Self-promotion is often an afterthought for promotional distributors. You are so busy running around promoting your clients’ brands that you forget about promoting your own. Grandee Ann Ray, president/CEO of Grand Ideas Inc., Charleston, S.C., shared a self-promotion she did to promote her promotional business and support a local eco-friendly nonprofit.
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Preferential Treatment
The American-made comeback has strengthened with criticisms of foreign-made products making headlines. U.S. manufacturing offers many benefits, such as job creation, safer working conditions and stricter environmental regulations.
Read MoreEditor’s Picks: Car Talk
Car accessories are a great strategy when it comes to promotional campaigns. Hop on the bandwagon (or Volkswagon) and see why.
Read MoreEditor’s Picks: Don’t Go Wasting Water Bottles
Keep clients refreshed all summer long with reusable water bottles.
Read MoreMy Best Promotion
All-expenses-paid hotels for nominees, organized entertainment and networking, gift basket after gift basket after gift basket: the bigger the awards ceremony, the more sales opportunities there are for promotional products.
Read MoreUpdate on Businesses Closed Due To Hurricane Sandy
Though many businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy were able to reopen today, there are some that still remain closed. Below is yesterday’s list of closed businesses, amended to note which have opened and which have remained closed as of 3:15 p.m. EST today. Messages from the closed companies have been posted when available.
Read MoreAmerican Ad Bag and Otto International Begin QCA Certification Process
Fortune 1000 companies continue to focus on vetting their supply chains and requiring their partners to prove compliance. In order to meet these customer requirements, two more suppliers have begun taking the necessary, proactive steps to provide safe and compliant products. Woodstock, Illinois-based American Ad Bag and Ontario, California-based Otto International Inc. have applied to participate in the comprehensive compliance accreditation program developed by the Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional product industry’s only independent, not- for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products.
Read MoreTowel Specialties Achieves QCA Accreditation
The Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional product industry’s only independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has awarded QCA Accreditation to Baltimore, Maryland-based Towel Specialties.
Read MoreQCA Certifies Bodek and Rhodes, Design Resources/Caps Direct
The Quality Certification Alliance, the promotional product industry’s only independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has awarded QCA Accreditation to Bodek and Rhodes and Design Resources Inc./Caps Direct.
Read MoreThree Suppliers Join The Premier Promotional Group
Three promotional product suppliers recently joined the ranks of The Premier Promotional Group. Garyline, HumphreyLine and Perfect Line became members of the organization on August 6, which brings the total number of supplier members to 44.
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