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Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Do you sometimes get the feeling that time is speeding up?

While I'm pretty sure there are still 24 hours in the day, it seems we're all packing longer "to-do" lists than ever before. One symptom of being too busy: forgetting to order swag for your events until the week before it's needed.

Procrastinators take heart - the swag industry is embracing your "gotta have it yesterday" demands by offering super-fast production on an ever wider variety of items at no extra cost. Here's a new option for those who need custom drinkware in a hurry:


ETS EXPRESS - COOL CUSTOM DRINKWARE in 24 HOURS



ETS Express of California is one of Swag Connection's top suppliers for water bottles, travel mugs, customized glassware and ceramic coffee cups. Our clients love their low order minimums, innovative product designs and excellent quality.

The ENTIRE ETS Express Product Line is now offered with FREE 24-hour production on orders for up to 3,000 pieces with a one-color custom imprint.



The drinkware is fabulous, but COOL, CUSTOMIZABLE STOCK ARTWORK DESIGNS are really what sets this line apart from a creative marketing standpoint. ETS has designed a wide variety of design templates that can be easily customized by changing colors and adding a logo or text. These templates enable your organization to create really cool-looking drinkware easily and affordably - without the added time and expense of hiring a graphic artist!

The last unique thing I want to mention today about our ETS Drinkware Line is their TOTAL BRANDING program. Here's a video where you can learn more about this unique program that offers custom-designed packaging to tie your logo drinkware to your company's other marketing materials for a TOTAL brand experience:

Total Branding from ETS Express on Vimeo.

As I've watched the swag industry evolve over the past decade, I'm convinced that what we're seeing at ETS Express is truly the future of our industry. The clients we work with who buy swag for their companies today are usually wearing lots of hats. They're busy, sophisticated buyers who want it all - lots of choices, fast turnaround, excellent product design, retail-level quality and a high degree of artwork customization. All of this, of course, must be delivered on time, with great service and at reasonable prices without a lot of 'hidden' charges.

When I started out in 2002, ETS Express was a supplier of ceramic coffee cups and glassware that didn't really stand out from other, similar product lines. They've grown to become an industry leader by correctly anticipating what swag buyers really want, which is more than just new products - they want new products faster with more customization.


Thanks for reading my blog today, and I welcome your comments. I also urge you to contact me personally if I can help you with swag ideas for your company!

Diane Nudelman, "The Swag Queen"
diane@swagconnection.com
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Posted by: Diane Nudelman AT 02:47 pm   |  Permalink   |  0 Comments  |  Email
Thursday, 03 December 2009

Just a quick post to tell everyone about a new feature we just added to our Swagqueen.com website called a ZoomCatalog library.

Here's the story - I'm an active social networker and made a connection on LinkedIn with the founder of ZoomCatalog. She was a promotional products distributor (like me) for many years and (also like me) she was appalled by the amount of catalogs our industry puts into the waste stream every year. Unlike me, she made it her mission to do something about cutting down on catalog waste and the ZoomCatalog concept was born!

The timing couldn't have been more perfect. I was just trying to put together a 'catalog library' of sorts on my own (using links to supplier websites) but what ZoomCatalog has to offer is much more sophisticated. It's allowed me to add an entire online library of catalogs to our website, each exactly the same as the paper catalog versions we have here at our office. The pages are flippable, it's easy to use, and the technology enables you to search the entire library by keywords if you're looking for a particular type of item.

I invite you to check out SwagQueen.com's Zoom Catalog Library for yourself & would love to hear your reviews or comments. New catalogs are still being added to the library, so over time it will become an even better resource for finding swag ideas.

Posted by: Diane Nudelman AT 06:44 pm   |  Permalink   |  0 Comments  |  Email
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