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Thursday, March 30, 2017

WebDecoder How It Works- looking for creative marketing ideas


If you are looking for creative marketing campaigns, look no further than our #webdecoder. This interactive marketing tool can be used in #directmail #mobilepromotions #text2win etc.

If you are looking to engage, drive traffic, and capture data in a unique and fun way. Just ask us how.

ProPrinters
1 877 614 7746

Monday, March 27, 2017

Traditional Ad Channels Rated As Most Trusted Media

Traditional Ad Channels Rated As Most Trusted Media



In a survey of 2,400 U.S. consumers, marketing researchers MarketingSherpa found that Americans find traditional advertising channels to be the most trustworthy when making a purchasing decision.



In light of "fake news" Americans are having a hard time discerning what is real what is not, what to believe and ignore.



This is something to consider when you are your team put together marketing campaigns.



Derek

Friday, March 10, 2017

Customer Appreciation and Event Marketing


It is almost that time of year! Yes, the annual #customerappreciation event that is sponsored by #KearnyBank, and the promotion is created and executed by #ProPrinters.

This years theme, is all about the Summertime. Our grand prize winner will win a beach house in the shore town in New Jersey of their choice for one week, subject to availability. How awesome is that?

1st prize is a personal chef coming to your home and cooking a farm to table meal for you and 7 of your closest friends!

2nd prize is a beach kit with chairs etc, the only thing we didn't include was the sand!

Customers come into the bank fill out an entry form and can take one of the awesome themed gifts with them as the bank's way of saying thanks. Then there is a drawing for the top 3 prizes.

Past themes have been MLB All-Star Game, The Tony Awards, A Trip to New Orleans and now the beach.

The customers look forward to it, and the bank appreciates our company doing everything for them.

We printed the promotional materials, the signs, the promotional products.
We take all of the promotional products and divide them into the 42 branches and hand deliver to them.
We secure the prizes, coordinate with the winners delivery of the prizes.
We write the contest rules.

You sit back and enjoy the fruits of our hard work and creativity.






If you have any questions about event marketing or future promotions, just give us a call at 1 877 614 7746.

Derek

Monday, February 27, 2017

Direct Mail-and creative promotions

#Directmail is not dead, especially if it is fun direct mail where somebody has the chance to win an awesome prize like a trip to the Daytona 500!! VROOM VROOM.

In these direct mail tickets a coded message is printed on the ticket, that must be brought to the retail place of business to be decoded to see if they are the grand prize winner. Everyone wins one of these awesome prizes even if they are not the grand prize winner.

In addition our client is offering their clients 10% off on a line of products through the promotion period.

We designed the piece, printing the mailer, mailing it producing the prizes, write the rules etc...

If the lucky person who has that winning ticket comes forward and claims that grand prize, my client is ONLY paying the insurance premium against prize redemption.

In a way we want that person to show up, as it is a win for the client and a win for the ticket holder, talk about inexpensive PR!

Be creative with #directmail and #promotions have fun!

If you have any questions about how this could work for you, just call us at

1 877 614 7746


Thanks,

Derek Miller
ProPrinters


ProPrinters, URI, and Pentair are not associated with the Daytona 500 and do not represent them simply giving away an event prize

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Child promotional products- what is a child's product anyway?

Does your company do promotions that involve items that be construed as a children's toy? You say not us, right. Well stop right there.

There are common items that on the surface that don't look like a child's toy but according to Consumer Product Safety Commission they are, and are subject (AND THAT MEANS YOU) to very strict guidelines with respect to manufacturing.

Let us give you an example:

You are a manufacturer of tires. You are running a trade show booth and have a mascot that is round and looks like white tires. You wanted to do a giveaway of a plush or stuffed replica of this mascot to your visitors, who are adults after all this is an automotive trade show right.

WRONG!!!!

This is considered a child's toy and is subject to the guidelines set for by CPSC for children's toys. If you are having these made, for you is your DISTRIBUTOR aware that it is a children's toy? Probably not, are they aware if the manufacturer is compliant, especially if this comes in from overseas. Could you imagine if that thing came in with lead in the inks or loose parts that can choke. Is it worth the risk? Of course not, and that is why if you use a #promotionalproducts distributor who is knowledgeable they will have done the research for you.


Point number two:

Silk screen and embroidered garments. Do you give away to children youth sized garments with your companies logo? Excellent. Are you aware of the REQUIREMENTS to be compliant for this in case of a recall on the garment or the ink? Oh yes, all children's garments must be easily traced back to their original source or you can be in for it.

Again:

IS YOUR DISTRIBUTOR IN THE KNOW?


Many of my competitors will ignore this and I will tell you WHY:

1. It adds costs to them and to you and they are afraid you won't purchase from them because of it.

Does this make sense to you? Would you not prefer to pay .75 a garment more and know you are in the right side of child safety? Would you not pay .75 more to know you are working with a distributor who has your back?

2. It takes time for them to do the legwork register the codes and keep on top of the laws.

To this I say that is why our clients love us because they don't have time to do this. We are supposed to be the experts not YOU. YOU are the experts in your field not ours. 



Here is a link to FAQ child safety labeling, this is just one reference and we have others.

So if you want to know if your distributors product suggestion is subject to this requirement just ask us at  1877 614 7746 shoot us an email and we can help at proprintersonline@gmail.com

We want you to be safe from liability, we want your customers especially children to be safe from products that may not be safe.


Safe kids are happy kids!

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Video Marketing- here is one idea

Video Marketing are you using it in  your company? Why not? Do you have a new product to launch or a quick story to tell in a video?

Don't want to hire actors, or camera time and all the other logistics that go together with video production, including the expense. I get it.

Well here is an option, and they are called #whiteboardvideos or #explainervideos. They are hand drawn versions that can tell your story in a short period of time create intrique, call to action etc.


You will see from the above video, that these can be fun and creative and get your message across. Your real photos can be used and make this a very creative project.



The coffee video we personally did for a client after sending samples as a fun follow up tool. Be different be creative use video!

We can work with you and your design team to come up with the right message, just ask us how


Thanks for watching.


Derek Miller
ProPrinters
609 807 8856

Monday, January 23, 2017

Event Marketing- Make a splash by going big

Events a an awesome way to promote your company and your products and services to your clients, and prospective clients. To make a splash and make an impact GO BIG.

In this first event that #ProPrinters ran for #kearnybank customers entered the #sweepstakes at their local branches with a chance to win two tickets to the #tonyawards. Yes, the winner won two tickets to the Tony Awards a hard to come by ticket round trip transportation via limo. There were other themed prizes two tickets to the Broadway show of their choice, and a home theatre system.  Talk about excitement.

Contestants received a branded promotional item at their local Kearny branch to reinforce the brand and to promote the banks products and services.

Kearny has been running this event for a past several years, and their customers look forward to it, and wait to see what the next theme will be.

By offering an exciting prize and not some $500 gift card, customers make sure they get into the branch and fill out their entry form.

ProPrinters handles all the printing of the collateral material, handles the rules, fulfillment of prizes including the administration of the grand prize to the winner.




#PoconoProFoods at the time Pocono Produce was looking for a way to drive traffic and create a buzz at its fall food show. They turned to #ProPrinters to come up with an exciting idea as when their clients come to their show they make purchases. So a promotion was born where participants who were invited were given a "ticket" to entry, and one of the "tickets" had the home entertainment system, but they had to show up to see what they might have won. Well attendance was incredible and a great success.

So whether you are looking to make #tradeshow #customerevent a success, in your CUSTOMERS eyes, make it a big event. Make them feel appreciated, as they are taking time of their busy productive day to come to see you. Give them something of value, let them mingle with other customers, your employees, maybe have guest speakers, so they will feel there is something there that can say they went to see, and justify going.

When you are ready to promote this event, and you want ideas to make it a success let us know. Our #eventmarketing team will work with you and put together some ideas to have your customers talking about you.

Enjoy and thanks for reading

Derek Miller
ProPrinters Inc
609 807 8856