Promotional products are a communications tool that can engage all five senses. They are a creative way of not only informing, but for interacting with an audience by providing a sensory experience. Promotional products can be any tangible item usually imprinted with an organization’s message, branding or promise.
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4 Ideas for Women’s History Month
This March will be one of the coldest and snowiest in recent memory. Here’s how to warm up your women’s history events.
Read MoreThe Art of Saying Please and Thank You
When I was little, my parents instilled in me the habit of saying “please” and “thank you” in a number of situations. It was polite, and if I didn’t include the word, I got “the look” and a whispered reminder to say the word(s) I’d omitted. As I got older, the habit actually started to mean something.
Read MoreCorporate Gifts: What About ‘Thanks for Just Sticking Around’?
“Thank you.” Powerful couple of words there, right? Thanks for holding the door. Thanks for introducing me. Thanks for helping with my dead battery. When someone does something for you, a sincere expression of gratitude is just the right thing to do.
Read MoreI’ll Shop There FOREVER
What is your special advantage? Your mojo? Your secret sauce? What gets customers ringing your phone, locked onto your website, calling you “the only game in town” for them?
Read MoreEnd Quantity Pricing … What Do You Do?
When you receive end quantity pricing from a promotional products supplier, do you pass it on to your client?
Read MoreNew Year, New Site, New Magazine
This week, we announced the redesign of our home page and magazine. Let us know what you think about the new looks.
Read MoreWhat Would Have to Change?
What would have to change for you to be completely fulfilled as a promotional professional, as a loving spouse, a nurturing parent, a true friend, a whole person?
Read MoreDon’t Build that crAPP!
“I have this idea for an app,” is how the conversation starts. I brace myself. I want to be open-minded, but I can’t help it. The app ideas floating around, especially in the promotional products industry, are crAPP. I listen, I wait for it, and it never comes.
Read MoreWhat Happens in Vegas … SHOULDN’T Stay in Vegas!
The PPAI Expo is clearly the most significant event in our industry. Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas is taken over with two huge floors of supplier booths, top-notch education, and incredible keynote presentations. There is a brand. section showcasing incentives, a new products pavilion, a “Decorate” area, and a variety of social events.
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