The Ambassador Portfolio

If you’re looking to get custom promotional office items, you’re probably aware of what sort of items are available like pens, notebooks, calculators, mouse pads and sticky notes; but in this article I’d like to recommend some promotional products that will really stick out and reinforce any promotional marketing campaign. These items are top selling promotional products that have a proven record of bringing in customers.  While some of these items are relatively new to the market they have such high-quality and potential that they earned a spot on this list of recommended promotional products. All of these items come with the option of custom printed logos and designs with the option of laser engraving on select items.

Item # 1 The Leather Pen – Promotional pens are particularly sought-after customizable products because of how useful they are. Everyone could use another pen and they typically get premium exposure either on someone’s desk or even on their person. The Leather Pen stands out because of its all-around quality design which includes its sleek stainless steel body and fine leather grip. This pen is made of high-quality material which makes it more valuable to the recipient than a plastic pen with a rubber grip. People use these Leather Pens as gifts to their current customers to show their appreciation. As an item in a trade show these pens attract a lot of attention and with you custom logo printed in high resolution on stainless steel, this promotional product reflects well on your company.

Item #2 The Ambassador Portfolio – This portfolio notebook is probably the finest promotional item you can get at DiscountMugs.com. Its smooth leatherette material and many quality features make this Ambassador Portfolio a premium promotional product. Upon openings its magnet-sealed flap you’ll see a notepad and pockets galore. The Ambassador Portfolio has a pocket for paper, a pocket for business cards and a compartment to hold a calculator. The Ambassador Portfolio also has a business card holder with clear plastic display so you can further advertise your business when giving this promotional gift. Custom printed logos on this item look incredibly professional and further advertise your business.

Item #3 The Square Leatherette Mouse Pad with Calculator – This multifunctional promotional product is great for grabbing attention at promotional events like business parties and trade shows. It’s a quality mouse pad made of leatherette material with fine exterior stitching. The Square Leatherette Mouse Pad with Calculator also has a calculator built into it with handy ruler measurements on the top and bottom of the calculator. This item is incredibly useful in the office where mouse pads, rulers and calculators can all be used with the same multifaceted office tool. This item gets premium exposure fixed on people’s desks at work or at home. The best part about this it attracts a lot of attention for its innovative features and designs.

Item #4 Flexible Big Key Calculators – This is a novel promotional product. While it doesn’t boast the luxurious style of the previous recommended items, it has a creative appeal. Flexible Big Key Calculators has almost surreal features like the fact that the entire item is made of flexible thin rubber. Customers can bend, twist and fold these calculators and have big buttons that protrude from the pad. Its flexibility has an undeniable appeal in terms of design but it also helps when carrying this item in your pocket as it won’t break and will bend with your movement.

DiscountMugs.com released its newest website design which boasts more aesthetically pleasing designs and easier navigation. Web design, just like any other design-related industry, has trends and ever-changing fashions that require websites to update frequently to keep up with the times. DiscountMugs.com has moved to a more ultra-modern design which has larger images and sleek designs. DiscountMugs.com has also created a more personal theme to the website by using in-house models that also serve as permanent employees. This fun and exciting addition should provide customers with a more personal connection with DiscountMugs.com.

This new design was meant to increase the convenience of the customer while providing a design that is easy on the eyes. Along with fabulous website designs, DiscountMugs.com will now be offering its products in sections based on popularity. The sections include “Mugs” which are our biggest selling products, “Glassware”, “Bags”, “Key Chains”, “Office” supplies and “Apparel”. Within the glassware section, DiscountMugs.com offers wine glasses, champagne flutes, beer glasses and regular drinking glasses. Within the office section, we offer pens, notebooks, sticky notes, padfolios and calculators.

The new website design is just a small part of DiscountMugs.com’s campaign to bring higher quality service to its customers. Earlier this week we created a Facebook Fan Page, Twitter, MySpace and LinkedIn accounts which will allow us to develop a more personal relationship with our customers. We continue to post daily updates on all of these sites as well as our blog. DiscountMugs.com will soon be adding a feature to its product descriptions that will revolutionize the online customizable product shopping. We’re creating videocasts for our over 800 products and will offer unique video product descriptions on each page. This project will take a while to accomplish but as soon as it’s finished, DiscountMugs.com customers will be able to view our products like never before.

DiscountMugs.com is a web based company that has been dealing in promotional product sales since 1993. In this time we’ve managed to become the number one distributors of drinkware in the United States. The secret to our success is offering the most affordable prices possible through factory-direct shipping, in-house printing and competitive pricing.

Solar Power Business Calculator

Calculators can be found on most advanced technological items like phones and computers because when it comes to performing daily business functions, calculators can prove to be invaluable tools for convenience and accuracy. Despite their collaboration with many common technological devices, they are still in high-demand as items. You never know when you’ll need a calculator and what kind of calculator you’ll need. A calculator is a great promotional item to give to a customer because it conveys a message of professionalism while providing a convenient gift. Many people will keep calculators they received as promotional gifts on top of their desk where it will receive premium exposure. DiscountMugs.com has a vast inventory of custom calculators that range from traditional calculators to innovative high-tech calculators. Some of the more popular calculator products at DiscountMugs.com are our multifunctional calculators which have exciting and inventive designs.

Our inventory isn’t as large for calculators as it is for coffee mugs and pens but it still has diverse styles that provide plenty of custom calculator options. The standard calculator is best represented by our Small Pocket Calculator which has primary calculator functions and dimensions of 4.6-inches in height and 2.4-inches in width – perfect for pocket carrying. This item comes in six different colors and can be purchased at the low-low price of 99-cents per calculator. A slightly more attractive calculator is the Hand Held Calculator which has curvaceous designs that supply aesthetic appeal and easier grip. This calculator is also sized to fit in your pocket and has a rubber exterior that increases the ability to grip even more.

Our more innovative custom calculators include the Flexible Big Key Calculators which is a pocket-sized calculator with a thin flexible design. This item is made of rubber and can be bent, twisted and folded every possible way. This flexibility is not just a novelty feature but it also allows user to carry the item in their pocket without discomfort or breaking the item. More creatively designed calculators include the Small Automatic Flip Top Calculators which uses tension to provide a push-button cover that converts into a calculator stand. This battery-free technological flip function makes this item incredibly popular.

Multifunctional calculators are the most popular items we have. Notepad calculators are particularly sought-after. This is considered a high-end promotional product that is often used as an item used by company employees. Providing employees with useful tools like these custom calculator notebooks increases efficiency and employee satisfaction. We also have mouse pad calculators which allow for desktop access to a calculator in the form of a stylish and multifunctional mouse pad. A particularly innovative product we have is the Solar Power Business Calculator. This multifunctional custom calculator has three function: it works as a pocket-sized calculator, a business card holder and a solar power generator. Not many promotional items can boast such multifaceted functionality which makes the Solar Power Business Calculator a promotional item that customers will not soon forget.

DiscountMugs.com, the leading distributor of drinkware in the United States is now offering exclusive deals through the World’s most popular social networking site Facebook. DiscountMugs.com created a Facebook Fan Page to have a page which customers can visit to see our company’s daily activity from new products to special sales. The Facebook Fan Page is a new networking tool introduced by Facebook to help businesses connect with clients and potential customers in a way that prevents unwanted promotion. Our fan page will serve as a tool to further connect clients in a way that allows them to access our tools and expertise anytime and anywhere.

Our Facebook Fan Page will display new and exciting deals on a weekly basis.  Those seeking promotional codes, deep discounts and instant updates on great deals for customizable promotional products will find this page incredibly useful. To get these exclusive offers customers can look up the DiscountMugs.com Facebook Fan page on Facebook or they can use their Facebook account to become a “Fan” and get deals automatically displayed on your Facebook updates. This instant access will allow customers to get updates on limited time offer deals and industry related news.

DiscountMugs.com’s Facebook Fan Page will also offer open discussion boards which will allow users to communicate with experts at DiscountMugs.com for their any and every promotional product need. The Fan Page has a wall for sharing experiences with DiscountMugs.com or communicating with other DiscountMugs.com customers. Our Fan Page wall can be used for a variety of purposes from open discussions about products and services to just stopping by and saying hello.  The wall will also display news about product releases, company services and general company news.

The implications for this new application include customers getting up-to-date deals on products, more open communication with DiscountMugs.com and a place to find out the latest news about promotion product releases.  DiscountMugs.com continues striving to achieve a greater relationship with its customers which they consider their most valuable assets. This is just one of many upcoming tools DiscountMugs.com will be offering in an effort to provide even greater service. If you frequently do business with DiscountMugs.com or just like our quality products and low prices, this new tool will help you connect with us in a way that will optimize your customer experience.

Green Promotional Product

We all do our part in the modern world for our environment and we appreciate when others do their part as well. That’s why customers will appreciate environmentally friendly promotional products more than traditional promotional products. But, which products are environmentally friendly and are they high quality enough to be stellar promotional products. DiscountMugs.com has every type of promotional product you can imagine from t-shirts and pens to coffee mugs and wine glasses; and we’d like to showcase our environmentally friendly products and help our customers find the right green promotional product for them. Here’s a list of our top environmentally friendly products ranked based on the quality of the item and its environmental impact.

# 1 – Jute Tote Bags
Jute tote bags get the number one spot on the list for many reasons, but the main reason is that it has the least environmental impact of any product. Jute tote bags are also extremely popular because of their earthy designs that provide a unique aesthetic appeal. DiscountMugs.com has two main jute tote bag products our standard Jute Tote Bag and our designer’s choice Jute Panel Tote Bag. The standard Jute Tote Bag is big enough to carry large items like laptops and books but small enough to be easily stored under a chair or in a standard-sized compartment. The Jute Panel Tote Bag has all of the same quality features as the Just Tote Bag but with some flashy designs which include a panel with your choice of five different color designs. Both products are made of jute which is an organic material made out of interwoven plant fiber. This makes the bag extremely durable, water resistant and biodegradable.

#2 – Stainless Steel Travel Mugs
So, why is this non-biodegradable item considered a green promotional product?  Well, since the most popular containers for coffee are Styrofoam cups, stainless steel travel mugs allow individuals to use potentially hundreds of less Styrofoam cups a year. Styrofoam and paper cups are extremely hazardous to environment, especially since they are used so frequently. And while it’s true that stainless steel travel mugs is not easily recyclable material, it durability allows the item to be used for decades without considerable wear.

#3 – Stainless Steel Water Bottles
Very few materials have as negative an impact on the environment as plastic water bottles. Since plastic is formed from fossil fuels and is non-biodegradable, it has a host of problems especially with estimate stating that we throw away 60-million tons of plastic water bottles per day and 22-billion per year in the United States alone. Stainless steel water bottles allow people to have a portable water source with a dramatically reduced environmental impact. These custom water bottles are also made of a stainless steel material that is so durable it can last a lifetime.  These items are also popular for their stylish designs which include the option of receiving custom laser engraving.

#4 – Organic t-shirts
T-shirts are fun promotional products to get for your company or customers. Organic t-shirts add to the laid back and relaxed undertones of this promotional product. Organic t-shirts can be made of a couple different kinds of material but organic cotton is probably the best. Cotton is comfortable and has very little environmental impact.

Promotional Pens

A famous English author once claimed that “the pen is mightier than the sword” and in the world of promotional marketing the pen is mightier than most products. When it comes to promotion, few items embody a company’s marketing efforts quite like a promotional pen. Company pens are incredibly popular and even in the high-tech modern world pens appear to have a timeless appeal with the general public. Promotional pens may seem like a very subtle way to advertise but they have proven successful and affordable way to promote a company. No matter what kind of marketing plan you have for a company, promotional pens seem to be a standard tool for marketing and here are some ways to ensure a successful marketing campaign.

1.    Shock and Awe – One of the key factors that make pens such a great marketing tool is their affordability.  At a site like DiscountMugs.com a company can get pens for as little as seven-cents apiece.  The “shock and awe” marketing campaign is one that canvases a large area and provides free promotional products to a broad group of potential clients. Giving away a large amount of promotional pens will certainly create exposure for your company and many times converts potential customers into long-term clients.

2.    Internal Marketing – The beauty of an internal marketing campaign is that it works two ways.  Providing free promotional pens to your employees is a great way to get your company exposure while creating appreciation among your employees.  Everyone like getting things for free and when they use them, which with pens is quite often, they are promoting your company. Everywhere your employees go and use their promotional pens, will be an opportunity for more-and-more people to learn about your company.

3.    Get Fancy – If people like something more than free stuff, it’s very nice free stuff. Target quality potential customers and send them high-end pens to show your appreciation. Executive promotional pens work particularly well when it comes to impressing potential clients. And at sites like DiscountMugs.com, you won’t pay an arm and a leg for them though they will still be very high quality.

4.    Customer Satisfaction – A good customer is your most valuable asset and giving them free promotional pens is a way to show them how much you appreciate their business. Also, this act of kindness may end up with that company doing more business with you or referring you to other companies.

However you wish to conduct your promotional pen marketing campaign, it’s easy and affordable with DiscountMugs.com. Use our design studio to get high-resolution logos printed onto quality pens and watch your business get the promotion it deserves.

Travel Mug

I know what you’re thinking. Why is this company that sells travel mugs providing a guide for buying their product? We want our clients and potential customers to be informed when they purchase items so they have a pleasant experience and come back to us next time they need any customizable products. There are many reasons people purchase custom travel mugs; sometimes it’s for a corporate event like a tradeshow or promotional giveaway and other times people are just looking for personal items they can customize or purchase blank. Whatever the reason for purchasing customizable travel mugs, it’s important that you know how to get the best possible quality and price for your personalized mugs. There are several steps one you take to maximize their travel mug online shopping experience.

Step 1- Determine what type of mug you want. For other products we may suggest getting an idea before looking them up online, but there are so many new designs for travel mugs it’s probably best to look at a list of them to decide. Travel mug designs range from travel mugs with handles and sip-tops to cylindrically designed mugs with push-top openings. Travel mugs can be made of multiple kinds of materials like plastic, metal or stainless steel travel mugs and can have features like rubber grips, screw-tops and even layered insulation. Think of how you’d like these mugs to be used when deciding which custom travel mug to get. Do you want them to be car companions, sit on a desk at work or be for personal use at home?  There should be items that fit any kind of scenario.

Step 2- Look up comparable products. Now I don’t have to tell you to price shop since you probably already plan on doing that. We at DiscountMugs.com understand that nearly everyone online price shops before buying an item and we encourage our potential customers to be thorough. Since DiscountMugs.com is a factory-direct company that manufactures and prints their products in-house, we can and do offer the lowest prices. So we encourage potential customers to price shop so they know that we are offering them the highest quality product for the lowest price. Make sure you take into account shipping and handling as companies often make it seem like their price tag is the final price until you try to check-out and then the price goes up.

Step 3 – Read the details. Items may appear different in person than they do in their picture. That’s why you must make sure you look at the product details (example: height, width, capacity, weight, product material). There are many people who assume a product is made of metal or stainless steel because it’s shiny in the picture, look up the products material to make sure you’re getting the exact travel mug material you’re looking for. Size can also be a problem when buying a travel mug, if a product doesn’t have the height and width of a travel mug in inches – don’t get it. If there’s information you want on the product that is not available online, call the customer service number. If the online company you’re ordering from doesn’t have a customer service number to call, that’s just a sign of poor service to come and you should look for a more attentive vendor.

DiscountMugs.com has been providing customizable products like travel mugs for over fifteen years. In this time we’ve discovered that providing the customer with what they want in terms of price and services is the most viable business model. That’s why we have nearly one-hundred different kinds of travel mugs in our inventory for the lowest possible prices. Browse our collection to find the travel mug that fits your wants in terms of price and needs in terms of promotion.

Barware

So you always wanted to open up a bar or restaurant but had no idea you would need so much stuff. We at DiscountMugs can’t help you out with your furnishing or interior design but we certainly can help you find the right glassware items. Obviously the type of glassware you choose will depend largely on the establishment you decide to use them in. If you’re opening up a bar, there are standard glassware items you’ll need and more niche types of glassware you’ll want to impress your patrons. If you’re opening up a restaurant the glassware items you’ll use will depend on the type of drinks you’ll be serving. You can also choose to get these items customized with your restaurant or bar logo on them or get the glassware blank for a more subtle approach.

Bar ownership is a colorful and fun endeavor, but getting all the personalized glassware items can be hectic so be sure to get the right type and quantity of glassware items. First of all, you’re going to want get standard drinking glasses to give your patrons the option of drinking non-alcoholic beverages. Drinking glasses range in size but the average glass should be around twelve-to-fifteen-ounces.  Next you’ll want to get the always classic conical pint glasses; the standard pint is sixteen fluid ouches so be sure to get a sixteen ounce glass if you’re going to be serving it as an official “pint glass”. A pint glass can be used to serve many different types of beer but is best served with Ales and darker beers.

The next type of glass you’ll want to get for your bar is the Pilsner Glass; this glass is long and slender and ranges in size. The Pilsner glass is used to serve Pilsner beer which is a pale lager that continues to grow in popularity in the United States. Many avid beer drinkers prefer to drink Pilsner beer in a Pilsner Glass, so having them available is a good way to impress your clientele. In terms of liquor glasses, most bars have cocktail glasses and shot glasses available for customers as well.  While many bars stop at several different types of glasses, other glasses that can be used to further impress your customers like beer steins, wheat beer glasses, yard glasses, beer boot glasses and stemware.

Restaurants are not that different when it comes to glassware items, but depending on the restaurant, you’ll want to focus more on the stemware and cocktail glasses than the beer and shot glasses. Stemware items vary in style but include categories like wine glasses, brandy snifters, champagne flutes and goblets. Make sure you have both white and red wine glasses as wine drinkers are particular about their glassware. Also if you’re serving brandy, be sure to have brandy snifters as they are very distinct glasses that add a high level of formality and class to your establishment.  The cocktail glass also has a very distinct shape and is used to serve popular drinks like martinis, daiquiris and margaritas. Restaurants must also supply standard glassware items like drinking glasses for non-alcoholic beverages like soda, juice and water.

Double Insulated Travel Mugs

DiscountMugs.com is known for its wide variety of travel mugs that range from standard hard plastic travel mugs to high-tech stainless steel mugs. High-tech mugs are particularly popular when used as promotional items because their sleek and sometimes futuristic designs attract a lot of attention and help promote a company or organization’s message. The new 16 oz. Double Insulated Travel Mug certainly stands out in a crowd with its ultramodern designs and innovative features. There’s nothing about this particular travel mug that can be considered conventional, its shell and lid have reinventing the way warm beverages are stored and drank. The main goal of this travel mug is to keep beverages warm longer while maintaining easy drinkability.

Stainless steel insulation is a preferred method of keep beverages warm when it comes to travel mugs. Steel encasing remains the leading way to insulating warm beverages while providing a durable shell for safe portability. But the 16 oz. Double Insulated Travel Mug further increases the quality of stainless steel travel mugs by providing a second layer of insulation. While most stainless steel travel mugs have a single shell to insulate warm beverages, the 16 oz. Double Insulated Travel Mug has an outer shell and inner shell to further prevent heat from escaping. This innovative feature allows users to keep warm beverages at high-temperatures all day long.

Because a key feature in travel mugs is accessibility, these items tend to lose heat through their sip tops or flip tops. It’s for that reason that the 16 oz. Double Insulated Travel Mug comes with the groundbreaking feature of a push top opener. The push top opener uses a button pushing system that releases less heat without losing the convenience of easy sipping. After pushing the button, a device deep within the top opens allowing liquid to travel through without heat escaping which keeps warm beverages a high temperature for longer periods of time. It’s also incredibly simple to open and close which adds to its efficiency and convenience.

There’s something to be said for the way an items looks and this particular product conveys an image of high-technology and efficiency. Because it has a screw top, it makes the item flush and sleek in design. The item’s metallic design makes custom logos glisten and with multiple colors to choose from like black, blue red and silver, you’ll surely find one that matches your personalized logo. This is also a relatively large item. The average coffee cup holds around 11 oz. of coffee while this item holds 16 oz. Larger promotional items tend to add quality because they give the user the option of carrying smaller or larger amounts of liquid. While this item does add new features and designs to our inventory of travel mugs, we still have many unique items to choose from and you should check them out.

Promotional Prodcuts

Comparison shopping can be very tedious and time consuming, but it’s unfortunately necessary to find the most affordable products.  If you’re looking to purchase customizable products, it’s particularly difficult being that when you enter the search term “custom products” into the popular search engine Google it will come back with 95-million search results.

You can make your comparison shopping significantly easier by looking in the right places and setting standards for potential vendors. When it comes to customizable products there are several ways to determine which companies to consider. Firstly, you want to see if the company is a distributor of the product and not a retailer as retailers need to charge extra to make a profit.  A good way to tell if a company is a distributor or retailer is to see if the products themselves are manufactured at the company.  After you’ve determined that the company is a distributor and not a retailer, you can find out if the company does in-house printing or whether they outsource that service. In-house printing can also keep the price of a custom product lower.

Sometimes this information is not offered on the company websites. Be sure to call or e-mail them to make sure you’re dealing with a company that offers the lowest possible pricing. Be blunt and ask what their competitors offer in terms of price. If other company’s offer lower prices, ask the company why their products cost more. You should also look for customer service. The company should have a website that has simple online ordering for any project large or small projects and real customer service representatives and sales people for any project as well.

Many times, people looking for customizable products are buying in bulk and want to make purchases in the hundreds and even thousands. This means that even the slightest price difference can mean a lot of money. Purchasing items in bulk should always come with price reductions. If the item is purchased in the hundreds or thousands and prices for individual items aren’t reduced, chances are there’s a better deal out there. If you’re stuck between two companies offering similar prices and products, look for perks. The best companies will offer free shipping or even greater discounts for frequent buyers.

DiscontMugs.com is comfortable with offering customers with consumer guides because we know we have the lowest prices. DiscountMugs.com is a factory-direct company that has in-house printing and direct shipping. This business model has led us to success since 1993. DiscountMugs.com is also the #1 distributors of glassware in the United States and offers other products like tote bags, pens, commemorative plates, t-shirts, notebooks, calculators and key chains. Compare DiscountMugs.com with our competitors and you’ll see we have the most affordable promotional products available.