Evans Manufacturing

This month's My Best Promotion shows how one distributor whipped up a popular self-promotion piece based around a cookbook.

The kitchen is the epicenter of every house and the shear number of logos and brands that find their way into the kitchen will make distributor salespeople swoon.

Newton, Iowa-based, Newton Manufacturing served up 300 “Walking Dogs” in 35 minutes during the Greater Newton Area Chamber of Commerce’s Thanks with Franks. At the annual event held in the downtown Newton, Iowa square, member businesses in the Newton area handed out free hot dog creations to the community to thank them for their support.

It's hard to believe, but the holidays are just around the corner. First Halloween will hit us, and then in the blink of an eye, chestnuts will be roasting on a open fire. If I learned anything from my mother, it's that early holiday preparation is key.

Dave Green, national sales director for Evans Manufacturing Inc., announced the appointment of Jennifer Windemuth as the company's north central senior key account manager.

Wayland, Massachusetts-based iPROMOTEu announced today that 16 promotional products distributors have affiliated with iPROMOTEu in June 2010. These new affiliates, in the aggregate, have an estimated annual sales volume of approximately $4,500,000.

2010 Rank 2009 Rank Company 2009 Revenue 2008 Revenue Employees Locations Principal City, State 1 1 Broder Bros. $688,000,000 $903,000,000 - 19 Tom Myers, CEO Trevose, PA 2 2 Ennis $584,029,000 $610,610,000 5,200 40 Keith Walters, chairman/CEO Midlothian, TX 3 4/7 Norwood & BIC $410,000,000 n/a 2,300 7 Quenten Wentworth, Clearwater, FL Graphic North America…

"HOME IS WHERE the heart is," may be perfectly cute and philosophical as far as generic cultural idioms go, but ?information-laden it is not. After all, the home is a big place, so where exactly in the house might the "heart" be? The kitchen?

Shelley Sake, vice president of marketing for Evans Manufacturing Inc, based in Garden Grove, Ca. announced the appointment of Dave Green as National Sales Director. According to Sake, Dave will continue to build relationships with current customers in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, while also allowing us to penetrate further into this market.

Shelley Sake, MAS, has been promoted to the position of vice president of marketing for Evans Manufacturing. She has worked at Evans for over seven years, most recently as its director of sales and marketing. Shelley started in the industry with Pillowline (Advertising Unlimited/Norwood) in 1991 and has held such positions as account executive, sales service manager and marketing manager. Derek Sweem, president of Evans, stated, “Shelley has done an extraordinary job of helping Evans grow the business through the development of new products and by implementing successful sales and marketing strategies. Her focus on the customer, insights to current market trends, and