Nashville and middle Tennessee promotional merchandise, logo apparel, and swag.
Nashville and middle Tennessee promotional merchandise, logo apparel, and swag.
Apr 5
In our recent post Decoration Methods, Simplified: Part I, we introduced you to several different types of decoration methods for promotional products. Because there are SO many options, now we're ...
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Q2 specials are always fun to research and post because there's so many fun activities coming up in the warmer months. Whether it is for fun, like camping, golf, beach items; or work items li...
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Are you ready to update your organization's logo apparel? Here's 10 suggestions from Promo Hounds' 2025 Spring/Summer Line of shirts. There are plenty of brand names like Adidas, Cutter & Bu...
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Branding: it's something that every company needs but there can be a common misconception that you need a large budget to get started. That's not the case! Branding and promoting your company doesn...
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Sometimes, the best promotional tools are just the essentials! These products are the perfect items to have on hand for those last-minute meetings, sales calls, and more! PopSockets(r) Pop Gri...
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Given that it's been the hottest product category of the past decade, you may think we need to finally put a lid on this drinkware talk. But the market for cups, mugs and tumblers continued to s...
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In today's fast-paced world, businesses are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to promote their products and services. One such method that has been gaining popularity in recent years i...
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Below are some samples of new items found ...
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Looking for something fresh and new for your next promotional product campaign? Want to receive all the buzz for memorable items? Look no further; here are a few fresh ideas to spice up your promo ...
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There are hundreds of cooking gadgets that claim to make people's lives easier but many of them end up collecting dust in the junk drawer. We've found the best and most useful kitchen products that...
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As a new year begins, we definitely want to take a moment and thank our customers! 2024 was another successful year for Promo Hounds. Despite all the economic turmoil we were able to surpas...
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Do you ever find that no matter how hard you're working, you're not getting the results you want? You put in the long hours at the office, you answer every email, you skip lunch, and yet you're sti...
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Teachers are the backbone of our society! They help shape our little legends into the people they will become, give them the knowledge they need to succeed and support them through the ups and down...
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Description: 4" Mini Plush Buddies Frog with Shirt Industry: Education What it was purchased for: A community college was looking for a giveaway item to have at their booth for the upcoming colle...
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There are a lot of sales conferences or other business and group meetings to kick off each new year. Here are 10 promotional products that make great gift items for such events. If you orde...
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Get stocked up now for your 2025 trade show season and beat the proposed tariffs! The majority of promotional items come from China and with the incoming president promising tariff increases, c...
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Looking for some promotional products to outshine the competition? Need some LED magic to illuminate your brand? We've got you covered with this selection of super fun promotional products that ...
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Firemen deserve a special kind of admiration. They spend their careers rushing into buildings while others are rushing out. Many departments require aid from the community, and that's where fund...
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Offering logo apparel to your employees and customers will achieve many objectives, among them building morale and free advertising. Whether you are looking for office attire or to clothe servi...
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Product: Two-Tone Malibu Sunglasses Industry: Sports What it was purchased for: A major sports team was having difficulty keeping attendance up at weeknight games. They came up with the idea of d...
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Want to keep your clients' homes fresh for the season? Here are the top items for a squeaky-clean home! Mini Duster Keep your household clean and dust free with this handheld duster! This item is...
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It is getting to be crunch time for purchasing holiday gifts for clients and/or employees. Promo Hounds can help you find just the right gift no matter your budget! Here's 7 suggestions: In...
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Promo Hounds' Q4 specials are live on our site now! You can view all of them here - Promo Hounds' Q4 Specials Besides the items highlighted below there is an emphasis on holiday gift ideas wit...
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According to a 2016 AAA Foundation report, American drivers spend an average of more than 17,600 minutes behind the wheel each year. Now, imagine that someone is looking at products with your logo ...
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We've been hard at work the past few weeks lining up the featured items for our 2024-2025 Fall/Winter apparel line! Here's 10 of the top picks below, and you can view the entire line at Promo H...
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Whether you're playing a team sport, working out, running a marathon, or going to the game, these promotional products are built to fit any active lifestyle! Add your logo to any of these promot...
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Tailgating is a great way for friends, clients and prospects to come together and celebrate with good food, beverages and cheer. It is also a great opportunity to get your organization's name ...
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What ever happened to school starting after Labor Day? IDK but since it is starting soon here are 10 ideas for promotional items your company could donate to local schools, especially to help t...
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Life can be stressful, so why not give promotional items that are fun and/or relaxing to help the recipients relieve stress? Your promotional items are more likely to be kept and used then, a...
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Whether you are trying to make a bigger impression or just want to make giving several promotional items together easier, kitting is a great solution. Fortunately more suppliers are offering pr...
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Except for a rare few, people love the joy they feel when they give someone a gift. It is true in business also. That's why promotional products are such a popular form of advertising and mark...
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After being cooped up for the cool winter months people are ready to get outdoors and have some fun! You can be sure people will keep and use your trade show swag by giving them items they ca...
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Giving the right promotional item for the right time of year greatly increases the chances of the recipients keeping and using them...and keeping your name in front of them. Outdoor type items ...
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The weather's getting warmer and people are ready to get out and have some fun! Here's a few items from Promo Hounds' Q2 Specials to make your spring events more fun! Sitka 18 Can Cooler ...
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We are excited to roll out our 2024 Spring/Summer Apparel line, featuring more name brands than ever before! We also have plenty of industry staples that make for great uniforms, etc. To refre...
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With the emergence of newer types of materials over the past few years, such as performance material, moisture-wicking fabrics, etc.; there has also been some new imprinting issues. Most of the...
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Here's a look below at 10 of our top Q1 specials, which are all on special at end quantity pricing. For all our specials: Promo Hounds' Q1 Specials 3-In-1 Bamboo Wireless Charger 5...
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There are SO MANY new drinkware items that it is hard to list them all. Here are some of the top choices we've seen though. Click on any one for further details. The Eco-Cyclist - 22 oz....
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Happy 2024! To start this year Lori and I at Promo Hounds want to thank you for your past business. We couldn't have made it 25 years without our loyal clients. We realize there are nu...
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One of my favorite things about promotional merchandise is that they are a great way to show your appreciation to customers, employees, prospects or whoever. We'd like to take a little time her...
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Everyone always wants to know what products are hot. It is not an easy question to answer because it depends on what your intended use for promotional merch is. Here's the Top 10 search ter...
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YETI has done a great job of introducing a very nice insulated tumbler. They seem to have done an even better job of marketing them. Consumer Reports tests show there are 9 insulated tu...
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The way we work, especially from where we work, has changed significantly since Covid. Working remotely does not appear to be going anywhere anytime soon, though for many now the week means ...
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Looking for holiday gift ideas or other seasonal promotional merchandise? Be sure and look through Promo Hounds' Q4 Specials. Here's a brief overview of some of the great ideas: 3¼...
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There are some great additions to this year's Promo Hounds' 2023 Fall/Winter Apparel Shop, and there a few best-selling returning pieces. You will find some nice choices including oxford shirt...
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Unlike retail, it really is getting to be time for choosing your holiday gift ideas for clients or employees because of production times, inventory, etc. Food items are always popular for holid...
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Looking for some promo ideas to enhance events or needs during July, August or September? Check our Q3 Specials on Promohounds.com! Here's 10 great ideas to give you some examples. Just click...
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Summertime, time for fun outdoor events to relax and renew ourselves. You can make your organization's events more memorable by adding some fun summertime promos. Here's 11 suggestions of popular...
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Performance apparel, particularly performance polos and shirts, can present some challenges to embroider due to the thinness of the polyester material. A growing alternative is to use a heat pr...
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Name brand promotional items continues to be a rapidly growing category in our business. Here's a fairly comprehensive list below, with links to more items from that name brand in the links (al...
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Warm weather usually means more outdoor events for clients and staff. Here's a dozen warm weather kits to make your events more memorable! Fun In The Sun Kit Deluxe Fun I...
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Spring and summer months are made for fun as the weather warms and people are out and about more enjoying themselves. You can mix business and pleasure with just the right promotional merchandise....
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Promo Hounds' 2023 Spring/Summer Apparel is out now! This year you will find more retail brand name items for your company's or organization's imprinted apparel, making your employees look even mo...
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A fast growing trend in the promotional products business is to offer retail name brands customized with your logo. A lot have joined our industry in the past couple years. Below is a list of som...
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Following up on our last blog Give Sustainable Swag Because It Is What People Want , here are some new items that fall under the sustainable, recycled or ecoconscious categories. All of these...
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The buzzwords are everywhere – go green, eco-conscious, environmentally friendly – and with good reason. People are paying more attention to sustainability, eco-conscious and enviro...
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We had another great trip, first in a few years, to the Promotional Product Association's annual new product show in Las Vegas. Here's a sampling of some of the best items found: Savannah ...
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We all, myself included, stay so busy trying to keep our businesses operating or just getting our job done that we sometimes forget to stop and be thankful for all the good happening in ou...
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What things do you take into consideration when you are searching for new promotional merchandise, swag, or however you refer to it? We do not recommend going strictly by price. You could pay...
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We are definitely headed down the backstretch of 2022! We hope yours has been a good year. Promo Hounds Q4 specials are now online! Check out these Q4 specials below, our top 12 choices! Pop...
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Promo Hounds is excited about our new Fall and Winter Apparel Line and hope you will be also! We've updated the selections with name brands like adidas, Under Armour, Callaway, Oakley, Ogio ...
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Sometimes you just gotta give your blog space to someone else. I felt this information from the Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) was much more informative than anything I could have posted he...
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We can't compete with Mother Nature on who's bringing the most heat, but here's a dozen of our seasonal Q3 Specials and you can see the entire line-up in our Seasonal Specials section. Looking ...
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Since most organizations' logos are more than one color, it is good to know that getting a full- or four-color imprint on your promos is much easier, and less expensive. Many suppliers imprint ...
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Have you considered a company store? Did you know Promo Hounds offers two different types of online company stores with many customizable features? They are available both short-term, for ins...
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Branded company/corporate apparel makes up the largest category of Promo Hounds sales. There's many good reasons (besides the fact we are very good at it) why this is so. Making logo company appa...
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Have you had a chance to check out Promo Hounds' Q2 Seasonal Specials? There's a great assortment of useful items during the warmer months along with tech items, sustainable items and more. He...
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Promo Hounds rolled out its all new 2022 Spring/Summer Apparel line in our online Apparel Shop. Our Apparel Shop is where we display some of our top choices for the current seasons. It is BY FAR ...
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Probably the most common promo item is a pen, there are over 10,000 options in our database. Things you want to consider when ordering pens are the type of ink, type of barrel material, ink...
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Promo Hounds is dedicated to showing clients and prospects sustainable swag items. Following is a blog from one of our chief suppliers, Koozie Group (which is A LOT more than Koozies) we fin...
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We often are asked what the most popular promotional items are currently. Well here's more than you probably want to know! The Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) publishes an annual report ...
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In our ongoing effort to feature more sustainable promotional products here's a brief overview of some different type of drinkware that is classified, in some cases quite loosely I'd say, as a s...
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Ready to kick off your 2022 with some quality promotional swag that is also sale priced? Here's out Top Ten choices from Promo Hounds' Q1 Specials: 20 oz. Marbled Vacuum Insulated Tumbler -...
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Whatever holiday you celebrate this time of year we hope it is filled with thanks and gratitude. We are very thankful for our clients who support us throughout the year. Very grateful. ...
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You probably know why but we will point out the obvious. 1) Inventory shortages – This continues to be a problem for anyone in the promotional products business as we all use the...
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Are you still in need of holiday gift ideas for your employees or clients? We have plenty in our Seasonal Specials but let's highlight a few here to get started! If you like giving fun item...
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"But I know a change gonna comeOh, yes it will." Sam Cooke This post is and isn't swag related. It is because like so many industries we are experiencing the same problems in this Covid recover...
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Logo apparel has continued to be a top sales category throughout 2020 and 2021. Part of this is with all the online meetings it provides better identity of your business. We've just updated our A...
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Before you start jumping to conclusions let me clarify that this was strictly a business trip. I believe there are some great opportunities supplying swag to the cannabis industry. I also b...
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Twas way too early for Christmas. But post-Covid was causing deliveries to lag. And it was so hard for clients to get their swag. The best way to avoid this is to get in gear. Order gifts n...
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I'll admit that I'm guilty of this, not realizing that when the world returned to “normal” after Covid things would just never be the same. I actually did realize that would be t...
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As we are all aware from media, employees are changing jobs at a more rapid pace now than in any of our lifetimes. Employees are also wanting better treatment from their employers. Some wan...
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We are especially excited to roll out our 2021 Q3 specials as there are some nice new items included along with some that due to Covid (when many weren't even looking at swag) may be new to you. H...
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This is a short and sweet blog to introduce you to the Next Level sueded fabric t-shirts and apparel. They say it is the softest material in the industry and it just might be! This fabric has a ...
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Okay we're calling it. Time to get back to normal, at least close enough, for most of us! People are ready to chill and have some fun with others. So, what does that mean? It means peopl...
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Now that things are getting back to the new reality the biggest change we are seeing in the promotional products industry is that supplier customer service is horrible! You would think that aft...
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Though I usually try to stay from any kind of topic that may be controversial, I do feel it is imperative to promote getting back to business as close to what used to be normal as possible. I d...
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Now that businesses are getting back to business, at least that's what we are seeing based on incoming requests, we wanted to remind you of some great tools we have added during the pandemic to ...
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We have noticed a definite uptick in business the past couple weeks as businesses and other entities prepare for going back to work, school, etc.! We have added our Promo Hounds Q2 Specials jus...
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Rhetorical question, who's ready for things to get back to normal or as close as they were to before Covid? We are! This may be a bit premature but in just the past few days we have seen a ...
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With live events being canceled and limited access to client offices, shipping or mailing themed kits of promotional products is a rapidly growing trend. For instance, if you have an event that i...
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Sometimes I run across articles too good not to share. Thanks to Forbes and Valerie Hayman Sklar for this one. Seven Ways To Maximize The Impact Of Promotional Products For Virtual Events ...
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We at Promo Hounds would like for you to join us in supporting End Slavery Tennessee since this month is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Better yet you can support them all year long. A ...
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While most of us have no idea where circumstances will take us in 2021, whether in our personal lives or in business, we have little doubt at Promo Hounds that staying in touch with customers an...
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Promo Hounds would like to wish everyone the happiest and merriest holiday season this year! We would like to express special appreciation to all our customers who helped us this year, in ...
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While many categories in the promotional products business have taken hits this year, largely due to events being cancelled, apparel is still being purchased at rates equal to or higher than ...
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Promo Hounds has much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. First, we are very thankful for our loyal customers who have given us business this year which in turn has allowed us to keep ...
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What could be a more appropriate swag item for 2020 than a stress reliever? If this year hasn't presented unusual stress for you I'd like to meet you! Here's a few suggestions along with appropri...
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Even when people return to their regular workplaces, online meetings are likely to continue to be a trend. Ain't nobody got time for you to be bringing your germs into their office. ) Here's ...
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Promo Hounds' 2020 Q4 Specials are live now! This quarter's specials have a slant towards holiday gifts, PPE items and ideas for gifts to give employees to welcome them back to your physical work ...
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With so many businesses keeping their employees working from home for a while longer, some till at least 2021, maybe it is a good idea to make their home work space more productive and feeling m...
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Well I wish I could give you an unbiased position but that's a little difficult given our line of business. But yes, you should. Since I am not an expert on this subject I did some online resear...
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Though this is not a normal blog type topic for me, I feel it needs to be shared. I will preface this by saying I do believe Covid-19 is real. I do not believe the way our government, particularl...
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Promo Hounds recently added a new division that sells office and break room supplies, SupplyHounds powered by OfficeZilla. Here's some information about our new site and how it can benefit you....
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Whether you like it or not, are against it or for it, covering your mouth and nose seems like it will be around for a while. There are a few different options for how to do this. Below is a br...
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As businesses ease back into what I call the “new reality” it might be helpful to know what type of swag items are of more use now besides PPE items. We do have just about a...
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If you are contemplating how to push sales in this new environment, direct mail is worth considering. Promo Hounds has expertise in helping you do this! First a little background. Before fou...
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We are very excited to let you know about the newest innovation with Promo Hounds designed to give you less expensive costs and higher quality when printing on lower quantities of t-shirts! Promo ...
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It appears the use of masks for protecting others from the Covid-19 virus is going to be around for a while. We are getting requests for various types, so I thought it would be good to present a c...
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With a little luck and peeps adhering to staying at home for a couple more weeks, hopefully many will be returning to their offices soon. We certainly hope so as you do also. It's been such a tim...
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Since it appears it is going to be a while longer for people to be working from home, we thought some ideas to stay in touch with them, keep your company name in front of them, or motivate them; wo...
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Promo Hounds New 2020 Spring and Summer Apparel Line is online now and can be viewed in our Apparel Shop! Though there are literally hundreds of other shirts available, we have chosen these based ...
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Doing business when everyone is being encouraged to social distance is a bit of a challenge. We believe, and practice ourselves, it is important though to keep your name in front of clients and...
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Sustainable swag items appears to be a fast growing trend in our industry. However, seems many still choose to not use sustainable items because of the price difference. Here are some sustainab...
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Looking for some new or unique ideas for your Q1 campaign or event? You might find something in our Q1 Specials. Here's 10 good ones below. For 2020 Promo Hounds is focused on featuring m...
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We are seeing two good things happen in the promotional product industry. There are more clients asking for information on sustainable promotional items, or swag. There are many suppliers steppin...
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Just like with automobiles, which used to only come out with new models each fall, new swag items that traditionally were introduced in January of each year are now introduced year-round. There st...
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I'll have to admit that when waist, hip, or fanny packs started showing up from suppliers a couple years ago I was skeptical. I thought that maybe a senior citizen place could use them, but who el...
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This article is reprinted from Advantage Magazine, a promotional products trade journal. By Crissa Debree Some trends spend years growing incrementally before reaching a tipping point. Other...
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If your company plans to encourage healthier living for your employees in 2020, here's some relatively inexpensive items to help carry that message throughout the year. Prices are based on 2019 pr...
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Whether you are looking for a swag item to give employees to kick off 2020 or for customers, these following 10 are inexpensive and effective. Yes they may seem like common items, but they are als...
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With over 20 years experience in the promotional products, swag, business; we've seen about everything we think. Then again we get proven wrong many times. However, there are some helpful ti...
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Sure you are wondering why we are publishing a post in early November about 2020 trade shows. First you can order now and avoid price increases from suppliers that typically come January 1. ...
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We get a lot of requests for shorter runs of imprinted apparel and textiles. The most cost effective way to do that is with Direct To Garment printing. Below is a blog I'm borrowing from Bella+Ca...
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Though there's so many holiday gift ideas available and trying to narrow it down to a dozen is a formidable challenge, we're crazy enough to do it anyway. So here's 12 Holiday Gift Ideas for Busin...
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Promo Hounds, after much sniffing around and tracking down the best choices, has introduced our 2019 Fall/Winter Apparel Line. There is over 25 new items including dress shirts, ladies shirts a...
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We've just rolled out some great Q4 specials that Promo Hound tracked down. There's a definite nod to holiday gift giving with many of the items featured. Here's some highlights. DryBags have...
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As everyone should be well aware, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. There lots of events aimed at promoting this as well as campaigns in the workplace. If you are planning to use swag ite...
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Are you familiar with sensory memory? Here is a definition from Wikipedia: Sensory memory (SM) is an automatic response, not under conscious control. It deals with the input from the senses. The...
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This is probably true for most business sectors, but it occurs to me often because of client requests that most people are not familiar with how the promotional product industry works. So here's a...
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Hopefully you caught our last post about football-themed promotions in general. This week we are covering some great tailgating items more specifically. First of all no one wants to bake i...
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August workouts have started, even though it is still July, and football season is right around the corner. Whether you are doing a promotion to support an actual team or just a football themed pr...
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Writing instruments, which includes pens, pencils and highlighters, are the top-selling category of promotional items. There are so many different type pens available now that we thought it would ...
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Promo Hounds has just posted our Q3 specials and whether you need promos/swag for summer events, the upcoming school year or just trendy items; we think you will find some great suggestions here! ...
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Tennessee has a new law going into effect July 1, 2019 that bans the use of hand-held phones while driving. Here's details according to The Tennessean: Beginning July 1, drivers could face a f...
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The range of travel tumblers, mugs, cups and bottles has grown considerably over the past few years. Items that used to be extremely popular even a couple years ago are no longer in very high dema...
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Reusable straws thankfully are becoming much more popular now. Let's get this point out of the way first; they are not for everyone and from our experience they really seem to be more popular with...
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If you do not know about it already, let me introduce you to the Richardson 112 Snapback Trucker Cap. In my over 20 years in this business I've never run across a more requested cap than this one!...
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We understand that everyone wants to get the best deal they can when purchasing promotional products (swag) for their marketing, safety, human resources programs, etc. However, you can go too far ...
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We are seeing more requests for information regarding wireless chargers for use as promotional products or swag marketing. The main issue with them is that not all phones are compatible, except ...
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Not every promotional product (swag) company can provide you with Under Armour apparel that can be decorated with your logo, but Promo Hounds can. Under Armour limits their distribution to a se...
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Beach towels are a fairly popular warm weather promotional item. When choosing a beach towel there are three main criteria to consider: type of material, size and weight. Here's a brief guide to...
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Hopefully you are enjoying this spring weather of late as much as we are! The Promo Hound gives his approval: If you are looking for business related promotional items you'll find items like...
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We've just rolled out our 2019 2019 Spring/Summer Apparel Line and think you will find some styles you'll love there. Couple things to point out first. Almost any item shown in our 2019 Sprin...
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Seems a very popular trend these days is to put a speaker, particularly Bluetooth speakers, on items that would not normally have a speaker. Here's a few examples below: This backpack with Blu...
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If you are wondering what promotional items other companies are purchasing currently, here's your answers based on our clients. You will not see many of these matching up with some of the new item...
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If you are wanting to be on the cutting edge of promotional items here's a couple more trends emerging (we covered some others in an earlier blog). There is now one supplier offering Tri-Blend...
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The Promo Hounds team attending the new product show in Las Vegas last week found some great new ideas and trending items! Among those trending items are ones with a logo that is back lit so it...
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Happy New Year to you all. We at Promo Hounds wish all the best for you and your business in 2019. Though we haven't been to the new product show yet (that is mid-January), we thought it would ...
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That's a rather large question I guess. If we had a wishing ball we'd probably wish for the moon. Hopefully we would hope for something to help the less fortunate also. Here's a list of some ...
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I could say we get asked often about the insulation in the popular light-weight down-alternative type jackets so popular today, but that would be a lie. I just thought you might want to know...
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Embroidery can be more than a decoration technique. It can be a work of art. However many people shy away from it due to the misconception it is expensive. Embroidery really is no more than s...
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Tech-related promotional items continue to be one of our most popular categories. Here's a list of some of the currently popular ones with links to more information: Tech Travel Cases ...
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Two biggest questions we get: What's hot or popular right now? How soon can I get.....? We will leave the second unanswered for now as it really depends on what product you need in a r...
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The Bonus Employees Really Want, Even If They Don't Know It Yet MOTIVATING PEOPLE Forget About That Cash Bonus Ray Fisman In the corner of my home office sits a cabinet full of tch...
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Maybe this has occurred to many of you already, but it was enlightening to me several years ago when I read about it. When choosing a promotional item, the more senses it can appeal to then ...
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If I had a dime for every time a client asks us “what's the newest promotional item” I wouldn't need to sell any more of them. We do like to preach to clients that the newest isn't alw...
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Currently the biggest issues facing anyone planning to buy promotional items are supply shortages and upcoming price increases. We've seen a growing trend in 2018 of suppliers being out of sto...
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The short answer is no screen printed drinkware is dishwasher safe, even if it says top shelf safe. Here is a bit lengthier explanation. We sell a fair amount of mugs and tumblers to companies ...
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What all goes in to the pricing of imprinted apparel? That is important to know so you can also know how to save money when purchasing imprinted apparel. Here's a good checklist: · ...
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One of my favorite sayings about promotional items is that they are the only advertising for which people will thank you. Most of the time this is very true! We like to say that your promo item...
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I've seen a LOT of polo shirts during my twenty years or so in the promotional products business. I've seen several that claim their collars do not roll, but they do. Why is this and how do you g...
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Looks like the logo apparel landscape for the spring and summer seasons trends towards heather/melange patterns, though not always called that; along with textured but still soft materials. Por...
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We've just rolled out our Q2 Specials and wanted to highlight some really fun items for spring and summer. First and foremost, and very economical to boot, are Koozies. We're talking the rea...
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Tech-related promotional items continue to be a top category for us at Promo Hounds and across the country. Here' s a quick look at some of our current faves: Cords are always getting tangled, wh...
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What's hot in promotional apparel trends for 2018? Nicer dress shirts, more offerings for women, jersey type shirts and the melange/heather look....LOTS of melange/heather look! If you want to dr...
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It's always great to attend the Promotional Products Association's largest trade show of the year in Las Vegas. It's an excellent opportunity to see what's new and what the current trends are. Th...
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It is by far the question we are asked most often. What are clients buying from you lately? We've reviewed our orders from 2017 to date and below are our top sellers for 2017. This is b...
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We've just posted our all new fall and winter apparel line and there's some exciting new items this year! We've included many items such as long sleeve polos, long sleeve oxford shirts, long sl...
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Our 4th quarter specials have some great ideas for holiday gifts, fall tradeshows, client gifts, and items for personal use like in your car or at home! Here's a brief overview, just click any ...
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I do in general, as in when it comes to talking about gifts and so forth for family and friends. I DO NOT though when it comes to talking about business and corporate gifts because it is such...
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What's the difference between screen printing and embroidery? How about debossing and embossing? And what's the best fabric for laser appliqué? If you're not so sure about your answers, thi...
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Almost everyone loves to get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather in middle Tennessee this time of year. It's all good, except for the heat. So our Promo Hound has tracked down the best items ...
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This information is taken directly from Wikipedia. We just thought you would be interested in the background of the Spinner toys that are so hot right now! Although they were invented in the 1...
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Everyone always wants to know what's “hot” right now with promotional products. We have your answers. Lumping the top ones into two categories the most popular would be cell phone acc...
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Spring is a time of year when everything comes to life, people get on the go more, and there's correlating increased activity in business too! With that in mind we wanted to tell you a bit about ou...
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Brands like YETI have made a big splash because of their ability to keep liquids hot or cold for long periods of time. There are many brands now, particularly in the promotional products drinkware ...
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People ask us all the time why the name Promo Hounds. Well actually only a few have but that wouldn't make for a good opening line. Anyway, I thought I'd explain. It is mainly because client's ofte...
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This is not fake news. Most of the metal double-wall tumblers (travel mugs/cups) you can get now are in the same category, as far as how long they will keep liquids hot or cold, as the YETI ones ...
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We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our clients for the business they gave us in 2016. Thanks also to all who referred new clients our way. We really appreciate that! In 2016 we achieve...
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Let's put this spin on the holiday season this year. Let's say Thanksgiving is the beginning of the season to be more thankful for all we have, and maybe even for what we do not have. Instead of ...
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These 10 popular shirts, vests and jackets can have you and your employees looking professional while sporting your company logo this fall and winter. Still trendy are soft shell jackets, fleece j...
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We're always excited to post a new series of seasonal specials, and we think our Q4 specials will solve most your promotional product needs. Here's an overview of what you'll find (they begin on o...
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In the past few years more options for better quality t-shirt material have become available. After we started showing our clients some of the new choices, more and more are going with someth...
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A powerful brand is more than just a great logo and a mission statement (although those certainly lay the groundwork for any brand.) We live in a time where competition rises up on every corner, an...
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