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Custom Reusable Bags Make Students, Alumni and Fans Into Walking Billboards

Colleges and Universities, Use Custom Reusable Bags to Make Walking Billboards Our of Your Fans!

Custom reusable bags are an effective promotional tool for any brand. Often businesses focus on creating customized bags to hand out a trade shows or other events, but for colleges and universities, custom reusable bags are an effective and fun marketing tool. From students to alumni and staff and even supporters of your program, custom reusable bags can turn your fans into mobile, walking billboards. Keep reading to learn how to put custom reusable bags to work for your school or university.

Promotional Bio Bags Make a Lasting Statement for Your Brand

You have a lot of options when it comes to selecting a promotional tool, and deciding which type of marketing item is the best fit for your brand and budget is a big decision. If you’re looking for an item that is easy on your bottom line, delivers a great return on your investment, is effective at establishing and maintaining your brand’s recognition while also being green maybe you should consider our promotional bio bags. These completely customizable marketing items tick a lot of boxes and will certainly make a statement.

Is a Zero Waste Grocery Store Coming to You? #WasteNotWantNot

For our most recent installment in the Waste Not Want Not series, we’re looking at a business model that has been thriving in Europe for a while now and is just starting to pop up in North America. This trend is zero waste, or no waste, grocery stores. The zero waste grocery store concept is pretty simple. The idea is to eliminate waste by not offering products in packaging or providing single-use plastic bags. Keep reading to learn just how this works.

END COLUMN PRICING on Eco-Friendly Promotional Products

The summer heat is obviously getting to our Manager Beth, because she has decided to offer END COLUMN PRICING on three of our hottest selling , eco-friendly promotional products! All joking aside, this offer makes right now a great time to make a difference with your marketing, take advantage of truly exceptional pricing AND join the movement to reduce plastic for the planet and our people! Choose one, two or all three or eco- promotional products HERE!

Retailers Increase Sales with Reusable Laminated Shopping Bags

If people have a custom reusable shopping bag from you they will use it, and when they use it your branding will be put on display. The ultimate goal is to get your custom branded bags to your customers. One way to do this is to include branded bags as a gift with purchase.

By giving the bags away you’re not receiving any payment, but one reusable bag can deliver thousands of impressions over the course of its lifetime and your brand will be taking part in the mission to reduce plastic and protect our planet.

The Ocean Cleanup Is Fact Not Fiction Thanks to Boyan Slat

Trash in the oceans is a big problem; particularly plastic trash, since it is not biodegradable. As has been well documented, ocean trash is picked up by currents and results in massive garbage patches comprised of large pieces of trash as well as tiny particles of plastic. Through the work of a young, Dutch inventor, it is possible that a solution to ocean trash and garbage patches may have been found.

Are You Making This Common Mistake When Pitching Your Business?

There is one very fundamental part of pitching your business that a lot of people overlook, or just don’t know to include. Making this change when you give a pitch can make a huge difference. I learned about this important technique on the Advertising Specialty Institute’s (ASI) Facebook page when they posted this article and video about introducing yourself.

What’s this key piece of information you should include? Explain in very simple terms, who you are and how your services or products benefit your customers. This sounds so easy and straightforward, but it doesn’t always come naturally and when this information is omitted, it could be costing you business.

Retailers Here Are 2 Ways to Promote Your Brand with Custom Recycled Bags!

Custom recycled bags are a great way to promote your retail brand. Their reusable design means your customers can use them again and again and they will get your brand’s message out there each and every time your customer’s carry them. Once your customers have your recycled custom bag they can start spreading the word about your brand, but how do you get your custom recycled bags into your customer’s hands? Here are a couple ways to promote your brand with the perfect recycled custom bag.

5 Benefits to Marketing with Eco-Friendly Custom Reusable Bags at Trade Shows

In a recent guest post for TSNN, I wrote about the benefits of marketing at tradeshows with eco-friendly reusable bags. From the eco qualities to the return on your investment (ROI), and the proven effectiveness at establishing and maintaining your brand’s awareness, there are a lot of advantages to utilizing custom reusable bags as promotional products. For a roundup of five reasons why you should consider making your next tradeshow giveaway an eco-friendly custom reusable bag check this out.

Retailers! Make Your Customers Brand Advocates

Your customers are a great resource in terms of spreading your branding message, because they already love shopping with you. Give your customers the tools they need to help share their love for your brand and get your brand noticed by prospects with custom reusable bags.

When it comes to marketing tools, custom reusable shopping bags are a great choice. They are universally useful so your customers can use them to carry groceries, clothing and other goodies home from your store, or they can use them to tote clothes to the gym or to carry just about anything anyplace. While your customers use your custom reusable shopping bags, your customers are advocating for your brand and getting your store noticed.

Quality and Safety Certified Lead-Free Reusable Bags at Factory Direct Pricing

Reusable bags are tried and true marketing tools that are proven to effectively get your brand noticed. While we pride ourselves on offering reusable bags that can be customized however you’d like, we are also proud that our reusable bags are safe, lead-free, well made and available at low direct from the factory pricing. Learn how to put our quality and safety certified reusable bags to work for your brand.

Latest Bag Bans In United States Bring Opportunity for Marketing

We are thrilled to report to both consumers and businesses that the bag ban movement is going strong and we’ve recently added a lot of new pins to our interactive bag ban map. Each time a bag ban is implemented, this brings opportunity for both consumers and businesses to live and market greener. If you are doing business in any of the locations on our map that have a bag ban in place, or are considering a bag ban or fee, now is the time fill a need with consumers and to market greener with custom reusable bags.

Create an Interactive Reusable Bag for Marketing

Marketing today is so much about creating a relationship with your prospects, deepening those relationships with existing customers and creating personalized, interactive experiences. One way to do this is by taking your customized marketing gear to the next level, with custom codes that can be scanned with a smartphone to relay information about your brand and capture data.

Quick Response codes, typically referred to as QR codes, can be printed directly on an item and are a great way to engage with your customers while also getting all of the benefits you’re already getting from utilizing custom reusable bags or other promotional products for marketing.

Reusable promotional products make great marketing tools because of their eco-friendly reusable nature. Each and every time your customers use your branded items, they are reminded of your brand, while also spreading your message to others they encounter. Incorporating QR codes gives your customers a way to interact with your brand and learn more about your company.

Summer Sale Cool Down on Eco-Friendly Promotional Products

Once a Year Summer Cool Down Pricing on Eco-Friendly Promotional Products!

It’s time to cool down the pricing on eco-friendly promotional products with our annual Summer Sale. We know it’s hot outside and the time is right to take advantage of our lowest pricing of the year on three of our hottest eco-friendly promotional products for summer.

Make the most out of summer marketing by putting your logo on your choice of our most popular eco-promotional items to help your prospects and customers beat the summer heat! Choose one item, or all three, during the month of June and receive next column pricing. Take advantage of this summer pricing on eco-friendly promotional products HERE.

Bag Ban in Puerto Rico…What Your Business Needs to Know

Bag Ban In Puerto Rico Begins in December!

We have noticed an influx of orders for our reusable bags from Puerto Rico because starting this December, disposable plastic bags will be banned throughout the territory. Officials have been working to ban single-use plastic bags for a number of years.

This past December, Governor Alejandro García Padilla signed into law the Act for the Promotion of Reusable Bags and Regulation of Plastic Bags in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Act 247-2015. This law bans retail stores and commercial establishments from handing out disposable plastic bags effective December 24, 2016.

Why Reuse a Cup? Check Out Our Infographic and Find Out!

On average Americans throw away 25 billion paper coffee cups each year. This is a staggering amount, and accounts for a massive use of resources. To make matters worse disposable coffee cups are very difficult to recycle, and leave a long lasting and unfortunate legacy. What is the best way to take your coffee to go? In a reusable travel coffee cup – check out our infographic to learn why this is the cup of choice.

The Life Cycle of a Plastic Bag – Infographic

What Is the Lifecycle of a Plastic Bag?

Five trillion disposable plastic bags are produced each year. That’s a whole lot of bags using up a ton of resources, and they have some serious long-term environmental impacts. Check out our info graphic to follow the life cycle a plastic bag, and learn about the entire journey.

The Environmental, Financial and Health Effects of Bottled Water

Staying hydrated is important; especially during the warmer summer months. Carrying water on the go is a great way to make sure you drink plenty of fluids, but the type of bottle you use makes all the difference to the environment. Bottled water has become big business and the environmental impact can be dire. Here we look at the impact of bottled water versus reusable water bottles.

How Much Plastic Is Really In Our Oceans?

I came across an interesting article last week and that really answers the question of how much plastic is in our oceans. We hear all of the time about plastic oceans, plastic pollution and garbage patches, but what does this really mean? Well, the folks at Vox decided to break things down and quantify how much plastic is really in our oceans and here is the breakdown.

5 Benefits to Marketing with Custom Reusable Bags

There are a lot of traits that make custom reusable bags a great marketing tool. From their eco-friendly impact on our planet, to their great value and effectiveness at getting the word out about your brand, there has never been a better time to market with custom reusable bags. We’ve rounded up 5 reasons why you should consider creating a custom reusable bag for your brand.