$afety Pays in $avings

ARE YOU ready for Safety Awareness Month? June 2013 “Safety Starts With Me” What can you do to get ready? Promote and refresh your safety program Safety and First Aid training Replace and replenish safety equipment Safety incentives/employee recognition Community outreach

Most importantly, you can make safety and wellness part [...]

Product Safety – Why It Matters

There are an array of federal and state regulations regarding product safety, especially children’s products, that carry serious consequences for non-compliance. In addition to the legal issues of non-compliance, giving out non-compliant product can hurt your reputation with your customers. Safety and compliance does *not* need to be something [...]

The job market is improving and it is great for everyone, almost.

A recent study says that almost 25% of HR professionals are worried about keeping their employees engaged while the job market gets brighter. Many are trying to attract good employees but more importantly, they need to understand how to keep existing good employees. [...]

AWAKENING THE ZOMBIES: LIFE OR DEATH AT YOUR TRADESHOW

Ever get the feeling that everyone you see at tradeshows and conferences lately looks like a mindless zombie ? You’ve seen the Zombies….the ones with that glazed look in their eyes from stimuli overload, wandering aimlessly down the aisle, or staring into space while sitting next [...]

Spring Things

Spring has finally arrived and its time for Spring Cleaning and Spring Things. We’ve got some great limited time offers this month on Polo Shirts for every budget. This limited offering is available through April 30, 2013.

$11.95 includes one location embroidery. GOOD

Description: Preshrunk 50% [...]

Making Your Budget Work

You can achieve a uniform look without breaking the bank. By factoring in your budget, the number of employees, and turnover rate, you can determine what is right for your bottom line.

TIGHT BUDGET

Option 1: Require your employees to wear shirts and pants in colors of your choice; Example: a [...]

HOW ARE YOU Honoring Your Nurses? National Nurses Week: May 9 – 15, 2013 Nurses are the largest component of most hospitals’ staff They are the primary healthcare practitioners: there are 4 times as many RN’s in the US than physicians! Nurses are present in many settings: hospitals, private practice, home care, public health, [...]

Time to Spring Forward

Help your clients and employees remember to Spring Forward and set their clocks forward for Spring with these great product ideas. Don’t forget to reset your clocks for Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 10, 2013

Clocks and Watches – Functional can be fun! Metal Quartz LCD Alarm Clock

Go Over the Rainbow this St. Patrick’s Day

Go Over the Rainbow this St. Patty's Day

WHY ST. PATRICK’S DAY PROMOS?

Over 34 Million Americans identify as being of Irish descent St. Patrick’s Day parades are an American tradition (first St. Patty’s Parade was Boston in 1737!) It’s celebrated across the country (not [...]

January 30, 2013 8:00 AM

January 23, 2013 – Milan, MI: Promotions-ETC, a leading supplier of innovative promotional products, today announced that it has adopted the Promotional Products Association International’s (PPAI) Code of Conduct – further emphasizing its industry commitment to safety, quality and product integrity.

The Code, which outlines a company’s commitment to ethical [...]

CARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR EMBROIDERED ARTICLES

Normally you wouldn’t think that we would need reminding on doing laundry. Here are some tips to making your embroidered garments look best and last their longest. Pretty much the care label instructions pertain to the garment, not the embroidery. Special care should be taken when laundering embroidered garments. 1. [...]

Start by making a plan

Success sure doesn’t happen by chance! Instead of just getting your name out there, think more about what is your purpose to start the process. Some of the desired outcomes of your promotional campaign: Your message reaches your intended and targeted audience. Your message is understood by the audience. Also [...]

Everyone needs one – Right? Especially when you’re three years old.

As promotional consultants we always try to come up with something different to help our clients maximize their objectives or help promote their brand. We have done some pretty unique promotions. Even better is when our clients tell us about the new uses they [...]

Are you being seen?

Brand Impressions, simply put means the number of times a person uses your branded item multiplied by the number of times it is seen. Choosing a branded item to promote your business should be a thoughtful process. Just like a first impression when two people meet, you want people to think [...]

Usefulness of Promotional Products.

Effective marketing strategies are what make you stand out from your competition; and the careful use of branded items will have a big impact. Getting your message out to your audience often makes the difference between a business that thrives and one that doesn’t. Many businesses need help to focus their [...]

Embroidery vs. Screen printing: What’s the Difference?

The difference between embroidery and screen printing may seem like common knowledge to people in the embellishment industry, yet when we started out in this business, many of our clients didn’t understand the difference.

If it’s about quality, choose embroidery and if it’s only about price go with [...]

What is the meaning of Buzz?

How does Buzz relate to your company, products, message, or mission? We think it starts with the right ideas. How about you, what does Buzz mean to you?

Buzz Marketing? Buzz Products? Is it one of the following?

the top news story on TV? being viral on the internet [...]

We’re Not Just Another Pretty Mug

Looking Beyond the basic Mug – not just for drinking coffee from Pam Palmieri on Vimeo.

We need your help to get our list to 100. Send us a new idea not listed here and we’ll send you a gift in your very own personalized coffee mug!