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Personalized Padfolios: Our Top Picks for a Classic Corporate Gift

Personalized Padfolios: Our Top Picks for a Classic Corporate Gift

If you’re looking for a classic gift for to give to your company’s associates or to clients padfolios are the way to go! Some may think they’re pretty standard or even boring, I like to think they’re timeless and even fun gift ideas! They’re also a great purchase for any budget. They can come as simple and tradition or tech savvy as you’d like!

Personalized Kona Padfolio #8234746

Personalized Kona Padfolio #8234746

This padfolio is your traditional option. It includes pockets for business cards, loose papers, and a pen. It is great for college students to have when they’re going through the interviewing process. It would be great for university career centers, bookstores, or business clubs/ fraternities. Also for recruiting agencies it would be a great gift to give to individuals who have signed on to have you career search for them. Its also a great padfolio to take to short business meetings where you will be doing a lot of note taking – very simple and professional.

Customized Wexford - Ultrahyde Premium Simulated Leather Zipper Pad Folde #8234962

Customized Wexford - Ultrahyde Premium Simulated Leather Zipper Pad Folde #8234962

If you’re looking for something a little snazzier I suggest going with an item that has an extra pocket and space to hold a cell phone, calculator, credit cards, USB, and business card in a see-through compartment. This is a great middle of the road pad folio- you really can’t go wrong with this item. I particularly like the curved edge it gives it a little bit of a dynamic look instead of being your normal rectangular look.

Promo Tuscany - Zippered Calfhyde Premium Simulated Leather E-padfolio #10547797

Promo Tuscany - Zippered Calfhyde Premium Simulated Leather E-padfolio #10547797

For those of us who use our iPads or tablets for EVERYTHING this is the pad folio for you! Take a look below: It literally has everything you could ever need in one place! It has a pocket that Velcro’s shut, 2 USB holders, a cell phone holder that allows you to see the phone screen, credit card holders, a zippered compartment for your cords, a pen/stylus holder, and notepad. It eliminates the annoyance of looking for all of your smaller items in a large briefcase or computer bag. Its also slim and sleek giving your company a very professional look. The entire pad folio zippers shut ensuring that nothing will fall out or get lost! Its a great corporate gift for clients or members of your own company. This honestly is great for your clients or associate’s who are traveling or always on the go!

Promotional Milan - Simulated Leather Spine Handle Ring Folio With Pockets And Large Pen Loop #8234994

Promotional Milan - Simulated Leather Spine Handle Ring Folio With Pockets And Large Pen Loop #8234994

Last but not least, there is a padfolio that has a handle for easy carrying, spaces for credit cards, a calculator, 2 USB’s, a notepad, and even binder rings!  if you’re looking to hold any kind of product catalogues or lengthier printed powerpoint presentations this is the product for you and your company! Did I mention its great for holding reports, budgets, or invoices?

I bet you didn’t know there were so many different options out there! If you have any questions regarding these customized padfolios please don’t hesitate to call me at 615-221-1158 x108 or call our main line at 866-604-6774 and ask for Lauren!

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Planning For Your Tradeshow: The Right Promo Products To Pick

Planning For Your Tradeshow: The Right Promo Products To Pick

Trade shows are a great place to promote your business.   In order to have a successful turnout to your booth, you need to make sure you have the best booth.  So what do you need in make sure people stop by your booth to get additional information on your business?

Make sure you pick a nice imprinted table skirt for your table, our most popular one is item#8366393 seen below.  It is a must have for branding your company or organization.  Make sure your logo is big, so potential customers don’t miss it.

Custom Imprinted Table Skirt

Custom Imprinted Table Skirt Item #8366393

Most people say nothing is free, but at tradeshows you can get some great free items.  Here are my top picks for tradeshow promotional products that are sure to get you noticed:

Tote Bags:

My top pick!  You want everyone walking around the show showing off your logo.  Everyone loves a great tote to carry groceries, take to the beach or take to ballgames to hold your favorite tailgating items.  Whatever they use it for they will be thankful they stopped by your booth to get one of your promotional tote bags. Plus these bags have a HUGE imprint area, and what better advertising than to see attendees walking around the show floor with a big tote with your logo for everyone to see!

Here is one of my favorites:

Promotional Big Grocery Tote, Made From 80g Non-woven Polypropylene

Promotional Big Grocery Tote, Non-woven Polypropylene Item# 8245274

Ink Pens:

Pens are one of the top used office products.  Visit our pen section here for must have giveaway for every tradeshow.  They are inexpensive and lightweight, which makes them great when traveling long distances to tradeshows.  Plus it is an item people use daily, giving your brand maximum exposure.  These are just a couple of the reasons that promotional pens come in as my 2nd choice for your tradeshow.

Water Bottles:

Everyone loves water bottles,  it’s something your customers will not throw away and are super eco-friendly and healthy.  Make sure you pick out something unique when looking for these water bottles.  I recommend large bottles that are BFA free, biodegradable, and can hold at least 20 ounces. It is another item that has a large imprint size for your logo or imprint.

Promotional Biodegradable Bpa Free Sport Bottle, 22 Oz

Promotional Biodegradable Bpa Free Sport Bottle, 22 Oz #8241969

Food Gifts:

I will admit I love food and chocolate is my especially big weakness.  It is a guaranteed way to get people to stop by your booth.  Make sure they remember you with milk chocolate squares.  It’s okay that your clients will eat them right away and not keep them around, because they will remember YOU.  Why do you think so many people buy chocolate for their loved ones?  Show your customers that they are loved.

Foil Wrapped Imprinted Chocolate Squares

Foil Wrapped Imprinted Chocolate Squares #8498091

Good luck with your tradeshow, let us know how we can help you!

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customer-service

What is customer service, anyway?

Years ago a friend of mine worked as a customer service rep for a major financial institution.  She was on the inbound call team answering call after call, with each caller having a different issue that needed resolution.  Her company had just gone through a major merger, so needless to say that there were a lot of issues to resolve.  She would tell me that at times it was hard to recognize each caller as a person with a real issue and not just think of them as another call to get through.

Back in those days if you would have asked me what I thought customer service was, I would have told you a person in a call center who answers the phone and hopefully or maybe resolves your issue.  Thankfully times have really changed.  Customers are fed up with bad service and have demanded change.  Thanks to Social Media and modern technology, gone are the days when a complaint goes unheard.

A few months ago several of us in the office were turned on to a book called The Thank You Economy.  It really got us thinking about how we interact with our customers.  One of the first things we realized was that we needed to be communicating with our customers shortly after they received their order to make sure they experienced great service and that they were happy with the product they ordered.  Thankfully implementing this simple yet important process has helped us both improve how we serve  customers and also resolve issues on orders.

We realize that there is always room for improvement.  Our goal is to find the areas that need improving while learning through our mistakes.   Sometimes it’s realizing that a phone call to personally apologize might be better received than an email, or when to right a wrong, when it’s not necessarily a mistake that you made.  Our motto is to treat customers the way we want to be treated.

And so I leave with you my personal belief that customer service is not a department, it’s an attitude!

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