Wright Choice Promotions

Nice to be the featured business in this week's NPCC newsletter!

This Week: What's New At the NPCC Spring is here and as others' thoughts may turn to fancy, we here at the Chamber are gearing up for our 29th Annual Charity Golf Classic.

Just when I thought I had seen everything in the promotional products industry, I found this:) What a fun corporate gift this could be!
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Wright Choice Promotions Need help selecting Green or Eco-Friendly promotional products for your next trade show giveaway, marketing piece or client gift? Wright Choice Promotions is the Wright Choice for environmentally friendly promotional products!

While I like my packaged food to arrive in good condition, I'm disappointed by the lack of attention to the recyclablility of this packaging in this article. I suppose that if it has to arrive in plastic, it should at least be the best type of plastic for the job.

In the promotional products world, often items are polybagged. This is because if shipped together the items would rub together and either scratch the imprint or the product itself. In this case, it is better to lose some plastic than have the product arrived damaged. We continue to look for better alternatives as they become available.

The Weird, Under-appreciated World Of Plastic Packaging http://ow.ly/zO6to

The Weird, Underappreciated World Of Plastic Packaging So much of the food we eat these days is encased in plastic. And behind it is a whole lot of research and innovation. We dive into some of the...

TBT - Just about every promotional product is imprinted with a logo. Did you know that the earliest logos were those that represented royalty or countries? The royal seals and family crests were used to easily identify important places, documents and more.

TBT - It's back to school time! As we get ready to buy all of that back to school gear, I'm reminded of one of the oldest promotional products - a burlap book bag. Interestingly, burlap has made a comeback as an "eco" product. Here's the story according to PPAI: "Seeing a child drop her schoolbooks in the dirt on Main Street spurred Meek to approach his friend, Mr. Cantwell, owner of Cantwell Shoes, with an idea about building store traffic, name recognition and ultimately increasing sales. Meek's idea was to imprint a burlap book bag with a simple but direct advertising message, "Buy Cantwell Shoes." Cantwell would give every child who came into his shoe store a free bag. The children would carry the bag as they walked to and from school so Cantwell's name would be seen all over town. Mr. Meek manufactured the book bag, imprinted the advertising slogan on his printing press, and both Meek and Cantwell reaped the rewards."

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Check out the new page on Character Branding on the Wright Choice Promotions website.

Wright Choice Promotions - Character Branding Need help selecting Green or Eco-Friendly promotional products for your next trade show giveaway, marketing piece or client gift? Wright Choice Promotions is the Wright Choice for environmentally friendly promotional products!

It's always great to see a promotional product we produced being used! At the Agua Fria Business Network meeting today, WCP office Manager, Renate Ellsworth, got a lesson on flower design using the Peverini's Custom Floral Design glass vases! Visit Peverini at http://peverinicustomfloraldesign.com/ They do fantastic flowers for events as well as classes.

Starting our series Promos! Believed to be one of the oldest examples of a promotional product is this presidential campaign button for Abraham Lincoln, 1860. The reverse side of the button shows a portrait of his running mate Hannibal Hamlin. Photo from Wikipedia

Veggie gardens instead of grass...what an idea!
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