Posts Tagged ‘Bullpen Marketing’

Find Your Inner Peace

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Posted by: Robert Melvin

Times are trying for many. And a lot of people are doing more with less. Finding one’s inner peace at the end of the day can sometimes be difficult. Now and then, you need a little help turning off the brain and turning on the calm in order to fall a sleep.

The Nature’s Sound Machine creates a stress-free ambiance to ease tension. This is the perfect gift for restless sleepers, shift workers, infants, children, students, apartment dwellers and office workers.  Push the buttons on the top of the unit to select Pier Scene, Rain Forest, Bird Song, Sea Wave, Flowing Stream or Wind Chimes.
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It’s Hip to be Square

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Posted by: Colin Hageney

Think outside the bottle!  I have to admit that when several of us saw this bottled water, it stopped us in our tracks because we thought it was a new vodka or some other liquor being introduced.  It just goes to show you that the best ideas are old ideas with a twist! This square bottle design clearly stands out because of its unique shape.

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When Marketing Goes Cryptic

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Question: What is this tv commerical advertising?

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Taglines: More Important Than You Think

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Posted By: Suzi Senna

Let’s start off with a little game. See if you can identify and match these taglines to their proper businesses. No cheating by asking the internet! (Answers at the end of this post.)

1. Don’t leave home without it. (1975)
2. Just do it. (1988)
3. Melts in your mouth, not in your hands. (1954)
4. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking. (1956)
5. A diamond is forever. (1948)
6. What happens here, stays here. (2002)
7. Have it your way. (1973)
8. The quicker picker-upper. (1991)

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Promotional and Viral Marketing

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Posted by: Lauri Laufman, MAS

How exactly does promotional marketing work? How can one item handed out have a trickle down effect making that cost of impression worthwhile? Is viral marketing related?

Personally I prefer to think of promotional advertising more targeted in that we provide ways to keep your message in front of those that count to you most. It could be recognition to an employee for a job well done just as easily as providing clients with a useful item that creates visibility for you in the process. Take for example an item that stays around for about a year…

Imagine your company name or organization’s message on a nice wall calendar and 50 of the 100 recipients put them up in their office or reception area.  In addition to your recipient seeing your message repeatedly over the course of a year, all others who pass that wall will also see your message. In that it is being displayed by your recipient, it also can be interpreted as an endorsement of sorts.

Now, let’s go to the media… a little viral marketing and how differnt forms of advertising work together.

Which brings me to the fun of today’s blog… www.News3Online.com …and yes, we can provide you with banners and temporary tattoos (along with buttons, nail files and a myriad of other ideas) should you end up in the political arena yourself. After checking out the following, you too can enjoy seeing your name splashed around for “all” to see.

Made in the USA?

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Posted by: Tiffany Yates

Every now and then I stumble across something that really makes me shake my head in disbelief.  Are there really people in the world that overlook things like this???  And the answer is, YES.

Yesterday I bought some envelopes at my local Kroger grocery store.  I try to buy “Made in the USA” whenever possible, and I saw a box with that little logo on the front.  Hurrah!  I had my envelopes!  Bought ‘em.  Marched out.

When I got home, I just happened to glance at the package.  “What the…?!” It said “Made in the USA” on the front, and “Made in China” on the bottom.  Officeworks is an Australian company that sells through national U.S. retailers.  Perhaps their graphic designer was having a bad day…

…but alas, I can only sugarcoat stupidity for so long.  Unfortunately for them, I can even capture the egregious error in a single shot.  Somebody needs to administer the Federal Smack Down of the U.S. Government.  ::wink::

Lesson learned: a company’s marketing needs to be CONSISTENT, especially when we’re talking about the panels of the same darn box.

Made in the USA, China

Meaningful Mother’s Day

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Posted by: Colin Hageney

This Mother’s Day was a special day for several reasons.  My 3-year-old son, Harry and I decided to walk with 2,500+ Houstonians along Buffalo Bayou in the Y-ME Walk to Empower, a 3-mile walk to raise money to fight breast cancer.  Having lost a mother and a mother-in-law to cancer (not to mention Harry losing two grandmothers), I couldn’t think of a better way to start this special Sunday.

EMS Global’s marketing guru, Trevor Eade, invited us to join their walking team – “The Pipeline Posse”.  Even better, Trevor had Bullpen’s t-shirt experts produce the team shirt – a navy Hanes Beefy Short-Sleeve Contrast Stitch t-shirt with (count ‘em) ten screens total (1 on the front, 4 on the back, 1 on the right sleeve, 4 on the left sleeve).  The 3 shades of pink on the front and left sleeve created an amazing 3-D effect.

EMS Team Picture

The weather was absolutely perfect and shortly before the start of the race, the MC announced that EMS had won the best overall t-shirt of the 20+ teams!  It made the walk that much sweeter to wear the winning shirt that Bullpen produced up and down the bayou with pride.  The only thing that could have made the day better would have been if we could have joined the Pipeline Posse at their brunch at 1308 Cantina on Montrose, but alas… the 3-year old and his dad were spent.

Y-ME public service announcement

Colin

Here’s the screenprinting layout for the back:

Bullpen EMS Shirt

Little Red Wagon

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Posted by: Robert Melvin

It doesn’t get any better than this. Opie Taylor pulling his red wagon through the streets of Mayberry. This retro cargo mover is big enough for business cards, paper clips, coins, candy, or a few crumbs of Aunt Bee’s tasty apple pie. Metal construction with rubber wheels provide durability and speed that would impress both Gomer and Goober Pyle.  Pricing ranges from about $4.00 to $4.45 per wagon.

Red Wagon

Color-Changing Coffee Cup

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Posted by: Holly Gunn

Like most people, I feel coffee is an integral part of my day. If you throw in a sunrise, I’m in heaven!

Check out this promotional coffee mug that mixes the comfort of your favorite hot beverage with a new-age, color-changing cup.  Pricing usually ranges from $5 to $12 per mug.  What a great gift for employees and clients!

Have a sunny day,

Holly

Sunflower Hulls and Old Newspapers

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Posted by: Tiffany Yates

So Bullpen got this sample in the mail – and it’s crazy!  It’s actually hanging on my office wall as I type.  One of our manufacturers now makes a frame – yes, just a normal picture frame – that is made out of recycled sunflower hulls! I kid you not!  It even smells like them!

Recycled Frame Made Out of Sunflower Hulls

The manufacturer calls it “Dakota Burl.”  Apparently that is supposed to be more seductive than “mashed up seeds.” ; )  I like it, though!  The patterning does resemble burled wood.  It’s hanging on my wall due to the sheer novelty. =)

The same manufacturer has another really cool item – a set of coffeetable coasters made from “biocomposite” – which is nothing more than recycled newspapers!

They’re elegant and mod – they totally remind me of a San Francisco loft.

Tiff