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by Higher Promos Product Review Team When shopping for impactful and unique cannabis swag, it's best to give away useful items that your cannabis audience will actually use since so much branded ...
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by Samantha Sage Cannabis industry events and trade shows remain one of the best ways to meet new clients and business contacts in the ever-volatile cannabis markets of legal states. There are few...
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by Samantha Sage For cannabis brands in new state-legal markets, cannabis competitions and industry events are a wonderful way to raise brand awareness and gain the recognition & respect of peers ...
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by Samantha Sage In state-legal cannabis markets, dispensaries are your primary promotional space to drive in-person sales. That's sales not only of your cannabis products themselves, but also cus...
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by Samantha Sage Promotional products are important essentials in any cannabis marketer's toolkit - they are instrumental for getting your brand into new hands, and keeping your logo front of mind...
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by Higher Promos Product Review Team As longtime cannabis consumers ourselves, our swag specialist team is always on the lookout for the most innovative and useful new cannabis promotional item...
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by Samantha Sage As the cannabis industry continues to grow, custom branded smoking accessories and apparel merchandising have become a major way for companies to market themselves and build cu...
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by Samantha Sage The holidays are quickly approaching - do you still need gifts for your cannabis brand's clients or employees? Don't worry - even last minute, at Higher Promos you can find q...
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by Higher Promos Product Review Team In the rapidly spreading US legal cannabis industry, businesses are constantly seeking creative and effective ways to set themselves apart from the competit...
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by Samantha Sage In a world saturated with advertising and marketing messages, it's essential for businesses to find unique and effective ways to stand out. Promotional products have long been a s...
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by Samantha Sage As a cannabis promotional products company, we give a fair amount of thought to what the best swag items are to use for our own promotional needs! We've created a wide variety ...
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By Samantha Sage If you're interested in custom embroidered merchandise for your business, especially if you're a Pacific Northwest local business, you may have noticed especially long lead tim...
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By Samantha Sage This year is jam-packed with cannabis industry tradeshows large and small – but coming up with unique tradeshow giveaway ideas that resonate with your clients, and knowin...
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by Higher Promos Product Review Team We are always on the lookout for the latest in smoking and dabbing technology, and RELEAFY has been leading the charge as one of the best vaporizer, nectar ...
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By Nancy Gudekunst In preparing for the 2020 Holiday Season, it is important to consider your recipient when selecting gifts. When asked, many people state that they have everything they need...
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By Hannah Atkins If you are reading this via a mobile app, congratulations, you are part of the 85% of Americans who own a smartphone! The Pew Research Center reported in April of 2021 that 97% o...
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By Tom Gudekunst As many states go legal with recreational and medical cannabis, you may wonder what will sell in stores and what do smokers really want in their hands? After much experi...
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By Nancy Gudekunst If you've purchased promotional swag, you know there is a dizzying array of product options and imprint methods. How does one choose? Typically, price is a consideration,...
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By Tom Gudekunst; Co-authored by Alyson Hills-Martin Many times over the past 15 years I've had clients come to me with new, really great artwork. The art file has likely been designed by a gr...
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By Tom Gudekunst Kits have been used in the promotional industry for decades. A cohesive grouping of goodies is sure to please clients and employees alike. This blog will help you unders...
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By Ian Miller YOU CAN MERCHANDISE YOURSELF! Does your brand have what it takes to bring retail-looking swag to the table? OF COURSE, IT DOES! With creative items, designs and ideas &n...
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By Ian Miller Many real estate agents, mortgage professionals, and ancillary businesses especially in steaming hot markets like Portland, Seattle, and a vast majority of California, are seeing rec...
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By Tom Gudekunst Over the last several months we've all made changes. Some big and some small but almost certainly there have been adjustments to everyday life. There has been major volatili...
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By Ian Miller Many companies are struggling to figure out how to help their communities during these times of change. Some are doing donation matching. Some are allowing time for employees to part...
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By Margaret Custer Ford, MAS Margo Ford with her MARCO car in 1959 Newly divorced, with little child support, I needed to earn money to take care of myself and two young kids, ages 1 and 3...
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By Tom Gudekunst Growing up, I spent years going to tradeshows with my mom and Grammy and around the office. I have been working in the promotional products industry for the last fifteen years....
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We all get it. Endless come-ons arriving in the mailbox, sometimes the only mail, usually unwanted waste. Direct mail. So why does it keep coming? Because. . . it works! A surprise com...
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By Alyson Hills-Martin Whether or not you received your promotional product from the company at their store or from a tradeshow, there will come a day the product will no longer be of use. T...
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By Ian Miller How can you gain band notoriety in a profitable fashion? Due to COVID-19 the music industry has now turned completely away from point-of-purchase setups. A vast majority of band m...
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By Margaret Custer Ford In the sixties, most people smoked which made matchbooks more widely used. Advertising on a simple matchbook was a means of carrying a story with a very minimal c...
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By Alyson Hills-Martin Eco-friendly products can replace plastic. Buzzwords regarding how the consumption and manufacturing of plastic are affecting the environment circulate, but what makes plast...
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By Tom Gudekunst For years top brands have used a promotional gift with purchase to woo new customers, and appreciate loyal clients. These can be small and inexpensive, or the kind of thing ...
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By Nancy Gudekunst Artwork used for promotional products can make the difference between a successful or disastrous result. Starting with the art is a good way to begin any swag campaign. Helping...
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By Alyson Hills-Martin Think about the last show you attended, what promotional product did you take home? What branded item do you still use? Asking these questions before deciding on a tradeshow...
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By Nancy Gudekunst Cost per impression ($) = Advertising cost ($) / Number of Impressions (#) Think about the different advertising methods you can spend budget on. Do you know where you get the...
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