The Best Part About Politics is the Promotional Products.

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are having a rally in Washington DC this weekend called "Rally to Restore Sanity" slash "The March to Keep Fear Alive".  Thousands of people are currently en route to the National Mall to show their support for the Comedy Central duo.  And even more, in the hundreds of thousands, have shown their support on facebook and twitter.  Don't miss the CNN article, and live streaming of the event.


ASI (Advertising Specialties Institute) just came out with a study of the effectiveness of promotional products in the political arena.  What excellent timing.  If Colbert and Stewart are the cutting edge of politics, I would love to see what kind of Swag they are giving out.  Then I will compare and contrast with the ASI study.  Let's  see who is the better swag expert (swaxpert?, swagspert?).

If you happen to be down there this weekend, send me some pictures of the swag you get!  I'll send you a prize!

Showcase 2010 Follow Up!

This year's showcase was spectacular!  We want to give our thanks to the Cornell Club and our wonderful friends and clients who were there to support us.  We could not have asked for better people people to join us at our Annual Event.  Check out the pictures in our Picasa gallery.

Didn't get an invite?  Send me a message, email, or comment, and I will make sure that you are on the list for next year.  We hope to see you there!  It is the absolute best way to pick out your holiday promotions.

United's Annual Gift Showcase is Back!

I know it has been a while since I have been on here, but we have been busy.  Next week is United's Annual Gift Showcase!  This year we are holding it at The Cornell Club on 44th St in NYC and it is going to be amazing!

Check out our Save the Date and Invite mailings, where we promote our greenlyness and show off some of our printing and direct mailing ability.

Ohhh, pretty!

There will be free food and drinks.  It will be the perfect opportunity for you to come see, touch, and actually use the items that will be on display.  Don't know what your holiday gifts to your clients will be this year?  Come to the showcase and we will show you the perfect thing.  Do you want make corporate gift buying easy?  This is the best opportunity you will have to make that dream into reality. 

See you there!

Thursday, Oct 10th, The Cornell Club 44th St. NYC.

Summer Stories: Target Harlem

Whenever Jerry Seinfeld shows up to a New York event, you know it's important. For example, Target just opened a location in Harlem, and yes, Jerry Seinfeld was there.  Along with Jerry, were other celebs like classic hip-hop artist Doug E. Fresh, and the famous, and adorable, Target Dog.

I was lucky enough to acquire an invite as well, but i was not United's only presence there.  Check out the Target napkins that we printed:

The next item we did for Target turned out to be a favorite at the event.  Target tote bags were a hot item.  Below is a pic of a well known fashion blogger sporting Target's superb tote:

Summer Stories; Inflatables!

Memorial Day, the landmark weekend which most people have come to associate with their kick off of summer, has come and gone. Although the season's actual starting date isn't until June 21st, with temperatures hitting beach weather almost every day lately, who cares?

So what better promotional product to roll out (no pun intended) than the blow up beach ball featured at last weeks PAPERMAG/H&M Beautiful People party in Los Angelas. Half concert, half fashion show, everyone had a blast and United played our part by supplying the branded inflatables

Whether you're hosting a company pool party or a weekend long event, these fun balls with your name on them are sure to make an unforgettable splash.


--submitted by lovely guest writer; KD

Pens? Pens. PENS!!!

You just can never have enough pens. In our office here at United, we have hundreds - possibly (probably) - thousands of pens at our disposal at any time. Everyone uses, looses, borrows, steals, and needs pens.

Now look at the pen closest to you right now. Where did you get it? Unless you are one of those people with a writing fetish for those "high-flow ink" pens, chances are good that it just came across your desk somehow. You borrowed it from someone, or accidentally put it in your pocket after signing the receipt at your local pub last night, or someone gave it to you at a trade show.

You can never have enough pens. There are So Many brilliant ideas for good promotional products. But think about your target market and your budget, will a pen be a gift that they will find useful (how could anyone not find a pen useful?) And will this pen enable you to expose your brand to someone almost every day? The answer is a resounding yes.

Check out some of our pen collections:

Ninja Promotion! Don't Tell Anyone...

OK, I'm just kidding, tell everyone. My friend recently posted a link to a video on my [insert social networking platform here] page.

Some of you might think that you are familiar with ninjas. Some of you might just be getting into ninjas for the first time. Either way, according to the wall street journal, the title of 'Ninja' is growing.

You might be asking yourself why I'm talking about ninjas on a blog for promotional products? Shouldn't ninjas be all stealthy and quiet? Well, there is a lot of truth to that statement. However, with growing competition in the field of being a ninja, how does one elicit more work from a shrinking customer base?? Ninja Promotions! That's how!

Here is my ninja stress-guy in various locations around my cube... You know how ninjas are sneaky like that: