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For our year-end blog special, we wanted to give you the top 3 promotional products of all time! We wish you a happy new year and good luck in 2009. Now on to the real stuff....

In November and December, there's always a big focus on corporate holiday gift giving. Even though the holidays are in full swing, businesses still have their regular marketing needs to attend to. You can use promotional products to make sure that your customers don't forget about you as they get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.

In this busy time of year, you need to keep your promotions simple yet effective. We've got just what you need with our top three promotional products of all time:

1. Price Buster 5 Panel Cap: Buy one get one free pricing has kept this cap as one of our top sellers. The Price Buster 5 Panel Cap is the most affordable promotional apparel you can find.
2. Non-Woven Zippered Tote: This tote bag is a customer favorite because it has a much higher perceived value than its bargain price. The water resistant coating and zippered top put it on par with more expensive tote bags.
3. Kwik Stik: Choose a colored cap to coordinate with your logo for a sharp, clean look. You get all the benefits of a promotional pen but at a low, low price.
   

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Topic: Promotional Products
Tags: promotional products , logo pens , logo tote bags , logo apparel

With eco-friendly tote bags, going green with your company's marketing has never been easier. Eco-friendly tote bags offer all of the same benefits as regular tote bags - wide appeal, high visibility and a long lifespan. But, these earth-friendly versions offer an added bonus. By going green with your promotional products, you show your customers that you're a caring, socially responsible business. It's a positive association that can help build brand loyalty.

Tote bags are among the most popular items in our whole line of eco-friendly promotional products. Here are four of our top-sellers:

1. Big Thunder Grocery Tote: This extra-large tote bag can carry a whole load of groceries.

2. Eco 51% Post Consumer Recycled Sling Bag: Our hip recycled sling bag makes a wonderful gift for any occasion.

3. Eco 51% Recycled Convention Tote: At your next convention or trade show, set aside some of these cool recycled bags for the potential customers you make a connection with. Getting an exclusive gift will making a lasting impression.

4. 100% Post Consumer Recycled Deluxe Tote Bag: The Recycled Deluxe Tote Bag is the perfect teacher appreciation gift.

Keep a few dozen eco-friendly tote bags on hand so you'll always be prepared with a unique giveaway!

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Topic: Bags
Tags: logo tote bags , eco-friendly tote bags , custom tote bags , customized tote bags

You might be tempted to discount promotional umbrellas since it's winter, but the season can actually work in your favor. Promotional umbrellas can be used all year long. People use umbrellas to protect them from sleet and snow in the winter, rain in the spring and the sun in the summer. For instance, the Best Value 60 Golf Umbrella protects you from bad weather, but it also beats the heat out on the golf course in the warmer months.

Another year-round hit is our new Bamboo Shaft Umbrella. The bamboo shaft gives this umbrella a hip, fun look, and it comes in three bright colors. Rainy days definitely won't feel dismal with this promotional umbrella in hand.

Your customers will be thinking about you long after the holiday season has ended. While some holiday gifts are put up and forgotten, umbrellas are incredibly useful. Promotional umbrellas are a practical gift that customers and employees truly value.

The Best Value Automatic 43 and Automatic Open Steel Shaft 48 Stick Umbrellas, for example, come with a nylon sleeve. They can be conveniently tucked away in a briefcase or tote bag. Your gift recipients will greatly appreciate always having an umbrella on hand when an unexpected rain shower pops up.

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Topic: Umbrellas
Tags: logo umbrellas , promotional umbrellas , personalized umbrellas

At Best Promotions, we don't need a calendar to know when the holidays have arrived. We know the holidays are drawing near just by the huge number of promotional pen orders that come rolling in. Year after year, we've seen that promotional pens are a consistently huge holiday seller.

So just why are promotional pens a holiday favorite? Here are some of the reasons that December is the month of promo pens:

• Teachers love to give promotional pens to their students as small gifts when school lets out for winter break.
• Similarly, schools order nice pens to give to their teachers as holiday gifts. The Tropic Pen is a favorite for gifts because of its fun shape and cool translucent color options.
• Promotional pens make great stocking stuffers.
• They're perfect for office-themed gift baskets.
• Businesses order them in bulk to give away to all their customers. The Kwik Stik is bargain-priced and perfect for mass giveaways.
• You can include a pen with your holiday greeting cards to create "lumpy mail" that's sure to get opened.
• Businesses owners bring along a handful of pens to give out whenever they make holiday visits.
• You can brighten up the office with holiday-themed pens featuring sayings like "Seasons Greetings." The Klikster Color comes in the popular holiday colors of red and green.
• You can show that you're extra thoughtful by including a pen along with a gift such as a promotional portfolio.
  

These are just a few of the ways that you can include promotional pens in your holiday corporate gift giving and marketing campaigns. Any pens you have left over can be put to good use as well.

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Topic: Promotional Pen
Tags: promotional pens , logo pens , personalized pens , pens with logo , custom pens

Promotional pencils are one of the most affordable and effective marketing tools available. As a business owner, you've already got a lot on your plate. A great advertisement that requires minimal effort is a dream come true. All you have to do is send us your logo, and we'll do the rest!

What could be better? We'll tell you! How about a wide selection of quality promotional pencils at just the "write" price?

Here are four of our best deals on promotional pencils:

1. Best Value Pencil: This bargain-priced pencil comes in a huge variety of colors, so you're sure to find just what you want. Plus, there's no setup charge!
2. Best Natural Wood Pencil: There's just no topping the classics. With no setup charge, this is another unbeatable deal!
3. Bic Media Clic Mechanical Pencil: We'll help you boost the "wow" factor without boosting the price. These very professional-looking mechanical pencils are surprisingly affordable, and setup is free.
4. Bic Clic Master Mechanical Pencil: Think you can't afford a top-of-the-line mechanical promotional pencil? Think again! The Bic Clic Master Mechanical Pencil is loaded with cool features, and there's no charge for the setup.
   

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Topic: Promotional Pen
Tags: promotional pencils , logo pencils , customized pencils , personalized pencils