Tag Archives: brandme

• Saturday, May 3rd, 2014

  Management Traits to Avoid

  There are certain personality traits and behaviours that some managers adopt that will definitely be a turn off for employees. So much so, that they will likely quit. If your management team is seeing a lot of resignations and team members quitting, it might be time to evaluate the management style and personality traits of management to ensure that you do not see the following personality traits: Micro Management. Micro managing is one of the top concerns or pet peeves of employees. Micro management makes employees feel like they are not trusted to do their job. It makes the top of this list because it is something that no one is fond of. Do Not Create Office Politics. There is a reason why politics are …

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• Saturday, May 3rd, 2014

  Visual Marketing: Why You Should Use Images in Your Content

  The saying goes “a picture is worth a thousand words”. That is truer now than ever before. The saying probably was never really intended to have anything to do with marketing, or using content along with visuals to talk about their products; however now it does apply to your marketing and branding message. Today we are highlighting 10 statistics from Hubspot that provide proof as to why you should include visuals along with content in your marketing messaging: 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual, and visuals are processed 60,000X faster in the brain than text. (Sources: 3M Corporation and Zabisco) 40% of people will respond better to visual information than plain text. (Source: Zabisco) Publishers who use infographics grow in traffic an …

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• Friday, May 2nd, 2014

  How to Attract Buyers to Your Trade Show Booth

  Since promotional products and branded gifts are so popular at trade shows, we have seen a lot of great ideas for attracting buyers to trade show booths over the years. We hope that this list of ideas for attracting buyers to your trade show booth will help lead you towards success with your next event. In addition to finding the right promotional product giveaways for your trade event, using proper signage, hosting contests, and adding booth guest hosts can all help pave the way to a successful trade show booth. Send Your Message with Signs There are so many booths at a trade show and they are all competing for the attention of the buyers that are there. Signs are an excellent way to inform …

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• Friday, May 2nd, 2014

  Coasters Roll Out Your Business

  Stay In Front of Your Audience As you are researching your options to refresh your marketing you know you have to make it suit your budget and be super effective. This is not always easy in these current days because there are so many social media arenas to consider, but history proves that using promotional products will increase your brand recognition. We are happy to give you some information and advice about how well your business will perform when you give out customized products to your clients. We can help you choose the best products for any particular industry or we can help you find particular items for something special. Look at the Variety A lot of our most effective items are also the cheapest …

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• Thursday, May 1st, 2014

  Starting a Blog for Your Business

  So, you have a new blog for your business. What now? Once your blog is live there are steps you can and should take to make it successful. Putting forth a small bit of effort and establishing a schedule will have you on your way to success. Your blog should help establish you as an authority in your industry. Follow these steps to start you on your way to blogging: Set up all the links on your blog and make sure that your social channels and all appropriate information are available on your blog. Write an introduction blog post telling your readers about you and what your goals are with the blog. Commit to writing at least once a week. Write a schedule and plan …

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• Wednesday, April 30th, 2014

  Notebooks are a Standout

  Go Through the Choices If you are marketing your business using the traditional methods such as TV and radio ads and direct mail pieces then you probably have observed they don’t seem to be having the same impact on your market. It may be because your target audience is exposed to hundreds of ads on a daily basis and they don’t notice them anymore. But as a business owner or someone in charge of marketing you still need to find a way to make your business stand out from the others in your industry. The Answer is Easy The main story is we all need to be out there making more business connections and relationships in order to grow our business name recognition. This always …

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• Friday, April 25th, 2014

  A Bic Round Stick Pen is Always Right

  Use the Best for You These days there are so many techniques for marketing your business, essential to the lifeblood of any business. Of course you have promotional products in the mix, it’s the most effective and budget friendly method available. And it works across the board, for all industries and businesses, no matter what you do. However it is really important to choose the right products, if they are not popular and useful they will not be successful in spreading the word about your company. We are available to help make those decisions because we really know our products and which will be the best fit for your business. All Things Free are Welcome A promotional product is basically a gift, and everybody likes …

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• Friday, April 18th, 2014

  Take a Drink Bottle Wherever You Go

  Make the Decisions While you continue to evaluate your business marketing techniques there should always be an available option to use promotional products. There are pros and cons with all techniques but it’s mostly pros for using promotional products because they are always effective and will adapt to every budget. We can help you find what you need based on your current customers and those you are targeting. Evaluation Time Although our promotional products are many, varied and successful, finding what is best for your promotional needs might require some serious thought about your clients. This might require you to think outside the box to achieve the desired results. Discovering that special item to make your business product or service stand out above your competitors …

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• Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

  Magnetic Cork Whiteboards Provide Information

  Keep Up the Relationships Really business is all about relationships, your clients might be those you go visit or they may be coming into your place of business but either way the contact is essential. That personal interaction is what sustains and grows your company over time which is so crucial to the business. Having promotional products in your marketing to give away to these clients to keep your business name in front of them all the time is the most effective way to increase your relationship status. Continually Moving Up You might already be participating in a promotional product program of some type but you need to do a review regularly to see which items are working and which are not as effective with …

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• Saturday, March 29th, 2014

  Note Holders Get Attention

  Is Your Name on Display Are you really aware of the best methods to move your company ahead and put your name in front of everyone? It doesn’t matter whether you have a brick and mortar service or an online company you are going to have to have promotional products in your mix of marketing tools.  If you are not already using promotional products then you are a bit behind the curve and you need to move on. So go ahead and take a look at all the promotional products we have available, you will be amazed at the variety we can provide for your business.  Using the most effective products will mean greater name recognition for you. Looking for the Best for Your Business …

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