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HALO/Lee Wayne Heads To The West Coast
Issue: 2010SEP
Sterling, Illinois-based distributorship HALO/Lee Wayne (UPIC: LEEWAYNE) hosted its national sales meeting at San Diego’s Rancho Bernardo Inn this summer...Full News Article
AddVenture Picnics On The 4th
Issue: 2010SEP
The annual 4th of July picnic at San Diego, California-based supplier AddVenture (UPIC: COMPREST) hit its tenth year this summer...Full News Article
Gill Studios Says Goodbye To Carrico
Issue: 2010SEP
Gill Studios (UPIC: gill) hosted a send-off party like no other for Tom Carrico, CAS, who retired from his post as president of the company in May...Full News Article
Seen And Heard
By: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010SEP
(From left)Saving someone’s seat takes on a new meaning with imprinted bike seat covers...Full News Article
Good Reads
By: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010SEP
The Book: Full Brain Marketing For The Small Business by D.J. Heckes
Recommended By: Joy Smith, MAS
The Message: Every good leader possesses key traits such as honesty, dependability, confidence, a commitment to excellence, humility and patience, but it’s only when you learn to use those traits to your advantage that you become a great leader...Full News Article
The New Facebook Frontier
By: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010SEP
Forget merely friending the companies you like, now you can put supplier catalogs right on your Facebook fan page.
These days, it seems there are two distinct groups: Those who use Facebook and those who want to but have no idea how to make it worth their time...Full News Article
Action! Three promotional ideas that could change your business right now.
By: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010SEP
Take Social Media Dialogue Off-line
Rather than advising clients to print their social media handles on products, try suggesting they draw end users into the ongoing conversation by decorating products with bits of social media dialogue...Full News Article
Virtually The Same
By: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010SEP
Digital promotions give end users the same feeling of goodwill on behalf of companies, but with a twist.
In the vast, dense forest of the promotional products industry something new is sprouting, and it’s called virtual promotions.
Virtual promotions come in two forms...Full News Article
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Welcome To The FoldBy: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010AUG
A family-owned business with a knack for sensing trends adds pocket folders to its product roster.
Did Kenny Rogers reveal the secret to business success when he sang “know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em?”
As far as Warwick Publishing is concerned he might as well have...Full News ArticleSeen And HeardBy: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010AUG
Rather than source products that can be recycled, why not look for products that are recycled? Promotional products supplier Your Promo Place has developed a new line of bags made from recycled billboard covers called AdVinylize...Full News ArticleHot Or NotBy: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010AUG
All The Flavor Without The Calories
Called the first commercial step toward breathable foods, Le Whif is a Harvard professor-designed plastic tube of flavored particles used to bypass caloric intake while still experiencing the taste of foods such as chocolate and coffee...Full News ArticleSeeking OpportunityBy: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010AUG
Industry-savvy entrepreneurs hope to capitalize on time-starved companies hungry for change...Full News ArticleVernon Hosts Sales Meeting/Employee Incentive In ArizonaBy: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010AUG
Scottsdale, Arizona, was the backdrop for a combined national sales meeting and company incentive trip at The Vernon Company (UPIC: Vernon)...Full News ArticleHub Pen Places First In PROMOTIONS EAST Fun RunBy: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010AUG
The oldest son of Bob Stearns, Hub Pen’s (UPIC: HUBPEN) production manager, made his father and his father’s company proud when he won first place in the 5K PROMOTIONS EAST Fun Run in Atlantic City...Full News ArticleR.S. Owens Celebrates Hockey Victory With Fund-RaiserBy: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010AUG
To commemorate the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup victory, employees at R.S...Full News ArticleThe Future Of SnackingBy: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010AUG
Edible products gained as a category while others in the industry struggled last year...Full News ArticleSeen And HeardBy: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010JULCampaign Finance
At a Hong Kong university, two rival student government groups were disqualified from student elections because an audit of their campaign spending found they had exceeded the spending limit for promotional products...Full News ArticleGood ReadsBy: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010JULThe Book: Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing by Harry Beckwith; Warner, 1997
Recommended By: Joseph G...Full News ArticleA Product Line Less TraveledBy: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010JULAntibacterial products are all the rage, but has anyone really examined what they’re all about? One distributor did and discovered a better way.
You never need look too far to find a person toting antibacterial hand sanitizer or wipes these days...Full News ArticleWhat Women Want By: Tama Underwood Issue: 2010JULTitans of the industry, who happen to be women, discuss their leadership styles.
Two years ago, businesses run by women grew at a rate of nearly 23 percent—two times faster than business as a whole, according to a 2008 research report from the National Association of Women Business Owners...Full News ArticleIn The MoneyBy: Tama Swan Issue: 2010JUNA breakdown of the richest states in the promotional products industry
Do you know where the millionaires in the promotional products industry are located? Sure, everyone knows the big names that routinely make industry lists and appear in headlines, but there are many more companies tucked away in states across the country quietly turning tidy profits...Full News ArticleSeen And HeardBy: Tama Swan Issue: 2010JUNSocial media giant Facebook is reportedly giving select businesses imprinted window decals to both help corporate users accumulate more fans and to promote the site, according to Mashable.com...Full News ArticleLifting The Veil On Wedding PromosBy: Tama Swan Issue: 2010JUNA distributor talks about this small, but ever-present, product niche.
The idea of personalized gifts and favors at weddings is a popular one, just a quick page-flip through a wedding magazine reveals this, but is it a viable market niche for distributors? We talked to Folake Olumide, owner of Grand Forks, North Dakota-based distributor A-Pink Enterprises (UPIC: A-PINK), to find out what the wedding market is really like...Full News ArticleIn CodeBy: Tama Swan Issue: 2010JUN
Likely the future’s product imprint du jour, 2-D barcodes are popping up all over...Full News ArticleGold Bold Surprises PPAI Staff With Shipment Of TumblersBy: Audrey Sellers Issue: 2010JUN
PPAI staff spotted them in the New Product Pavilion at the Expo and they were enthused when Hixson, Tennessee-based supplier Gold Bond, Inc...Full News Article
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