Idea of the Week: Get Your Cool On

Are you ready to be cool again? 

Not just Fonzie "cool," but have cool 

drinks this Summer in a branded 

custom acrylic tumbler.

This isn't your typical 16 ounce BPA Free double wall acrylic tumbler. 
Oh no, this Fonzie-cool acrylic tumbler (in cool colors) has a freezable 
gel in between the layers of the acrylic, that once frozen will keep your 
beverage cold for hours. Now that is cool. 

Tasty side note: Looking for other Super cool ideas.... As the Fonz would say, "Ayyyy you've come to right place." Let me know how we can make your marketing message come across as being cool.

Idea of the Week: Turn up the sound on your promotion

Can you hear me now? How 'bout now?

Well with this cool silicone mini speaker, you can promote your company and make sure the sound coming from your iPhone is not too soft, not too loud, but just right. 


Looking for other creative ideas to showcase your company? Please let me know how we can help find that cool new idea to "rock" your brand.


Tasty Side Note: At prices starting at $2.59, it won't break the bank.

What are you doing for Earth Day 2012?

April 22nd is Earth Day and even though it may not be a major or even minor holiday, it is a chance for you and your clients to market the ways you're protecting and preserving the environment.

Whether your intention is to have products that are 100% recyclable or items that aim to help reduce waste. Here are 6 items that can make you feel good about showing off your company's belief in helping take care of our planet.* 

100% Organic Cotton T-shirts. Did you know that 25% of all the world's insecticides are used in cotton farming? Instead, consider supporting organic farmers who use natural fertilizers like compost.

Live Seedling - Evergreen Trees. Did you know that each tree planted can convert 600 pounds of harmful carbon dioxide into pure oxygen?

Stainless Steel Water Bottles. It's estimated that 38 billion plastic water bottles are thrown into landfills every year.

100% Recyclable Bags. Americans use approximately 380 BILLION plastic bags every year, and only recycle 1 to 2% of those bags.

80% Recycled Ballpoint Pen. Did you know that it only takes one 1.5 L water bottle to make 5 of these pens?

Earth-friendly Recycled Seed Paper. The seed paper is made from 100% post-industrial, recycled paper and dyed with all-natural, vegetable-based pigments.

There are so many other options such as coffee mugs, recycled lanyards, recognition awards, caps/hats, notebooks, journal books, padfolios and green apparel.

Let us know how we can help make your company and clients ideas for Earth day become a reality.

Tasty Side Note: We know that building your brand is a big part of what you do, but how about also showing how your brand believes in the earth?

* The statistics mentioned above come from the following websites: www.ota.com/organic/environment/cotton_environment.html; www.groline.com/; http://www.squidoo.com/whatdoesgoinggreenmean; www.envirosax.com/plastic_bag_facts; www.spectorandco.com; www.bloominpromotions.com

Idea of the Week: Four Color Process Coffee Mugs

Coffee Mugs. We all use them, either to drink from or to hold things. But it's time to think about the mugs as mini billboards.

Think about it, you can print your company's mug on these mugs with as many as four colors. 

Here are some other ways to rethink the great reusable and eco-friendly coffee mug:

• Stuffing candy or little gifts into the coffee mug.
• Giving everyone in your office a coffee mug as a way of saying thank you.
• Have a presentation? Why not put your client's name on the mug?
• Get prospective clients to pre-register for a tradeshow and give them a personalized coffee mug as a reward. 
• Print your marketing message on a coffee mug as a way to showcase a new product.

Tasty side note: Just remember - you don't just have to be a coffee drinker to enjoy a coffee mug.

Idea of the Week: Multi-Use Golf Towel

I know it might be early for some of us to talk golf, as we finally have some white stuff up in the great white north of Minnesota. But, every year, I keep getting asked what is new and different with golf accessories and products.

Here is a unique golf accessory for you, most definitely me and your customers - The Spotless Swing golf towel.

I am worse than the classic hacker. In fact, there is usually more dirt and grass on my golf clubs than whats left on the course.

This 3-in-1 towel is made of micro-fiber material on the outside and a micro-brush fabric on the inside. It will  keep your hands and grips clean, trap mud, dirt and sand on the inside of this towel and clean your club grooves, allowing you to get that distance and backspin that turns a mediocre day on the course into a great one. Okay, I'd be happy with mediocre. Just ask my father-in-law, friends and business associates who have witnessed my huge left-handed slice. Phil Mickelson, I am not. Or could ever hope to be.

Tasty Side Note: This may not cure your slice or hook, but you will definitely have the cleanest clubs on the course.

Idea of the Week: Slinky Stik-On

It's a Slinky...it's a sticky note...No wait, it's both. 


You remember the song. It's Slinky! It's Slinky, for fun, its a wonderful toy. It's fun for a girl and a boy. 


100 sheets of pure fun for writing your reminders, to-do lists and messages. Just don't drop them down the stairs. 


Tasty side note: For your viewing pleasure. The original Slinky commercial.
http://youtu.be/EZL6RGkPjws

Let me know how I can help get your marketing message across to the masses.

There is no Write or Wrong in Pens

I always have a pen on me. Why? Well, not only do I sell them for a living, but I'm also handing then out, especially to waiters and waitresses. if you remember from my first blog. I'm the difficult one in the restaurant.

Here's how the conversation usually goes: Server: You want a Cheeseburger with Bacon, but no cheese or vegetables and crispy fries. Well I better write that down with my...pen...if I can just find what I did with it...oh I'll be "write" back. Me. Why don't I just give you one of mine.


The "point" today is to tell you how valuable pens or writing instruments are in your marketing arsenal.


Here is a quick appetizer about pens:

• cost effective (with many starting under 50 cents)
• impressions you receive from a pen (they receive 437 impressions per month)
• you can’t use your finger to write on all those post-it notes around your office or home

There are so many pens to choose from whether you want a ballpoint, roller-ball or gel. Of course, let’s not forget color of ink, color of the pen, with or without a cap vs. click.

Pens are great giveaways for:existing and prospective clients

• tradeshows
• new product introductions 
• thank you's
• service awards
• employee incentives

It seems like I have a new favorite every day, but then again here is what my drawer looks like:

Does this look like your favorite drawer? Tell me, what is your favorite pen? Everyone seems to have one or at least an opinion. I would love to hear what makes a pen special to you.

Let me know how I can help you find your next favorite pen. 

Tasty side note: Here is a picture of my current favorite pen, specifically the blue one.