End of the year thoughts

It's hard to believe that another year has come and gone. I am thankful for my friends and family, and for good health. I am also lucky that I have a job that challenges me and enables me to help small businesses around the country, as well as other places in the world. I recently was in the U.K. speaking at a conference connected to the office products industry. It was great to see long-standing business friends there as well as get a chance to meet new people. The problems and challenges that businesses have here in the U.S. are similar to that in the U.K. The resellers I met were very appreciative and were very eager to learn what they could about the marketing and other business best practices from here. The company Spicers, was holding their big customer customer event, and it was interesting to see how the manufacturers displayed their booths at the show. I learned some things that we can use at our shows here. I hope the economy improves and that we all have a more prosperous 2012!