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Production Editor

Promotional Fashionista

By Colleen McKenna

About Colleen

Colleen McKenna is Production Editor for Promo Marketing Magazine.
 

Not So Technically Speaking

Dale Denham
The High Cost of a Low Training Budget
May 16, 2013

If you train your staff, there's a risk they'll leave; if you don't, there's a risk they'll stay.
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Jeff's Rant

Jeff Solomon, MAS
Why...?
May 16, 2013

Why... be connected? I've often talked about my love of trade shows and the value of business relationships, which are...



Be Dazzled

Elise Hacking Carr
The Amazing Fashion: 3 Gatsby-inspired Looks
May 14, 2013

The Great Gatsby finally opened over the weekend. Does the unbridled glamour of 1920s-inspired fashion translate to the promotional products...



Selling Smarter

Rosalie Marcus
Help! My Customers Know the Codes
May 14, 2013

A promotional products distributor recently wrote me and asked how to handle clients that have figured out the industry's pricing...



Mike's Blog

Michael Cornnell
Entertainment Meets Marketing: Amazing Gatsby, Pop Art and Rock Music Promos
May 13, 2013

Entertainment and promotional marketing: A pairing that normally reminds us of being forced to eat Hulk-colored Taco Bell at gunpoint...



Beyond Words

Rebecca Kollmann, MAS+
A Blog of a Different Color
May 13, 2013

When we communicate with others—through a presentation, through graphics or through text in an article—the use of color can truly...



Embellished

Kyle Richardson
Call For Sources: Michigan Suppliers and Distributors
May 10, 2013

Do you work in Michigan, or do you sell into the restaurant industry? I want to hear from you....



Kiwi's Coaching Corner

Paul  Kiewiet
Think Like Your Client
May 9, 2013

Getting out of the commodity game requires hard work, thoughtful work and requires learning new skills and work habits. You...



Be Bold, Be Different, Be Memorable

Rick Greene, MAS
The Fearsome Green Profit Margin
May 7, 2013

Or "Detective Fiction, Sales and the Art of Listening."...



The Hot Button

Mary Ellen Nichols, MAS
Have You Cleaned Out Your Teenager's Gym Bag Lately?
May 1, 2013

Performance clothing has changed over the past 10 years: silkier, stretchier, more mesh, even less stinky in some cases. So...



Big Picture Promo

Matt Kaspari, CAS
The Shift to Empowerment Marketing
Apr 25, 2013

Empowering is the act of giving away your power to those around you so you can elevate the group as...



Friday Sales-thought of the Week!

Dale Limes, MAS
Reverse Engineer Your Sales Success
Mar 18, 2013

Steven Covey reminds us that when setting goals ... "Start with the end in mind." That is to visualize the...



Editor's Notes

Nichole Stella
The Perfect Match
Mar 5, 2013

The Super Bowl has also become the Ad Bowl, where brands duke it out to see who has the funniest,...



Compliance Chat

D E Fenton
When a Picture Says a Thousand Words: Bangladesh
Nov 30, 2012

It takes a single negative image to undo even the most successful campaigns in the eyes of your customers—and many...



My Two Cents

Rick Brenner
CPSC General Counsel Clarifies Distributor Responsibilities for Children's Apparel
Oct 8, 2012

There aren't many distributors who would describe themselves as manufacturers. But under CPSIA, the majority of promotional products distributors—at least...



The Sales Challenge

Bill Farquharson
Think and Succeed
May 29, 2012

What would happen if you woke up in the morning and your first thought was, "I am never going to...



Creating More Purposeful Sales Conversations

Lisa Leitch, CSP, MAS
Under 100 Days to Achieve 2011 Goals
Oct 20, 2011

It's hard to believe, but there are fewer than 100 days left to achieve 2011 goals! Are you on track...



Industry Voices

Guest Contributor
In a Recession, Dress Up To Cheer Up
Jan 20, 2010

A few weeks ago, I had dinner with Executive Apparel's president and its director of product development in Orlando, Florida....



Zombies Need Promotional Goods Too

 
Happy Halloween! I hope everyone on the East Coast got through Hurricane Sandy in one piece. Now that we are back in the office, we need to get down to important business: Halloween. Last week we received some ghoulishly great promotional items from Harcos Labs. So in honor of imprints and All Hallow's Eve, here is a review of some of the spookiest promotional items in the industry.


Personal Care: Every good costume-wearer knows to scrub up before heading out to trick-or-treat. That is where the Bath from the Dead bar of soap comes in. The herb-filled soap (rosemary and lemongrass are the most fragrant) will give users a "refreshing flesh scent" before eating brains or whatever they do for fun.

Trick-or-treating can bring as many germs as candy, so Halloween-loving end-users may want to bring the Anti-Zombie Spray. The anti-bacterial spray works and smells like other anti-bacterial sprays, but has the added benefit of being zombie-proof (very important on Halloween or if you plan on reenacting Thriller anytime soon).

Walking around for a few hours gathering candy (or supervising your children while they gather candy) is tiring so end-users can relax in a bath with Zombie Bath Salts. The packaging encourages users to add the salts to a bath and "watch what happens." Scenes from The Walking Dead might follow, but in a fun-filled, haunted house way.


Candy: The purpose of Halloween for most children (ahem, and adults) is candy. Free candy. Lots of it. Now end-users can couple their need for sugar with their love of Halloween spooks. The Brain Bits taste like Nerds (fittingly, I suppose). I'm not sure if they made me smarter, but I sure did finish this blog quickly during the sugar rush that followed consuming them.

There are energy chews for runners, so why not have them for zombie hunters? Harcos Labs introduces the Dead on Zombie Target red licorice-flavored candies to "help your aim and shoot down zombies," because no one wants zombies messing up a perfectly good night of trick-or-treating.

Finally, the Foaming Zombie Candy does in fact make you foam at the mouth, especially if you consume all of it at once. I don't think I am a zombie (yet), but the foam is scary fun. Note: DO NOT use foaming zombie candy at work and then go talk to a coworker. They may think you are ill (mentally or otherwise). DO use foaming zombie candy if you want to startle trick-or-treaters.


Food: OK, so maybe your clients are not candy people or they want to spread their love of Halloween to main meals as well as candy desserts. For those end-buyers, try some devilishly delicious salty treats like Crusty Zombie Toenails, Zombie Pea Brains, Dried Zombie Skin and Zombie Jerky. Don't be fooled by the gruesome names, the toenails taste like sesame seeds, the brains like wasabi peas, the skin like dried seaweed and the jerky like…jerky with teriyaki seasoning (apparently zombies are zesty).

These personal care items and edibles can be used year-round, not just around Halloween. Maybe your client wants to throw a zombie-themed holiday party, is looking to add something unexpected to a current program or knows their end-users will get a kick out of the unconventional products. To summarize my review: Spooky soap and zombie candy from Harcos Labs is scary good!

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