Garyline

Self-promotion is often an afterthought for promotional distributors. You are so busy running around promoting your clients' brands that you forget about promoting your own. Grandee Ann Ray, president/CEO of Grand Ideas Inc., Charleston, S.C., shared a self-promotion she did to promote her promotional business and support a local eco-friendly nonprofit.

The American-made comeback has strengthened with criticisms of foreign-made products making headlines. U.S. manufacturing offers many benefits, such as job creation, safer working conditions and stricter environmental regulations.

Car accessories are a great strategy when it comes to promotional campaigns. Hop on the bandwagon (or Volkswagon) and see why.

Keep clients refreshed all summer long with reusable water bottles.

All-expenses-paid hotels for nominees, organized entertainment and networking, gift basket after gift basket after gift basket: the bigger the awards ceremony, the more sales opportunities there are for promotional products.

Though many businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy were able to reopen today, there are some that still remain closed. Below is yesterday's list of closed businesses, amended to note which have opened and which have remained closed as of 3:15 p.m. EST today. Messages from the closed companies have been posted when available.

Fortune 1000 companies continue to focus on vetting their supply chains and requiring their partners to prove compliance. In order to meet these customer requirements, two more suppliers have begun taking the necessary, proactive steps to provide safe and compliant products. Woodstock, Illinois-based American Ad Bag and Ontario, California-based Otto International Inc. have applied to participate in the comprehensive compliance accreditation program developed by the Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional product industry's only independent, not- for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products.

The Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional product industry’s only independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has awarded QCA Accreditation to Baltimore, Maryland-based Towel Specialties.

The Quality Certification Alliance, the promotional product industry's only independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has awarded QCA Accreditation to Bodek and Rhodes and Design Resources Inc./Caps Direct.

Three promotional product suppliers recently joined the ranks of The Premier Promotional Group. Garyline, HumphreyLine and Perfect Line became members of the organization on August 6, which brings the total number of supplier members to 44.