Want to get more done during the day? Try telling jokes.
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Author: Michael Cornnell
I’m Only Happy When it Rains
This year, as every year has been before it, is the “year of the umbrella,” bringing new ways to decorate, build and sell promotional umbrellas.
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THERE ARE NONPROFITS that provide critical services to veterans in need, but getting the word out ab
Read MoreWhat’s Your New Year’s Resolution?
Don’t have one yet? Medium.com has some interesting ideas on how to trick your brain to come up with one.
Read MorePromotional Products On Jeopardy
Answer: “They’ve become a favorite of fans at sporting events.”
Read MoreMy 10 Most Popular Blogs for 2013
From the best in comic-con giveaways to making fun of the government, here are the 10 most popular blog posts I wrote in 2013.
Read MoreBranding the Bank
Financial institutions are where the money’s at—literally and figuratively. Banks and other financial institutions have so much money, and are in need of so much marketing, the possibilities to sell to them are virtually endless.
Read MoreMy Best Promotion
For this month’s My Best Promotion, Proforma’s Kendra Smith and Proforma Key Solutions’ Yvette Hymel related a recent example of an employee wellness program for an energy company.
Read MoreTeen Hospitalized, Receives Surgery After Swallowing Toy Magnets
ABC recently reported that Christin Rivas, a 14 year-old girl from Melbourne, Florida, required lower intestinal surgery after swallowing two small rare-earth magnetic desk toy balls. The article describes Rivas’s ordeal with the magnets in great detail, including how she came about swallowing them (she didn’t want to set them on the bathroom floor), how the doctors didn’t realize the danger at first (which could have resulted in her death, since the magnets had reached her small intestine and were not passing), and how she got a hold of the magnets in the first place (from a friend in her church group).
Read MoreFrom Mississippi to Bangladesh and Back: The Life Cycle of a T-shirt
NPR’s “Planet Money” show has recently published a series of shows on the life cycle of a T-shirt. The first episode covers the source of the cotton, the second covers the manufacturing of the men’s shirt in Bangladesh, and the third covers the manufacturing of the women’s shirt in Columbia.
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