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Everyday items, like fidget spinners and lip balm, have an interesting history. Learn the story behind some of your favorite products!

Get a step by step breakdown of how pencils, tote bags, mugs, etc. are made. You'll never look at these items the same way again!

Life is a struggle, but with a few hacks, things will be way easier. These articles teach you how to clean, recycle, and look really good in a t-shirt!

You probably don't order promotional items every day! Here are tips and tricks to make the process easier for you.

Welcome to the wacky world of advertising! Take a look at all things marketing, from catchy jingles to social media logos to trade show tips.

Technology is awesome, but it can also be tricky to use! Become an expert by reading these helpful articles and guides.

Why read when you can watch? Here are a bunch of cool, funny videos that will make your day!

Do you have extra time on your hands? Read all the articles in our knowledge center!

How to Shrink that T-Shirt to Fit

You just ordered a shirt that's too big! No worries, you can still sport it in style by shrinking your products down to size.

Why Some Drinkware is Not Dishwasher Safe

If you need to know why some tumblers are hand wash only or how to keep your mug's imprint looking sharp, this article dives deep into maintenance know-how.

How to Recycle Pens and Pencils

Even in this digital world, we still rely on writing utensils, like pens and pencils, to get through our day-to-day routines. That's why it's important to recycle them whenever possible. Unlike most items that are recyclable, you can't toss pens, pencils, or markers into your recycling bin at home. In order to recycle writing utensils, you'll have to rely on take-back programs or specific recycling plants.

Different Types of Plastic

There are 7 types of plastic with different uses and features. Understanding the properties of plastic and resin codes helps you make informed decisions.

Different Types of Fabric and Their Uses

Fabrics are woven into our everyday lives and are used to create a number of popular products. Each has different chemical properties and can be used for everything from raincoats to power belting.

Ounces in Garments

Since garment weight is measured in ounces, it's important to know how heavy a piece of clothing will be based on the amount of material. Learn more here!

50/50 vs. 100% Cotton

Even if you're not the best at math, you can see that a fifty-fifty cotton blend just isn't the same as genuine one hundred percent cotton. Find out why!

Different Types of Tote Bag Materials

It's fun to go shopping for clothes and furniture, especially when they're on sale or have a design you love. Your decision to purchase a specific t-shirt or table might also be based on the material used to make it. For example, you may buy that adorable sweater because it's soft or a leather sofa because it's easy to clean. The same goes for tote bags! Whether you want a water-resistant material or one that's safe in the washer, there's a fabric out there for you.

How Pencils Are Made

The core of a pencil is made of graphite, clay, and water. During the 17th century, the graphite and clay were grounded down by hand, put into a cylindrical mold, and fired in a kiln. Today, pencils are mass-produced by machines that cut down the wood, insert the lead, and stamp or print a design.

Different Types of Inks and Their Uses

Although many people associate ink with pens and printers, there are many other kinds. From a cake with your face on it to a temporary tattoo your child got at a birthday party, different inks were used to create those images. Whether you use erasable, glow-in-the-dark, or invisible ink, you can find it everywhere and on everything!

Difference Between Pill and No-Pill Fleece

Decide which material would be best for your promotional product needs (and comfort wants) with this informative course. You'll learn all about the differences between the two materials and how fleece is manufactured.

Different Types of Lead

Did you know there isn't actually lead in the middle of your pencil? In this lesson, we'll learn what you're REALLY writing with!

How Ceramic Mugs Are Made

How Are ceramic mugs made? Pour yourself another cup of joe, and get ready to learn all about the process of creating ceramic mugs.

How a Pen Works!

You might not enjoy pressure when you face it in a job interview, but air pressure is incredibly important to many everyday items... including pens!

How is a Sports Bottle Made?

In this lesson, we'll see how manufacturers shape different kinds of plastic into the water bottles you use every day.

How Are Umbrellas Made?

We'll examine the parts of an umbrella - what they're made from, how they work, and other interesting pieces of information!

How Are Golf Balls Made?

Did you know that according to the rules of golf, golf balls cannot weigh more than 1.62 ounces? Making golf balls is a precise task!

The Anatomy of Pens and Pencils

If you're curious about what the different parts of pens and pencils are called, then you've come to the right place!

How Are Sticky Notes Made?

A little bit of precision measurement combined with a lot of chemical know-how produces the sticky notes you see in offices everywhere!

Custom Koozie Materials

Promotional koozies come in a variety of materials, each with a different purpose. The most common are made from neoprene or foam, which work as good insulators and keep your beverages nice and cold.

What is Neoprene?

Learn all about the fascinating material known as neoprene and how it's used in a number of interesting products, including wetsuits for scuba diving!

How Tote Bags Are Made

Whether you're going to the grocery store or carrying books to class, chances are a tote bag makes transporting your things a lot easier. No matter what you choose to stuff them with, they're there to give you a helping hand. While tote bags come in a variety of materials, some of the most popular are actually made from plastic! In fact, a lot of things we wear, from faux leather coats to nylon stockings to polyester sweaters, all come from different types of plastic.

What is a Gusset?

When you hear the word "gusset," what comes to mind? Do you think it has something to do with fishing? Maybe you're picturing a weird weapon. It turns out, a gusset has many uses, not limited to bridge building, food packaging, and pants wearing.

How Are Stress Balls Made?

We would prefer to say that stress balls are made with lots of love and attention to detail, but that doesn't explain the science of how it's done. Learn more here!

How Do Mood Pencils Work?

Nothing gets people more excited about science than a color-changing pencil. We'll take a look at the chemistry that makes mood pencils and other color-changing items work.

What Are Magnets Made Of?

Believe it or not, magnetic minerals can be found in nature! But are those the same kinds of materials used to make your promotional refrigerator magnets?

How to Wash a Baseball Cap

Heads up! This informative guide from Quality Logo Products will help keep all of your custom caps and headgear fresh and clean.

How to Clean Your Reusable Water Bottle or Travel Mugs

It's super easy to clean your reusable water mugs and travel mugs. All you need is soap, baking soda or vinegar, and patience to get your sports bottles and tumblers squeaky clean.

What Are the Different Types of Adhesives?

You know that stick of glue from kindergarten? That's an adhesive! How about that gum you used to plug a hole in your leaky pipe? It's gross, but that's also an adhesive. Turns out, we use these bonding substances more often than we might realize. They're a huge part of many things we rely on every day, from our cars to the roof over our heads!

How to Wash Your Tote Bags

Washing items that come in contact with bacteria is crucial to preventing illness and the spreading of diseases. This includes your clothes, hands, teeth, bed spreads, and you guessed it: tote bags. While these reusable bags come in a variety of materials, such as nylon, cotton, or plastic, they should be washed frequently using different methods depending on the material.

Do Stress Balls Work?

Stress balls are proven to improve blood pressure, anxiety, arthritis, and concentration. They also build hand strength, create a healthier heart, and boost energy. Aside from all that, they're a great way to advertise a business or non-profit.

How to Measure and/or Determine Your Hat Size

Learn how to properly measure your noggin so your hats fit just right! We'll also discuss converting UK and European hat sizes to US measurements.

How Effective Are Hand Sanitizers?

How effective are these promotional products and will they really eliminate all of that gross bacteria from your hands? We're about to find out!

Different Types of Pens and Their Uses

While some people may choose pens solely based on preference, there are some that work best for differentscenarios. Certain pens can write on almost any surface, such as granite, ceramic, black paper, or wood. Whether you need a pen for space travel or wedding invitations, knowing the different types will help you pick the perfect one for any situation.

What Are the Different Types of Water Bottles?

The budget pen is a tricky little item! Learn when a budget pen is a great idea for a giveaway and times when it's not the best choice.

What Are the Different Types of Coffee Mugs?

You really can't have too many coffee mugs in your kitchen. Ceramic mugs are great for breakfast, travel mugs keep you company on road trips, and microwave-safe mugs are a must on busy mornings. The more, the merrier!

Minimum Font Sizes on Promotional Items

They say good things come in small packages, but everyone knows this isn't true when it comes to font sizes - bigger is clearly better!

Understanding Eco-Friendly Products

We'll take a look at popular eco-marketing terms to find out which promotional products are best for the environment.

What Are the Best Trade Show Giveaways?

Freebies, like water bottles, stress balls, and pens, are part of trade show history. Still, you shouldn't buy swag just for the sake of having swag! It's important to come to the expo with the best giveaways for your industry.

What Prevents Ink From Rubbing Off an Item?

Once you've got your snazzy stress balls all printed up and handed out, you'll want to make sure your imprint doesn't fade. Find out how!

What's the Difference Between Padfolio and Portfolio?

How can we tell the difference between a padfolio and portfolio? How Are they typically used? Check out this course to find out.

Environmental Impact of Tote Bags

The world is being swallowed up by plastic grocery bags. You can find them in the garbage, piled high in landfills, or floating around in the ocean. We can all do our part to make the Earth more eco-friendly by switching to a reusable tote bag. The perfect tote can hold anything from books to groceries and is durable enough to use over and over again.

How Reusable Water Bottles Impact the Environment

You're making a good choice drinking from a reusable water bottle. Not only does it help the ecosystem, but it also leads to cleaner, fresher drinking water.

The Different Types of Stress Balls

Stress balls can be shaped like anything, from hearts and stars to baseballs and brains. You can also find ones that are homemade, scented, and even digital!

What Are My Imprint Color Options?

Learn what imprint color options are available for your promotional products. Find your exact logo color match in this exclusive Knowledge Center lesson.

Decoration Tips for Reusable Water Bottles

Promotional water bottles, such as the ones used as trade show giveaways, are decorated with a logo or message through screen printing, full color transfer, wrap imprint, or engraving.

Everything You Need to Know About Pantone Colors

Pantone is best known for their universal color matching system (PMS). The list of Pantone colors, also known as spot or solid colors, allows for consistent printing in graphic design. Pantone colors are created by trained technicians who use scientific codes developed by founder Lawrence Herbert.

What Are Promotional Products?

Promotional products are everyday items, like pens or tote bags, customized with a company's name, advertising message, or logo. They are used to promote community events, as branded goodies at weddings and baby showers, and as general giveaways for professionals at trade shows.

What is an Imprint Area?

If you're looking for information - like the size of an imprint area or how the area is determined on promotional products - this article is ready to answer all of your imprint inquiries.

Why Does My Shipping Cost So Much?

We'll dive into one of the fundamental questions that has plagued students of economics everywhere: why do I have to pay so much for shipping?

Environmental Impact of Promotional Products

Learn how promotional products affect the environment to ensure your giveaways are kind to Mother Nature!

How Many Promotional Products Should I Order?

We'll be revisiting math class to predict the amount of promotional products you'll need. Learn what order size works best based on your budget or event.

How to Choose the Right Tote Bag

Whether you're a soccer mom lugging around equipment or a teacher carrying reports and books, chances are a tote bag makes your life a lot easier. Tote bags aren't just useful, but also durable, fashionable, versatile, and reusable. Not to mention, they even make excellent promotional giveaways! From cotton and polyester to mini and jumbo, you are sure to find your totemate.

What is the Shelf Life of a Promotional Product Battery?

Who doesn't love a battery-powered giveaway item? We'll learn all about how long you can expect certain battery items to last in this handy lesson.

How Do You Choose a Promotional Product?

Start with this lesson if you want to learn about all the factors you should consider when picking the right promotional item for your business.

Garment Imprint Locations

Learn where to place your logo on your next order of custom apparel. We discuss recommended zones for embroidery, as well as specific measurements for the imprint area.

Custom vs. Standard Stress Balls

We'll take a look at the pros and cons of coming up with your own custom stress ball design versus ordering a standard-shaped stress toy.

Why Are Red and Orange Mugs More Expensive?

Have you ever gone shopping for custom coffee mugs and noticed that red and orange mugs cost more than other colors? Learn why here!

How Do I Distribute Promotional Products?

You've spent time and hard-earned cash on promotional products. We've compiled this comprehensive list of ways to distribute your items.

How to Choose the Right Pen

Pens are by far one of the most popular promotional products. After all, they're something that people use every single day! They come in many different styles, such as ballpoint, gel, and retractable. Not only that, but you can pick a variety of colors to write in.

All About Custom Logo Colors

You are ordering promotional products for a fun, easy way to advertise your company or event. The most important part is the imprint color, which is the color of the ink used when adding your design, logo, or text to an item.

How Do I Use My Promotional Products?

If you're stuck for ideas on how to use your products, or even which ones you should order, read on.

Mistakes to Avoid When Ordering Promo Products

Promotional products are a cost-effective marketing tool that work for any business. The world of marketing, however, is far from perfect. By recognizing the mistakes and how to avoid them, your promotional giveaways will look nothing short of spectacular!

How to Customize Your Cell Phone Wallet

There are a thousand ways to advertise your company. You can hire an airplane to carry a banner, make a flashy TV commercial, or just shout from the rooftops. In this digital age, though, doesn't it make more sense to get a person's attention with a cool accessory for their phone? That's the beauty of a cell phone wallet!

How to Make Fabulous Promo Items Without a Logo

If you're short on time, lack design skills, or are just fresh out of logo ideas, you can still create fabulous promotional products.

Stay Organized with Our Promotional Product Checklist!

Keep the ordering process under close watch with our Promotional Product Checklist, helping you stay organized every step of the way!

Importance of Drinkware and Case Quantities

A case quantity is the amount of drinkware that will fit into one case. We'll examine the reasons why you should order your custom drinkware in case quantities!

Stress Ball Design Tips and Tricks

Read our advice on ordering quality custom stress relievers. These useful tips help you customize your item and get the most out of your imprint area.

How Are Pens Made?

Whether you're at home or the office, you likely use a personalized pen every day. What is the pen making process? What plastic are pens made from? Let's take a moment to appreciate all the fine craftsmanship and attention to detail that went into that little writing wonder!

The 10 Best Company Slogans of All Time

Companies get our attention in many ways. They put billboards along the highway, run commercials during the Super Bowl, or print their logo on pens or stress balls. The best brands, though, know that good slogans may be all it takes to really make an impact.

Top 10 Advertising Jingles

Did you know Bubba was briefly in his own boy band? You won't find any of his band's music in this lesson, but you will find ten of the catchiest songs ever to make their way into commercials.

10 of the Most Popular Promotional Products

Advertising is an essential part of any growing business, but you need to find a strategy that works. Start building your brand with the best promotional products in the industry.

Which Social Media Icons and Logos Can I Print?

If you want to use the Twitter bird or any other social media logo to direct people to your accounts, you've got to play by the rules.

What is a Logo?

If you grew up in the 80's or 90's, you might remember when the late great singer Prince changed his name to a symbol. This was both a way to assert his independence and an act of rebellion against his record label. While this move may have seemed extreme, it shows that Prince knew the value in a good logo!

The Truth About Made in the USA Products

Made in the USA products increase manufacturing jobs, reduce the carbon footprint, and cut down production costs in the United States. It's difficult to label anything as completely American-made since parts can still be imported, but there's a variety of companies, brands, and products that qualify.

How to Improve Traffic to Your Trade Show Booth

It's loud, crowded, and exciting. No, we're not talking about the Super Bowl or Lollapalooza. This is all about trade shows, which are giant conventions where businesses can show off their products or services while housed under giant displays. It's like Comic Con with just as many nerds, but fewer people dressed as Batman.

What is a Color Scheme?

It takes more than a bubbly personality to showcase your brand's style; sometimes you also need some eye-catching color.

Trade Show Etiquette

If you're a presenter at a trade show, you should speak confidently about your products or services, use open body language, and most importantly, remember to smile. Attendees should follow the same rules of thumb, while also asking questions and posting pics on social media.

What is Branding?

Branding is defined as the promotion of a particular product or company by means of advertising and distinctive design. It is an important way to establish your business identity and set yourself apart from the competition.

Why Monitors Display Different Colors

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but there's nothing beautiful about finding out the red sweater you fell in love with online is actually orange when it shows up at your door.

The Difference Between USB1 and USB2

Where would we be without USB technology? A lot of us would be sitting around, wondering how to charge our mobile devices, that's for sure.

Beginner's Guide to Vector Art

To get the highest-quality imprint on your promotional products every time, it's important to use vectored artwork. Find out what that's all about here!

A Guide to Caring for Your Gadgets

In this day and age, we are all addicted to technology. You are hard-pressed to go anywhere without seeing someone buried in their cell phone, typing away on their laptop, or listening to music through headphones. It's a digital world out there, and it's important to keep up with the times! The best way is by making sure to care for your tech gadgets.

Emulsion: How Does it Work?

Emulsions makes use of a chemical emulsion, which looks like a messy green goop, but really is so much more!

Different Types of Portable Chargers

No matter the situation, we all have relied on our portable USB chargers to get us through the day. But how much do you really know about these battery savers?

When to Go with Embroidery Instead of Silk Screening

After you've aced the lessons on embroidery and screen printing, attend this course where you'll learn how to choose one printing process over the other!

Digital Printing: How Does it Work?

Digital printing involves using computers to transfer your logo onto promotional items. Learn more about the process here!

Screen Printing: How Does it Work?

Screen printing is one of the most diverse decoration options Quality Logo Products offers. We can use it to put your logo on t-shirts, pens, tumblers, and more!

Pad Printing: How Does it Work?

Seeing a product get pad printed is some of the most fun you'll have in the world of promotional products!

Next Level Imprints with Mixed Media Printing

Learn what happens when different printing processes are used together on one item in this informative, interdisciplinary lesson!

The Beginner's Guide to Image File formats

As a custom printing service, we see our fair share of artwork in a wide variety of image file formats. While most of the time we will find a way to work with what we are given (and make it look great), there are times when we have to ask our customers to send us something else. Otherwise they won't be happy with the final product - and we simply can't have that.

Laser Engraving: How Does it Work?

Did you know the laser engraving process can create an imprint color on your item, without using any ink? Learn why that happens and more!

Heat Press/Heat Transfer: How Does it Work?

Read on to learn about the heat press technique, also known as heat transfer. What's more interesting than high temperatures and large metal plates?

How Injection Molding Works

It's time to dive into the injection molding process and how it's used to create your fabulous promos!

Deboss: What is it?

This process involves pressing your custom design into the surface using a heavy metal stamp. Read about the process here!

Beginner's Guide to Image File Formats

When it comes to creating the best promotional product, it's important to know your GIFs from your PNGs. Get ready to dive into the world of file formats.

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What is the History of Tote Bags

If you need a way to carry towels to the beach, clothes to the dry cleaner, or groceries home from the store, you can't go wrong with tote bags. For years, we've been carrying our they've grown more in popularity over the last few years, especially as advertising items.

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What Are the Different Types of Plastic?

Plastic is an essential component of many items, including water bottles, combs, and beverage containers. Knowing the difference, as well as the SPI codes, will help you make more informed decisions about recycling.

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How to Shrink a T-shirt

Are you one of those lucky people who caught a tee out of the cannon at a baseball game? Or maybe you volunteered for a 5K over the summer and got a shirt for your efforts. No matter what, we all love a good free t-shirt, but sometimes these things are way too big for us to wear.

Multiple Pens

What Are the Different Types of Pens?

Pens are literally everywhere. They roll around in a drawer at home, take up space in the bottom of your purse, sit in a cup on reception desks, lie on your desk at work, and are in the hands of millions of students around the world.

The best slogans of all time

The 10 Best Company Slogans of All Time

Companies get our attention in many ways. They put billboards along the highway, run commercials during the Super Bowl, or print their logo on pens or stress balls. The best brands, though, know that good slogans may be all it takes to really make an impact.

Color calibration on monitor

Why Do Colors Look Different on Computer Monitors & Screens?

Have you ever shopped for a new shirt online and noticed it looks one color on your phone, but a completely different color on your laptop? Now you're not sure whether or not you even want to buy the shirt!

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