Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Foil the Flu - It's Not Over Yet!

According to WHO (World Health Organization) as of November 2009, more than 207 countries and territories ahve confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has posted action plans on his website (http://www.flu.gov/) to help prevent the spread of the flu.

Since the flu germ is invisible and can hide anywhere - especially in the office. A stapler, a coffee cup, a ball point pen, a tape dispenser, dooknobs, on someone's hand could all hold the virus so it is imperative to keep your hands clean. If you have immediate access to hot water and soap, it's easy! But what if you don't?

Logo'd Gear suggests hand sanitizers and other disinfecting products. For a very affordable price, you can reduce the potential sicktime costs to your company by helping to prevent the spread of the flu. Provide your employees and your customers with small hand sanitizers with your logo. With the popularity of these products, you can help keep everyone healthy - AND provide a promotional product that will be used and visible everyday.

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Best in Charlotte 2009 - Embroidery Advertising!

I love it when the quality of the products we supply gets attention! I know that our customers have choices. We aren't the only supplier of promotional products in the world, so how do we stand out? (Of course, we'd like to think our service makes us the best but that's a story for another day!)

With that in mind, I am excited to announce that Logo'd Gear won the 2009 Best of Charlotte Award for Embroidery Advertising!

This prestigious award is given by the U.S. Commerce Association. Each year, they recognize outstanding local businesses throughout the country. They were established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community.

When you need your company's logo embroidered on your corporate apparel or any other promotional product, please think of Logo'd Gear. We promise to give you the same quality of service and product that won us kudos as Best of Charlotte!

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina Logo'd Gear is a premier provider of promotional products. We help our clients Stay in Front of Your Customers! Follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/logodgear

Monday, January 11, 2010

How to Keep 83% of Your Customers Happy

Seems like the holidays flew by - and already we are almost halfway through January! One of our resolutions for 2010 is to keep the Logo'd Gear blog updated a bit more regularly - expect to see something new and thought-provoking weekly!

I read a great article recently on branding and power of promotional products. I was blown away by these numbers - did you know that 83% of all respondents liked receiving a promotional product with an advertising message? Eighty-three percent! Considering that a 1-3% response rate in a direct mail piece is considered favorable, are you effectively reaching out to over 3/4 of your customers?

The article went on to say that 48% would actually LIKE to receive promotional products more often. If you are responsible for branding your company and creating awareness around the services your company offers, your customers want to hear from you more often. How effectively are you using your marketing budget?

One last statistic to consider: Consumers indicated that 69% keep promotional products if they have a use for them. How useful are the promotional products you send your customers? Imprinted pens, logo'd coffee mugs, lunchbags...these are a few of the useful promotional items your competition uses to stay in front of their customers. Are you?

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina Logo'd Gear is a premier provider of promotional products. We help our clients Stay in Front of Your Customers!

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(Survey data from PPAI resarch through MarketTools Inc, PPB January 2010)