If it’s one thing Dora the Explorer taught us, it’s that vaguely poetic character names are incredibly easy to sear into the public consciousness. Well, that and a rad backpack an explorer makes. Outfit your own army of tiny bilingual adventurers with Banaka Inc.’s Significant Clear Backpack. The 600D polyester bag includes PVC backing and measures 13x16x5″.
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Take your brand-building to a higher level with Fields Manufacturing’s Forklift toy. The miniature lift features an imprint area of 1/4×3/8″ and fits in great with any number of construction, cleaning or general help-hand metaphors you might want to use for a promotion.
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Whether it’s Oktoberfest, St. Patricks Day or just the end of another long day at work, it’s hard to overestimate how much a well-crafted piece of barware can make an impression on an end-user. At 21 ounces and with a bubble curvature to help make sure a beer gets just the right amount of head, Moderne Glass Co.’s Pub Glass could be exactly what you need for your next bar or restaurant promotion.
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For the next few weeks, I thought I’d highlight a few Web applications that some of you might find useful. Not that I’m any great-and-powerful computer wizard or anything, but I do like to get my nerd on now and again. As a result of said nerdiness, I’ve picked up a few good tricks that those not permanently tethered to a computer screen like myself might not know. This week we’re going to cover one of the basics–RSS readers.
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I had the pleasure of attending the Vans’ Warped Tour this weekend, which is weird I know, since I’m a 26-year old writer for a business magazine and not a 17-year old girl who loves eyeliner and sneaking cigarettes behind the bleachers. But, I basically never go to shows anymore, and my girlfriend had never even been to a punk concert before prior to this weekend, so I figured why not check out Warped Tour? There’s something like 50-plus bands that play, and the people watching is excellent, ranging from hulking brutes in combat boots and red suspenders, weird pasty guys who look this is the first time they’ve been able to tear themselves from World of Warcraft in months, and 15-year olds with foot-tall pink mohawks who are very clearly there with their parents. Basically, it’s like 100 punk concerts mashed into one.
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Promo Marketing has recently launched its own Facebook page [link], which you should totally join by clicking here [link]. In honor of our auspicious entrance into the world of online social networking, I thought I would collect a few interesting links from the Web about using Facebook as a marketing tool.
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