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By Steve Guglielmo and Brian Beaulieu ITR Economics CEO Brian Beaulieu is GAWDA’s Chief Economist. He and his team of…

A few years ago, my digital marketing agency audited the internet marketing programs of over 175 distributors and manufacturers and…

End User Safety Communications For the first 100 years of the Compressed Gas Association’s history, our members’ products were used…

Editor’s Note: This article is a follow-up to the Welding & Gases Today article “Riches in the Niches: Compressed Gas…

Each year, Google publishes a year-in-review report discussing the year’s search engine trends. The report discusses not only what the…

While digital marketing was once new and revolutionary, it’s now mature with less opportunity to stumble into success. That means…

I’ve been in this business forever. Like every other kid growing up in the family business, I had worked summers…

A respected friend in his mid-seventies came into my office, dropped into a chair, and asked if I could help…

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, with more than 500 million members. Let me say that again. LinkedIn is…

The “skills gap” is an issue that all companies in our industry, as well as many of our customers, face…

Welcome to the world of an entrepreneur. The concept that failure can be okay can be so difficult to absorb.…

In the previous issue of Welding & Gases Today, I looked at the remarkable ability of text messaging (SMS) to…

I hate shopping! Fortunately, my wife, Sandy, enjoys it and is willing to put in the time to make the…

Truck procurement has been a key challenge for private fleets, for-hire carriers and establishments that rely on trucking across many…

No, we’re not talking about the Dave Matthews song, but that’s a nice lead in to a discussion of the…

Let’s say you’ve spent money and time building your website and creating a social media identity on Facebook and Twitter.…

It’s that time again. 2018 is behind us, and we approach the new year with a sense of optimism and…

In 2018, the Compressed Gas Association celebrated a number of regulatory successes, including the adoption of CGA recommended practices for…

In 1972, I graduated LeTourneau College (now LeTourneau University) with a degree in welding engineering and began working for a…

Really? Every business? This will seem obvious to larger companies with skilled marketing teams and dedicated resources, but to the…