PromoPunch Blog

Over the past few months I have had more & more customers tell me that they aren’t buying any promotional products. They all tell me they’ve had their budget cut. Yikes! This is the number one mistake companies make when in a recession - cutting back on advertising.
Believe it or not, a recession is the [...]

As I sat in my hotel room in Austin, TX (back in December) I saw numerous promotional items. The hotel is doing a wondrous job of brand recognition. Hotel promotional items are so important to earn repeat business.
Let’s start with your basics - the ink pens and note pads. Now the room we were in [...]

Well, we were out of town for a little over a week and it struck me how little people advertise to tourists. Now I know this may seem a little weird, but we are ones to just “wing it” - not a whole lot of planning goes into our trips. How I wish I had [...]

One of our hottest items - yes, it’s a letter opener! But not just any old letter opener. It has to be the Zippy letter opener. Why you ask? Well, there are many reasons people choose the Zippy letter opener. Want to know what they are? Keep reading…
Let’s start with the fact that Zippy letter [...]

So you’ve done a great job so far, you’ve got your guests booked and settled in. What are you going to do now to get them to come back next time? Obviously great customer service is key - but next to that, how will they remember you? Hotels have many challenges to retain customers. Brand [...]

Looking for some great deals on promotional products? I am going to tell you how and what you need to do to get them! Here are the Top 10 Secrets to Save Money on Promotional Products:

When ordering custom calendars, order them before April 1st. This will allow you to get the least expensive price on [...]

Now this is a pretty broad category. So I’m going to stick to government promotional products that are ideal for using a Pcard and not through the bidding process.
The most popular item we have done this year has been the pocket hand sanitizer sprayers. Great for promoting health departments, the hand sanitizers have a great [...]

The medical industry is one of the largest industries using promotional products. Used by insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, doctors, medical equipment companies, etc.. promotional products are an effective tool for getting your name out there.
Now you have your basics. But keep in mind, basic isn’t always basic. Take an imprinted pill box for example. There [...]

The first of our Top 10 lists!  I thought I’d start with the most economical promotional items (a.k.a. the cheapest!). You can go to www.promopunch.com to purchase any of the items below. So, here goes the first list!
 
1. Stick Pens - a standard promotional item, ink pens are one of the least expensive promotional items [...]

“Old-School Promos” is kind of self-explanatory. This refers to the traditional promotional items that have been sold to business for over 100 years. So many customers are stuck on these items that I thought they were worth a mention.
Your first standard is the ink pen. Now the only thing not traditional about this is the [...]