Monday, September 27, 2010

Fun Promo Products for Tailgates


There’s food and there’s drinks, but it can’t be a tailgate without some games and there are tons of promo products on the market that can help your recipients have some fun of their own pre-kickoff. Cornhole is a classic tailgating game where players take turns tossing beanbags into raised platforms with holes (that can be imprinted with your company’s name). Velcro Catch is another great game where a ball is tossed back and forth between Velcro-covered mitts. These games make great promo products because they will surely be used over and over again everywhere from the tailgate, to the beach, to the company picnic.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Promo Products for Your Boo-Boos: Custom Band-Aids


Brands beyond the medical industry have been using promo products like custom band-aids to gain advertising wherever cuts and scrapes are found. This week in 1920, the Band-Aid was invented by an employee of Johnson & Johnson (the company who still produces this line of bandages today) for his wife who often cut and burned herself while cooking. Though the first decorative Band-Aids weren’t produced until 1951, since then bandages have been used as promo products for everyone Barbie and Spongebob Squarepants to Louis Vuitton. Consider imprinting your own logo on custom bandages and incorporate them into a creative marketing campaign!

Monday, September 13, 2010

Are you ready for some promo products – er – football?


From high school bleachers, to NFL stadiums, expect to see promo products displaying fans’ favorite football teams all over sports arenas this fall. Spirit accessories like mini foam footballs are some of the most popular items each year to help attendees get into the game. Consider branding such promo products with a team logo on one side and your own company name and logo on the other for some prime sidelines advertising potential. Recipients are likely to hold on to thes items and bring them back game after game giving your brand even more exposure throughout the whole football season.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Promo Products for Teddy Bear Day!


Promo products like custom stuffed animals are the perfect giveaways for Teddy Bear Day, which is celebrated each year on September 9! The “Teddy” bear is named for President Theodore Roosevelt, who, as the story is told, while hunting in Mississippi in the year 1902 refused to shoot a young bear. A man named Morris Michtom is credited with coming up with the idea for a “teddy” bear after seeing a cartoon printed in The Washington Post about the incident. Teddy bears and other custom stuffed animals would make great promo products for any consumers, though they are often associated as toys for young children.