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Rachel Nasvik a New York designer filled 90 handbags with everyday items one would find in their purse, like lip-gloss, key chains, and personal care products. The bags were planted around the city for anyone to find and keep. Clues to where the bags were placed had been posted on Twitter.

What a sweet idea! You could stuff customized tote bags, back packs, and coffee mugs with other promotional products and giveaways. Plant them where your customers can find them. Leave clues on your web site and on social networking … Continue Reading

This is an ad campaign for a Swedish hotel, Scandic. The message is “Stay at a Scandic hotel this summer and book before the prices ripen.” The hotel chain is encouraging guest to book rooms early to receive discounted rates. Prices will ripen upon the arrival of summer.

A unique and clever concept, however, they could have imprinted a Banana Stress Ball with a slightly different expression. Like, “prices that never ripen.”

Amazing to look at, even if you can’t read French. The message is clear in the imagery. It conveys a message of power, confidence, expectation and strength. A dynamic play with typography; this piece creates movement with a play on words. An example of successful advertising that is beautiful to look at by DDB Paris for Nike Soccer.

It would be fun to see how we could play with creative typography on your next imprinted promotional sports item.

Tetris, one of the most popular, addicting, challenging video and hand held games now as a 3-dimensional puzzle!

Can you believe that there are over 8000 solutions in this two and three quarter inch object? Hours of fun at work, on the road, or even on a nice sunny day in the park. So exciting, anyone would want one.

Put your marketing challenges to rest. The Tetris Cube is a great promotional puzzle game that’ll bowl over clients. With every hand’s challenging attempt to solve, the cube’s custom screen-printed logo increases … Continue Reading

National Pet Week is May 3rd thru May 9th. It’s the best opportunity for pet shops, groomers, shelters, and veterinarians to advertise. Check out some of our promotional products for pets!

Celebrate the pets that love us unconditionally. Encourage owners to spend time with their animals. Increase awareness for animal hygiene, health and nutrition. Sponsor dog and cat adoption.

Personalize a dog bone key chain, pet toy or other pet accessories. Check out our paw raising promotions!

Bring a little novelty to an everyday device. As a unique alternate to the popular USB people this robot is pretty cool. Robot USB Drive has an attractive shiny metal design and originality that makes it fun and interesting!

1GB Robot Drive is a definite conversation starter. Futurama fans may be reminded of Bender. Except, this robot bends for attention and cooks up sales. He carries about your data while getting you noticed.

This little guy is a 1GB drive and includes a clasp to attach to your keychain, briefcase, or purse. Robot USB … Continue Reading

An extensive pdf leaked the Internet, which describes the methodology of Pepsi’s new logo. The white band in the middle of the classic logo is transformed into a different smile depending on the product, a laugh for Pepsi Max and a grin for Diet Pepsi.

The document compares the product to the Mona Lisa and the solar system. Somehow there is a gravitational pull that shifts the expression. Quite bizarre as it may sound, Pepsi bought right into it and is spending a fortune on the re-branding project. The scientific explanation is … Continue Reading

The purpose of a marketing campaign is to sell a product or create new relationships with potential clients. Sometimes they may fail for many reasons. One maybe that your advertising may not be captivating, charismatic or unique enough to hold the attention of your audience. Need to improve your sales pitch? Looking for ways to get noticed?

Spice up your promotion. Bump up the entertainment. Incorporate the use of fun stuff into your selling pitch. Maybe you know some custom yo-yo tricks or maybe you can create a challenging game with … Continue Reading

We all know the realities of today’s economy; it is going to be a challenging year. So, here is some expert marketing and business advice for a successful 2009.

Be Positive. Focus more on the positive and less on the negative by tuning out the news. Bad news brings you down mentally and emotionally.

Renegotiate. Take advantage of the tough times. Try to renegotiate cell phone plans, rent and other overhead cost. You will be surprised to see how willing people are to work with you and how much you can save.

Motivate. Create customer appreciation … Continue Reading

To create a presence at the 2008 Austin City Limits music festival a local favorite, Shiner Beer, had a clever marketing solution. Heineken was the official sponsor; other businesses were not allowed to advertise inside the event.

So, outside the festival entrance, Shiner handed out custom promotional can koozies that looked exactly like a can of Shiner Bock. Festival goers looked like they were drinking Shiner instead of Heineken. Brand loyal locals enjoyed snubbing the corporate sponsor. Others simply kept their beer cold while creating a presence for the company. The yellow … Continue Reading