In one week, the Major League Baseball All-Star break will be upon us. Since we’re just beyond the mid-point of 2013, it’s time to think about your own All-Star break.
Read MoreTake Your Own All-Star Break
Tag: Season
Promotions Are Coming: 3 Ways to Honor Game of Thrones
Season 3 of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” premieres on March 31. Here are some fun ways to connect the worlds of fantasy and promotional products.
Read MoreBe the Light or Be the Mirror
This is the season of light. The winter solstice is coming—the shortest day (light). For millennia mankind has celebrated the return of light with significant celebrations and holy days (holidays).
As you celebrate this year, think of and thank those who have brought light into your life and commit yourself to be bringing your light to others in your days ahead. Commit to being the light, bringing the light to your world this holiday season and throughout the new year.
Read MoreSpread the Word: Achieving the “Gossip Girl” Look
“Gossip Girl” is more than just a show about entitled young adults. Forget about the gossip and focus on the fashion by incorporating these looks into your wardrobe.
Read MoreWhat Can We Learn from March Madness?
It’s amazing that millions of dollars will be lost in business productivity during the College Basketball Tournament, otherwise known as March Madness.
Read MoreIs it Tee Time Yet?
I know it’s only March 10th, but I’m starting to feel it—golf season is near. In my dinning room is a brand-new Big Bertha driver, a Christmas gift from my wife who apparently didn’t know just how much the size of your club matters when it comes to golf (I explained it to her).
Read MoreAnnual Gift Day and Nostalgia Marketing
My apologies for the brief absence in posting. I think we can all agree though that besides being the season of jolly happy funtime lala sugarplum land, the holidays are also a time of insane, soul-stomping busyness, workaholism and casual explorations of stress-induced illnesses like hyperventilation, migraines and stomach ulcers.
Read MoreSee You In Chicago
With near 100 degree heat here in Philadelphia, it’s safe to say a short trip to the Windy City will be a nice break. As an editor, I always look forward to checking out what new products are out there as well as seeing some familiar faces. Hopefully I will get a chance to talk to many of you about some of the new and exciting things happening with PromoMarketing.com and get your feedback on what you need from us to run your business better. See you all there.
Other Industry News:
Top Brands Adds Lufkin Tape Measures
Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based Top Brands Inc. announced
Fall Forward
I plan ahead. For everything. So imagine my surprise at finding myself reporting on an industry that is routinely looking at, projecting on, and yes, planning for the future. Spring’s barely here and the apparel folks are hunkering down for fall? It felt like the mothership calling me home.
Besides, the current weather situation is making me supremely doubt the whole idea of spring, anyway. I’m still in my down coat, I don’t know what this “spring” is of which you speak. So I’m going to skip the disappointment at this deadbeat season and mosey on over to fall, where the fashion forecast looks
Every Vote Counts!
Here in Philadelphia, things are really starting to heat up (and it’s only March). Even though the Republican nomination is sewn up, the Democratic primary is coming to town in full force. Bus stops preach the message of hope and campaign ads talk passionately about change. It’s a different feel for a state normally an afterthought in the doldrums of late primary season. It seems that every cubicle, street corner and marketplace is buzzing with the same question, “Who will win—Barack or Hillary?
The youth vote is cited for Obama. The blue-collar vote is assured for Clinton (or so the news outlets keep saying