Alyssa Mertes
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Alyssa Mertes

Alyssa Mertes is an expert on branded swag. She's done it all, from uncovering the world's first custom tote bag to interviewing the designer who created AC/DC's logo. Her work has been featured on several podcasts and media websites.

Industry Insights

10 Benefits in Using Promotional Items to Advertise

Companies in the United States spend an average 9.5% of their revenue on marketing. They don’t want to waste their precious ad dollars on a strategy that doesn’t work. The…

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7 Minute Read
Industry Insights

What is Swag? How Your Brand Can Use Swag in Marketing

You can trace the word “swagger” to the 1580s. It was found in two famous plays by William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and King Lear.   The word “swag”…

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Industry Insights

How to Personalize Home Gifts

Your home is more than just a house. It’s the space where you create memories. You laugh with your spouse over a funny movie, tuck your kids in with a…

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Industry Insights

How to Customize Outdoor Promotional Products

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, being in nature reduces stress, eases muscle tension, and helps lower your risk for depression. You can help make people smile by ordering…

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Industry Insights

How to Customize Cookware & Kitchen Utensils

The kitchen is the heart of every home, so you’ll send a lot of love by printing your logo on custom kitchenware. This swag is better than thyme and garlic…

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Industry Insights

How to Personalize Blankets

Are you looking for holiday gifts? How about company swag? Send cozy vibes with personalized blankets! This guide is here to help you customize blankets that warm everyone’s hearts this…

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18 Minute Read
Industry Insights

How to Customize Webcam Covers

In this age of remote work, it’s more important now than ever before to protect your privacy. You can help out your clients by advertising with custom webcam covers. Promotional…

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13 Minute Read
Company News

Welcome to the Quality Logo Products Team: Dayna Curtis

Have you met someone cool today? Well, if not, you’re in luck! It’s time to get to know Dayna Curtis – the newest member of the sales team at Quality…

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Company News

Welcome to the Quality Logo Products Team: Allen Coyle

In The Big Lebowski, one of Allen (Matt) Coyle’s favorite movies, The Dude believes “that rug really tied the room together.” Allen is definitely not a rug, but we believe…

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Industry Insights

Imprint Colors: Everything You Need to Know

You’re awesome and know how to do many things like order food at a drive-thru, separate your whites from your darks, train your dog to roll over, put your hair…

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Industry Insights

How to Personalize Towels

Do you have “Mr.” or “Mrs.” towels from your wedding? How about cute Santa kitchen towels for the holidays? If so, then you already have custom towels in your home.…

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Company News

Welcome to the Quality Logo Products Team: Dustin Allen

Welcome to the Quality Logo Products Team: Dustin Allen In the horror video game series Silent Hill, a man named Harry Mason searches all over a creepy town trying to…

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3 Minute Read
Marketing

The Benefits of Advertising With Custom Chocolate

It’s not really that easy running a business. You have so much to think about, and to top it all, not everyone makes it out there. Here’s one truth you…

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11 Minute Read
Industry Insights

Personalized M&M’s: What to Know About the Candy

M&M’s were invented in 1941 as a candy for WWII soldiers. These hard-shelled candies have seen battle, traveled to space on the Columbia shuttle, and withstood Van Halen tours (the…

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10 Minute Read
Company News

Welcome to the Quality Logo Products Team, Jodie Blank

Do you want to hear something crazy? A survey of 2,000 Americans found that 45% find it difficult to make new friends as an adult. Maybe they’re not meeting cool…

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4 Minute Read
Company News

Welcome to the Quality Logo Products Team: Tom Bly

The first rule of promo items is you absolutely talk about promo items. The second rule of promo items is you absolutely talk about promo items. Tom Bly faithfully abides…

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3 Minute Read
Company News

Welcome to the Quality Logo Products Team: January Voss

January Voss is a big fan of Halloween, so to welcome her as our newest Sales Assistant, let’s play on a quote from The Shining – “Come work with us,…

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3 Minute Read
Industry Insights

10 Best Fonts to Print on Custom Koozies

Custom koozies are popular gifts or favors for a variety of events. Bars give them away, trivia companies hand them out as prizes, and brides and grooms personalize wedding koozies…

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Industry Insights

10 Best Fonts to Print on Custom Coffee Mugs

The world runs on coffee, so it’s no surprise that personalized mugs are popular swag any occasion. You can print your logo on mugs and sell them in your gift…

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5 Minute Read
Industry Insights

10 Best Fonts to Print on Custom Tote Bags

Grocery shopping wouldn’t be the same without Custom tote bags are the most popular promotional items of all time. People fill them up at grocery stores, trade shows, farmer’s markets,…

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5 Minute Read
Industry Insights

10 Best Fonts to Print on Promotional Water Bottles

Water is a basic necessity of life, which is exactly why personalized water bottles are such great giveaways. Marathon runners, students, remote workers, gym rats, nurses, and many others will…

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5 Minute Read
Industry Insights

10 Best Fonts to Print on Custom Pens

Promotional pens are popular for many companies and events. Exhibitors at trade shows hand them out to the crowd, restaurants order them for their serving staff, and doctors and dentists…

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Industry Insights

How to Customize Pedometers

Fitbits and Apple Watches are cool, but let’s face it, they’re not really unique. Custom pedometers are unique to your brand. Custom pedometers are wonderful gifts for medical centers, schools,…

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Industry Insights

How to Personalize Christmas Ornaments

It’s the holiday season, and you’re looking for a new way to bring in more customers. Why not get in the festive spirit with personalized Christmas ornaments? Families hang special…

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13 Minute Read
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