Hydration Is A Priority Marketing Tool

May 10, 2023

With summer upon us soon, hydration becomes a priority marketing tool for promotional products for several reasons. Firstly, staying hydrated is essential for maintaining good health and wellbeing, and promoting a healthy lifestyle can be an effective marketing strategy. Secondly, hydration is a universal need, making it a relevant and useful gift for a broad…

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Shouldn’t Your Brand Be On That Bottle?

April 4, 2023

Hello Loyal Reader, Now that it’s April, the promo products industry turns toward fun summer items like beach balls and frisbee type devices.  Some companies (like mine) want to promote the healthiest thing you can do in the summer; Stay Hydrated! Promotional water bottles, featured as our products of the month can help maintain health…

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Why Use a Consultant for Promotional Products?

March 2, 2023

Hello, and welcome my March blog.  March is the start of the promotional product industry busy season.  Sometimes when I meet a new potential client their first question is, “Why should I use you instead of a provider I can find on the web?”.  I thought this might be a good time to review the…

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The Road to 2023

October 31, 2022

Hello and welcome to November and the winter holiday season.  We kick it off with election day, fight about the results during Thanksgiving dinner.  Then we head outside for a friendly snowball fight and back together to celebrate the promise of a new year.  And these images are all “stress toys”.  These playful figures come…

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Welcome to Fall

September 30, 2022

And just like that, it’s Autumn.  The air is a little crisper.  The aroma of pumpkin spice seems to be everywhere.  The lazy days of summer are over, and business is getting down to business. The fall season (including those pesky few days of winter) runs right through New Year’s Day.  Between then and the…

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Yeah, I Took a Month Off, But, . . .

May 1, 2022

Things are coming back to life in the promotional products world.  With meetings and gatherings starting up again, more activity than the last two years combined is buzzing about.  In the midst of that, supply chain issues and higher shipping costs put added pressure on small to mid-sized business that want to start distributing special…

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Spring is Coming!

March 4, 2022

In just a few short days it will be Spring, and I can’t wait to be walking BlueMoon in something other than 20-degree weather.  In the promo business things seem to be getting back to normal as well. The Spring brings businesses so many opportunities to promote their brand.  On the apparel side, caps, tee…

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What’s the Big Deal about a Little Snow?

February 4, 2022

For those of you that don’t know, I live in central New Jersey.  At this time a week ago, we were preparing for huge snowstorm; and Mother Nature delivered.  It’s hard to tell with the drifting, but I think we received from 12”-14” of powdery snow.  When I was a kid, I’d probably be playing…

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A New Year Brings Hope and Optimism Amid a Changing Reality

January 2, 2022

Like many of us the new year has brought both concerns and optimism for what lies ahead.  Last fall, it appeared that the floodgates opened with many organizations restarting meetings and businesses welcoming back colleagues to their offices.  For me, December was a record sales month.  Thank you to those that continue to put their…

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Getting Goods in December is Tough, but Not Impossible

December 2, 2021

I’m a day behind schedule writing the blog for this month.  That seems to fit in with the theme in the promotional products business right now.  Typically, production estimates are right on schedule and shipping companies delight in early deliveries.  Not so in December. December starts off down two production days and two shipping days…

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