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Industry Insights
Racing to Win: How Swag Helps Top Summer Races Sprint Ahead of the Competition
If you’re like me, you’ve probably seen your social media feeds explode in recent years with pictures and status updates from friends who have discovered the upsides of running. Some people run for the health benefits; others do it to raise money and awareness for…
Company News
Spotlight: Give Your Brand a Hand Winner March 2015: Joel Ott & Fletchergraphics!
We make it no secret that QLP loves startups and entrepreneurs. You might remember that just a brief while ago, we announced our Give Your Brand a Hand Giveaway for small businesses. We were pretty excited about the opportunity to give away a $500 credit…
Industry Insights
Cool But Unusual Promo Products: Creative Examples by Real Businesses
Figuring out what promo product to give away can be stressful. After all, you want to pick an item that your customers will like and use, but you also want to make sure that you’re giving away some personality. Creativity is key to striking the…
Industry Insights
10 Most Popular Promotional Products of January 2015
I know that January’s one of the longer months of the year, but man, it feels like just yesterday that we were going over the bestselling promo products of 2014! Pretty soon, we’ll be checking out the best of 2015. Well, not really. I suppose…
Office Life
Fraggle Rock Quotes for Those Who Don’t Work a 30-Minute Work Week
Anyone who’s ever watched the beloved Jim Henson show Fraggle Rock knows that the Fraggles, though fun-loving, hold some pretty strong beliefs. Music, for example, is essential to everything. Radishes are pretty amazing. And when it comes to work, making the most of it is…
Marketing & Branding
Flashback: 8 Best and Worst Rebrands of 2014
Rebranding is something many companies put into practice. In 2014 alone, there were a ton of major rebrands, from well-known players like Southwest Airlines, Pizza Hut, Olive Garden, Airbnb, and Netflix. These bold, forward-thinking companies released new logos and campaigns that helped them not only…
Company News
Announcing the Winners of the 2015 QLP Supplier Awards!
Ladies, gentlemen, and stress balls everywhere! It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for—for the last couple of weeks, anyway. That’s right: it’s time to announce the winners of the first-ever Quality Logo Products® Supplier Awards! For anyone just coming to the party, the humans…
Company News
Shopping for Personalized Pens Made Easy: QLP’s New Pen Search Features!
When you search for pens on our website, our site returns more than 3,000 options. We know you love having all of those choices, but we also know there are a lot of search results to wade through. That’s why we’ve made it easier than…
Industry Insights
25 Most Popular Promotional Products of 2014
Holy moly! How did we get to the end 2014 already? It seems like just yesterday that I was celebrating my 11th birthday and giving everyone at Quality Logo Products a high-five for getting our shiny new website up and running. Actually, now that I…
Industry Insights
Promo Product Pros Weigh in: 2014 Trends, Year in Review, and Forecast for 2015!
Whew! It’s been a busy year in the promo product industry, hasn’t it, folks? There’s been growth, exciting innovations in decoration methods and technology, and many important and thoughtful discussions about product safety and compliance. Of course, those few things just scrape the surface of…
Company News
QLP’s Free Art Proof Guarantee: What You Need to Know
Here at Quality Logo Products® we love offering a “Try Before You Buy” mentality with our free samples. We want you to be able to test out the item you’re interested in before committing yourself (and your marketing budget) to it. Let’s say you love…
Industry Insights
4 Bizarre, Weird, and Totally True Promo Product Laws
When it comes the law, things get complicated and a lot of us can get lost in all the legal jargon and amendments. Laws have been created since the start of the country, and have continued to be created throughout the years. Within the lines…
Industry Insights
Tips for Small Business Saturday: See Promo Products in Action
Even though some stores set out garland and gift wrap not long after they’ve put their last barbecue grills on clearance, the holiday shopping season is officially considered to last from Thanksgiving until Christmas (at least for now, until the retail creep completely eliminates Thanksgiving’s…
Marketing & Branding
19 Simple Marketing Tips That Won’t Break Your Advertising Budget
As a company that helps other companies with their marketing and advertising, we read a lot of the same articles that you do. How to Market Your Business! How to Stand Out from the Crowd! How to Be a Marketing Superstar! And while many of…
Company News
Find the Perfect Promo: Search by Imprint Area Shape and Item Size!
Hey, Quality Logo Products® fans! Did you think that I was done announcing new website features? Well think again because I am back to tell you about some more exciting ways to search for products on our website. I’ve talked about searching by delivery date.…
Industry Insights
The Straight Dope on Marketing Marijuana and Promotional Products
he votes are in after the 2014 election, and Oregon, Alaska, and Washington D.C. have joined Colorado and Washington state in legalizing recreational marijuana . With more and more states legalizing medical and recreational marijuana, it’s only a matter of time before not only marijuana, but…
Industry Insights
10 Most Popular Promotional Products of June 2014
It’s not July already, is it? IT IS?! Holy moly! Man, this year is flyin’ by. Well, before you all rush off to your barbeques, pool parties, and festivals to celebrate the 4th of July, we can’t forget about our most popular promotional products list!…
Industry Insights
Censorship and Promotional Products: Do You Swear by Your Brand?
I still have the sense of humor I had at the age of twelve, along with a vocabulary that’s slightly larger. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that, among the 25,000 items that Quality Logo Products® offers, I’ve been able to find a few that amuse…
Company News
Get Promo Products When You Need Them: Searching by Delivery Date
I’m back with another post all about our super-snazzy new search function, which we designed to help you find the items you need without sifting through loads of unimportant information. When you have a strict deadline you need to meet, you may feel anxious about…
Company News
QLP Named One of Top 50 Distributors of 2014 by Promo Marketing Magazine
All of us here at Quality Logo Products® are very proud to announce that we have been listed on Promo Marketing’s list of the Top 50 Distributors of 2014. Promo Marketing is a leading industry publication dedicated to product and marketing information for promotional product…
Company News
QLP’s Promo Products Save the Day Giveaway: Official Contest Rules
Quality Logo Products® – assemble! It’s time to give you a heroic way to save money on your promotional products. Here’s everything you need to know about this exclusive deal. This offer has ended. Please sign up for our email club toget exclusive deals in…
Industry Insights
10 Most Popular Promotional Products of May 2014
Summer is upon us, friends! The first indicator is of course MY BIRTHDAY, but you can also tell because it’s June and it has been pretty hot outside this week! You can tell the season’s changing just by looking at our list of top 10…
Industry Insights
Find the Perfect Promo Faster: Searching By Imprint Type and Colors
Welcome back, Quality Logo Products® fans! By now you have probably gotten the idea that we’ve revamped our search function, a tool allowing customers to find exactly what they’re looking for, without having to spend hours sifting through products. Finding the best item for your brand…
Marketing & Branding
Is There Still a Place for Print Catalogs in Marketing?
Depending on how old you are, the word “catalog” brings back different memories. My parents remember getting one from Montgomery Wards whereas people from my generation look back to the annual Christmas catalog from Sears that had pages and pages filled with toys for us…
Marketing & Branding
A Comprehensive Guide to Animated GIFs for Brands
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard and/or seen for yourself that animated GIFs are on the rise. From social media to blogs and websites, GIFs can be found everywhere on the web. Why would your brand want to start using GIFs?…
Industry Insights
When Swag Goes Wrong: Risks of Promotional USB Drives
The promotional products industry has long touted all of the benefits of custom USB drives. It’s not very often you hear anyone talk about the risks associated with promotional flash drives. However, the big elephant in the room is that these items can be risky…
Industry Insights
Do Online Retailers Really Need Promotional Products?
You might have noticed, given that you’re visiting the blog for a promotional products company that does a good chunk of its business through the Internet, that online retail has become something of a phenomenon in recent years. You also might wonder, as I did,…
Industry Insights
Why Sampling Cheesecake and Promotional Products is Important
Walking through Costco on a busy Saturday afternoon is the best. Because of the excellent people watching opportunities? Yes and because there are samples aplenty! Never had brown sugar encrusted ham? They’ve got it. Need a dessert for a party tonight? Better try that cheesecake…
Industry Insights
‘Bar Rescue’ was Totally Wrong about Promotional Products. Here’s Why
Jon Taffer is the host of Bar Rescue and an award-winning expert in the bar and restaurant industry. But just because someone is an expert that doesn’t mean they’re always right, and I’m about to take him to task for something he said during an…
Marketing & Branding
RGB, CMYK, and Pantone Colors: Where to Use Them and When!
During your search for promotional products you’re probably noticing some weird words to describe color. Phrases like CMYK and Pantone are popping up everywhere. When you turn to Google to find out more, you notice RGB being thrown in the mix as well. Before you…
Industry Insights
Production Time & Your Promotional Items: Behind the Scenes
The Scenario: Your boss finally got around to telling you that you need to order customized items with the company’s logo on them to give out at this convention he just decided you’re attending. Once the shock of remembering where your suitcase is or whether…
Marketing & Branding
What Happens When Brand Fandom Goes Too Far
Now, many of us dream of being liked, of being popular, and the same is true of many brands and companies. In the marketing world, it’s considered quite a coup if you can manage to develop a strong, emotional connection with your customer base, to…
Marketing & Branding
How to Create Buzz for Your Brand the Movie Advertising Way
So what exactly entices us to go see the latest summer blockbuster every year? Well other than our friends giving us rave reviews, or taking the word of a website or critic, a lot comes down to how well the movie is marketed. Every year…
Marketing & Branding
Defy Gravity with 7 Space-Themed Promo Products
Space is cool. And a ton of cool things have happened in space over the past year or so. We have Mars Curiosity, Voyager 1 leaving the solar system, a man jumping from space, recruitment for a trip to Mars, and gearing up for the…
Office Life
Three Tips for Working With Office Clowns (or with Camels Named Caleb)
If you’re like me, chances are your Facebook newsfeed on Wednesday mornings now greets you with companies sharing pictures of a certain camel that is happy to celebrate his day. I’m sure you’ve seen the Geico ad at least two-hundred and thirty-seven times by now,…
Miscellaneous
11 Inspirational F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes About Writing
A few months ago I compiled a list of Ernest Hemingway quotes to inspire your own writing efforts. Based on the success of that post, I decided to scour the Internet for some more quotes about writing. This time I turned to another 1920s writer,…
Marketing & Branding
How to Make Your Brand as Likable as Jennifer Lawrence
Chances are that by now you know who Jennifer Lawrence is. In fact, it’s probably hard for you to not know who Jennifer Lawrence is. She’s Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games movie franchise, Mystique in the X-men sorta-reboot, and she just won the Oscar…
Industry Insights
5 Promotional Products Ripe for Farmers’ Markets
A popular Saturday morning pastime for many Americans is visiting the local farmers’ market in their community. For many, this is the chance to get the freshest fruits and vegetables directly from the farmers who grew them in their fields. Since 1994 the U.S. Department…
Marketing & Branding
How to Advertise at a Baseball Game like a Pro!
Think that the dog days of summer mean that your customers don’t care about your company and potential customers won’t give you the time of day? Think again! Baseball season is still going strong, not only for the major leagues but for minor leagues in…
Marketing & Branding
Brand Mascots: Why Change Isn’t Bad When Done Right
Congrats, your company has been going strong for 5o years, but now it seems like your customers are getting too old for your products! What can you do to reach younger consumers and get them engaged in your brand? Of course: update your mascot! If…
Marketing & Branding
The Success of Fear: What the Slender Man Can Teach Us about Viral Marketing
The Slender Man. For some, the mere mention of the name is enough to conjure forth primal dread. For those who haven’t heard of him before, the Slender Man is a horror character that originated on the internet that has since become an almost omnipresent…
Marketing & Branding
The Art Institute of Chicago’s Social Media Presence is a Work of Art
What happens when museums get a new exhibit? The usual: press releases, commercials, a social media announcement, some banners, newspaper ads, and radio spots. And that’s all well and good. But when you have a big exhibit coming to town that’s generated a lot of…
Marketing & Branding
American League Baseball Logos: Who Hits a Home Run?
Baseball season in America conjures up images of sunny days spent at the ballpark with friends and family just like our relatives did generations ago. While a lot about the game has changed (bat size and gloves for example) one thing that only changes every…
Marketing & Branding
Brands on Tumblr: 7 Brands that are Totally Nailing It
With Yahoo’s recent acquisition of Tumblr, many Tumblr users feared an increase in advertising on their beloved social network. Tumblr is wildly popular among 18-24 year olds, thanks in large part to the absence of ads. While more ads and sponsored posts have slowly started…
Office Life
Workplace Survival of the Fittest: Why It’s Important to Have Multiple Skills
Listen up, employees! You might be in big trouble if you’re relying on a single skill set to get you by in the workplace. The more diverse you are in today’s business world, the more likely you’ll succeed. So how do you get there? Adopt…
Marketing & Branding
National League Baseball Logos: Who Hits a Grand Slam?
Logos are a funny thing; they’re the first line of defense companies have to attract our attention so it’s imperative that they’re colorful and eye-catching. Think this concept only applies to companies? Think again. Sports teams’ logos are just as important to make sure they’re…
Industry Insights
10 Sweet Promo Items for Your Ice Cream Social
Spring is in full swing, and that means summer is just around the corner, and that means it’s high time for an ice cream social! Ice cream socials are a great morale booster for your employees, a fun event to host for your customers, and…
Industry Insights
13 Articles to Help You Find the Perfect Holiday Promotional Items
Holidays are a fantastic time to promote your brand, organization, or company. People are great moods (usually) and gifts are fairly commonplace. So whether you want to give your staff excellent Christmas presents or want something to hand out at your bar on St. Patrick’s…
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