Winter is just around the corner! That means it's time to start planning gifts for your
customers and/or employees. There are several benefits to planning ahead, especially for
busy business owners. If you are a new business or new to purchasing company gifts, here
are a few points...
4 Tips to Help You Succeed When Working from Home
Over the past few months, I’m sure you have read some variation of the phrase, “during these uncertain times”' in several emails or memos. This phrase has become a rather generic way of discussing...
Something came to my attention today. Everything is cool to someone. It might seem like a little late in life to have that realization with phrases like “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” or “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” tossed around...
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by Matt Oye
I recently attended an HR roundtable event hosted by one of our clients, Pipestone System. I attended the second day, and gave a presentation about the importance of a strong brand in HR initiatives. While at the event, I also got to listen to the Keynote...
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by admin
As you may or may not have noticed, we have been working hard on our brand refresh over the past year. The official change began when we were having conversations with our customers about the importance of brand consistency, but realized that we didn’t have a strong...
Once upon a time, a fair maiden told a very compelling story about the joy she’d found in coloring all day: http://promotingus.com/coloring-all-day/. After writing her story, she realized that the notion of coloring at work may have just been a magnificent dream. As the years...
We often need to ask our customers to resend their logo as an .eps file in order for us to be able to use it on promotional products and apparel. Many don't understand the difference between logo file types and often need a designer get what we're looking for. This...
Posted at 18:46h
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by Shelby Zach
I once told you that my job is the same as coloring all day. I’d say that basic description of my job still remains true because most days, I do color a lot! But, instead of using crayons and markers, I use color modes and...
We love doing team projects here at PS. I suppose I shouldn't speak for everyone, but I know at least I love team projects. Whenever we get together to come up with a "promotional solution" there is a similar series of steps we always follow. I...
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by Shelby Zach
In case you didn’t already know, I’m the “Logo Master” of the office and thus all lovely logo and design requests come over to me. While I try to love everyone’s logo equally, nothing will receive a more exaggerated eye roll than a .jpeg sitting in...