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We love working with our clients 1:1 to find the perfect products for their projects.  In our posts, you'll find lots of examples of previous projects, our favorite products, our process, and small business tips.  We look forward to working with you!

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Top GOT BAG Alternatives for Your Brand: Stylish & Sustainable Choices

GOT BAG is taking over the internet, and rightly so. It is a B Corp-certified company that makes backpacks, roll-top backpacks, hip bags, and moon bags out of recycled plastic. Their bags are vegan, water-resistant, and stylish. While we would love to help you source branded bags from GOT BAG, we understand that they are […]

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Luxury Business Merchandise: Aligning Brand Image with Market Perception

Using luxury business merchandise in your marketing strategy will significantly impact the public’s perception of your brand and attract ideal clients in competitive markets.  While high-end promotional gifts and luxury merchandise certainly don’t make up for ineffective branding, the right branded products can elevate a brand just enough to be competitive in challenging markets. Considerations […]

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promotional products for women

Promotional Products for Women: Enhance Your Corporate Brand

Being a team of four women, we love projects that allow us to source promotional products for women.  During our weekly team meetings, we discuss products and brands we love and are using the most right now and products we don’t love and wouldn’t recommend to clients. Our Top Picks for Promotional Products for Women […]

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Beach Promotional Items: When and How to Use Them For Your Brand

Whether you live near the beach or host a themed corporate event, nothing sets a festive tone like beach promotional items.  The best part is that many of these items can be used at pools, picnics at the park, or even in the backyard as easily as the beach, so your audience isn’t limited to […]

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How to Choose the Right Promotional Products for Your Brand

Choosing promotional products for your brand can seem like a daunting task. There are so many things to consider when buying promotional products. It’s easy to spend a lot of money and still miss the mark. You can’t simply buy what you like and expect results. Planning promo products for an entire year can be […]

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Top Trends in Promotional Products for 2024: Making Your Brand Stand Out

Our team recently traveled to Las Vegas for a vast industry tradeshow to scout out the top trends in promotional products for 2024. We spent two days in education and two days walking a tradeshow floor.  My feet ache just thinking about it. There were more than 2,000 vendors and more than 250,000 products. We […]

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The Power of Tangible Branding: Elevating Your Image with Promotional Products

What do you envision when you think about powerful marketing that leaves a lasting imprint on your audience? Postcards quickly get tossed in the recycling bin.  Billboards are passed without a second thought.  Organic content can be lost in the crowded sea of social media platforms.  Digital ads are skipped, muted, or closed as quickly […]

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6 Strategies to Keep Employees Engaged and Inspired

6 Strategies to Keep Employees Engaged and Inspired

With almost limitless sunshine and activities, keeping employees engaged over the summer can be challenging, but it doesn’t have to be.  In this article, we share 6 strategies for keeping employees engaged and inspired. The point of these strategies is to show your employees that you care.  You recognize the additional challenges that may come […]

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Reduce, Reuse, Promote: How to Shop for Eco-Friendly Promotional Products

Reduce, Reuse, Promote: How to Shop for Eco-Friendly Promotional Products

You know promotional products significantly impact your company’s marketing efforts. Still, you feel a little icky when you need to order hundreds or thousands of a product to give away an event.  You know the ROI will make it worth it, but you are concerned about your environmental impact. Does this sound familiar? Our environmental […]

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4 Reasons to use Gifting in your Client Retention Strategy

Client retention is critical to a healthy business, and an effective client retention strategy involves the right blend of activities based on your audience. This post covers four reasons to use gifting in your client retention strategy.  Keeping clients is much less expensive than chasing new ones, and the clients you keep are much more […]

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hey there, it's Caroline!

Categories

We love working with our clients 1:1 to find the perfect products for their projects.  In our posts, you'll find lots of examples of previous projects, our favorite products, our process, and small business tips.  We look forward to working with you!

Client Spotlight

Products

Process

Small Business

Project

Start A

Click here to contact us to get your project started!

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