AP Video: Metropolitan Desk Organizer

This is a video we made to show the Metropolitan Desk Organizer.

It has a logo area on the top, an integrated photograph frame, and four velvet-lined trays that can double as coasters.

The Desk Organizer makes a great gift for employee recognition or for industries that use tiny objects, like scrapbooking, beading, train models, etc.

American Promotions carries a whole line of Metropolitan office tools and gifts. Contact us for samples or more product information at 1-877-604-5646.

Does your desk need organizing? What are your favorite office tools?

Real Promotions: "Read" Visor Glasses Promotional Clip

I was thinking about the promotional products that stick around in my life and that I use, when I looked up (I was driving at the time) and attached to my visor was this:



It's a clip that attaches to a visor that holds glasses or sunglasses. I use it all the time, since I only use glasses when I drive. I wish I had two, since I keep my sunglasses in the car too.

The successful part of this promotional product is that it gets used every day, so the imprinted logo gets repetitive visibility. However, this particular company did not use the visor clip to its upmost. The imprinting simply says "Read." I'm assuming it came from a promotion by our local library. Or was it the school? The truth is, I don't remember. The company that paid to gives these visors away made a big mistake by not self-promoting their business. They didn't print their company name or contact information. So I can only give half points to this nameless company! They chose a good promotional product, but they didn't imprint it memorably.

Visor Glasses Clips would be a useful promotion in the Auto industry, from car washes to oil changes, and for an optometrist business, to carry their glasses in the car, as well as a sunglasses business for the same reason.

American Promotions carries a line of visor clips called the Auto Visor Mate Sunglasses Caddy. If you choose this advertising product, be sure to include your company name and either a phone number or website, so that your whole promotional package will point toward your company.

What's on your visor?

Real Promotions: Lexapro Plastic Reusable Grocery Bag

I bought eggs from my neighbor's little girl, and she gave them to me in this bag:



Her father is a pharmaceutical rep, obviously. But, since I'm always interested promotional items, after I put the eggs away I examined the bag. It's a simple plastic bag with handles made of the same material. This company imprinted a full coverage four color logo on both the front and the back.

Is this a successful promotion? Yes, I think it is. The logo is bright, eye catching and readable from afar--useful attributes on a bag that gets carried around. The base of the bag includes the company name, Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and their five focuses: Pharmaceuticals, Therapeutics, Healthcare, Managed Care, and Specialty Sales. There is no contact number or website--but I don't think that's an omission on their part. The purpose of the bag is not to encourage people to shop at Forest Pharmaceuticals. Since prescriptions can only be written by a doctor, the purpose of the bag is to encourage people to recognize the name of the drug Lexapro and maybe ask their doctor about it. And the cost of plastic bags are lower than if they were non-woven or cotton bags or totes, so these bags help make marketing dollars go farther.

American Promotions carries a line of plastic bags so your company can "carry" your logo into promotional success too. Here's a Vinyl Accessory Bag, the clear Weekender, INSERT PLASTIC BAP LINK HERE

What promotional bags have crossed your path?

Real Promotions: Whole Foods Market Reusable Shopping Bag

I came across this Whole Foods Market bag. It's very large, non-woven and laminated. Here's a picture of it:



Whole Foods Market not only promotes their company, with their logo front and center, but they show how they feel about the environment, with their bold bag statement "I used to be a plastic bottle" above their logo. They even explain how this bag is "made from 80% post-consumer waste."



I would consider this promotion a success because:

1. The Whole Foods logo is prominent. People who use the bag and people who see the bag will be reminded of Whole Foods Market.

2. The recycled message appeals to Whole Foods consumers

3. The bag is made of laminated non-woven polypropylene which is durable, and the handles are re-enforced, so the bag will last.

4. The bag itself is a successful part of the promotions because it replaces plastic and paper disposable bags at the store, and so it is USEFUL to the Whole Foods customer.

Good job Whole Foods for a great promotion!



This Eco Message bag is similar to the Whole Foods bag: it is made from non-woven laminated polypropylene, and it has a full wrap of environmental designs that can surround a logo.

To look at more non-woven bags we carry at American Promotions, click HERE.

Real Promotions: Cotton Reusable Bag from the Library

The fundraising arm of our county library is called Central Point Friends of the Library, and they gave away, as part of a promotion, a cotton bag. You can see it here:



A bag likes this fits perfectly for a library promotion, since these cotton bags are sturdy enough to hold heavy books and inexpensive to buy.

To see our line of similar cotton bags and totes, click HERE. and HERE.

Click here to see our whole line of cotton bags and totes.

Real Promotions: Law Office Promotional Imprinted Pens

Imprinted pens are a classic promotional item. I wanted to see how they did in a real life setting.

So as an experiment, I walked around my Dad's law office and collected all the promotional pens they were using. I collected twelve.




The pens I found were all kinds of different designs. One of them wrote so well, that I had to tell my Mom that I would return it that day. She was attached. That was this pen:



These six pens have rubber grips, which were popular in this office.


I found two of the same kind! These two pens, exactly alike except for color, are some of the most inexpensive pens you see everywhere. Both of them were imprinted with hotel logos.



This is what I can learn from this real life search for promotional pens:

1. How a promotional pen writes translates directly into how attached a person feels toward the logoed pen.

2. People like the rubber grips on pens.

3. The most inexpensive pens are the most common pens, and seeing them everywhere means the pens are displaying those logos everywhere.

My conclusion from this "promotional pen journey" is that logoed pens are a classic advertising specialty for GOOD REASON--people use them and share them and do not throw them away.

To see hundreds of styles of promotional pens, take a look at our website at American Promotions.

Product Review: Sedici Tumbler Promotional Water Bottles

The Sedici Tumblers combine the usefulness of fast food cups and straws with the durability of BPA FREE acrylic. These Tumblers have a rubber gasket under the lid that aids the acrylic double walls in keeping cold drinks cold. Comes in 8 translucent colors. Includes a matching straw, but upon request contrasting colored straws are available. Did you see the peppermint striped straw in the video??



For product and ordering information, and for samples, contact us at American Promotions 1-877-604-5646 http://www.americanpromotions.com