What’s Your Name?   Do you know the best way to move your business ahead and put your name in front of everyone? No matter whether you have a brick and mortar service or an online company you are going to have to have promotional products in the mix.  If you are not already participating then you are behind and that is not a good place to be.  So go ahead and take a look at all the promotional products out on the market, you will be amazed at the numbers of them.  You need to pick the very best to be given to your clients for real growth.   Narrow It Down   To start there are so many promotional items it can be …

Serious Marketing Finally the economy is picking up! Within the marketing mix there are many different approaches for moving your business forward.  Numerous techniques have to be employed to make your company better known but one to keep around is to give away free promotional gifts to customers. While each company requires advertising of some type, some marketing departments may start to question giving out free things.  However you know that you must continue this type of advertising as it has proven itself over and over again in the business world. It’s Always a Good Thing There is no doubt people like getting free gifts!  Sometimes there are occasions when customers will choose one business over another because they are handing out something for free. …

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill Mark Zuckerberg and staff are evidently adopting Churchill’s way of thinking with all of the changes that Facebook goes through. If there is one thing that remains constant about Facebook, it’s that it is always changing. Despite the fact the users seem to get more than just angry about the changes, Facebook continues to make drastic adjustments to the look and feel of their site as they seek out the perfect mix of user interaction, advertising, and now, satisfied share holders. Users just end up dealing with it and they figure out how to adapt to the change and remain loyal a on the social network, not just as average …

A Different Way Many, many promotional products are available to you but some are a little more special and sweeter than others.  This is not to say that your typical promotional pens and mugs are not really super effective products because they most certainly are, but some products will have a different effect on your clients.  In your business you may have the ability and latitude to use some merchandise that is a bit outside of the normal giveaway. More Fun When you are arriving with some new and yummy promotional merchandise it will be a super nice surprise for your clients and others in your target market.  One of the most festive of these is the promotional Stainless Lolly Bucket, a snappy looking stainless …

Last week, we posted all about how to FengShui your office space and included the Do’s and Don’ts when implementing FengShui techniques in your office or office space. This week, we thought it would be a good idea to take a look at FengShui’s 5 elements and delve deeper into the details of how to put them to use for balance and harmony at your work place. The 5 FengShui Elements: There are five Feng Sui Elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. FengShui experts say that you should include all five elements in your office space in some way. The element you are more in tune with should be used more than the rest, same with the element that more closely represents your business …

Upper Case Consider yourself a smart marketing department if your company has been using promotional products within their marketing plan for a while.  However somewhere along the way the success you were having giving away the promotional items doesn’t work like it did at the start.  Typically this can begin to happen if you are handing out the smaller items such as pens and pads.  It might be time to search for some alternatives to spice it up a bit! Look Around for Fancy One way to do this is to occasionally do some “splurge” products that cost a bit more.  These won’t be as universally applicable as pens and pads but they may do the trick for some special decision makers.  One promotional product …

What is FengShui? FengShui translates to mean “wind” and “water”. It is a traditional art of living based on a philosophy strongly rooted in spirituality and Chinese history and ancient cultures. A more simple and modern definition ofFengShui, is the idea and practice of living in harmony with the natural world. Even though this practice is quite ancient, dating back to 4000 BC, it is widely used today and can be quite helpful when setting up your office architecture, design and arrangements. Skeptical About FengShui? If you are unsure about the possible benefits of practicing FengShui , try some of these techniques in your office and test out if they have a positive effect on the environment, staff, employees, guests, customers, sales, and productivity. Did …

Keep It Real Everyone loves to receive gifts and goodies, and most people view promotional products as a gift; they have no realization of all the good marketing that those products produce.  Promotional products are the easiest, simplest item to give out in order to promote your company, they are ambassadors of smiles! Keep It Simple As you start to figure out the posse of products you want to keep for giveaways you need to have a range from low dollar to high dollar gifts.  This way you always have the right item to grab at a moment’s notice if a situation arises where you need a product.  Another thought to contemplate is to make the merchandise really applicable to your customers and target market.  …

Connect with BrandMe on our other social channels in addition to our blog. We are growing our social media network and would love to have you come and chat with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. Be a fan of BrandMe on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/brandmeau and share with us ideas for the best uses of our promotional merchandise. When you choose your promotional products, you can share them with your friends and followers through our Facebook page. BrandMe is also on Twitter. Please come and follow us: https://twitter.com/brandmeau and get social with us, talking and tweeting about #promotionalproducts #BrandMe and #corporategifts.  We also like to talk about business best practices and marketing tactics to help our customers in addition to promotional items. Pinterest may be the …

Marketing Please? As you consider all your clients and then the target market your company would like to reach you have to be creative in your approach.  One of the best and easiest plans to implement is to give out promotional products.  They are simple to begin with and there are thousands so you never run out of good ideas. Have Some Fun with It Promotional products don’t always have to be serious but they do need to always be a useful item for your target audience.  Consider how your clients work and what they do within their business and then you can come up with some original ideas.  Generally the budget is going to be very happy with most promotional products because they are …