PROMOTION COMMOTION

Going Somewhere? Don't Forget Your Gadget Power!

It's happened to me and may have happened to you.  Packing for that quick business (or pleasure) trip and you FORGOT your power adapter! Here's one way you can keep it handy - and even better, take one adapter with different TIPS for your different gadgets!

Now, how simple did your life just get!!

Available for the corporate market, branded with your logo.  Contact Webbmar | The PromoMarketer for information and pricing.  

Brand with Brand 2009 - Custom Imprinted BUILT NY

I mentioned in a previous post that I am expecting more known name BRANDS to be available in the promotional product market after the PPAI convention in Vegas next week.  BRANDED items add a clear premium impact on your marketing programs.  These gifts are highly sought after and it reflects your corporate taste and stature in your own industries.

I am pleased to show you some new, useful products from BUILT NY.  They want you to LOVE YOUR STUFF (tm).

 

All these can be personalized and imprinted with your custom logo.  Just contact us CONTACT US HERE and let us know you want more information and we'll be happy to tell you more about these cool products!

The Best Promotional Products for 2008

2008 was a very green year.  Green in terms of promotional product inquiries, sales and interests.  We started this blog almost a year ago after we attended the PPAI tradeshow in January.  We knew then that environmentally appropriate gifts would be popular and we were pleasantly surprised at what soon unfolded.

When we began our blog, not much was said about BPA Free drinkware.  We saw it very early on, beginning with baby bottles (thanks to our little man, Nate!).  It soon made it's way into the promo industry and we picked up early.  As a result, these safe, Bisphenol-A free products were our hottest sellers!  Universities and corporations were quick to engage.  We have seen aluminum bottles come right on the heels of Camelbak bottles (first to be FREE).  Sigg bottles were once hot, and then surprisingly were replaced by similar looking bottles.  I was surprised that they stopped taking custom orders on their website. 

Webbmar Promotions continues to monitor quality manufacturers of safe drinkware.  Contact us at sales(at)webbmar(dot)com to discuss your imprinted promotions.

USB Flash drives remained a much sought-after promotional gifts especially for our high tech clients. While prices fluctuated, our customers were always pleased at our resourcefulness as we were able to score attractive looking flash drives from some of our preferred suppliers.  Quality was never compromised.  We even turned one order around in three days!

 

As with the prior year and even more so this year, decorated, embroidered and imprinted T SHIRTS and APPAREL were always hot.  Since we work with  the best contract decorators all over the USA, you will rest assured that you'll get a competitive price for your apparel promotions.  Organic cotton is beginning to be accepted by progressive and truly earth conscious corporations. 

GREEN is still very much IN.  As a result, we encourage reusable gifts such as the tote bags below. We were quite successful with these promotions for small and medium sized companies.  The imprint area on these polypropylene grocery totes is so large and visible that it makes one of the BEST promotional gifts one can give.  Additionally, your recipients like the discounts they get when these bags are reused in grocery stores! 

As we move into 2009, we predict that these will remain popular as businesses and corporations look for high ROI product that will NEVER see the darkness of a desk drawer. BRAND NAME products will be big.   We continue to source the industry for only the BEST quality promotional gift products, high perceived value without breaking the bank.

You can always depend on us.

What You Want - We've Got It: Multi Use Is Best Buy

If you don't know what you're looking for, don't worry - we have suggestions.  If you think you have everything you need, think again.  Have a hard time with gift ideas?  We'll offer you solutions.

Here's an item that each techie will love and appreciate.  From our preferred supplier Mobile Edge incredibly handy Card Reader & 3-Port Hub.  It's actually  2 devices in one! On one hand, it reads all formats of multimedia cards you might use with your camera, PDA or other device. On the other hand, it adds 3 USB 2.0 ports to your computer system, meaning you can connect your devices, whether at home or on the road. A 1-2 punch of productivity, the Mobile Edge Card Reader & 3-Port Hub is ready to keep you moving and working at the same time!

Features:

• High Speed USB 2.0
  
• Ultra-Compact design for portability
  
• Compatible with SmartMedia, xD, Secure Digital, MMC, MemoryStick, MS Pro Duo, CompactFlash and MicroDrive cards
  
• USB Plug-and-Play, no additional drivers required!
  
• Works with Windows 95 / 98 / ME / 2000 / XP and Vista or Mac OS 9.1, 10.2 (Jaguar), 10.3 (Panther), 10.4 (Tiger), 10.5 (Leopard)

Trust me when I say this is one uber handy device especially for the multi tasker, gadget guru.  I currently work with a flash drive, an SD drive from a camera and a compact flash drive from my Rebel xTI camera. This device will keep you compact and efficient.  Great for the business traveler too!

Great executive level branded gift.  Contact sales(at)webbmar(dot)com for more information and confirm pricing.

I Want My USB - Non Boring High Tech Promos

USB Flash drives have been and continue to be among the best, most useful and most sought after promotional gift.  We work with the best in the industry - quality by far surpassed and guaranteed. Here are some examples from one of our favorite suppliers.   They are award winning and they have some of the most imaginative packaging as far as USB drives are concerned. Looking for multi-function USB? Check these out.

Did we hear GREEN Promotions?  Take it up a notch by presenting with this GREEN laser pointer which beams a bright green dot.  This comes in two sizes with and without the USB. In this particular model, the USB drive can be disengaged from the pointer while you are presenting.  Pretty portable! On the right is a wireless presenter which  lets you navigate presentations with powerful radio technology. It includes USB receiver and built-in laser pointer

The  USB device  on the left stores all of your vital medical/health information in both digital and paper form so emergency personnel can easily access your history and provide effective treatment. Also includes a moisture-proof capsule for your critical medication (like nitroglycerin).

Contact sales(at)webbmar.com for samples and pricing. These are just some of the items available from our preferred supplier. Check out more of their line and from our PROMO SITE   

Who Promotes With Mousepads? Just About Everyone.

Here are just a few product niches for your mousepad sales. They one of the most useable and reliable promotional gift but they must be bright and pleasing to look at; have a really amazing design - and unique.  DIGISPEC - with their team of super professional and they customer service software is second to noe.  This is our third repeat order with them and it just shipped.  Thanks, guys!  We @ Webbmar surely appreciate your hard work.

Many unique styles are now available - some with photographs you can switch around.  Digispec also has recycled paper mousepads for those into the eco-thang.

Just tell us what you want to achieve, who you're planning on giving these to and we'll get you the best product. In fact, we'll send you an entire sample package just for the asking.  Contact Webbmar PROMO and request for your sample package!  It's on us!!

Kena Kai Lifestyle Gear - Tech In Your Back Pocket

RFID - know the acronym?  You might have brushed it aside.  It stands for Radio Frequency IDentification.  For the Wikipedic minded - these are small devices that use tiny computer chips smaller than a grain of sand to track items at a distance (some from up to 20 feet away). This 'items' can include product information AND your personal information.

RFID tags are here and now.   Walmart uses them in their tags. They in your 'contactless' credit cards, ePassports, store tags, and consumer products.  It's used to track data. It's used to find lost pets.  It's also an almost invisible way to obtain data without your knowing it.  Yes, identity theft, a mere nuance and mighty big headache. In a consumer world, and in the consumer's dance - we've taken two steps forward and a step back. Sounds familiar? 

Or maybe not.  METAL WALLETS.

KENA KAI  are makers of the DataSafe® Wallets - the ONLY wallets to be tested and approved to meet, or exceed, the security protocols set forth in HSPD12 (Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12) for "Electromagnetically Opaque Sleeves".

These are better, more secure leather wallets to protect you against wireless identity-theft from your RFID enabled cards, IDs and the new "ePassports"! We now live in an age where a thief does not have to “physically” steal your wallet to take your personal information. RFID technology in millions of today’s credit cards and IDs actually “transmits” this personal information. The DataSafe RFID blocking leather wallets - which include mens wallets and womens wallets designs - use a patent-pending shielding material – similar to that used in the U.S. State Department's new ePassports – to protect your personal information! These stylish leather wallets come in a variety of styles and colors. Please note that these wallets are the ONLY wallets currently tested and certified to meet the Government's strict new security guidelines.   

Kena Kai  DataSafe® Wallets are available exclusively in the promotional industry through Webbmar PROMO. Webbmar is delighted to promote a brand that marries style and technology. We can emboss or stamp product with your logo.  Men and women's wallets, ID badge holders, computer bags.  All these store a lot of information you don't want beamed into someone else's device.  Protect your employees, your clients, yourselves.

Your knight in shining armour can now sit nicely in your back pocket or purse thanks to forward thinking innovators from Kena Kai.

Cool Mates - Desktop & Laptop Accessories

HandStands® was one of the first companies to sell mousepads...and they've come a long way since then (1983).  They have some of the best computer, sporting and automotive accessories in the promotional market.  Most of their product is available in retail too.

When I come home from a trade show, air fresheners from HANDSTANDS PROMO is the first thing some of my friends ask for (vent stick featured here). You'll also find that they make the BEST memory foam mousepads in the market - no comparison...or accept no substitutes.

Here's something new and COOL for all you wifi searching, social media buzzin', hip mobile professionals: 

Cool Mates ™

The convenience of using a laptop computer at your desk and then turning it mobile is a valuable benefit to many Road Warriors. To keep your computer cool, we offer an easy solution! Simply attach the non-magnetic, non-adhesive bottom of the Cool Mates™ directly on your desk and you’re set. Your computer can now be set on top of the dome, lifting it slightly – allowing air flow to move beneath your computer. The result is to create a cooler environment for your battery! These little gems also eliminate sliding, and create a comfortable angle for typing.  These are just the best thing for a hot laptop, anti-skid and air cooled.  Logo can be printed or floating. [These items are about the size you see on your computer screen, about 1-3/8" round and 5/8"h] - small but incredibly high impact advertising.

Laptop Skinware 

Grace your notebook with both style and protection. Our Skinware™ was created to defend and guard your notebook from the misfortune of scratches, while delivering a billboard message of your product or service. Available in solid colors or 4 color process

ERGO-MAT™ - Revolutionary Design

Completely made of MEMORY FOAM, the Ergo-Mat™ downward-sloping platform encourages a NATURAL downward angle of the wrist and arm.
The most ideal mouse pad for ERGONOMIC WORKSTATIONS.

This item is Patent Pending.

Ad and marketing professionals and product buyers can contact Webbmar PROMO for product samples.  These items from a top notch supplier will definitely occupy PRIME DESKTOP REAL ESTATE!