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Let me ask you something: What's your boldest vision for 2025? And here's the follow-up: What's the one action you can take right now to move closer to making that vision a reality? Big idea...
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TRUE NORTH: PURPOSE, PRIORITY & PROGRESS As the new year begins, I want to connect with you about what truly matters. It's easy to stay busy, but busyness alone doesn't create progress. To mak...
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THE GIFT OF REFLECTION: SETTING THE STAGE FOR A PURPOSEFUL 2025 As the year winds down, I find myself pausing to reflect on everything that has shaped this journey over the past twelve months....
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The Lifetime Value of a Customer In today's competitive market, attracting new customers is important, but retaining them is where the real revenue lies. Focusing on client retention secures stea...
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Unlock Potential I believe there is untapped potential with every partnership. Together we can uncover new opportunities and create mutual value for both of us analyzing our networks and applying ...
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Have you ever received a cool branded item that made your day? If you are like me, you have! And more importantly, you know promotional products aren't just giveaways-they are tools that can amp up...
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JANET MCNAUGHTON | President P 425.822.6651 ext.1 E Janet@LastingImpressionsGi...
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This summer we are launching our "Invisible Insights" discovery campaign, and my goal is to inspire you to uncover new opportunities, take on long-awaited projects, and find innovative solutions fo...
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Early in my career, someone I admire shared this valuable insight: “People don't listen to what you say, they watch what you do.” This sentiment rings especially true in the world ...
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Do you decide what your team wears to the office to look professional? How about on casual days? Have you considered comfy and trendsetting styles to encourage colleagues to wear the company lo...
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Pictured in their new logoed hoodies and jackets, the chefs of AQUA by El Gaucho are ready to delight you! AQUA by El Gaucho is one of the fine dining restaurants in The Revelers Club owned and ope...
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Congratulations to our friends at Eastside Academy on their success at Missions Fest. After the trade show, Hannah Kaas shared with me that both guests and students were delighted to receive the cu...
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I know you. Intellectually, you are a top-notch professional. The organization you work for depends on you to make smart, creative, memorable, on-time, budget-appropriate branded merchandise pur...
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When you were growing up, did a parent, teacher, mentor, or someone you admire say to you “Show me your friends, and I will show you your future.” Today is a great day to remember what...
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Welcome to July. The first half of the year is over. This is the Janet McNaughton half-time report for 2023 written especially for you. Here are my ideas for how you and I can finish the year stro...
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It's not what you know, it's who you know. 100%. And I am glad I know Deb Anderson! Deb is the Meetings & Events Manager at Ketchikan Visitors Bureau. Ketchikan has been a client with us since 200...
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I wish for you in 2023, so much! Happy New Year! May the magic and wonder of a fresh new year, sparking with possibility, bring you great hope. Thank you for your treasured friendship and continue...
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The biggest, boldest, and best ideas I generate are during the summer. Or when I am on vacation, which is usually someplace tropical. The sun energizes me and restores my hope in what is possible. ...
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Have you ever wondered what a coach says to his players in the locker room at halftime? Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers is considered one of the greatest football coaches ever. Below is a l...
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To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. As your marketing trusted advisor, I am writing to encourage you about the days and months ahead. I find taking action, like planting a garden, creates ...
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Intuitively, as a successful business leader, you know relationship marketing is both smart AND necessary. I love this quote from Bill Walsh, the legendary copy editor at Washington Post. Bill said...
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Life is full of teachable moments. Short stories and sayings educate us about the journey ahead, about ourselves, and about others. Growing up, my mother weaved short sayings into her conversations...
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Have you ever wondered what a coach says to his players in the locker room at halftime? Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers is considered one of the greatest football coaches ever. Below is a l...
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As we approach Independence Day, this is a significant time to be thankful for the great American adventure and freedom we enjoy by giving back to those who made it possible. Below are two ways to...
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The Go-Giver is a savvy business parable about how to achieve extraordinary success. In a one-sentence summary, The Go-Giver teaches a pattern for becoming a better person and realizing more busine...
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Strong leadership requires a vivid image of your goal and consistent messaging. What are you communicating on your company walls and retail space? Are you optimizing what you want to say to the peo...
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There are no straight lines in life. Change occurs all the time. Whether it is blatant or it sneaks up on us through competition, innovation, or life events, the business playing field is always ne...
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The American Dream is the belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their version of success in a society where upward mobility is possibl...
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90% of the world's millionaires have been created by investing in real estate according to an article published in February, 2020 by The College Investor. The buy, hold, and accumulate real estate...
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Did you read The Half Time Report? We are at the start of Q3, the most important business quarter of the year. What is your score? The concept of “Game-Changer” or being a game-changer...
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Have you ever wondered what a coach says to his players in the locker room at half time when the team is down by what seems an insurmountable number of points? I've had one, and only one, quote car...
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Covid-19 has wiped the monopoly board clean. As America reopens for business, it is critical to understand we are amidst the greatest reset in the history of business. Time to reimagine your compan...
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Because when you give branded apparel to your team, it provides employees with a sense of belonging. According to Webster's, belonging is a basic human need, just like the need for food and shelter...
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