Its late October and soon it will be November. This can only mean 1 thing! That Christmas is soon on us! To help you celebrate with your team members or your customers we have for the first time released a range of products available only until December. Corporate Christmas Gifts. With a strong emphasis on puddings chocolate and candy check out our range of corporate christmas gifts. We hvae decided this year that our range is to indulge. So be warned there is no low fat products here. No healthy items. Simply tasty indulgent products such as extra rich christmas puddings and even fortune cookies dipped in chocolate and sprinkled an assortment of goodies.

For non food items we have festive products we have festive themed promotional usb keys and good ol Santa Hats. All of which can be branded with your logo of course!

We all know Daffodil Bear and how cute he is, last year his name was Dougal. The Cancer Council promotional bears must be one of the most popular fundraising merchandise and I for one have bought quite a few over the past years. If you are seeking custom design promotional plush toys and have the capacity to order 1000 or 2000 to be distributed for your event, read on and let me inform you as to how it can happen.

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Firstly to order customised promotional soft toys:
Gather your Ideas:
Write it down, draw them, sketch them, or look for figurines. The more information you can provide us to use the better. Also take into consideration the
- Size of the promotional toy in cm’s and bulk (ie round, skinny)
- Approx order quantity – the starting minimum for custom made plush toy is 1000 units (large), for smaller promotional plush toy it is 2000 units.
- Decoration – Add a Tshirt, jacket, cap, add badges, branding those paws. Let us know!

Once you send use the information, we can then discuss what materials & colours are available and we will then supply you with a quotation. Once you’ve decided you’d like to proceed, we would create a prototype of your customised promotional plush toy for your approval. A deposit will be required at this point. If the prototype of the promotional toy is approved, we then take it into production. Expect to see your finished promotional merchandise, unique to your business available in 12 -16weeks time!

Sounds like a lot of work? Yes but we do all the hard work for you, so you can concentrate on the main event!

Have you ever considered having more than 1 logo on some of your corporate merchandise? Its not as odd as it sounds. In fact in some instances it makes perfect sense and can even enhance all the brands on the item. For example if you are a fruit wholesaler how about having the National Heart Foundation logo on a promotional stress apple alongside your own logo? What about if you are a leading insurance company how about having your logo alongside your industries trade group or leading financial magazine? By associating your logo whatever industry you are in with other companies that are in the same boat (not competitors though) you can effectively promote both brands much better.

Having multiple brands branded on a product probably originated when race car drivers started having many different sponsors on their vehicles. Later the race suits were plastered with different brands. In fact if a F1 car did not have a suite of different logos it would look quite dull and dreary indeed. So next time you are looking for promotional items why not consider co-branding which can benefit you and an associated brand. Whats more is that you would probably expect to pay half the cost too!

Okay first things first. Stress balls are rarely used in times of stress as I have rarely seen someone so agitated that they grind their teeth whilst squeezing and punishing a stressball. If someone was in such a severe emotional state I would probably recomend them therapy as I doubt that a custom stressball will do anything for that person mentally. However what personalised stressballs are great for is having fun. Throwing them around the office is fun! Throwing them at people is fun! Having them come in some funky shapes or some really weird colour is fun! Kids love them…. adults love them…. hec even cats and dogs love them. Promotional stressballs are simply fun!

This makes them a perfect candidate to base marketing campaigns centered around them. A popular example is the starlight foundation who uses the star shaped stressball intensively for their charity. We stock a huge range of shapes. In fact we have so many shapes in stock that we have the largest range in the world behind China and America. If you are promoting a renovation TV program or you are in the housing business a house shaped stressball is perfect and you can make the shape of the stressball represent you in print ads and on T.V. Are you perhaps promoting healthy eating habits? How about an apple stressball Perhaps you have a them you would like to stick to? Well we have a raft of shapes which can be adapted to your needs from Stop sign stres shapes to muscle man shaped squishy balls.

Its because stressballs are fun that make them so adaptable to your marketing needs. So why not consider using a humble stressball for your next marketing campaign?

The Australian Defence form. The navy in particular has unfortunately gone through a rather embarrassing episode in the news today. The embroidery patch work on their uniforms of some of the troops serving in the Middle East have unbelievably spelt the word Australia with 2 l’s. ie. Australlia. This has caused huge grief especially amongst ex servicemen and RSL clubs around Australia. It is quite embarrasing. I checked out the embroidery job and yep its quite wrong.

With custom branded merchandise these things can occasionally happen. Any merchandise purchsed through Cubic Promote will have a artwork mock up prior to production to avoid precisely these embarrassing errors. Check out our range today. We have everything from embroidered shirts to embroidered bags and more!

Are you looking for a corporate gift but dont know what to get? Well when in doubt go for a pen! Not just any old pen though but something quite nice. I will be quite honest. Promotional pens like the ones we sell are really really popular. So popular in fact that it has gotton to the point where many recipients of promotional pens simply store them away or worse still toss them away. The only pens that dont get thrown around are pens that they like or pens which are perceived to be so high in quality that they are used day in and day out. So if you are looking for corporate gifts why not consider one of our Sheafer or Parker pens! We can have personalized Parker pens engraved with your event or company logo. Style wise they range from contemporary modern options to classic pens. We even have fat pens for men and slim line ones for women. So if in doubt and you dont know what to get as a corporate gift check out our custom branded luxury pens section!

Okay! part 3 of our blog section on running through the various branding methods available on customising promotional products.

1) Embroidery
What is it?
Embroidery is an age old technique where coloured thread is woven repeatedly into fabric within a small area. This weave is woven closely to create your image. Early techniques were done by hand using threads and pins. Nowawdays we do our embroidery using sophisticated software which controls machines to stitch your logo. It is an automated process to an extent but still requires humans to digitise your logo into the software as well as operate the machinery to weave the thread and needles onto the fabric.

What Products can it be used on?
Any promotional item which is made from fabric. Things like:
Corporate Polo Shirts
Promotional tee shirts
Promotional Caps

The result of embroidery is that it gives a very very classy finish and a much higher perception of quality. The limitations is that because it is a costly brandin process it realistically cannot be done on embroidery jobs larger than 10cm. The great thing about embroidery is that we can brand with multiple colours and with runs of over 50 units we can even supply the branding set-up for free.

Recent Advancements in Embroidery include:
3D embroidery. This is like the process above with 1 difference. The thread is intensified within the branding area. This intensity leads to your logo being piled higher and higher by stitch count leading to a very unique 3d process where your image literally sticks out of the fabric. It is a very very unique effect. Unfortunately it is only limited to larger runs of promotional items. Typically over 250 units.

If you are seeking promotional items that would be suitable as a desk top product to allow your clients and staff to just fiddle & play & use the product, then here are our Top 10 suggestions:

1. Stress Balls & Stress Shapes
2. Promotional Mousepads
3. Promotional Coin Box
4. Business Card Holders
5. Paper Clip Holders
6. Promotional Clocks
7. Post it notes
8. Branded Desk Caddies
9. Promotional Decision Makers
10. Personalised Calenders

To help you find these items we’ve enclosed our link to our range of Promotional Desk Top Items

I’ve been hearing more and more about Kogan televisions in various websites and blogs lately. For those who dont know Kogan is a young Australian fellow who sells Kogan branded T.V sets online. What I found curious about him is that he really makes dramatic statements regardless of authenticity and his comments more often than not are really really out there! This makes him perfect fodder for the media to latch on and in the process this gives him free publicity.

Securing free publicity is not easy and never happens instantly. However no matter who you are you it can be accessible to you and consistent efforts will help you get some rewards.

I recently read about Justin Herald who grew a $50 outlay selling t shirts at Parklea Markets to a multi million dollar enterprise. One aspect about him was that he managed to build publicity momentum. How? Well he had an odd type of personality & in his words “ In a quarter of an hour, you could email a pitch to five journalists, place three follow-up calls, or research a new media outlet to see whether it might be a PR opportunity for you. ”

He first appeared on an Alan Jones radio segment, later he realised that journalists often found their next story by checking out their peers….. this led to his next interview with A Current Affair. The next morning he got heaps of calls from retailers wanting to stock his products.

Here are some tips that may help you garner some PR for your business:

1) Persevere and put in the time to develop new ideas to spark media interest. Then follow up with journalists that you want publicity from.

2) Start small. Locally in fact. Its easier and gives you credibility as you are already a local.

3) Alternatively focus on one area. Eg. Marketing Press or Engineering Press only.

4) Write down what you achieve and 3 things to do to achieve them.

Ultimately persevere and focus. Its a daily task to follow up and to strategise. Pitch and follow up with phone calls to journalists!!