Caring Is The Business They Have Chosen

           Healthcare professesionals and staff members are some of the hardest working people around.  Long and often late hours, less than amusing surroundings and low wages often are the harsh reality for nurses, orderlies, food service professionals, lab workers and maintenance workers face every day.

Even one time higher paid staff members like doctors, social workers and administrative staff have seen their wages and work conditions diminish with the economy and cuts in healthcare benefits and reimbursements.  And volunteers, who make up a great part of the healing and recovery process for patients and residents must deal with their own growing problems while they continue to help others.

Promos On-Time has developed a wonderful new line of  healthcare employee gifts with the exclusive slogan: ‘Caring Is The Business We Have Chosen’.  Sixteen products have been carefully selected to bring a smile to these hard working professionals.  From mugs to backpacks, each item is imprinted with the catchy slogan and graphic. Available at low quantities and at low prices, these items will meet any budget.

Great Ideas To Thank Your Employees & Staff

With the economy still in the doldrums, it is vital to keep finding fresh and effective ways to motivate, inspire and build loyalty with your staff.  It does not matter if you are rewarding volunteers, teachers, nurses, maintenance, clerical or plant employees. The message is still the same.

Some great products include lapel pins like the one above, that lets staff members wear their pride on their chest. Other reasonably priced products include message chocolate bars with a message engraved on the candy and printed on the wrapper. What can be more fun than that?

There are plenty of other great ways to say thank you. Custom promotional products like mugs, mouse pads, keytags and flashlights allow you to imprint your own custom message to convey your sentiment of appreciation or motivation.

Low Minimum Promotional Products Requirement? No Problem

Promotional products have always been about volume. The more sold, the better. But with the shrinking economy and workforce,  there is a need for mugs, bags and pens at lower quantities. If you have a staff of 25 people, then you have no need for 100 tote bags.

Fortunately, low minimum promotional items are available now from most online distributors. There are plenty of gift ideas for customers and employees with minimum orders of only 25 pieces.  Suppliers and manufacturers realize that they have to find ways to offer lower quantites by creating efficiencies and cutting costs where needed without compromising quality.

For the small business, you are finally getting a break.

Show Your Customers & Employees Love On Valentine’s Day

February 14th is just a couple of weeks away, and many of you are starting to make your reservations for Valentine’s Day dinner, reserving flowers or hitting the stores for chocolates. Valentine’s Day is a day of love for spouses, boyfriends and girlfriends, close friends and family members. But what about the people we spend so much time with? Our business associates.

Valentine’s Day can also be a great opportunity to promote your business or let your staff members know they are appreciated. There are dozens of promotional products that are shaped like hearts that let you convey your business love.

From foil wrapped chocolate hearts to rose novelty pens, there are many tasteful choices of gifts that will let you convey your feelings for the people in your “other life” who mean so much to your success.

Your Message Will Stick with Adhesive Notes

Picking the right promotional product can be a stick sitution. But not when you choose a giveaway of gift that has a usefulness and also gives your logo, message or contact information daily exposure.

Sticky notes or post it notes (the official 3M brand name) feature a full color imprint that, no matter how many times you use it, a fresh one will be there. You can order 25, 50 and 100 sheets formats in a choice of sizes.

Custom adhesive posting notes make a  great handout for trade shows, health fairs, sales calls or even an employee recognition gift.

American Heart Month

Now that New Year’s resolutions have come and gone, it is time to take a serious look at our health.  Now I go to the gym 4 or 5 times a week, but we can all be healthier. Donuts and ice cream are not part of a good program (guilty!), so it is important to address the growing concern with the health of everyone in this country. With American Heart Month coming up this February, it is a great time to address proper exercize AND diet.

Heart disease is still the number one killer in this country. It is important to be educated with products like the Heart Health Slider, which features important topics like eating right, waring signs, exercize and a guide to healthy living.

In this economy, stress also plays a big role in heart disease.  It is vital to be educated on stress relief as well.  The whole thing can be stressful, so we suggest you take it easy, but also get to the gym and say no to that extra scoup.

Teacher Appreciation Counts Most In Hard Times

Everyone has suffered during this recession. And despite what the “economists” are saying, things are going to be tough for a while.  With that said, it must be stressed that the true victims of this economic downturn are our children. They will be picking up the load for the damage earlier generations have caused.

As a society, it is important to give our kids the tools to improve our country with a quality education.  They can learn from past successes and the more recent failures our public and private sectors have made.  Where will they learn this? In schools.  So, it is imperative to motivate our teachers, who are suffering in this economy as well.

Teacher appreciation gifts are inexpensive, yet effective ways to remind educators how much they are valued.

You Can Hate Drug Companies, But Love Your Pharmacist

January 12th is National Pharmacist Day.  While doctors and other care givers get a lot of the press and accalades in taking care of our health, it is the hard working pharmacists that are so important in distributing vital medication to help patients.

These days, most pharmacists work in large chains and probably do not make the money that pharmacists of yesterday made when they owned their own little stores.  But still, they are the last link between the patient and a the cure or remedy to an illness.

So, the next time you go to your pill boxes, rememeber the local pharmacist who gets those prescriptions right.

Reach Your Clients Through Their Pets

You can reach people through their hearts and through their stomachs, but for some it is through their pets.  This is the case for business.

One of the hottest promotional products ideas on the market is products for man’s (woman’s) best friends. 

You can advertise your products and services with pens, mugs, mouse pads and calendars – and they are all good. But a pet promotional item is unique and will likely be seen daily at home – a place where clients and prospects are often forgotten.

Promotional Items For The Winter

Baby it’s cold outside.  But it’s a new year, and we all have to get out there and make 2010 a better year than 2009.  The present harsh winter conditions just may give you some excellent opportunities. Promotional products are great vehicles to help you jump start your business or motivate employees.  Your logo or message is printed on a wide range of items that are ideal for the cold days of winter.

Some of the most popular winter promotional ideas include:

Hot Chocolate – Packets of this sweet treat may be just the thing to warm up your employees as they get to work in the morning. Your logo is printed right on the pack earning you points from staff members and clients. Add a personalized mug and you have one great winter promotional gift.

Knit caps – are ideal for the commute to and from work, for skiing or shoveling snow. Your company or organization’s logo is embroidered right into the cap for a proffesional looking gift that provides some vital warmth.

Lip Balm - Chapped lips are a casualty of cold temperatures and rough winds. Soothe the lips of everyone on your promotional list with custom lip balm that comes in a choice of flavors and even is available with SPF sun protection.