A Heart In My Hand

I am holding in my hand a glossy red heart pencil just like the picture to the left (except for the logo). The pencil is from a client that makes a heart pump which is saving lives all over the world. It's feels nice to have a small connection to a business doing amazing things world-wide.

It's also a good promotion! It's memorable, useful and exactly represents the company. I don't know if the pencils go to the patients who are on the pump, or if they go to doctors who install the pumps. But wherever that pencil travels, it will remind people everywhere of the heart pump company.

Do your promotions represent your business as well?

My Favorite Tumbler Just Got Cooler!

I crossed paths with my sister-in-law, and she was drinking out of a clear Spirit tumbler with a Costco logo. That same day, I ran into a shelf of these same acrylic tumblers at a local craft store. 


Why do I love this cup? Could it be the straw??


They are EVERYWHERE. Since they are one of my favorite cups, I can understand why everyone wants one! So when the manufacturer makes these acrylic tumblers even better...well, I have to blog about it. The acrylic tumbler now has a version with a HUGE added feature: It keeps drinks as cold as ice does--without the ice!

The Chiller is Chillin'

This Sedici Cool Gear Chiller is a tumbler that acts like a cooler for your drink. After four hours in the freezer, this Cool Gear Chiller is ready to chill your drink. And it can re-freeze over and over. And it doesn't water down your drink like ice does (Note: make sure you don't freeze the lid and straw).

This is NEW and it is an improvement on my favorite tumbler and now I have one. Do you?

Kitchen Timers as Ad Space

I use kitchen timers, do you? I time all kinds of things! I use a timer when a child is doing their reading homework or playing on the computer. I use a timer to clean the house (telling myself that I can accomplish a lot of cleaning in just 15 minutes). I carry a timer when I have something in the oven, because I can't hear the oven timer ring when I'm downstairs.

Kitchen timers make useful promotional products because they are used, carried, viewed daily and in a high traffic area of the home, the kitchen.

Now I mentioned kitchen timers in last week's blog post on kitchen products. In fact, that's what got me started on today's post. These kitchen timers are Too Cute! So I'm going to write a whole post on kitchen timers that can be custom imprinted.

These cuties come in Lemon, Potato, Pear, Red Pepper, Pumpkin, Red Apple, Corn, Eggplant, Carrot, Cabbage, Green Pepper, Tomato, Egg, Rooster or Chicken! Each of these timers can be set up to an hour, and carried around handily.

Fruits and Vegetable Kitchen Timers

 Take a look at this rotund chef kitchen timer.

Don't you want to time your cooking with this wee fellow?

And we have a shining pot kitchen timer:

Shiny Timer!

But that is NOT all! This gleaming pot timer is also available in the shape of a Toaster, Blender, Pepper Jug, Coffee Pot, Kettle, Stock Pot, Frying Pan or Champagne Bottle!

All these kitchen timers are 2" x 3" and have imprint areas of 1/2" x 3/4" for a logo.

What a fun promotional product!

The Kitchen: Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Kitchen products make useful promotions because they are viewed daily in a very high traffic area of the home, the kitchen.They catch a lot of logo impressions which increases the value to your business.

What promotional products are in your kitchen? On the front of my refrigerator I have a magnet notepad and a logoed pen. On the side of my refrigerator, I have a promotional magnetic calendar, two magnetic business cards (my dentist and doctor) and in my utensils drawer I have an imprinted jar opener and bottle opener.

I don't think I am out of the ordinary in keeping and using personalized kitchen swag. So I have picked out four kitchen promotional products that I like, to give you ideas on how to harness the kitchen to advertise your business:

This refrigerator notepad:

Add your business card to the refrigerator

I appreciate how you can take your normal business card, and turn it into something useful and highly visible, a notepad on the fridge, rather than the card getting lost in a desk drawer.

Add to the refrigerator notepad this Bic magnetic pen --your business will be remembered fondly every time a pen is so easily located. I want one! My current logoed pen rests on top of the fridge and I would like it better stuck to the side so it doesn't risk rolling off.

Help them find a pen, and remember your company name, at the same time

These adorable kitchen timers:

In fact, looking at these charming kitchen timers reminds me how much I use and like timers. I think I'll blog next week just on kitchen timers.These ones are too cute to be ignored! 

This food grade polyester plastic cutting board:

Yes, that is the printed logo on a cutting board. Neat idea for this display logo to show full color food and include a recipe. That's a lot of space for a logo, 11x17", and there's a smaller 8 1/2x11" version available too.

People spend a lot of time in the kitchen, so placing your logo onto kitchen products helps your business get remembered!

What custom printed products do you have in your kitchen?