WIN WIN

Schools always face a challenge when it comes to school spirit, they want the kids to be involved but they don't have the tools that will be considered “fun” by teens. Promotional Partners and Dr. Stuart Higgins DDS are active in the community working with programs &r sponsorships at Apex HS, so they were happy to help the student Cougar Crazy’s show some school spirit.

Dr. Higgins, a Gold Cougar Sponsor for Apex High School helped the students with … “rally hair”! It was a “win win” situation. The branding on the band of the hair created awareness for his business while giving the kids a fun way to show off their school spirit! As you can see, the kids had a blast with it!

Tradeshow Ready? January starts a new year of tradeshows will you be ready?

Colorful displays, prize wheels, punko games, chairs, counters, display stands, flags , banners, digital backdrops and table covers, floor graphics, pop up and retractable signs, outdoor tents, balloons, full size mascots for interaction these are all areas we can help our clients. Often our clients only see us for the source for the promotional give away for attendees, but we can design tiered prizes for good prospects, branded raffle items and of course unique reasons for attendees to visit your booth. Perhaps your booth will have the hot bag, fun toy to take home to the kids, the latest techie item or some standard items such as pens and mints.

Here’s an item that was a hit with some of our clients this past year, custom fortune cookies! Available in many colors and flavors with 23 flavors, 12 colors and up to 5 custom inserts, your booth can create contests and fun with food.

Here are some examples of fortunes we have used for our own company:

The journey of 1,000 miles begins when you take your first step with Promotional Partners

Your lucky number for a successful promotion is 387-9223

Editable Profit that we make boring and stale fresh and exciting

Wiseman once side, Improve your results with unique brand exposure by Promotional Partners

Made’ya look are some of our favorites with results

Of course each fortune also includes our contact information. We’ve even given these out in a giant double handed size for administrative assistant’s week to our local administrative assistant’s! Reply if you want to know what flavors or colors you may select.

Shopping Local

Shopping local


A recent nationwide survey conducted by WebVisiable www.visable.com in conjunction with market research firm Synovate e Nation conducted a survey involving 1,000 consumers. The posed the question “What makes you choose to patronize a small local independent business over a large chain?” 4 out of 5 respondents sited small business over “big box” and provided consistent answers for their top three reason as being, supporting the community, more convenient and personal service. Promotional Partners is part of the Apex Downtown Business Association or the ADBA. You can find our website at www.apexdowntown.com to see our membership. Our ADBA in this past year was a Gold Level Sponsor of the Apex HS Cougar Club, many of our business donated prizes to local charities and school groups seeking auction items, we have businesses that have own retail and food awards, our membership regularly supports the local Apex Herald and The Salem Street Gazette with advertising and articles. Our businesses are sponsors of local church and civic activities in our community and our collective energy helps to sponsor our own activities such as Trick or Treat on Salem Street and Christmas On Salem Street as well as participating in town sponsored events such as Peakfest and July 4th. Check out some images from our photo gallery on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Apex-NC/Promotional-Partners/111851192160823)

Promotional Research

According to research conducted by PPAI 69% of attendees at tradeshows and events would keep and use a promotional item that was given to them; free. Only 2% don’t appreciate free products and 74% of the respondents to the survey reported having at least one promotional product in their work area while 59% had between 2-11 products. Last winter we challenged our clients for a fun blog contest for unofficial confirmation regarding the presence of promotional items in their immediate work space. The responses were overwhelmingly yes, full of free branded items with many respondents hosting at least 25-30 products within their desk chair!

Problem:
Unique piece for families and scouts to commemorate the event, identify their group and show other scouts during Jamboree.

Process:
Taking sketches of ideas for what symbolizes Scouting and turn it into a real actual product rather than just a vision or concept.

Outcome:
The scouts and families involved loved the final cap, in fact, no one wanted to trade their cap for any other souvenirs, in fact their cap was the hit of the event! As the distributor working on this project, it's fun to see local families I know involved in scouting still wearing our cap designs months later at events I am attending in the community.

Testimonial:
In Scouting, it's all about how cool the custom stuff is. Whether it be patches, hats or shirts, you know you've impressed people when you see them wearing the item long after the event. Thanks to the help of Promotional Partners, I was able to design a fully-custom, embroidered baseball hat for participants in a bus day trip to the National Scout Jamboree, and I still see it at Scout events months later. People are still asking me if I have any hats left, as they want one; even grown men are asking for the hat! Not only is it cool in design, but the materials and workmanship are exceptional. And no one can get over the price...an awesome value as well. Many thanks to Promotional Partners for taking my initial ideas and sketches and turning it in to the best souvenir out there!



Paula GardnerOcconeechee Council Jamboree Day Trip

How to effectively honor years of service

How would you like to be honored after years of service to on organization or company. Both of these unique pieces were created by renowned artisan Adam Jablonski a certified glass technologist who has been pursuing the art of glass making since 1952. Jablonski's art is prominently displayed in over 30 countries globally and has been presented to such dignitaries are kings, presidents and prime ministers. Imagine how you'd feel to be the recipient of one of his masterpieces for your home.

Need Money?

It’s no secret that educational institutions and organizations suffer when the economy has dips, funding is often short of needs. Given our owners background in teaching, leadership roles on PTA and serving on many types of boards as an active committee member our company is able to create unique ideas that work for fundraising using our access to the over 900,000 types of ad specialty products available to you. By tailoring a low cost product to the needs of your organization we can show you how we have been successful for walks, runs, charity auctions and creating funding for operational money needed to jump start programs at the beginning of your calendar year. A perfect example is when an educational group wants to reward its employees with a branded yet functional gift. Sticky pads can provide a low cost item that could be viewed as an operational expense rather than an advertising expense. We can even create programs to collect data from your website with reward programs geared towards your target audience or create custom calendars or photo books that serve your organization with images that promote your organization while raising you much needed funds. Ask our team to share some case studies with results!