The Sharper Image Unique. Different. Hot. The Travel Powermat MSRP $99.99 The Powermat Wireless Charging System provides a simple, fast and efficient way to keep all of your favorite personal electronic devices charged. Enabling your devices with Powermat Receivers allows you to Drop and Charge them on the Powermat to experience wireless charging. Sound Soother MSRP $59.99 The Sharper Image® …
Simple, cost effective mailer with flash key
I don’t know about the Phil Collins soundtrack but the basics of this video are good. It demonstrates an affordable and customizable mailer system that uses print media and a flash key to let you share lots of info with current or prospective clients. Great for auto, home, mortgage, financial, real estate, etc. Apologies for the typos and odd editing, …
Sales Pros: Gimme the Straight Goods
A rant about Sales honesty and solid business ethics.
Recycled, Eco Friendly Heys Bags now on Market
Have you seen these ads in your neighborhood recently? They’re all over Vancouver. Born in the mid-‘80s in a Toronto suburb, the travel brand Heys has been bringing stylish luggage to Canadians and International customers alike. Their sleek and durable lightweight luggage has now ‘turned over a new leaf’ and is branching out into using environmentally friendly materials. The Heys …
Olympic Hospitality Sweet – Have fun and work like Hell during the Olympics
For those in the restaurant, hotel and retail sectors, the next 75 days are surely exciting and nerve wracking. Hundreds of thousands of guests will descend on Vancouver, Squamish and Whistler and everyone will be spending money. How will you serve them? What will you do to standout? What if it’s too busy and you can’t handle the rush? In …
Three Case Studies on Extraordinary Service
Every business says “we offer exceptional service” but do they? Here’s three quick case studies on how we at PBJ Merch Co. try to deliver something extraordinary on every project. Case #1: We just developed uniforms for a Canadian Olympic client for street teams to wear during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games to promote patriotism. The uniform is covered with …
Getting your company into the Olympic spirit!
If you’re like me you’ve probably seen those CTV “We Believe” swag commercials. Maybe you’ve thought that’s cool, CTV has their own Olympic swag, how can my company get our own? I’d like to give Olympic Swag to my best clients, my best staff or our families. With the Olympics almost here (less than 100 days to), everyone in the …
3 Important Reasons to reward employees in this tough economy
For the last couple of years, businesses in North America have been struck by a bad economy, forcing employers to downsize, cut back funds, and in many cases, take away bonuses. The economy got so bad that a lot of companies were left with no choice but to take away their employee Christmas parties last year, which is normally a …
HBC helps Cowichan Knitters — better late than never.
I wrote a post a few weeks ago about the new HBC Olympic Wear and I (mistakenly) made reference to the “Cowichan” sweaters that I thought were so nice. Turns out they weren’t actual sweaters sourced from Cowichan Knitters. Too bad. That post got the most reads ever in one day for my little blog (80) and some interesting comments. …
Hollywood North Goes Green with 100 Mile Swag
As a major cultural and business force in California, Toronto and Vancouver, Hollywood has long been committed to Greening its business practices. Kudos to them. It’s hard to miss Ed Begley Jr. or Discovery Channel’s commitment to covering Hollywood green issues. As a small business here in Vancouver I’ve helped as much as possible to make the Crew Gifts practice …