Brass Christmas Tree Ornament

Here is a pretty little brass christmas tree ornament which can be imprinted with your company logo.
You can find our full line of promotional Christmas Ornaments here.

Mmmm . . . . Turkey!

Given it is two days after Thanksgiving and I'm still warmly remembering our scrumptious Thanksgiving dinner, I thought it would be appropriate to post a quick Thanksgiving promotional item - a Turkey stressball and a fun Roasted Turkey Pen. If your company gives away a turkey or a Thanksgiving theme Turkey Gift Certificate, this is the perfect little companion promotion to accompany your gift and get a little branding mileage at the same time. I think a grocery store which is running a loyalty program could obtain goodwill with one of these promotions as well.

And I give you . . .. drumroll . . . the Roasted Turkey Pen

Motorcycles . . . . someday

Motorcycles are one of the things about which I daydream. However, as a father of six, they really aren't practical right now. Money flows into house payments, gas for the van, high food bills and all other kinds of priorities. However, every few months I find myself on the Harley Davidson or Indian Motorcycle or Victory Motorcycles websites drooling over these bejeweled, chrome machines. My wife of course also believes when you ride a motorcycle it isn't if you will have an accident, but when.

There are dozens of motorcycle themed promotional products. However, here are just a couple of ideas.

The first is a motorcycle stress ball. This would be great for a contest giveaway at a trade show booth where the contest winner is receiving an actual motorcycle. There are other tie-ins such as sales competitions where the theme is "riding."



Another is this Soft-Touch motorcycle shape key chain. This is perfect for a motorcycle repair shop or a motorcycle dealer, or perhaps a commercial motorcycle track. It is very durable and can be created in 15 different colors of vinyl.



These custom PVC luggage tags could also be customized in a motorcycle shape and would be a great addition to a piece of motorcycle luggage.

An Analysis of A Women's Conference

My wife does a great marketer's analysis of a conference she attended in Portland a couple of weeks ago.

I went to a Time Out For Women conference in Portland last weekend. As a marketer, I can’t attend as just an audience member; I must analyze their marketing and look for areas where they should’ve asked my advice [wink].

I actually was impressed with this conference. They did a lot of things right. Here are 4 great ideas the conference did right, their table covers, their use of printed stickers, their giveaway bag, and their use of special conference pricing, and 1 idea to shorten their long lunch lines, a typical conference problem.

Table Covers: Logo or No Logo?

They had nice table covers displaying their products. They hung well, which is a way you can tell they were on the nice side rather than the cheaply made side. These table covers weren’t logoed, but I didn’t think that was a mistake on their part. They had less than 10 tables full of product. They didn’t need their table to stand out among the crowd, which is when logoed table covers earn their keep, because there wasn’t a crowd of competing sellers. . . .

You can finish the article here

Bungee Rockets

One of the more surprising good sellers at American Promotions are these bungee rockets. I just wish they came in more colors.

We sell another style - the Venice Bungee Rocket here.

New Facebook Page

Last night, I put together a new graphic for our new American Promotions' Facebook page. I have yet to feature the Facebook page prominently on the front page of our website, so there are no fans yet besides myself. The old Facebook page was pretty pathetic, and I will be deleting it sometime next week. The new graphic and page will be a good hub for our YouTube videos and some of the other blog posts we are doing. I also want to eventually try some additional contests.

Take a gander at the new Facebook page, comment and let us know what you think.