Promotional Products: A Top Way to Increase Brand Awareness

There are so many marketing channels available to help spread your company’s message — and so much competition. Want an effective and memorable strategy to help your business stand out from the crowd? Try promotional products.

What are Promotional Products?

George Washington Campaign Button

Promotional products have a rich history in America. Back in 1789, commemorative buttons were created for George Washington’s presidential election campaign. Since that first button, the promotional products business has grown into a booming industry with an annual revenue of over $20 billion. Continue reading “Promotional Products: A Top Way to Increase Brand Awareness”

4 Ways to Stay Connected with Promotional Products

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Promotional products are key marketing tools for event giveaways, meeting leave-behinds, and campaign tools. And while a promo item can be a powerful reminder of an in-person interaction, branded products haven’t lost their value in this time of virtual communication.

With events cancelled, in-person meetings replaced with Zoom calls, and many offices remaining empty or sparsely staffed, promotional products can be an effective way to stay in touch and keep your brand top of mind with your audience.

Check out these 4 ways you can use promo during this time of social distancing:

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6 Ways to Be Ready for Your Next Trade Show

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We’ve entered a brand-new decade, ripe with opportunities to grow your brand and realize your vision.

Part of growing your business may involve attending industry events, like expos or trade shows. While these events are often a big undertaking, they can also have major benefits for increasing awareness of your brand and connecting with fresh leads.

If you’re heading to a trade show in 2020, here are 6 tips you can use to make the most of the experience.

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A Fun History of Promotional Products: The Stress Ball

Variety of branded stress relievers

Feeling like a ball of stress? Then grab a stress ball!

Stress balls have become one of the most popular promotional items available for branding. In fact, a single supplier reported selling 15 million stress balls in 2014 alone.

Why are stress balls so popular? For one thing, they’re available in dozens of fun shapes and colors. They’re an inexpensive promotional giveaway that’s gender-neutral and effective for all age groups. And the action of squeezing a stress ball or fiddling with its cousin, a fidget-widget, has been shown to have calming and therapeutic benefits.

Squishy stress balls may be everywhere, but where did they come from in the first place? In our latest installment of A Fun History of Promo, we’re reporting the scintillating story of the stress ball.

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Top 8 Branded Desk Items with Staying Power

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What’s a major factor when choosing an item to brand with your logo? Whether or not that item will be used by the recipient.

If a promotional item is useful, a recipient is likely to keep it around, giving it staying power. And the more often the item is used, the more opportunities your branding has to make an impression.

Items that are useful for one audience and market may differ greatly from that of another. But one category of promotional products that has staying power across industries are branded desk items.

Whether we like it or not, many of us spend a lot of time at our desks. It’s where both the hard work and the creativity happen. A useful, functional, and well-made desk item is sure to be appreciated, sticking around on desks for a long time to come.

Here are our 8 picks for desk items with staying power.

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A Fun History of Promotional Products: The Koozie

Young woman drinking from can with blue branded koozie

Can you truly enjoy a cold drink on a hot day without the help of a koozie? While that may be up for debate, what’s not is that koozies, particularly branded koozies, are in high demand.

The koozie may be commonplace, so much so that you’ve probably never wondered where they originated. So, take a seat, grab a cool drink, and let’s dive into the fun history of the koozie.

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3 Ways to Empower Employees With Promotional Products

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When you hear the term “promotional products” you may picture items designed to promote your brand to potential customers and clients as a means to increase sales. While many logoed items fall into this category, promotional products also have many applications internally, for use by your employees. Here are 3 ways you can help your business to succeed by investing in promotional products for employees.

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A Fun History of Promotional Products: The Umbrella

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Whether a Spring shower, Summer squall, or Autumn rain, a quality umbrella is handy to have any time of year.  We’re used to seeing umbrellas in all colors and sizes, from 60” vented golf umbrellas to cute, cartoon festooned parasols for kids. Umbrellas may be commonplace, but where did they come from? And why might you use a logoed umbrella to promote your brand?

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Reach New Heights with Hiking Themed Promotional Products

Couple hiking using branded promotional products

Hiking is one of Vermont’s most popular Summer activities. We’re called the Green Mountain State for a reason! If outdoor lovers make up your client base, promotional products designed for activities like hiking are an ideal choice for giveaways and thank you gifts. Here are some of our favorite hiking-related items available for branding.

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10 Essential Outdoor Promotional Products

Golf course man and woman using branded promotional products

Summer has arrived, with Vermonters trading winter coats and skis for flip flops and camping gear. This season is especially hot for outdoor promotional products, with a variety of items available for branding that emphasize being active and enjoying all that the outdoors has to offer.

Here are 10 of our favorite picks for branded outdoor promotional products.

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