The U.S. government’s $2 trillion stimulus package was the $349 billion in total loans for small businesses. Known as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the lending program opened last week. Here are some key details and questions for promotional products businesses, including eligibility information and a link to the application form…
Read MoreMore Artists and Businesses Are Now Selling Branded Face Masks
We’ve already seen many individuals making use of face masks in accordance with the CDC’s new guidelines. While homemade masks are perfectly acceptable in the battle against COVID-19, individuals who are looking to sport more noticeable creations can call on musicians, businesses and brands as allies in their social distancing plans…
Read MoreUpdate 5/12: A Guide to Face Masks: Types, Materials and Best Practices for Universal Masking
Not all face masks are created equally. It’s natural to feel a bit overwhelmed by all of the information, or feel unsure about which mask types or fabrics work best (or at all) for certain applications, but this is critical knowledge if you’re brokering sales on masks for medical facilities or other applications…
Read More‘See It, Want It, Get It’: New Platform Lets Artists Sell Merch Direct From Videos, In Real Time
With live music effectively canceled for the foreseeable future, pop mega-stars and local artists alike need all the help they can get selling merchandise. Come April 26, DroppTV plans to offer a solution through its “see it, want it, get it” AI smart video technology that lets consumers purchase items in real time while viewing performers’ videos…
Read MoreGill Line Introduces New Products Related to Fight Against COVID-19
Gill Line, Lenexa, Kan., is helping communities and organizations across the U.S. manufacturing signs, decals, labels and other products to inform, educate, warn, instruct and assist during the COVID-19 crisis. In its buildings, it is sanitizing workstations, practicing social distancing, and reducing associates on site at any given time by changing work shifts and implementing…
Read MoreGiving You the Help You Want
These very different times call for a very different approach to my blog, Million Dollar Mindset. The main purpose of my blog is to help you develop the mindset to create your own million dollar success. Some of you were probably well on your way until a few weeks ago. Then our world changed in…
Read MoreCanceled Events Don’t Have to Mean Canceled Promo Campaigns
For events like SXSW, there’s no sense in throwing out all of the merch just because things didn’t happen as planned. With technology being what it is, a lot of these events that can move online have. In these instances, promotional products companies are still fulfilling their orders, just a little differently…
Read MoreWith His ‘Promo Expert’ Music Video, Fields Manufacturing’s Matt Wagner Shows Us How to #PROMOtogether
Late on a recent Thursday night, Matt Wagner started writing a song the way countless songwriters have done over the course of pop music history: He grabbed his guitar, strummed a G chord and made up some lyrics about getting referral business as a promotional products professional. By 5:30 a.m., he had finished “Promo Expert”…
Read MoreCrystal D Promotes Three, Hires Two
Crystal D, St. Paul, Minn., the leading supplier of corporate awards and gifts, has promoted three employees and hired two additional employees. Evan Lodin has been promoted from production team lead to production manager. Linda Chang has been promoted from mask maker to production team lead. Matt Boyles has been promoted from order entry specialist…
Read MoreDr. Fauci Becomes an Unlikely Branded Merchandise Star
Dr. Anthony Fauci has become a strangely polarizing figure as the nation has begun its battle to combat COVID-19. Opposition to his input has led to increased security for the 79-year-old, while many other Americans have come to see him as the trusted face of the pandemic response. That, of course, has bred a cottage industry of Dr. Fauci merch…
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