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  CONTENTS

Bizarre Thoughts
Events Planning Calendar
Case Studies
Item Of The Week
Bizarre Sales Sense
What's New
Bizarre Fun Facts
Copy Rights & Subscriptions

  BIZARRE THOUGHTS

Happy New Year! 

Being in the promotional products industry, the new year means new items, new colors, new sizes and a host of others things that always gets me excited to be in this business.

This year I was really caught off guard though.  One of the top 40 suppliers in the promotional products business - "Leed's" has really started off the year running.   Leed's has always been in the top 40 offering higher end products that are second to none.  In 2005, Leed’s made its customer service department available 24 hours.

Then Leed's  came up with their SureShip program.  This was the first industry program that offered a next-day shipping option. With all of Leed’s products qualifying for the program, as well as 90 percent of decorating methods included and few restrictions on artwork, SureShip has maintained the top position in express shipping.

And this year...In an unprecedented industry move, Leed’s has extended the hours of its SureShip express-order program. Orders placed as late as 12:00 a.m. (EST) will be shipped the next day at no additional charge.

In a perfect world we would all plan ahead and be prepared well in advance of the events we are attending or coordinating - but when things come up or slip through the cracks it is nice to know we can now offer our customers a great selection of promotional items that can be shipped out the next day.

Bizarre Promotions is an authorized distributor of the Leed's Promotional products line - you can check out their online catalog at - LeedsWorld.com

Mention the BizPromo eNewsletter and get 15% O.F.F. the entire Leed's Line*.
 

Tim Somers

Tim Somers
Bizarre Promotions Inc. has been providing marketing solutions through promotional products to businesses for over 17 years.  With over 750,000 promotional products and custom embroidered wearables for every budget.

*15% off excludes shipping/tax - orders must be placed through Bizarre Promotions Inc. 

  EVENTS PLANNING CALENDAR

February - Monthly Celebrations

AMD Awareness and Low Vision Month
American Heart Month
American History Month
American Macular Degeneration Month
Berry Fresh in the Sunshine State Month
(Strawberries in February from Florida!)
Black History Month (or National Afro-American History Month)
Boost Your Self Esteem Month
Canned Foods Month
Expert Success Month
International Boost Your Self-esteem Month
International Expert Success Month
International Friendship Month
Library Lover's Month
Low Vision Awareness Month
Marfan Syndrome Awareness
National Cat Health Month
National Children's Dental Health Month
National Embroidery Month
National Hobby Month
National Sign Up for Camp Month
National Snack Food Month
National Weddings Month
National Wild Bird Feeding Month
National World Understanding Month
Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month
Random Acts of Kindness Month
Responsible Pet Owner's Month
Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month
Sleep Safety Month
Snack Food Month
Spiritual Teachers Month
Sweet Potato Month
Wise Health Consumer Month
Women's Heart Health Month


February - Weekly Celebrations

Women's Heart Health Week (1-7)
I Hate Financial Planning Week (3-10)
Get Paid to Shop Week - (3-9)
International Personal & Business Coaching Week - (3-9)
Pride in Food Service Week - (4-8)
Cardiac Rehabilitation Week (4-10)
National School Counseling Week (7-11)
Love May Make the World Go Round,
But Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week - (7-14)
Materials Testing Week (10-16)
Celebration of Love Week (10-16)
National Pancake Week - (10-16)
Heart Failure Awareness Week (11-17)
Homes for Birds Week (11-17)
National Family, Career & Community Leaders of America Week (11-17)
National Resurrect Romance Week (11-17)
National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week (11-17)
Live to Give Week - (11-17)
National Flirting Week (12-18)
National Condom Week (13-20)
National Future Farmer's of America Week FFA (17-24)
National International Friendship Week (18-24)
National Brotherhood-Sisterhood Week (19-23)
National Engineers Week - (20-26)
Eating Disorders Awareness Week - (20-27)
Second Honeymoon Week - (22-24)
National Read Me Week = (25-31)
Eating Disorders Awareness Week - (2/24-3/3)
National Pay Your Bills Week (1st Week)
National Safety Sabbath (2nd Week)
Engineer's Week (week of Washington's Birthday)


February - Daily Celebrations

National Freedom Day - 1
Robinson Crusoe Day - 1
National Women's Heart Health Day - 1
California Kiwi Fruit Day - 2
Ground Hog Day - 2
Ground Hog Job Shadow Day - 2
Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day -3
National Men's Grooming Day - 3
USO Anniversary - 4
Kosciusko Day - 4
National Weatherman's (Weatherpersons) Day - 5
Diabetes Sunday - 6 (First one of the Month)
Dump Your "Significant Jerk" Day - 6
Pay a Compliment Day - 6
Superbowl Sunday - 6
Love Your Robot Day - 7
National Girls and Women in Sports Day - 7
Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day - 7
Laugh and Grow Rich Day (DAV) - 8
Mardi Gras - 8
Boy Scout Day - 8 (1910)
Ash Wednesday - 9
Chinese New Year - 9
National Develop Alternative Vices Day - 9
Bud Pole Day for the Indianapolis 500 - 9
National Plim Soll Day - 10
Be Electrific Day - 11
National Motivaction Day - 11
National Satisfied Staying Single Day - 11
Abraham Lincoln's Birthday - 12
National Lost Penny Day - 12
National Oglethorpe Day - 12
National Black Love Day - 12
Darwin Day - 12
Leadership Success Day - 12
Pancake Day - 12
Get a Different Name Day - 13
Valentine's Day - 14
National Ferris Wheel Day - 14
National Have a Heart Day - 14
National Race Relations Day - 14
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day - 14
Battleship Day - 15
National Susan B. Anthony Day - 15
National Sea Monkey Day - 15
Spanish-American War Memorial Day - 15
National Heart to Heart Day - 16
National PTA Day - 17
National Public Science Day - 17
Random Acts of Kindness Day - 17
What Shall I Be? Day - 17
National Presidents Day - 19
National "Hoodie-Hoo" Day - 20
National Student Volunteer Day - 20
President's Day - 21
George Washington's Birthday - 22
Iwo Jima Day - 23
Vincennes Day - 24
National "For Pete's Sake" Day - 26
International Pancake Day - 27
International Spay Day (pets) USA - 27
International Floral Design Day - 28   
 

  SPONSOR

  CASE STUDIES

Business Card Magnet - 30001

A distributor in California was given a chance to bid on a project with a major medical insurance company to help promote awareness of the importance of the flu shot.

The business card magnet was chosen because it is flat easy-to-mail and very economical. The distributor placed the order and shipped direct to the mail house where the magnets were attached to a card and mailed out to the database of the insurance company.

The mailing was a success and the order was repeated the following year at twice the original quantity.

Business Card Magnet Pricing

 

  ITEM OF THE WEEK

LED Name Badge

Features:

Create 6 different scrolling messages using 96 different characters.
 
Bright red LED lights.

Adjustable scroll speed and brightness.

Easy to program.
 
Attach to clothing with magnet or pin.

Price
25 minimum  $24.99 each
50 - $23.99 each
100 - 22.99 each

Blank with no imprint - Minimum 12 - $21.99 each

Actual size 1-5/8”h x 3-1/8”w x 1?4”d
Weighs less than 1 oz.

Imprint Area
7/16”h x 2-1/4”w
Shipping and Sales Tax Additional.

Setup Charge $50.00
Price Includes One color pad imprint.

Shipping Weight 11 pounds per 100 Approx.
Packaging Bulk. Individually boxed. Individually polybagged.
 

Ready To Order
 

  SPONSOR

  BIZARRE SALES SENSE

Cold Calling Supplement - How to Generate Sales Leads
By Micah Soelberg

Cold calling is the pits! We all hate it and we also hate being on the other side of a cold call. So to stop cold calling you need to be able to generate leads without picking up the phone. Here’s the basic process.

To be successful in generating leads you need multiple methods. It could be anything from a website, email, direct mail, signs, banner ads, Google Adwords, etc. There are so many methods to generate leads that it’s too big a topic for this article.

To be effective you need all your methods for generating leads to go into one specific funnel. For example, if I send out a direct mail piece and I’m driving people to go to my website I also want to drive people to my website if I’m using signs or banner ads. This way all your leads go through the same process so you can more easily test and tweak the process. That brings up an important point: You need to be testing!

To efficiently generate leads you need to constantly test. Test your website conversion, test your direct mail, test everything! For example, one small change in a headline can have a major effect on your results. You need to be keeping track of your numbers so you can measure and compare with future efforts. Your marketing methods should always be improving.

Another important thing you need to know is what is the lifetime value of a customer to you. If you know your average customer buys about 3 times for you then you can estimate what the average value of that customer is. Knowing the value of your customer will determine how much you spend on your advertising. If you spend five dollars on every lead, and 30 leads results in one sale, then you know that it takes about 150 dollars to obtain a customer. If the first sale is only 95 dollars you may think it’s not worth it and you’re taking a loss. But if every customer on average buys 400 dollars worth of product over a lifetime then it would probably be worth it to pay 150 dollars to acquire them. The point here is to know what it’s worth to you to acquire a new customer so you know how much you can spend on leads and advertising.

Micah Soelberg is the owner of www.ColdCallFacts.com which is dedicated to providing the real facts about cold calling and new marketing methods for sales professionals.

This article may be reprinted as long as the article is left unchanged and the links stay active.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com

  WHAT'S NEW

THE PARTNER PORTFOLIO

Description: SM-3613

* NEW!
* Leatherette
* Notepad included
* Inside front panel/full length vertical pocket
* Pen not included

Item Size: 10.5"w x 12.5"h
Imprint Information:
(Center):5"W x 5"H
(Lower Right): 2-1/2"W x 1-1/2"H

Additional Information:
Production time 10 working days, rush available.

 

Set-Up Charge: $50.00, $25.00 on re-orders

Additional Color/Location: $50.00 set-up plus .75 per piece run charge per color/location

Shipping and Sales Tax Additional.

Ready To Order
 

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