This morning (April 21) the Wired.com blog Geekdad reported on an online store that sells entomologically correct insect plushies. The stuffed animals at the aptly named “Weird Bug Lady” store are created by a zoology student at McGill University who will soon be pursuing a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology and entomology at the University of Connecticut.
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Our April issue has been out for a little while now, which among other things, contains my amazing, fantastic and generally mind-blowingly great drinkware story. It contains advice and tips from drinkware experts at Huffermen, 99CentPromos.com, Visstun and Moderne Glass on how to sell different kinds of drinkware, like sports bottles, glassware and travel mugs
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On April 13, Proforma announced the launch of a large new marketing program for its owners, aptly titled the “Demand Generation Program.” The original press release can be read here, but essentially the marketing initiative is designed to bring in new, untapped clients for Proforma distributors.
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We’re just wrapping up our April issue in PM-editorial land, so office busyness is still pretty intense, but I have a few minutes of down time, so I thought I’d pop in and write up a little mini-blog for an interesting product idea that I saw on Wired.com yesterday.
Read MoreOne of the most tried-and-true promotional products, imprinted drinkware is almost an accepted ubiquity in life at this point. This is great news if you’re a distributor looking for a reliable promotion, because chances are any venue or event you can think of offers an opportunity to sell imprinted drinkware.
Read MoreNot too long ago, before the recession and the health care debate began dominating the news, energy was front-and-center in the national discussion. High gas prices, peak oil, alternate fuel sources and energy independence were all topics getting plenty of attention a few months ago, and though they’re less covered by media sources, they are still worthy of your focus, both as a citizen and as a salesperson.
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Perhaps surprisingly, stress reliever promotions can be stressful, especially if you’re trying to design a custom piece. Thankfully, Promo Marketing is here to rescue you from your worries once again. We’ve spoken with some experts in the field and collected their step-by-step advice on planning a custom stress reliever promotion, from conceptualization to imprinting and…
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Not as awesome as National Pancake Week or Public-Sleeping Day, but as far as holidays go, Earth Day is a decent holiday.
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Well hey everybody, welcome to week two of “Mike talking about handy computer programs.” If you missed it last week, I explained that for the next few weeks [link] I’ll be using my semi-substantial nerd powers to dig up some Web tools that you might find useful. This week, we’re going to cover Google Alerts.
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For the next few weeks, I thought I’d highlight a few Web applications that some of you might find useful. Not that I’m any great-and-powerful computer wizard or anything, but I do like to get my nerd on now and again. As a result of said nerdiness, I’ve picked up a few good tricks that those not permanently tethered to a computer screen like myself might not know. This week we’re going to cover one of the basics–RSS readers.
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