When organizing your marketing plan for the year, consider what corporate branding initiatives you wish to pursue and which causes your organization supports. If your branding involves conservation and sustainability initiatives, consider including eco-friendly promotional products in your marketing. EarthSmart™ products are made from environmentally friendly or recycled materials, and come from suppliers committed to green manufacturing and printing methods. These eco-friendly promotional products include hundreds of recycled, natural and reusable items. From organic t-shirts and recycled cardboard journals, to reusable grocery bags, no matter what product you choose, you deliver an environmentally conscience item that signifies your corporate sustainability initiatives.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Delivering Environmentally Friendly Promotional Products
When organizing your marketing plan for the year, consider what corporate branding initiatives you wish to pursue and which causes your organization supports. If your branding involves conservation and sustainability initiatives, consider including eco-friendly promotional products in your marketing. EarthSmart™ products are made from environmentally friendly or recycled materials, and come from suppliers committed to green manufacturing and printing methods. These eco-friendly promotional products include hundreds of recycled, natural and reusable items. From organic t-shirts and recycled cardboard journals, to reusable grocery bags, no matter what product you choose, you deliver an environmentally conscience item that signifies your corporate sustainability initiatives.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Delivering Practical Promotional Products for Frequent Flyers
Customized luggage and rolling bags are substantial and thoughtful promotional products. When you give your clients or employees a high-value item such as a rolling bag, you give them a way to remember who you are and what you do. Take the time to get to know your supporters. Give the frequent travelers promotional products that they can and will use. And because they can tell that you put thought into their travel routine, your branded bag is more of a personal gift, rather than a marketing tactic. When your clients and employees feel valued, your brand image gets a boost and they are more inclined to work with your organization.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Strengthen Your Brand in Tough Economic Times with Promotional Products
In today’s budget-conscience society, keeping your spending in check is always important to the success and integrity of your business organization. When it comes to marketing utilizing promotional products, however, it is important to regard these purchases as investments in the advertising and branding of your company. While costs vary greatly depending on the event and which promotional products you choose to purchase, the up-front price of buying custom branded items can sometimes be intimidating. When considering utilizing promotional products for your branding and marketing initiatives, consider the long-lasting impact each item will give your brand image. In tough times it almost always proves to be true that if you invest in your brand when money is tight, your organization will emerge as a stronger brand.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Using Drinkware Promotional Products for Corporate Branding
The best and most successful promotional products are often the ones that are used frequently by recipients. Because people are so different, finding a product that will be used by nearly all of your recipients can be a challenging task. One of the most widely used categories of promotional products is promotional drinkware. Used daily by the majority of people in America, custom drinkware is a practical way to get your branding message into the hands of potential clients. Consistently used and easy to customize to fit any corporate colors or branding initiative, promotional drinkware is always a good choice for promotional marketing.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Stress Relievers: Using Classic Promotional Products for Contemporary Branding
Who couldn’t use a break from the daily hustle and bustle! An ever-popular staple of the promotional products industry, stress relievers are an affordable and effective way to promote your brand. Stress balls and stress relievers are more than just promotional products. They provide recipients with a short and refreshing mental break. The squeezable items provide a physical and cleansing way to remove stress while still comfortably stationed in one’s place of work. With hundreds of custom shapes to choose from, you can choose a stress reliever that fits your corporate image perfectly. Branding is easy with effective and budget-friendly stress relievers.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Promotional Products and Workwear Keep Your Team Looking Sharp on the Job
Intense jobs require high performing apparel. Industrial jobs, fast-paced kitchens and other physical jobs can be hard and messy work. Keep your crews looking and feeling their best with high-performance apparel that resists soil and stains. Giving your employees promotional products and branded apparel helps increase employee loyalty while unifying your team’s appearance. Whether you need imprinted work shirts, work jackets or a complete uniform, personalized apparel is a great solution for any industry. Your employees are the face of your company. Keep a professional look with apparel that performs under the harshest conditions. With the distribution of promotional products and branded workwear, you keep your employees happy and business booming.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Be Careful Not to Underestimate the Power of Gratitude
When you develop business relationships, you commit to securing life-long clients. While it may not always be feasible to deliver a monetary discount or customized promotional products after the close of a sale, it is always a good idea to follow up with a simple and genuine word of thanks. Your best clients and loyal customers need to feel appreciated. One of the most effective, and easiest, ways of building a long-term relationship with your client base is to take the time to express your gratitude for their patronage. If your budget allows, accompany your word of thanks with thoughtful and appropriate promotional products. A gesture of appreciation with kind words and branded items is always well received.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
A New & Unique Twist on a Promotional Products Classic

While a traditional ceramic mug, journal or promotional pen is always a great promotional products option, sometimes you want to spice up your mix a little. Promotional drinkware does not have to be the uninspiring promotional item it was sometimes seen as in the past. With new and unique drinkware pieces popping up everyday, it is easy to find the innovative promotional products that fit your brand and corporate personality perfectly. The cool fall season is a great time to incorporate some youthful personality into your promotions. Fun and functional drinkware pieces are sure to put a smile on the faces of recipients while landing a permanent spot as a member of their drinkware repertoire.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Give Living Promotional Products for Interactive Branding Opportunities

Giving your clients and employees living promotional products can be an excellent way to boost morale and show your appreciation for their support of your company. While any and all promotional products will represent your company and brand, sometimes the most original and unique products earn more prominent positioning with recipients. Living promotional products such as plants, grass and flowers provide an interactive opportunity. Because living things must be watered regularly, your recipients must interact on a daily or weekly basis with the branded product. This commitment gets your logo and branding message the continued visibility your organization needs to develop a stronger brand image.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Using Imprinted Company Apparel as Promotional Products
Each year, the sale of corporate apparel accounts for an average of around 30 percent of the sale of all promotional products. With promotional apparel dominating the market, the branding and marketing impact of imprinted apparel cannot be denied. Because of the nature of wearables, every time a piece of imprinted apparel is worn, it brings repeat advertising exposure and impressions. Whether companies utilize apparel products for corporate uniform programs, distribute to their clients and employees as holiday gifts or use to encourage and recognize event participation, the high visibility associated with branded apparel helps brand their organization. Remember the benefits of apparel the next time you purchase promotional products and watch as your logo gains visibility and your sales increase.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Promotional Products Can Even Include the Packaging
Giving out promotional products is easy. Once you’ve chosen the perfect product for your event or promotion, you mail, personally deliver or otherwise distribute your imprinted item depending on the structure of the event. While people are always excited to receive a free gift or giveaway, the way you package and present your promotional products can add additional advertising exposure and generate even more of a positive impression of your organization on recipients. Promotional plastic bags, paper bags and printed gift bags can make a lasting impact on recipients. Friendly on the budget, promotional packaging is an easy and effective way to double your promotional marketing efforts.
Using Toys and Games as Promotional Products
Getting the recipients of your promotional marketing efforts interested and excited about your company is an important aspect of branding. When you choose to distribute promotional products to your potential and current clients, a fun or unique item is a great way to engage recipients. With promotional games, puzzles and desktop toys, you give recipients a way to take a mental break from the daily grind. No matter what type of promotional products you choose to distribute, your logo and brand message gets much needed advertising exposure. Facilitate interaction between your clients and your logo with promotional toys and games.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The Importance of Strategic Planning in Choosing Promotional Products

One of the most exciting features about utilizing promotional products for your branding efforts is the nearly endless amount of choices and possibilities for unique promotions. Choosing the perfect product from the thousands of options available can at times be a challenging process. But when you develop a strategic approach to your promotional campaign, you limit your options to a manageable amount. Plan for your event by evaluating your budget, target audience and purpose. These three considerations are key to choosing perfect promotional products. With careful planning and in-depth consideration, you ensure that your business will get the results it needs out of all of your promotions and events.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Gathering Inspiration for Promotional Products From the Season
Each and every month welcomes new seasonal events, holidays and awareness days. In fact, nearly every single calendar day recognizes some form of awareness day. No matter what your business’s core competencies may be, focusing a promotion around a significant day is an easy way to add personality to your brand. Focused distribution of promotional products leads to client interest and in turn, increases sales. Choosing appropriate promotional products for your events adds fun flair to any event. Consider coupling your promotional marketing events with upcoming holidays or awareness days. Distributing branded apparel, gifts and giveaways is a low-cost way to deliver maximum advertising exposure.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Choosing the Correct Promotional Product to Represent Your Brand

When planning for a campaign utilizing promotional products, you must first evaluate your brand image and the message that you wish to convey to recipients. When you strategically calculate all aspects of your promotions, you ensure that your promotional marketing will be a success. Because there are so many promotional products to choose from, it is important to correlate your brand’s image and branding message with your product of choice. When you choose the appropriate product fit for your brand, your promotional message is strengthened and leaves a stronger, longer-lasting advertising impression on the recipients of your imprinted item.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Promotional Products Color Considerations for Your Next Marketing Campaign

When it comes to promotional products, it often seems like companies can take any item in the world, emblazon it with their name and logo, and like magic, have created a promotional product to advertise their brand to potential consumers. But there are several important factors to consider when choosing the right color decoration for the promotional products used in your marketing campaigns. You need to think about who will be receiving your product and the image your company wants to project.
Most promotional products can be printed in a range of colors, and the color of the item, and the corresponding color of the imprint, are both very important considerations. If your company already has a designated color for its logo, then make sure it corresponds well to the color of the product. If you do not already have a specific color, then you should consider the products’ end user as a point of reference. If your promotional products are to be given to children or a generally younger audience, you may want to choose brighter, bolder colors, as they tend to evoke feelings of energy and excitement to which these types of recipients are usually drawn. For an older target audience, stick to more somber colors like blues and grays. Also be aware of the standard associations people have with regard to color. For example, the color red may sometimes be associated with warning or danger, whereas light shades of blue are considered to evoke feelings of calmness and serenity.
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