Gratitude Builds Loyalty
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Be First In Their World™ The thank-you that matters most is the one nobody was expecting. In 2013, an airline called WestJet tried something. As passengers waited to board, a screen lit up with ...
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Oct 19
People Remember How You Made Them Feel Be First In Their World™ Products are temporary. The feeling they carried isn't. A few winters ago, a blizzard shut down the Northeast. An 89-year-old man...
Continue ReadingThe Invisible Gift
Oct 5
Be First In Their World™ The thing they unwrap isn't the gift. Knowing you thought of them is. A seven-year-old named Luka saved up and bought a LEGO Ninjago set. He took one minifigure to the st...
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Sep 8
United in the Stands Be First In Their World™ People don't rally around a logo. They rally around belonging. It's January 2011. A playoff game in Seattle. Marshawn Lynch breaks tackle after tack...
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Jul 20
Christmas in July Be First In Their World™ The gifts people remember in December are the ones chosen now. We're months away from the holidays. That's exactly why I'm thinking about them. The gif...
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Jun 9
Why the Best Promotional Products Don't Feel Promotional There's a big difference between a product people keep...and a product people actually use. Over the years, I've noticed tha...
Continue ReadingThe Branded Merchandise People Remember
Jun 8
The Brands People Remember Often Show Up Outside of Work One thing I've noticed over the years is that the brands people remember most often become part of everyday life - not just the workp...
Continue ReadingMomentum Needs A System
Feb 18
Momentum feels powerful. You can see it. You can measure it. You can feel it in the pace of decisions and the speed of execution. But momentum alone does not create sustainable growth. In fact, ...
Continue ReadingJanuary Is Not for Speed
Jan 12
January is for Clarity. January has a way of whispering before it starts shouting. Before inboxes fill up, before calendars lock in, before momentum turns into motion, there's a brief window wher...
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Dec 1, 2025
Spend Smart - How to Use Remaining Budget Strategically As the year winds down, many companies find themselves with one last opportunity - those remaining sales, marketing, or HR dollars that have...
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Nov 17, 2025
Skip the Holiday Rush: Give a New Year's Gift When everyone else is focused on getting gifts out before the holidays, there's a quiet opportunity waiting just after. January is a time for fresh...
Continue ReadingA Season of Significance
Nov 6, 2025
A Season of Significance: Make Every Gift Count As the year draws to a close, we find ourselves reflecting, not just on results and milestones, but on the people who helped make them possible. C...
Continue ReadingWhy Smart Merch Unites Us
Sep 8, 2025
Branded Camaraderie: Why Smart Merch Unites Us Every business is made up of people-teams with shared goals, challenges, and victories. And just like fans in the stands, your team performs better wh...
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Jul 16, 2024
Have you ever received a cool branded item that made your day? If you are like me, you have! And more importantly, you know promotional products aren't just giveaways-they are tools that can amp up...
Continue ReadingBetter Together - The Art of Cobranding
Jan 23, 2024
How to Create A Coveted Promotional Product Everyone Wants What do you call the combination of two premium brands? Co-branding! It's the marketing strategy of aligning two powerful brands to creat...
Continue ReadingDream of Spring, Here's How
Jan 17, 2024
Hello! We have a new catalog that is fun easy to use. I get that it's freezing all over America right now, however, cold temperatures won't last forever. Today is a great day to "dream" of sp...
Continue ReadingIntroducing the Chefs of AQUA by El Gaucho
Dec 15, 2023
Pictured in their new logoed hoodies and jackets, the chefs of AQUA by El Gaucho are ready to delight you! AQUA by El Gaucho is one of the fine dining restaurants in The Revelers Club owned and ope...
Continue ReadingMeet our Friends at El Gaucho Tacoma
Dec 15, 2023
"Teamwork makes the dream work." When a group of people share a common goal and work together to reach it, there is magic. Can you see the smiles among the team members at El Gaucho Tacoma? One rea...
Continue ReadingTrade Show Success
Dec 15, 2023
Congratulations to our friends at Eastside Academy on their success at Missions Fest. After the trade show, Hannah Kaas shared with me that both guests and students were delighted to receive the cu...
Continue ReadingA lighthouse illuminates the best path forward
Oct 17, 2023
I know you. Intellectually, you are a top-notch professional. The organization you work for depends on you to make smart, creative, memorable, on-time, budget-appropriate branded merchandise pur...
Continue ReadingHow to create amazing custom-branded merchandise
Oct 6, 2023
To shop this catalog, open the PDF attachment I am excited to partner with you on a custom project! Let's WOW your employees and customers this holiday season with signature beanies, ...
Continue ReadingIt’s Time to Dream BIG!
Jul 26, 2022
The biggest, boldest, and best ideas I generate are during the summer. Or when I am on vacation, which is usually someplace tropical. The sun energizes me and restores my hope in what is possible. ...
Continue ReadingWinning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
Jun 27, 2022
Have you ever wondered what a coach says to his players in the locker room at halftime? Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers is considered one of the greatest football coaches ever. Below is a l...
Continue ReadingHappiness is...
Mar 9, 2022
Nothing is better than a picnic! Life is at its best when you are sharing great food, conversation, and time with your besties. Create memories of a lifetime for your employee team with a custom ...
Continue ReadingHow to Invest in Great Relationships
Sep 27, 2021
Intuitively, as a successful business leader, you know relationship marketing is both smart AND necessary. I love this quote from Bill Walsh, the legendary copy editor at Washington Post. Bill said...
Continue ReadingHow to avoid the Great Resignation
Jul 27, 2021
Life is full of teachable moments. Short stories and sayings educate us about the journey ahead, about ourselves, and about others. Growing up, my mother weaved short sayings into her conversations...
Continue ReadingWinning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
Jul 13, 2021
Have you ever wondered what a coach says to his players in the locker room at halftime? Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers is considered one of the greatest football coaches ever. Below is a l...
Continue ReadingIt's The Little Things
May 18, 2021
A wise man by the name of Omar Rivas taught me there are at least 6 perspectives to every situation. The task is to think about an opportunity as if it were a piece of dice with six sides to consid...
Continue ReadingHow to become a Go-Giver
Mar 30, 2021
The Go-Giver is a savvy business parable about how to achieve extraordinary success. In a one-sentence summary, The Go-Giver teaches a pattern for becoming a better person and realizing more busine...
Continue ReadingHow to Refresh Your Message and Inspire Your Audience
Mar 23, 2021
Strong leadership requires a vivid image of your goal and consistent messaging. What are you communicating on your company walls and retail space? Are you optimizing what you want to say to the peo...
Continue ReadingWe Can Live in a World that we Design
Jan 22, 2019
In with the New: New strategies and new promotional products attract new customers PT Barnum was hailed as the Steve Jobs of his time because he understood how to generate wild enthusiasm for p...
Continue ReadingWellness Trends, Strategies & Products
May 4, 2018
Jump start or reboot your company's wellness program with these three strategies: 1. Promote Wellness Communication is a critical success factor in every corporate program. Employees will not p...
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