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New Year’s Eve Traditions Around the World
New Year’s Eve is a time of celebrating a bygone 365 days and welcoming what lies ahead. In America, it’s marked by a big ball drop in Times Square, a kiss with your significant other when the clock strikes 12, and popped corks from bottles…
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S.Café: The Next Big Thing in Eco-Friendly Fabrics
There’s no denying that eco-friendly alternatives to everyday items are changing the outlook of many a savvy consumer. From re-usable shopping totes and recyclable drinkware to organically made cosmetic and decorative products, the green initiative extends to almost every facet of modern, everyday living. And…
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Should Retailers Tone Down the Christmas Cheer to Boost Holiday Sales?
Most folks don’t mind Christmas. Many of us downright love it. Because really, what’s not to love? From the festive colors and enticing aromas to the infectious spirit of giving in the air, the holiday season is – from an idealistic standpoint – the most…
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A Crash Course in Branding with NBC’s ‘Parks and Recreation’
Even if Tom Haverford from NBC’s Parks and Recreation doesn’t know much about using promotional products, it turns out that he actually knows a thing or two about branding. In a recent episode of the series, Tom and fellow coworker Jerry were put to the…
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5 Success Tips You Can Learn From Buddy the Elf
Buddy the Elf, played by Will Ferrell in the Christmastime favorite Elf, isn’t the kind of character you easily forget. In fact, I dare you to watch the film and NOT smirk at this 6-foot-3 elf’s antics! Buddy is more than just a character, though…
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Secret Messages in Your Packaging: Are Inspirational Wrappers Good Marketing Tools?
It’s that time of year again, everyone. There’s frost on my car in the morning, a chill in the air when I go out for lunch, and oh yeah — the sun is now setting before I leave the office. The only next logical tradition…
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Off the Wall Branding: Vans Represents West Coast Skate and Surf
Paul Van Doren opened the doors of Van Doren Rubber Co. in 1966. Later, the company would come to be known simply as Vans. These canvas and rubber shoes have roots in old-school California skate and surf, and became popular during the skateboarding revolution of…
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Company Names as Verbs or Proprietary Eponyms: Do You Use These Brand Terms?
While talking with a friend recently, I suddenly noticed the number of company names I was using as verbs. If you’ve never used, “Google” as a verb meaning, “to search the Internet for information about (a person, topic, etc.)” according to Dictionary.com, then you are…
Office Life
5 Keyboard Shortcuts That You’ll Love Using to Save Time
Ever wonder what it’d be like if you could use keyboard commands in real life? I’m putting millions of minds at ease by creating a guide for the most useful keyboard commands to use in your everyday life. Enough mouse-ing around with the pesky problems…
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10 Articles to Help Improve Your Work Environment
Whether or not you love your job, there’s probably something about your personal work environment you wish was different. Maybe you’re lacking motivation; perhaps you’re tired of the same greasy foods you snack on every day; or maybe you wish you had better relationships with…
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It’s Campaign Season: Do You Have Your Promotional Products Ready?
Not that I need to remind you, but we’re fully entrenched in campaign season. And I’m not just talking about our presidential election in 2012 or the campaign happening on Parks and Recreation. Across the country, our fellow Americans are running for state and national…
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Who Owns What? Today’s Major Conglomerates and Subsidiaries
In the business world, there are a lot of mergers, partnerships, and companies buying out other companies. It can be hard to keep track of the big sharks and the smaller fish in the pond. Even more, it might seem like some brands are their…
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20 Awesome Thank You Gifts for Your Employees This Holiday Season
The holiday season is quickly approaching and gift-giving is well on its way. Do you know how you will thank your employees this year? Some companies have big parties in the office or go to a fancy restaurant for a special celebratory dinner, but a…
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Planned Obsolescence: 5 Products That Have It and What to Do About It
Isn’t it funny when you come across a product your Grandpa used? Just picture the way stoves looked back in the day or vacuum cleaners. These items are like fossils of a long ago time. Here’s the thing though, you’re eventually going to be Grandpa.…
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Dunkin’ Donuts: Getting My Fix in a Styrofoam Cup
In a recent Blog Squad meeting, we were asked to think of something that we were really passionate about and write a blog about it. One slow day, I decided to tackle this and see what I came up with. Go figure, Dunkin’ Donuts came…
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Customer Service on Twitter: Brands Who Do It Right (And How You Can, Too)
Originally designed as a platform for sharing status updates with friends, Twitter has evolved into something much more in just a few short years. Companies, for instance, have started using the social network to interact with customers and to promote their brand, and many have…
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Top 5 Crafty Advertising Appeals in Commercials
I’m not afraid to admit it; I have teared up watching a television commercial. I’ve also laughed until my sides hurt, and have gotten lost in a different world, all from the comfort of my couch. To think that these incidents were merely coincidence would…
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Krispy Kreme: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
I haven’t had a Krispy Kreme doughnut since around 2005. A few weeks ago, on National Coffee Day, I saw an article that gave a run-down of all the company’s promotions going on…and the feeling of neglect slowly crept back. Illinois currently only has only…
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MTV’s Brand Is Alive and Well, Thanks to Social Media
It’s no secret that the brand formerly known as “Music Television” hasn’t exactly stuck to its guns. As a network, MTV went from being the foremost purveyor of music videos on broadcast television to being one of the principal outlets of reality television programming. Not…
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9 of the Best Promotional Products for Tailgating Parties
Let’s get ready to rumble! Watching football is as American as Thanksgiving. It’s a tradition passed down from generation to generation, just like family recipes and customs. A father teaches his son to love the team he and his father and grandfather loved, and it…
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1,300 Reasons Why Calendar Advertising Provides the Most Bang for Your Buck
When it’s time to decide which direction to go with your next promotional product purchase, we have about 28,000 different options. So, it’s safe to say that what to buy isn’t always the easiest decision to make, which is why we take a consultative approach…
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Social Media Annoyances: Abuse of Twitter Hashtags
Let me start by saying that I love Twitter. I was hesitant to jump on the Twitter bandwagon, but I’m beyond glad that I did. Even though I resisted this idea of just “following” and be limited by what I wanted to say, Twitter is…
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Marketing to Women: Why the ‘Pink It and Shrink It’ Strategy Doesn’t Always Work
There’s a popular mantra out there that some marketers today still rely on to expand their product offerings to attract women: “pink it and shrink it.” This strategy involves taking an everyday product, producing it in a Pepto-Bismol-pink shade, and making it smaller for women…
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Adding a Retro Feel to Advertising: 25 Throwback Promo Items That Channel Past Eras
Nostalgia is in. Whether your heartstrings tug you back to the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, or ’90s, you can bet there’s a customizable product to accompany you there. Thinking of adding a retro feel to your advertisements? Or perhaps you desire to share your fondness of…
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Monday Sucks! Here are 10 Ways to Make it Suck Less
I don’t generally hate Mondays, but I do have to admit that it’s my least favorite day of the week. Going back to the 6 a.m. alarm, stumbling around while I try to wake up, yawning profusely; none of these things are fun to me.…
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‘Royal Pains’ of the Grammar World: Commas
Look, I understand that commas are one of the trickiest punctuation marks. However, the fact that many people these days forget – or even worse, ignore – the basic comma rules makes me want to die a little. Yes, I know, we could nitpick for…
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5 Ridiculously Easy Ways to Raise Funds and Awareness for Breast Cancer
Since October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it’s a good time to start thinking about ways to raise money for breast cancer research. From somewhat controversial campaign slogans like “Save the Boobies!” to the classic “Think Pink,” it’s clear that there’s no shortage of…
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Dads Are Consumers, Too: Dad-vertising? It’s About Time!
As someone who watches a lot of television, it’s surprising that I haven’t written a blog about my love of it. I usually write about my other passion, marketing, and if you’re a regular visitor to QLP’s blog you’ve seen some of my past posts…
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Millennial Generation: How Ford Is Ahead of the Curve in Understanding Us
If you can remember watching any of these TV shows while growing up, then you, my friend, are a millennial. Welcome to the club! We should get some t-shirts made up. Many companies have written off the millennial age group because they see us as…
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Battling Eyestrain and Headaches? Here Are 5 Tricks to Keep Your Peepers Tip-Top
Like most people, I diligently work on a computer all day, happily typing away hour after hour. Also, like most people, at the end of the day I feel eyestrain accompanied by a monster headache. I always assumed it was due to staring at the…
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Unforgettable Bus Stop Advertisements That Catch Consumers’ Attention
The world of advertising has a lot of hoops that need to be dealt with and jumped through on a daily basis. DVRs allow consumers to fast forward though commercials and satellite radios keep people’s music playing and advertisements away. That means it’s do or…
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Alternate Reality Games: Intense and Immersive Viral Marketing
I’m a big fan of superhero movies, and The Dark Knight is one of my favorites. Naturally, then, any scrap of information about the upcoming sequel, The Dark Knight Rises, gets me ridiculously excited. But even as new photos and press releases hit the Internet,…
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Bags and Bubba: Team Building at Quality Logo Products [VIDEO]
Even though Quality Logo Products® is a fairly small company, our employees are physically split between two buildings. And even though we need each other to drive sales and promote our company, we don’t have to physically walk over to talk to each other. Thus,…
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LIMITED TIME OFFER: Quality Logo Products Offers Free Shipping and Printing on 4 Popular Promotional Items
This offer is no longer valid! Look out for even more great deals on your next order of promotional products! Let’s cut to the chase. We’re running a special that’ll get you FREE shipping and FREE printing on your next order of promotional products! There…
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How Stars, Question Marks, Dogs, and Cows Are All Business-Related
It takes a special marketing class to really learn the in’s and out’s of appealing to customers. If you don’t want to sit through a class, stay right here for a crash course. There’s a direct way stars, question marks, cows, and dogs relate to…
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3 Brands With a Great Sense of Humor (and What They Can Teach You)
We all have that one friend who takes themselves too seriously and therefore never lets loose or has fun. They’re great to have around when you need to think about things from a mature standpoint, but when it comes to taking our mind off those…
Office Life
Sleeping on the Job: Can Napping at Work Increase Productivity?
Many of us office workers have felt it: those early hours of the afternoon, after lunch has settled, when our eyes begin to droop and our minds go fuzzy with drowsiness. For me, that bout of intense sleepiness hits right around 2:30 pm, and suddenly…
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Branding on a Budget: 5 Dos and Don’ts from Six Flags Great America
Last week, I used one of my precious vacation days to take a family trip to Six Flags Great America. My family tries to go at least once a year, and I have fond memories of rides, characters, and in-world branding. But Six Flags filed…
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The 9 Most Unintentionally Horrifying Clip Art Images You’ll See Today
With our fabulous in-house Design Team, Quality Logo Products® always brings our A-game when it comes to quality graphics on our website. But for the sake of interest, let’s take a walk on the wild side and see what else we can find. In an…
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7 Ways to Use QR Codes on Your Logo Items (and 7 Items to Use Them On)
Marketers are going QR-code crazy lately; you can find black-and-white squares on everything from cereal boxes to billboards. So what can you do to use this scanning trend to your advantage? How do you make the most of QR codes for your giveaway items? You…
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Are Loyalty Cards and Customer Reward Programs Worth It?
Take out your keys right now; I bet you have at least one customer loyalty card looped on there. I have three on my keychain — CVS, Jewel and Panera Bread — and I use them whenever I spend money at those stores. After all,…
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How to Deal with Difficult Customers: The Victim, the Nitpicker, the Groundskeeper, and the Power Tripper
Following a “how to deal with difficult customers” script is a great way to save yourself the time and energy of treating people like individuals. In fact, by simply researching steps on how to react to challenging clients, you’ll be able to take away the…
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Nickelodeon Responds to Customer Feedback and Takes Social Media By Storm with ‘The ’90s Are All That!’
The big, real world is a scary place. But maybe it will be a little more bearable with the help of Clarissa, Pete and Pete, Lori Beth Denberg, Kenan and Kel. At least that’s what Nickelodeon is hoping for. Millions of fans cried out for…
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Supply and Demand, Disney-Style: Why You Shouldn’t Copy Their Methods
I have been waiting for Finding Nemo to come out on Blu-ray since the day I got a Playstation 3 and a 1080p TV. Not only is it a great movie (my favorite Pixar flick), but animated movies just look incredible on Blu-Ray. So where…
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Scented Television Is Headed Our Way: Are We Ready for It?
Have you ever seen those Dove-brand chocolate commercials on TV—the ones where dense pools of melted milk chocolate fill the screen and turn into vortexes of luscious, velvety goodness? Well, one day soon, you may be able to smell that chocolate as you’re watching it.…
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Facebook Marketing: 10 Dos and Don’ts for Your Business Page
Facebook. The social networking giant that we all love to hate. Whether you love it or hate it, you and your business can not live without it. Every month, Ignite Social Media creates a list of the “Top 50 Branded Facebook Pages.” By analyzing the…
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4 Tips on Promoting Your Company During Golf Season
Golf season is in full swing. Has your company done anything about it? If you’re looking for a way to use the summer months to your advantage but want to veer away from the short-term holiday-themed promotions, then it’s time to take your business to…
Industry Insights
What Are Your Logo Colors Really Telling Customers? Read This.
Imagine summing up your entire personality and all of your values and ideas into one color. Seem daunting? Now imagine that you have to choose a color for your company’s personality, values, and ideas that would potentially be in consumers’ minds forever. Talk about a…
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