One of the hottest topics in my own industry of custom merchandise providers is how do WE — as supposed experts — design the coolest self-promo merch that we hand out to our own clients, prospects, staff and partners. After hearing the same debates for years, I decided to put my thoughts into a 7 minute video. Most of the …
My 30 year-old running shoes. Brand or Style Loyalty (or both)?
Beyond brand loyalty is style loyalty. You like Levi’s but you love their 501. You won’t wear anything but 501’s on your butt. I want to share my own style loyalty story and some examples of our client’s years-long loyalty to certain uniform styles. I’m not a runner. That shouldn’t surprise anyone who’s met me. But I have run …
Your corporate swag sucks? How to fix that…
Fear. It’s a part of life. It’s in the nature of being human. As we head into conference season, our staff gets excited for all the cool product ideas we see and hear about. But, in the back of our minds, we have a fear. Corporate swag — company gifts — that suck! It really raises the hair on our …
Why we (heart emoji) working with millennial clients
At PBJ Merch Co. we get to work with many Millennial clients. And, we have Millennial team members too (looking at you Amanda!). Here’s why we love working with Millennial clients. Let’s address the elephant in the blogpost. There is a myth that Millennials live and work online and make all their buying decisions online. Yes, of course, they …
Chatbot SwagBot try it out!
Introducing our new chatbot SwagBot! We are so excited and proud to be exhibiting at the #BCTech Summit this year as the sole swag and branded product supplier. As we prepared to attend the event and develop gifts for the audience, we got a little caught up in the excitement. Spurred on by the recent https://www.newwestcity.ca/innovation-week we thought — its …
This Promotional Product is TOAST
Normally we at Patterson brands like tried and true promotional products and gifts. Nothing too gimmicky. But, this one is very innovative without being a gadget or gimmick. Just a simple toaster that burns your logo — ahem, BRANDS your logo — right onto Toast. Hilarious! Pricing below is in $USD and we offer any blog-reader 5% off the manufacturers …
Local Sourcing: why we do and you should too.
At PBJ Merch Co. we source from a terrific group of the best brands in North America. And in 95% of the orders we ship for our clients, we source locally to match our clients needs. If we have a Toronto client holding an event in Vancouver, we use locally based warehouses to source product and Vancouver-based decorators to finish …
Unimaginative Branding uses Economy like Natn'l Holiday
Just like every retailer and service provider across North America celebrates Boxing Week Blowout or President’s Day or Canada Day, everyone is scrambling to assure consumers they are affordable in these tough economic times. It’s like the entire year is “Tough Economy Dayz at Ashley Shaeffer BMW.” Gimme a break! Sonic says they are an ideal date place because …
Unimaginative Branding uses Economy like Natn’l Holiday
Just like every retailer and service provider across North America celebrates Boxing Week Blowout or President’s Day or Canada Day, everyone is scrambling to assure consumers they are affordable in these tough economic times. It’s like the entire year is “Tough Economy Dayz at Ashley Shaeffer BMW.” Gimme a break! Sonic says they are an ideal date place because …
Top 3 Benefits of Social Media for Small Business
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