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Firefighter Uniforms

We spend a lot of time selling cool new promotional items to our customers, but one of the items we sell that makes us the proudest is our uniform programs. Uniforms are intensely personal for employees. They often have to wear them every day, so they expect them to...

BBQ and Promo Part 5

Porkapalooza is the largest BBQ festival in Canada and this year I was asked to join the Porkapalooza BBQ festival board of directors. I figured I would be a good fit because of my experience as a competitor but also because they had been selling the same t-shirts at...

BBQ and Promo Part 4

Barbecuing in the rain isn’t as much fun as it sounds which is why one of the biggest investments, I have made in promo for my BBQ team is our tent. We bought one of those tents that has a full sublimated cover so that we can really get our branding out there, but...

BBQ and Promo Part 3

The other day I had a good client message me a picture of a rotisserie beef roast because I had inspired him to up his BBQ game using my Instagram. I gave him a few tips but mostly just enjoyed the fact that I was sharing some mutual passion with someone who loves bbq...

BBQ and Promo Part 2

Thanks so much for checking back on this series of BBQ Swag posts! If you’re just joining in, this series is all about the Promotional Items that I have made for my professional KCBS BBQ team You Need a BBQ. We compete across Alberta and Western Canada and down into...

BBQ and Promo-part 1

Those who know me I am the king of 2 things. #1 is SWAG, promotional items, giveaways, takeaways, incentives, whatever you want to call them. The Promo Addict is my first love and nobody cares more about promotional merchandise than I do. #2 is BBQ. In the last 4...

Disney Recall

A quick google search for “plastic eye choking hazard” comes up with over 7 million google results. That’s because by now people should know that plastic eyes are not appropriate for stuffed animals when they are just glued on, because they pose a choking hazard!...

Freezies!

Freezies!

Kid Friendly offices are becoming the new norm. Last summer we had planned a BBQ for some of our local customers, so we ordered 500 custom freezies. Needless to say the weather turned, it wasn’t very warm that day and now we have 488 custom freezies in our freezer....