OSP Needs Your Brain: Win A Free FLIP Camera
We’re FLIPping for Summer! Here’s how to celebrate this hot season with a hot product: The FLIP camera.
OnSalePromos wants your ideas.
To get them, we’re offering you a chance to win a FLIP camera.
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CONTEST RULES:
1. Contest entrants must comment here – on this blog post – and include a link to your favorite product on www.OnSalePromos.com. (EXAMPLE BELOW)
2. You can enter as many times as you want. All posts made before must be made by 11.59 EST, July 31., will be enterd in the contest.
P.s. TWITTERATI: Tweets with #logome can also be submitted, but MUST BE PASTE D HERE as a COMMENT. The tweet must have a link to your favorite product on www.OnSalePromos.com.
The contest winner will be announced on this blog post and Twitter (www.Twitter.com/OnSalePromos) on Monday, August 3 at 5 pm EST.
Every entry gets you closer to winning a FLIP camera.
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FAQs
Q: Can I just submit my same favorite product from www.OnSalePromos.com over and over again?
A: No. Each entry must be a different product.
Q: Can I just submit the link and no text or explanation?
A: No, not if you want to win. We are going to select the most creative promotional gift from the entries.
Q: What if I already have a FLIP?
A: You can choose an equivalent value of your own promotional merchandise. There may be some minimum orders that apply, but, we’ll work with you on finding great stuff. Or you can re-gift the FLIP.
Q: Who are you guys?
A: You know when you see a logo on a pen or a bag or an award or a shirt? We do that. My name is Josh Frey, I own On Sale Promos. We are one of the nation’s leading promotional products dealers (we put logos on merchandise for companies). We typically work with big corporations, but recently launched a “support small business” campaign wherein small businesses can “piggy back” on our buying trips overseas and get the same pricing as large companies ordering massive quantities. We are piloting this now. Click here if you’re interested in this campaign to get on our alert list. Click here to see our homepage and check out products.
EXAMPLE IDEAS
If you love coffee, you may want to submit this:
Sample contest entry: This custom coffee set is my favorite, because #1 I would be thrilled if Honda (company featured on this product) gave this to me when I bought my car and #2, I love the contemporary wave design on the cup. Oh, and #3, I LOVE COFFEE! Here is the link http://www.onsalepromos.com/products/952578240/Portable-Coffee-&-Tea-Set.html
Here are links to other custom coffee sets I found on www.OnSalePromos.com http://www.onsalepromos.com/search/basic?Keywords=coffee+maker&PriceLow=0&PriceHigh=&Colors=
BE CREATIVE!
Check www.OnSalePromos.com now and submit your favorite product TODAY, TOMORROW, and the NEXT DAY – there is no limit on the number of entries
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We’re Giving Away 100 Free Eco Tote Bags
Our holiday gift to you – a chance to win 100 of our eco friendly tote bags, the perfect holiday gift, customized with your own design! To enter all you need to do is visit www.ecototebags.com/enter. We will randomly select a winner on December 14th so don’t miss out. Happy holidays!
Why On Sale Promos is the Bruce Banner of Promotional Products
We look normal, like any promotional products company – right? But, then, you get to know us.
Industry leader. You learn that we are one of the longest-standing, leading players in the industry. See our brag sheet here.
Great pricing. Then, you learn about our great deals. Partially because of our long-standing relationships in the industry, and also because we have foreign language capabilities and trade relationships that allow us – literally – to find the best deals in the world.
Great, responsive, do-gooder team. We’re good guys and gals. Our existing clients know this. We work with unversities helping students explore their entrepreneurial potential. We support women in business. We support local charities, like DC Kitchen. Work with us and we might support a charity of yours.
Want more information? Contact us here, or via email. Find us on Twitter, too, www.Twitter.com/OnSalePromos. You can also subscribe to our “Top 20 Deals” email newsletter (right column of home page).
Why stay in touch?
Aside from great deals, 0ur top clients and referral sources get a free end-of-year shopping spree in our “OSP Favorite Things” online store.
Top Holiday Corporate Gifts Under $5 for Your Clients, Staff, Guy Who Fixes the Copier-Part 1
This is what we’ve heard from many of our clients: Holidays + Gifts + Financial Crisis = Dilemma.
How do you look professional and attentive to your clients, staff, and guy who fixes the copier without breaking the bank? This is the first of a four part series dedicated to gifts under $5 dollars. Plan now for your gifts to come in on time. If you are running behind, or want to plan for a new budget year (2009), order as a “Happy New Year” gift. Contact us with any questions.
#1. Not your typical music download card.
This is an Eco-Friendly seeded recycled music download card. Yes, we said “seeded.” How cool is THAT? go green with recycled gift card like prepaid song music downloads card. We like this because:
1. It’s incredibly cool.This is a download card that can be PLANTED!
2. It’s small, so could be inserted in a Holiday Card or given out at conferences and events.
3. You can choose from over 3 million songs, including major labels.
4. You can track user data through custom web pages available to survey or build lead databases
We like this because:
(1) Canvas tote bags are already popular item (see previous post on going green)
(2) It rolls up small enough to put in a bag, purse, etc and button closes so you don’t have to worry about it unraveling.
#3 Car Cigarette Lighter Socket Adapter (okay – this is a little over $5.00)
We like this because:
1) We like any product representing the convergence of technology/trends and practicality. People driving cars without built-in GPS systems and iPod ports often complain they have to pick one or the other when driving.
2) It’s a popular product that someone would actually use, and see your logo on it. Popular products promise residual use.
Stay tuned for our next post, and remember to follow us on Twitter @OnSalePromos and sign up for our Top 20 Deals email (see right column at this link). These are the lists from which we draw our monthly giveaways and a year-end shopping spree to our “OSP’s Favorite Things” store (coming soon!)
OSP MUSTACHE COMPETITION
Today is the final day of the mustache competition.
After two weeks of blood, sweat and tears, we have reached the end of the competition. Here is where we stand:
So go on to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=rn9VKIjPtCIYKesQtD8MtQ_3d_3d and vote for your favorite! Polls close at 6 pm today!
-The OSP Team
Going Green… Revisited
Are you “Going Green?” Have you been asked that recently? If not directly from someone in your life, you certainly have by the media. Curious that only ten years ago the media wanted to have nothing to do with the projects and people being “Eco-friendly,” unless it was some left-wing liberal uber-hippy newsletter. Yet today, there isn’t an issue of Newsweek, the Economist, any major newspaper, or even commercials on television that aren’t showcasing the benefits of living a “greener” lifestyle. In a previous blog post I ranted a bit about the contradicting motivation for people going green – just doing it for the dollar and not embracing it fully won’t get the planet where it needs to be. If a company has been “going green” – ask them if they know the definition of “sustainability” and see what comes back. If you yourself don’t know – stay tuned because there’s going to be a “Filling in the Green blanks” article coming up soon.
Regardless – our industry of promotional products IS making headway. More and more new products are at least being made with the environment in mind at least a little bit. Question the motives or not, the fact remains that more promotional product suppliers are realizing that people WANT to be Green whether they fully understand what that means or not.
Here at OSP we pride ourselves for being as Eco-Friendly as possible, and not just in the office with how we operate our business, but in trying to sell sustainable products that will leave the smallest mark on the planet while the biggest mark on your client. Some of the newer products to come across are desk include:
Seeded download cards – They are music download cards that after use, you can plant, they biodegrade and grow into wild flowers… AWESOME!
Plantable Ad-Ornaments – Paper products (coasters, invitations, wine bags, etc) – infused with seeds. Same idea and then BAM – you’ve got flowers.
Envirofolder – Folders for the office that are made of 100% post-consumer recycled chipboard
Recycled Cardboard Journal – Journals with a cover made from 100% recycled cardboard with 100 sheets of unlined recycled paper – with an embossed logo on front.
We are also extremely impressed by what EGM Green has managed to do in expanding the reach of the Green community. They have managed to revolutionize the gambling industry creating Eco-Friendly gambling tables and furniture! They currently have blackjack, roulette, poker and even craps tables and are working on Baccarat and chairs and lounge furniture to transform the industry.
Stay tuned for more and feel free to contact us at info@onsalepromos.com with any questions you may have on our green line… It’s some pretty awesome stuff!
Welcome Back!
After a long blogging hiatus, On Sale Promos is back in full force… and not just any full force, ridiculously awesome full force. You’re probably wondering, well, what’s the difference? What IS ridiculously awesome full force? Well, the difference is clear. All of us here on the OSP team, love our jobs and truly enjoy working together as a team. But that alone doesn’t really sum it up and it sounds pretty darn cheesy, so there’s another part. It’s the competition. Which competition?
THIS COMPETITION.
WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL 2008 OSP MUSTACHE GROWING COMPETITION. Details are coming out soon so stay on the lookout but facial hair is growing and soon it will be molded into the best MUSTACHE GROWING COMPETITION ever! (I doubt our competitors will have nearly as cool facial hair designs) BUT once the competition is coming to a close we will need YOU to vote on who has either the most ridiculous or best mustache out of everyone. AWESOME.
Check out the OSP Team Facebook album periodically to see what we’re up against!
Colonial Promos
One of On Sale Promos recent projects has been to oversee the creation of the Colonial Promos store at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. The newly set up store is similar to the one already established at the University of Maryland, the Smith Store. The Colonial Promos store, which is a miniature version of the On Sale Promos store, is run by GWU students in the School of Business with interests in entrepreneurship and the promotional products industry. The store’s student leaders have been marketing their services to university offices and student organizations, providing a broad variety of promotional products at competitive prices. All products can be branded with the office, organization or event name for graduation, residence hall move-in, guest speakers or fraternities and sororities or student clubs and groups. Some clients include Program Board, which bought customized water bottles, and backpacks for the School of Business’s Mintz Sophomore Getaway. To encourage entrepreneurship education, twenty percent of the profits earned are donated back to the George Washington University’s Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence. Colonial Promos is currently working hard to expand its services to all sectors of the university.
OSP Launches Green Eco-Friendly Line
Posted by Tom McDougall, OSP Sales Account Manager
I am PUMPED to hear more and more people becoming interested and involved in “Going Green.” It’s interesting what is happening now in the Green movement. I was writing an informal article the other day talking about how the green movement is not new. In fact, people have been environmental extremists for centuries now. The only reason it is finally grabbing hold now is because of effective marketing: Social engineering at it’s finest. I made reference to an old classic:
“In 1961 Audrie Hepburn starred in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The American public fell in love with her, and more importantly, her little black dress. The movie has come and gone over four decades ago, yet designers continue to sell more and more little black dresses. Why? Because the American public was shown how sexy it was. Imagine she was wearing a little orange dress. How different might cocktail hours be today? …(later in the article)… Going Green is not something new. Finally though, it has become sexy to do it. Green is not only the new black – it’s the new little black dress.”
Personally, it’s too bad that people didn’t wise up sooner about sustainability. Fortunately, it has become profitable, finally, to be more green and be more conscious of one’s footprint. And therein lies the reason why people like me have a job!
Who should go green first? Property management companies, or the marketing sector around them? Right now, it’s kind of happening together. So many properties are trying to be sustainable – because it’s profitable, and because the public wants to live in more sustainable buildings. It doesn’t do much good though to be a green building if people don’t know about it. Promoting and marketing the heck out of Going Green is a MUST for properties in order to capitalize on their socially and environmentally (and probably profitability) conscious efforts.
That’s where I come in.
Selling Green promotional products is fantastic. Not only do I feel good about doing it, but people feel good about buying it, and, at the end of the day… it IS good. Here at OSP I’ve been able to really begin to seek out and find those vendors who are making green products and looking desperately for a market to sell them to. Two decades ago they would have been deemed tree huggers and hippies, and now, their innovators! All the more power to them. We’ve been able to help property management companies utilize these products to really promote their green messages. Things like:
- Organic seed paper. What the heck is that you might ask? It’s fully recycled and biodegradable material infused with your choice of seeds: Lilacs, wildflowers, basil, chili peppers, whatever. Then that is made into all different kinds of stock: bookmarks, post cards, coasters, wine bags, ornaments, boxes, journals, etc. All of which we can put the property logo on. Once the product is used, say for instance they give out a bunch of holiday ornaments in the shape of a house… the ornament, instead of being thrown away, it is PLANTED! The ornament fully bio-degrades into the soil and grows whatever the seeds were. Now, not only has the property management company been environmentally friendly… but they’ve created a plant in the clients home that will be there for months or even years to come to remind them! Talk about long term branding!
- Fair trade chocolate. Fully customizable chocolate bars produced only through fair trade practices. So many chocolate companies utilize horrible methods for obtaining their coca, fair trade is really the only way to go.
- Recycled materials: We have journal books, sling bags, messenger totes, pens and pencils, all made from 50% up to 100% recycled materials. Property management companies can utilize these for corporate outreach, move-ins, lease renewals, whatever.
- Organic cottons: We can do T-shirts, organic totes, etc. One cool product is organic cotton market bags. Instead of getting three or four plastic bags every time you go to the grocery store… use the same ones. We have a product that is four awesome shopping bags that fit into one – great for the urban apartment building and the person who doesn’t do all their shopping at Costco.
For more info on our entire Green Eco-Friendly line of products, you can check out the latest and greatest options at http://www.onsalepromos.com/categories/Green+Eco-Friendly+Items
I’ve only been working on this for a couple of months now – but I can tell you for sure: It’s becoming a huge hit!
Sorry for the slightly long-winded email. This truly is my passion – so when I get the chance to talk about… I do. I’d be happy to share some more of my thoughts about it if you want to hear them. Feel free to email me directly at tmcdougall@onsalepromos.com.
