Top 40 Distributor, 4 Gold 2015 PPAI Awards, SAAGNY Distributor of the Year, and PPB’s Greatest Companies to Work For. Axis now ranks as one of the top promotional merchandising agencies in the United States. From that little kitchen -- Axis’ has grown to over 70 employees with offices in New York City, Westchester, Boston and Chicago and soon to be out on the west coast. When Larry serves on the board of the Promotional Products Association International, PromoKitchen Advisory Board, Peernet Marketing Committee, and is a former chair of the North American Leadership Conference. He is a graduate of Duke University and The University of Pennsylvania Law School and a stand up guy that runs one cool company…

Mark Graham of commonsku and Larry Cohen of Axis Promotions talk with Seth Mattison. Seth is an internationally renowned expert on workforce trends and generational dynamics. As Founder and Chief Movement Officer of FutureSight Labs, Seth advises many of the world’s leading brands and organizations on the key shifts happening around talent management, change and innovation, leadership, and the future of work. Over the past 10 years Seth has shared his insights with thousands of business leaders and has received accolades from many of the world’s best brands including: MasterCard, Johnson and Johnson, Microsoft, and Disney to name a few. Seth’s experiences are highly applicable to the topsy turvy world of promotional products so we are honored to have him here with us today.

Today PromoKitchen Chefs Mark Graham of commonsku and Larry Cohen of Axis Promotions welcome Lou Diamond to the podcast. Lou can be described as a Coach, Consultant, Master Connector, Best-Selling Author, Speaker & Motivator. In these capacities, Lou is the Founder & CEO of Thrive, a leading consulting and coaching company focused on making the most incredible leaders and their companies even more amazing. He has led teams at Accenture, Deloitte, Omnicom, Merrill Lynch and Bank of America. If that weren’t enough, Lou is certified as a Co-Active Coach by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), a Cornell University graduate, a passionate sports fan, avid golfer, loving husband and extremely proud parent.

Several months ago Mark Graham and fellow chef Jason Lucash were talking about a fun theme for an episode or two. The idea was to explore what it means to be a rebel. For anyone who knows Jason Lucash, they won’t be surprised that the idea of rebellion is something that comes pretty naturally. When asked who should be the first guest on this so-called rebel show, he said: “That’s easy: Johanna Gottlieb.” So, let’s turn attention towards Johanna ... Johanna is a Senior Branding Specialist at Axis Promotions. Fluent in both English and Spanish, Johanna holds a Master’s degree in Mass Communications from the New York Institute of Technology and an undergraduate degree from Iona College. Johanna worked at the Axis New York City office for almost 7 years before packing up her promotional bag of tricks in 2012 and moving to Chicago. In Chicago, she lives with her husband (who she met at Axis) and her daughter, Olivia Bella. Johanna loves running, being a mom and making a ruckus in the promotional products industry. Her mom was born in Cuba, so she knows a thing or two about cooking. Her father was born in Argentina and, together, they can dance a mean tango.

In this series of podcasts, we interview several of this year’s Advantages Distributor Salesperson of the Year finalists. This episode features Sandy Poster, sales executive at Axis Promotions (asi/128263). Listen to the podcast below and read about all 11 finalists in the January issue of Advantages.

From the day he opened Axis Promotions, Larry Cohen was a consultative promotional professional, twenty-one years before “trusted advisor” became a key component of most distributors’ value proposition. Over the past twenty-one years, Axis Promotions has grown from a one-person operation to over 50 employees and six offices. Larry, a newly aproned Chef in the PromoKitchen, sits down with Mark Graham and Danny Rosin to share his years of veteran insight including best practices as it relates to hiring, safety, compliance, the evolution of your brand, eliminating silos in the workplace, cultivating teamwork, and … dessert Tuesdays. Sit down, tune in, and savor the virtual dessert, successful journey, and exceptional.