Friday, February 22, 2013

The Oscars Swag Bag

We would probably all love to get our hands on one of those gift bags they hand out at the Oscars. This year the goodies inside that bag are estimated to be worth a combined total of $47,803. This seems an exorbitant amount (not compared to the $90k bag from 2010) until you realize how many companies are fighting to get their products into those bags.

Giveaways are a tried and true marketing strategy and even in this economy, they are still a top choice for advertising. Putting your logo onto a product not only adds significant value to your advertising campaigns, but also drops your cost per impression drastically. Imagine the number of times your logo and/or slogan will be seen while a loyal customer wears it on their jacket or t-shirt. Remember, you're not wasting money when you buy promotional products, you're advertising.

Here's an interesting piece of information. The Oscar trophy is actually manufactured by industry supplier, R.S. Owens. Maybe we can't talk them into customizing the Oscar for you, but we can definitely get any of their other products for you.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Getting Close!

February has been a busy month. We have been happy to serve our clients who have ordered through January and February so far. We have also been working diligently on organizing the store front of our new location which is turning out to be more work than anticipated! Our internet provider gave us a small runaround this last week, but we managed to make enough phone calls to customer service to finally get a worker out to set us up. That means we are fully functional in our new location! This was a huge help as we had been running between locations or stopping in at coffee shops in order to access the internet and fulfill orders. Thank you to everyone who ordered with us during this time for your patience and understanding. We will be excited to return to our normal turnaround times very soon.

If you followed us on Facebook or Twitter this week you probably also noticed a revamped site. We are currently working to improve our presence in the social media world and encourage you to "like" or "follow" us, and let your friends or fellow business know to do the same, in order to stay up to date on our progress and to grab some exclusive discounts and specials for our followers. We will also be posting pictures of new products or finished items for you to view and get ideas for your company.

Our renovated web site will be live within the next few weeks. We will have a fully functional, searchable, database of nearly every item we carry as well as a shopping cart. We hope that this new feature will help streamline the ordering process for some of our clients who prefer the online process. This is a big step for Revolution Screening that shows our dedication to offering our customers the best service and turnaround times possible. We will let you know when this site is up and running.

We are planning to have a "preview party" in the next couple weeks to show the new space to our clients, friends, and family and will update via Facebook, Twitter and this very Blog. Stay tuned.

Finally, we have received the OK to open our doors to the public and will do so this Monday, February 18th, at 10am.  Our standard business hours will be from 10am until 6pm. Please stop in the store to say hi. We look forward to having this location for our clients to pick up orders, place orders, or come in to ask questions. Below are pictures of our store and a great shot of the bridge taken by our owner, Mike. Enjoy. We'll see you soon.