KYKLO Blog

The end of 2021 is upon us. December is special for three good reasons. First, most of us are struggling to maintain our work-life balance with family, shopping, and general holiday activities. Second, the final deadline for next year’s business plan looms like a dark cloud over the top of...

Once again AHTD lived up to their moniker/hashtag #AHTDRocks and we kind of believe KYKLO helped in the whole “Rocking” department. Seven people from KYKLO attended the event. The Lucky-7 number goes hand-in-glove with the AHTD’s Final Party Event – An Evening in Monte. Our group was more than busy...

Fabco-Air is pleased to announce the launch of its brand-new webstore (https://shop.fabco-air.com/). The Fabco-Air's online store is designed to bring all product content together in one place, simplifying product selection, quoting, and ordering processes for customers and channel partners....

As the calendar rolls into the fourth quarter, KYKLO continues to march towards better and more efficient service to our clients and the industry in general. This effort includes the type of system enhancements and refinements you have come to expect....

This might be a great time to insert some worn out cliché. “Time passes quickly when you’re having a good time…” or “The whole thing seems like yesterday…” might be appropriate. But the journey from concept to business model, to successful tech start-up, and onto continued international growth and expansion...

Women in Engineering at KYKLO June 23rd was Women in Engineering Day. International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) is a special day for women engineers to celebrate their achievements. Possibly more important, it is a day for those who work with these talented folks to recognize the contribution of their female...

Like the swallows returning from their 6,000-mile trip to Argentina to the mission at Capistrano, face-to-face association meetings are returning. We are so happy about the situation that we are walking around the office with giddy smiles and goofy grins on our faces. We attended the Spring 2021 AHTD Meeting....

Economists have been calling for a period of substantial growth in 2021 as we roll from the Pandemic shutdown to the new normal. The majority of these experts were calling for something over three-and-a-half percent with a few citing numbers approaching the five mark. The latest word from Goldman-Sachs points...

Finally, and after much anticipation, the COVID vaccines are becoming available. Depending on your location, the first responders, those with underlying conditions, and other necessary workers have been vaccinated and the elderly have scheduled their shots. According to news reports the government plans to have inoculated over 100 million people...

How are your New Year’s Resolutions going? If you are like most people, the turning of the calendar is a time for reflection and setting goals for the future. According to a days old survey, most folks are thinking about how to improve their life and appearance. Here are the...

The Global Pandemic has accelerated change in the Distribution Industry. The once slow but steady march towardsdigitalizationand webstores is now an outright sprint. During the time millions of people were locked down in one form or another of quarantine, the use of internet shopping exploded. Your world, once...

Hey boys, girls, grown-ups of all ages, and my distributor friends, too. This is your Jolly Old Pal, Santa. I slipped away from chair duty down at the mall and magically hijacked the controls of KYKLO’s Newsletter Machine. Remember. I know when you are sleeping, and I know when you’re...

Distributors and their supply partners search for better ways to support their mutual customers, find new prospects, develop prospects into customers, and generally drive growth to both of their businesses. Historically, and before the internet, joint calls were the only form of cooperative selling. Marketing efforts, while serving to develop...

The seed round was led by Felicis Ventures’ Sundeep Peechu and IA Ventures’ Jesse Beyroutey Buffalo, NY, Nov 16th, 2020 — As COVID-19 continues to accelerate the need for digital operations, the e-commerce and sales management company KYKLO is announcing a $8.5 million seed round to continue to bring electrical...

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc., a leader in the Americas industrial automation market has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with distributor digitalization experts KYKLO to provide close support for their Americas distributor channel. Under the agreement, Vernon Hills, Illinois based Mitsubishi Electric Automation will promote KYKLO digital services to its...

Pausing from a series of excitingly busy days (weeks, months and, even years), we realized KYKLO is another year older. We have reached a milestone; five years of KYKLO. We could insert any number of old cliches: Time passes quickly when you’re having a good time… It seems like only...

It’s the end of a tough day. Lately it seems like every day sets a new worlds record for issues. Your head barely touches the pillow before you drift off into deep slumber. In what seems like 10 minutes, your tumultuous dreams include an eerie sound from outer space. The...

Are you doing mid-year reviews? As we roll into mid-summer, many distributors are in the process of doing mid-year reviews with their teams. Under even the best of circumstances, distribution experts recommend periodic reviews of team performance. In these tumultuous times, the practice is even more important. Our friend Frank...

Open for business… What a feeling. After nearly four months, and what seemed like an eternity, New York is finally opening some doors. While the march to normalcy isn’t moving forward as most of us would like, we are starting to feel the progress. With this in mind, now might...

Like you, we’ve been on the phone a lot lately. The conversation usually goes something like this: Me: Thanks for taking my call. How have you been? Corona-crud free; I hope. Client: Doing well. No virus, but sure getting tired of the same old quarantine routine. Me: No kidding! Aside...

First and foremost, we here at KYKLO hope you and yours are staying safe during this uncertain time. Over the last weeks, your inbox has been flooded with strategies on how to work from home. But, KYKLO would rather pose a different question: What should you be doing? Our answer...

The Coronavirus has impacted our daily lives at home and in the workplace. Government and companies are placing severe limitations on our ability to do our jobs. Restrictions tied to meetings have canceled some of our favorite industry events, and reports have come in that even customers are hesitant to...

Champion has a lot of connotations. George Foreman, before he started hawking grills on TV, was the Boxing Heavy Weight Champion of the World. The Kansas City Chiefs are the reigning Champions of the National Football League. On a lesser note, the late great, “Pretty Boy” Bobby AKA Bobby “The...

Allow us to be about the hundredth person to welcome you to the New Year, 2020. Instead of an idle greeting, let’s take just three minutes for serious rumination. January is a time for thoughtful contemplation, planning and perhaps a resolution or two. Most are led to the practice on...

Most of you don’t realize this, but KYKLO and Santa Claus have a special relationship. Yep, the Red Suited Jolly One is our pal. We aren’t at liberty to go into all the details, but Santa probably leads up one of the most unique distribution businesses on the planet. Everyone...