Tag Archives: brandme

• Thursday, October 3rd, 2013

  Using Social Media to Promote Your Booth at the Trade Show

  One of the main ingredients to a successful trade show is incorporating the right advertising components to promote your company and draw visitors to your booth. Social media marketing added into that mix will really help you shine during the trade shows. Here is a checklist for social media best practices at a trade show:

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• Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

  Stay Up To Date with USB Flash Drives

  Keep It All Open When you are in charge of expanding the company you have to constantly review what you are doing in your marketing plan.  One of the simplest methods for moving brand recognition forward for your business is continual use of various promotional products.  We know this because it is what we do every day!  We receive lots of new products every day for review but we also have thousands of proven promotional items from which to choose, so let us help you expand. Find the Best Direction A number of businesses are discovering that the traditional methods of advertising for there are either not effective or the cost is so high it is becoming prohibitive to use on a regular basis.  This …

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• Saturday, September 28th, 2013

  Let Your Brain Relax by Using a Calculator

  Going Faster Every marketing department is charged with bringing in every client they can while stretching their marketing budget to the maximum effectiveness.  In a competitive economic time it has to be this way and every business is in the same position so it’s making it a little more even for all companies.  However, we are able to really give your company an edge on the competition due to our immense selection and experience. Which Products Work? We ha many effective promotional items but one of the top five we recommend for every business to put into use in their promotions is the promotional Calculator.  These handy tools are really essential for every person in every field, and it gives the impression that your business …

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• Saturday, September 21st, 2013

  Collecting Feedback from Employees & Incorporating Their Ideas into the Business

  How do you collect feedback and ideas from your employees? Chances are it is an annual survey or a suggestion box. There are more creative ways to get feedback and input from your staff members so that you can really make them feel like you care about what they have to say and how they feel about the company and their jobs. Here are 6 ideas for creative and different ways to collect employee feedback: Employee Focus Groups: Most companies practice using focus groups to get information from their customers. Applying this technique to getting information from employees is a great way to get feedback as well as new ideas. Apply the trend for openness and transparency to employee feedback as well. Having things out …

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• Friday, September 20th, 2013

  Capture Some Fun with a Disposable Camera

  What’s Your View? When you are the one charged with keeping the marketing plan fresh and exciting you have a very challenging job keeping all those balls in the air.  It is difficult to continuously come up with new ideas and plans to keep improving your name recognition.  Luckily having promotional products available as an option makes it easier because there are hundreds to choose from and there are new products available all the time. More Than You Need These multitudes of products give you the opportunity to try new things pretty much on an ongoing basis.  This is good because people get bored with the normal array of items like mugs and pens; they sometimes are ready for something a little more interesting.  It’s …

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• Friday, September 20th, 2013

  Making a Business Plan to Get Through the Toughest of Times

  Let’s face it; the world’s economy has not been in the best state. That makes running a successful business even more challenging than it already is. We have come up with a simple checklist that you can apply to your business plan and revisit often to make sure that you are poised to make it through the financial storms. Create a Road Map: Not just a plan, but a very specific road map. Formulate a plan with visuals and specifics with “if – then” scenarios too. Do not Run Your Business in Fear: Have your plan and a road map help with this, so does surrounding yourself with the right people. Choose smart business partners and employees that are invested in your company mission. Manage …

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• Thursday, September 19th, 2013

  Binoculars to Help You See Clearly

  Success Defined Success for any business is to bring more name recognition, therefore increasing your client base.  Doing this takes a lot of marketing thought and decision making, not always an easy journey to make. But this goal becomes much simpler to reach when you choose to use promotional product giveaways as one of your techniques.  Among all the options available for marketing success, promotional products are the most affordable and most effective. How Do You See It? It doesn’t matter whether you are running an online business or a brick and mortar company you will be pleased with the number of options promotional merchandise provides to expand your brand: Items to satisfy every client, so many of them! A solution for every budget All …

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• Thursday, September 19th, 2013

  Stay Charged with Bat Emergency Batteries

  Market, Market, Market When it comes to promoting your business you have a multitude of choices in order to make your marketing plan fly.  You could choose to run commercials or have a few billboards, or use any of the other traditional techniques for spreading your brand recognition. These are all good paths to follow but you should always have an organized promotional product giveaway plan as part of it. Handing out promotional products is the most budget friendly, effective methods you can put into place. Put Them to Use Having the option of promotional merchandise to give to your customers as a thank you and a reminder to encourage them to use you again is a no brainer.  This is an essential part of …

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• Saturday, August 31st, 2013

  Product and Company Names Gone Wrong

  Names mean a lot for your brand and the success of your business. Sometimes you just have to wonder what people were thinking when they chose the name for a product, or even their company name. In some cases it is a language barrier, but in others, it seems like they should have done just a bit more research when choosing such important names. Photo Credit: Huffington Post Photo Credit: Huffington Post Photo Credit: Huffington Post Photo Credit: Buzz Feed Photo Credit: Buzz Feed Photo Credit: Buzz Feed Photo Credit: Buzz Feed

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• Friday, August 30th, 2013

  Customer Service is Becoming More Important than Ever

  We should clarify that the most important part of customer service is delivering good customer service as well as striving to provide your customers an excellent customer experience. Why is customer service becoming so important for businesses and marketing departments? Social media, online reviews, and word of mouth are making customer service part of marketing and making it very important for customers to receive an experience worthy of not only their repeat business, but their recommendation to their friends, followers, and network of online contacts. Below is a customer service infographic from Peter Shankman, author of Nice Companies Finish First. Some of the important customer service facts that stand out from this infographic are: Consumers tell 15 people about good experiences but they tell 24 …

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