Left Handies

I was in talks with a client just the other week, when they asked if my company, RT Promotions, could supply promotional branded ballpens for left-handed people. It threw me for a moment, and then I gathered my thoughts.
His point was simple, and the solution was simpler still. Let me explain.
Go get hold of a [...]

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Are Promotional Branded Balloons a Good or Bad Thing?

 
 
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This information and the Guidelines and Code of Conduct are provided for people and organizations planning their own balloon release for fund [...]

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Getting to know Me

 
 
Odd title that don’t you think? Getting to know ‘me, as opposed to ‘you’. In fact, those of you that read my blog regularly will know that my passion is about getting to know my ‘clients’…. so why ‘getting to know me’?
I’ve decided to broaden my blog out a little bit, and let you know [...]

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Kelloggs v Post

I am researching for accurate data on the battle between these two cereal giants.
It’s inspired by a nugget of information/speculation that the brands shared equal footing of market share in the early to mid 1900’s, until the Depression, when Kelloggs spent money on advertising, and Post didn’t.
When the economy lifted again, one brand held the [...]

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Any Publicity is ‘Good’ Publicity

Its an often said phrase, but I’m not so sure…..
I was lucky enough to have some promotional video shot of me ‘promoting’ my company, RT Promotions. I’ve stuck it up on YouTube (someone ‘in the know’ said that would be a good idea) and its not had a single view since. To add to the [...]

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Advertising Just Keeps Getting Smarter

I had a YouTube link forwarded to me last week, and thought it was one of the best examples of viral advertising I’ve seen in a while. Take a look at it…. its actually very good and I’m pretty sure you wont have seen anything else like it.

I’ve already forwarded it [...]

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Starting A New Business

I’d like to introduce you to the man on the right:
Sake Dean Mohamed
He’s an interesting man in more ways than one, but the aspects that grabbed my attention were his courage and vision. … more about him in a moment.
In these interesting times, I feel privileged to meet such a broad mix of business owners, and in [...]

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Is Your Office ECO Friendly?

ECO Friendly and Recycling is this years ‘black’.  Is your company ‘on message’? Of course, I’d like you to be thinking about promotional gifts, after all, thats what my company, RT Promotions does, and there are ways you can give a promotional item that are both functional, perhaps for the office, as well as giving a statement [...]

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Danger Of Mice

We’ve just about come out the other side of a big chill here in the UK, and it inspired a good friend to share a little anecdote with me. You know those dashboard warning systems in cars? The ones that used to simply tell you your speed but which have got ever-more complicated with their [...]

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What Is The Secret Of Great Comedy?

It’s a Sunday morning moment, and it’s encouraging me to do a ‘first’. Have a little light-hearted moment on my blog. Anyone that knows me, knows that ‘humour’ is an important part of my life, I can’t help it, I see it everywhere. It can, indeed ‘has’ got me into trouble at times, but hey, [...]

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