Tag Archives: brandme

• Friday, May 10th, 2013

  Surge in Mobile Searches Increases Need for Responsive Website Design

  Mobile search is increasing exponentially. With tablets and smartphones becoming more popular by the day, it means that more searches are conducted on these mobile devices, and that is where the responsive design comes in. Responsive design is the style of design that ensures that your website will show up on any size phone or tablet. The days of websites being accessed only on a desk top computer or laptop are gone. New studies predict that tablets will outsell desktops  this year. In the e-commerce space, “mobile commerce is a super big deal,” asserted First Round Capital Partner Chris Fralic. In the fourth quarter of 2012, he said, 13% of all e-commerce was mobile commerce. A Google study  on mobile search reveals how the mobile …

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• Thursday, May 9th, 2013

  Eco Bags Will Speak Volumes

  Green is the Word If you want your business to be seen, you want to go green. It is a great way to promote your products or services, by going organic or being environmentally friendly. It’s easy to promote your business products by going green and it doesn’t have to cost you a ton of money. Many others are going the same route, so you might have to get a bit creative to decide the best way to make your product stand out in a world where going eco-friendly is trending. Environmental Hugs Being environmentally responsible is a big factor these days; as a matter of fact there are some businesses who aren’t interested in you if you aren’t eco-friendly. For instance, if you are …

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• Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

  10 Steps Management Can Take to Increase Both Productivity and Creativity in Employees

  

  For many employees creativity and productivity go hand in hand. And increase in one leads to an increase in the other, so anything that managers can do to facilitate creativity or productivity for their staff will lead to a benefit in both areas. In some cases, tactics for increasing either behaviour can rely on the specific employee, but here are some tips for helping employees achieve success in both areas: Reward Creativity. It sounds simple enough, but it is often overlooked. The simple task of rewarding the behaviour that is desired goes a long way towards promoting the level of creativity among all workers. Create a Positive Environment. Make sure that the office space is free of distractions and this will enable employees to be …

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• Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

  Outside the Lines with Cool Tools

  New Stuff Giving away pens and notepads has always been a good way to advertise your brand and give your business exposure. While these items are solid and useful, they are run of the mill products used by a wide group of businesses. To get your brand more notice it might be time to look for a new item, this item should be very handy and useful but different than the ordinary items typically used routinely. Remember the Point The whole idea behind using a product as a giveaway which will actually be put to use really makes sense. By using the product the logo is being seen by the one who is using it along with anyone nearby. More exposure is what you seek …

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• Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

  Top Trade Show Giveaways

  Part of attending trade shows includes visiting vendor booths and getting “swag” giveaways. It can be a fun thing for attendees, but is a serious way for vendors to get their name out there and be remembered long after the show is over. In fact, studies show that most recipients of promotional products keep them for a year or more. So, the question is not really if you should have a trade show giveaway, but what should be your promotional product trade show giveaway? It should be something that is useful to the recipient and representative of your brand or relevant to your company. Of course, the goal is to make it home in the luggage, so here is a list of some of the …

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• Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

  Product Spotlight: Promotional Sports and Duffle Bags

  Since it is important to give promotional products that are useful, sports and duffle bags should be one of the promotional products you consider, not only because they are useful, but they will likely be used often and carried around, to the gym, or the park, or for travel gaining extra exposure for your company. There are different style sports bags, which can be used as gifts to employees, customers, prospects, or even perhaps to sponsor a local sports team. Flash Sports Bags: These high quality and durable Flash Sports Bags fit a variety of uses. Featuring a flash down the sides of the middle panel, which is where they get their name from; there are a great range of colours to tie in with …

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• Monday, April 22nd, 2013

  Product Spotlight: Eco-Friendly Promotional Products

  In honour of Earth Day, we are featuring some of our environmentally friendly promotional products. These items are not only helping to reduce our carbon footprint on the environment so that recipients can feel good about them, but they will also remember your company for being responsible and caring about our Mother Earth. Here are some of our most popular eco-friendly products: Australian Juke Bags: In addition to being environmentally friendly, these bags are convenient, durable, and very useful for toting things to work, or bringing home groceries and other shopping purchases. Recycled Note Books: Note books are one of the most popular promotional products overall, so having recycled material and environmentally friendly notepads brings added value and can be identified with by the recipient. …

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• Thursday, April 18th, 2013

  Earth Day in Australia 2013

  

                            We want to acknowledge Earth Day coming up on Monday April 22, 2013. Taking care of the environment and our Mother Earth is something that is important to us at Brandme and should be equally important to all businesses that can help in making a difference conserving resources. Here are a few ways you can help Landcare Australia is a partnership between the community, government and business to carry out environmental protection in Australia. It will be planting 100,000 trees through the Avatar Home Tree Initiative. Under this project, 28 species of trees will be planted. Green Earth Blog featuring ideas on how Australians can lower their carbon footprint and also ways …

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• Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

  Love Your Commute with an Elleven Computer Backpack

  Choices for Your Marketing In this world of endless choices you may be wondering how to best promote your business or services.  Marketing offers many effective ways to expand your brand name but the most popular and economical method is to give away promotional products.  More and more companies are moving away from traditional TV and radio as those costs continue to soar. The Lowdown Surely you know this but promotional products are free items you give away to your clients and prospective clients.  Then they have this item on their desk, on their person, in their car or somewhere and they are always seeing your company name.  This works a couple of ways, they are happy to have a free gift that is useful …

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• Saturday, April 13th, 2013

  Be a Winner in a Champion Polo

  

  Evaluation Today’s marketing plans have to have many parts to them to be the best they can be for success in spreading the name recognition.  One of those pieces should always be the use of promotional products, no matter whether you are a brick and mortar business or an internet business. When you are scanning all the promotional items out there on the web, keep in mind you want a company who will work hand in hand with you to present and create only the very best products for your clients and target audience. Many Options Promotional products have legendary numbers and this volume can sometimes be a bit overwhelming.  But there are some tried and true items which any company can use and know …

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