Goodbye to Stress!

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Economic failures, tsunamis, riots, tornadoes, wildfires, leaking oil wells…. What hasn’t caused stress recently for everybody in the world over the last year?  It’s time to GET RID of that unwanted baggage we call stress.  Out!  Kaput!  Vamoose!  In fact, it’s time to help our friends, clients, co-workers, and everybody we come in contact with to DE-STRESS.  Ahhhhh……..   Let it all go.  There now.  You’re feeling better already, aren’t you?

When it comes to people making buying decisions (Hello, my fellow “Marketing People”!), did you know that people resist making buying decisions when they feel stressed?  According to the Science Daily in an article published last April, “In financial decision making, where rational and deliberative thinking is essential, a stressful environment might hamper our ability to make decisions”.  See?  You want people to like your product and your organization forever?  Get them out of their stress fast, (and keep them out) and they’ll be a client for life.

All of us like to feel confident in our decision making skills.  It’s what gives us independence and proves we have more processing capacity than an amoeba.  Stress makes us feel the opposite: high-strung, ineffective, mundane, crazy, etc, etc, etc.

Here’s a promotional product that connects with your customers in our troubled times (drum roll, please): The stress ball.  Aha!  The simple, non-technical, mindless stress ball.  Yes, that’s it!  The one and only device that gets people to do mindless, repetitive things for minutes (or hours, if they’re a bad case) at random times during the day!

Here’s the thing.  Not all stress balls are created equal.  I know, it’s wrong to discriminate, but we’re talking about stress balls here.  They don’t have feelings, just spongy bodies WITHOUT nerve endings.  (Sorry, you can’t be turned into a stress ball to get rid of your stressful feelings.  Isn’t that a genius idea though?)

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Think creatively about the usual spherical ball of foam.  We’re talking specific shapes like teeth (Dentists, listen up!  It’s time to save the upholstered arms on your expensive dentist chairs from stressful clawing!), a heart (American Red Cross, give your donors a squeeze toy to help them “make a fist” before taking the needle), a computer (hi software engineers who are about to trash your computer at 3 AM when the program fails again), and even your favorite cartoon characters (Dilbert, anyone?)!

It’s all up to your imagination… so think of your business promotions’ goal, and think of sending a little gift of love to all your stressed out customers.  They’ll be sure to give you their business again, since every time they pick up the custom imprinted stress toy you gave them with your company’s name on it, they’ll get rid of a little more anxiety… squeeze by squeeze.

Find a Custom Stress Reliever Toy for Your Next Promotion

Custom Imprinted Magnets

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Full color magnets are miniature billboards that are always in front of you. Be creative, let your message explode in vibrant hues to make a lasting impression.  Let the magnets do their job of attracting clients or potential customers to you. Advertise your message, company, church, or city, easily and very inexpensively   24/7.   Whether the recipient places your magnet on their file cabinet or refrigerator, they will know exactly where to find it when they need your service or product(s)

But, don’t stop with color! These little attention grabbers are available in a very wide selection of stock shapes and sizes.  Stock shapes include all types of vehicles, animals, fruits, vegetables, circles, and squares, just to name a few. Perhaps your theme, a product or a logo would benefit from utilizing what is already available.  If not, you can always be even more imaginative and create your own custom shape. Now that makes your magnet twice as easy to find.

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Thickness of a magnet is important too. The higher the mil, the better the holding power.  For instance, a magnet with a 2 mil rating will not hold a sheet of paper as well as a 3 mil.
This type mails very easily with a letter or brochure.

Not all magnets are flat in shape and size.  Some are made of hard plastic and are heavy duty. While there is less of a variety of shapes available, there is a good possibility that what exists will get your job done.

Magnets are a valuable member of your team when trying to get your brand out there to the general public.

Think for a moment…when was the last time you threw a magnet away?  When was the last time you passed by a table and didn’t pick up a free one being offered by an advertiser?

Let your message stick in their memory
•    Always in your line of sight
•    Colorful, can be custom shaped
•    Great lumpy mail item (lumpy mail has a much higher chance of being opened)

For more great product ideas, visit us a http://www.keystonespecialties.com/promotional-products

Checkpoint friendly laptop bags

If you have flown in the last 9 years, you have passed through one of those TSA checkpoints trying to get to your gate. That means take off: your shoes, belt, earrings, watches, jewelry, etc…and you have to unpack your laptop and put it in its own separate bin from your bag you carry it in. Walk through the x-ray, hope you don’t set it off and have to take something else off, walk back through and if your unlucky enough to set it off again…spread’em.

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After the nice officer is done with the pat down, you can go collect your stuff. But, other people have been passing through and your stuff is sitting at the end of the conveyor belt mixed with everyone else’s stuff. All of this hassle just to catch a plane, BUT it’s worth it to be safe.
Well, during this whole process a lot of items are left behind or lost. The TSA is partly responsible for these items, and some are not cheap. Jewelry, flash drives, and LAPTOP’S! Yes, as big as they are laptop’s get left behind. Imagine having to spend the time trying to track down all the owners of this lost property. Did you know that TSA also partners with the Naval Air Systems Command to help manage and process lost and unclaimed property? Well, the TSA has had enough and worked with a bag company to come up with a solution for this problem with laptops.

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Introducing the Checkpoint Fast Pass Backpack, distributed by Keystone Specialties. This backpack is TSA approved and now you don’t have to remove your laptop from you bag anymore. Simply unzip the bag and lay it flat on the conveyor belt so the laptop is exposed. Now, you don’t have to pack as much when you make it through the security checkpoint. Other available models include the boardroom computer briefcase and laptop slimline laptop brief.
Details about the bag and its pricing are available at www.keystonespecialties.com/promotional-products. Just search this item number (ZLCVJ-HAVRS) and learn how you can order yours. This is a great item for any business to give to their traveling salespeople or as a thank you gift to a valued client.

Personalized Engraved Ornaments On Sale

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For the first time ever, we are slashing the prices on our personalized engraved ornaments and having an off season sale. The entire selection of 21 ornaments will qualify for this special offer. We offer ornaments that will commemorate milestones in someone’s life. Read on to find the SPECIAL CODE.

Know someone that has experienced the loss of a loved one? Choose from our selection of Memorial Ornaments and help the healing process.

Our Baby Ornaments are a great gift for new parents. Engraving allows for the name, date, pounds, ounces, and inches.

Any family getting a dog or cat would love to get a Pet Ornament with the new pet’s name and day it was adopted or born.

Wedding season is right around the corner. Looking for a unique gift that will help the newlywed couple celebrate their union? Choose from our selection of Wedding Ornaments.

If any of our pre-formatted themes aren’t to your liking, you also have the option for a completely Custom Personalized Ornament. Enter up to 30 characters a line (including spaces) to inscribe whatever you wish to convey. There are NO per word, line, or character charges. ALL engraving is included in the price, no matter which ornament you buy. It’s the best deal on the net!

To browse our selection, visit us at http://www.engravedforever.com

To take advantage of this special offer, just enter the SPECIAL CODE: march10 during the checkout process. This offer will end at midnight on March 31st.

Custom Pens Equal Great Returns

What is the number one promotional product in the USA?  What promotional product is

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considered the most useful and longest kept by the person who receives it? That would be the PEN!  Based on a study by ASI (Advertising Specialty Institute), a pen is kept by 46% of its recipients, keeping your organization’s name in front of them for the long term.

Why?  Because the pen is a useful item, and think about it, there never seems to be one around when you need one!  Recall the last time you used a great pen and thought to yourself, “I really like this pen, I should keep it!”  If you are going to giveaway pens, they should be nice enough that the person using the pen wants to keep it.

You don’t have to spend $3.00 or more per pen, as there are many attractive and reliable pens available at low cost.  The more often your custom pens are used, the more likely the person using it will remember your organization.  From a recent ASI (Advertising Specialties Institute) study, on average a pen is used 18.2 times a month.  That means if you give out 1,000 pens, you gain 18,200 exposures to your brand or organization!  Advertising doesn’t get any better than that.

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Burn This!

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Do you burn CD’s or DVD’s with information for your client on them? Are the CD’s or DVD’s branded with your name or company name and logo? Why promote someone else’s brand (i.e. Sony, HP, etc) when you are trying to promote yours?

In your highly competitive market, your image is as important as the imaging you do. Your brand, your look, the face you put on your business, helps you build business and future growth.

We have available stock backgrounds that allow small order quantities. That means not having to tie up cash. Fast turnaround means quick replacement inventory. Our stock includes selections for the following industries:

• Radiology/Laboratory/Medical Facility
• Accountants/Tax Preparers/Financial Advisers
• Creative Arts/ Multimedia Production
• Medical Practices/ Health Clinics/ Health Services

Even if your industry isn’t listed, we can still take your image or logo and burn it on the face of a CD or DVD. We will help you design a personalized business dvd or cd!

We brand in only the highest resolution insuring that your disc reflects the highest corporate and professional image. Patented new technology bringing you the highest quality, lowest cost and fast service for even the smallest of needs.  Discs are decorated with a hard fire process making them scratch and fade resistant, 100% waterproof and the highest graphic resolution.

Creative packaging options finish your project from budget friendly mailers, to traditional plastic jewel cases with full color covers. For more great ideas, check us out at http://www.keystonespecialties.com

Emergency Preparedness Kits

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Emergency Preparedness Kits

Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Earthquakes…we live day to day at the mercy of mother nature. Although she is our friend most of the time, she will unleash her wrath. Wouldn’t it be nice if you had an Emergency Preparedness Kit to help get through whatever mayhem could come your way? As a promotional giveaway, this is perfect for any insurance salesman who sells a policy to someone. This would also make a great gift for employees to show them that the company they work for really cares.

This 24 emergency survival kit includes all of the following items: 1200 calorie food bar a (3) 125 ml. water packets, both with 5-year shelf-lives, emergency thermal blanket 84″ x 52″, emergency instructions, poncho w/hood, 9 LED flashlight, (3) AAA batteries, (50) waterproof matches, (2) small candles, distress flag, pack of tissues and minor First Aid kit. Your logo or message will measure  3″ wide x 2″ high on the front of the kit.

To get more information or a quote on this item, visit www.keystonespecialties.com/promotional-products and search this item number: RHCVI-HFPYL

Creating a custom glass ball Christmas ornament

This type of ornament has been around forever and it isn’t going anywhere. One of the most popular styles of custom Christmas ornament is the glass ball and it can be customized any way you see fit.

First there is the 2-5/8” size. This is not the imprint area size, but the actual diameter of the ornament. The imprint area is 1-3/4” x 1-3/4”. The other size available is 3-1/4”. The imprint area on this size is 2” x 2” and allows for more detail on the image to show.

When considering doing these as a series for a fundraiser, it is best to sit down and brainstorm with a couple other people.  This will give you a feel for what others may want to see on an ornament and it takes the pressure off of you as the sole person in charge of the design. A few good examples for a series of ornaments are:
Churches: Doing the stained glass windows in the church. 1 or 2 ornaments a year depending on the number of windows available.
Chambers of commerce: Community events and original businesses from the early town days.
Historical Societies, Museums: Famous people from the community or state.

When it comes down to the design, there are two ways this can be done. First is an artist rendering from a picture. It doesn’t matter how old the picture is. We can work with just about any image. Take a look below!

Once the image is rendered, we will color it according to the amount of imprint colors that were paid for.  It is recommended that at least 2 colors are used for the front imprint as it will allow for a much richer looking image. If a full color image is desired, we can replicate the picture directly on the ornament using a 4 color process. Here is an example:

If you too would like to design a custom Christmas ornament with our help, we would be happy to answer any and all questions that you may have. To request additional information, please visit http://www.keystonespecialties.com/treasuredscenes/custom-christmas-ornaments.

Tote Bags spread brand identity

Survey Says Bags Are Top Trade Show Branding Tool

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When it comes to promoting a business at a conference or event, tote bags are the best way to get a brand name across, according to a new survey. The study, released by Nexus Collections, found that 23% of respondents selected conference bags as the most effective branding option. “What people are looking for is exposure at the show – not necessarily that people are going to be using these tote bags afterwards,” says Mark Klang, a tote bag supplier,  who says he is not surprised at the strong showing by bags. “Even if it’s nothing wild that’s really going to get a lot of interest, at least they have people walking around the trade show or the conference with those bags and you’ve got a nice imprint there.”

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Pens, conference notepads and lanyards followed on the rankings, with 13%, 12% and 10%, respectively. “Like the conference bags, both the pens and notepads have longevity with many delegates taking them away and using them on into the future,” said Nick Jones, Nexus Collections managing director, in a statement. “I can also appreciate the popularity of lanyards as they are so visible at events, every delegate and member of the team sees not just their own, but the hundreds around them as well.”
Among the lowest ranked branding efforts at trade shows were the less tangible ones. Sponsorships of educational sessions, programs and catering events held the bottom three spots, with 7%, 6% and 4% of respondents citing them.  Advertising  posters  had only a slightly better showing.

magnetic business cards

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Have you been giving out your business cards and not getting as many calls as you would like? Could that possibly result from your potential client losing it in a pile of papers or accidentally washing it in their pants? If they don’t need your service right now, the prospect may just put it aside and forget about it. When they do need a service that you provide, they will probably just Google it or look it up in a phone book. Out of sight, out of mind..right?

How about a non-intrusive way to stay in front of their face everyday? They can be reminded of you at home or at their office. MAGNETIC BUSINESS CARDS are the answer. When is the last time you threw away a magnet? If your home or office is like ours, magnets are everywhere because they are useful.

At home, everyone has at least 1 magnet on their refrigerator. If family has kids, they need magnets all the time to put their children’s pictures and artwork all over it. If your business card magnet is on the fridge, you are in their home advertising all the time and they are thankful for your magnet. BRILLIANT!

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Take this one step further. Instead of just doing a basic postcard advertising your business in the local paper or as a direct mail piece, why not do a postcard with your magnet that is removable! INCREDIBLE!

Your business card magnet is glued to the surface of the card, giving you the most convenient way to get your magnet & message into your customer’s hands. Studies show that postcards with magnets attached are much more widely read than ordinary direct mailers. To get pricing for these items, visit our website at http://www.keystonespecialties.com/promotional-products and reference the item numbers in the search box.

For more great promotional ideas to get your brand name recognized all over your community in unique ways, please visit our website at http://www.keystonespecialties.com