Thinking outside the box

Hands up those of you that are running your own business and AREN’T looking for more business?
The last business I talked to that told me that was a plumber, and maybe there’s a whole other story there. The point is, we’re ALL looking for ways to increase/improve our businesses, and my message to you is [...]

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A bumper sticker with a difference

Bumper stickers…. love em or hate em, they’ve been around for donkeys years (whatever that means?), and are a powerful Promotional product to use to advertise your business.
Used correctly, they literally ’stick around’ for months or even years, all with your branding on. You see a sticker on a car, and you’ve got to read [...]

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Ten things you may not know about pencils

 My company, RT Promotions, sells thousands of imprinted and personalised pencils to business’s every year. Despite being old fashioned and unglamorous, they are still a powerfully effective promotional gift to give, especially in these days of being environmentally friendly. Some of our best selling lines are made from recycled plastic vending-machine cups, so no risk [...]

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A Launch Party Event with an extra Sparkle!!!!

My business is all about making your business remembered. Clients that simply want a ‘pen’ often purchase a GREAT pen, and as long as the item does its job and gets a Return On Investment, we all win. After all, it’s never happened to me yet that a client comes to us wanting a pen, [...]

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A nice touch

When you are running a major conference, you have so many things to consider and plan for. There’s the BIG things of course. The theme needs to be considered, the content must be right and consumable, is the venue right, catering, timing, etc, etc. But it’s often the small things that can make a difference [...]

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Shine a light on your brand

We were approached by an IT Company, looking for some low cost imprinted ballpens for their technicians to hand out when making a service call. Sometimes a request can be as simple as that, “show me three low cost ballpens we could use“, we show them three, they choose the one they like, and we [...]

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How important is your image?

Would you go to a conference without making an effort with your appearance?
Would you not bother with your hair? (if only I had some)…
Clean shoes? Clean shirt/blouse? etc, etc….
So why is it that so many business people I meet, leave it to the organiser to give them a name badge like this?

A name badge says [...]

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A Promotional Pen to make you STAND OUT

I just knew that this pen would go down a storm, it was simply a question of finding the right client.
A client that not only ‘got it’, but had the guts to use it as an imprinted logo pen to promote their business…
The pen in question is just so neat…. it looks like a tube [...]

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Your Staff’s ‘Image’

I stopped by one of my favourite local restaurants the other night. It was time to do a little reflecting on my business goals, and what better way to do it than to kick back with a bottle of wine (I walked there, so didn’t have to worry about driving), some great food, and lose [...]

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Getting noticed at a trade show

We have been working with a company these past few days who are launching a new magazine at an upcoming Trade Show. The magazine will, I’m sure, speak for itself. The challenge they have is in getting people to pop by their exhibition stand and get people to pick one up.
There’s countless ways we could [...]

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