New $100 Bill Won't "Foil" Inflationists

A Bloomberg piece describes the unveiling of the new euroesque US $100 bill to be rolled out in 2011. http://bit.ly/95gvxm. The bill is being introduced to fight counterfeiting - as if that is our major fiscal problem!

The article informed me several things I did not know. The $100 bill is now the largest bill printed by the U.S.. The $500 and $1000 bills are still in circulation, but are mostly being sopped up by collectors. The new $100 will feature a new 3-D security ribbon. I think I'll wait until the new bill comes out and use it to buy the DVD for Avatar - just to do it poetic justice. The new money will bear Timothy Geithner's signature - oh joy.

Disappointingly, I did not see in the article any mention that the money will foil the efforts of the inflationists who pervade our federal government. In fact, I suspect quite the opposite.

Custom Sandals

Summer is just a month or two from now and we have really beefed up our line of custom imprintable sandals. Perfect for promoting your company's next summer event or beach party, these would be a hit with almost anyone receiving them. They are also great for promoting resorts or for gifting to build anticipation for a company trip.

If you have a mid size team sales organization, and you are giving away a trip as a reward for top performance, you could pass out custom imprinted sandals with your logo or the name of the promotion to get the promotion kicked off. Wrap the sandals in a logo beach tote and throw in a surfboard key chain to complete the package.

My favorite style is the Classic - a simple promotional flip-flop which gets the job done and has numerous options to get the color and the look you want.

4-Port USB Hub is a Cool Toy

This little folding 4-Port USB Hub is great. Useful, memorable, and fun, this promotional USB Hub reminds me of another happy product - Legos. I can see the folding accordion body with a different message on every segment. A very effective promotion, I can see gifting this with a solid color USB drive with your company's presentation, message or video.

Cheese Board and Knives Set

This is a great promotional cheese cutting board and knifes set for the money. It features:

• Pie-scored natural oak cheeseboard with four stainless steel cheese knives.
• Soft cheese knife, universal blade knife, slicer and cleaver.
• A "swiss cheese" style knife which has the utility to keep the cheese from sticking.

This would make a nice company gift with your logo:

Cheese Board and Knives Set