[Eenc-board] promotional items--input asap!

[Pat Curley]

I personally think lanyards would be a big hit. They are inexpensive and would be worn by most teachers on a daily basis.

I agree with Diane, we should look into LL Bean or other company that can provide apparel with the EENC logo.  

Pat Curley




-----Original Message-----
From: eenc-board-bounces at rtpnet.org on behalf of Diane Silver
Sent: Fri 7/11/2008 6:40 PM
Cc: EENC Board
Subject: Re: [Eenc-board] promotional items--input asap!
 
My first choice:  water bottle of some kind.  Shelby did a bunch of 
research on this recently.  What happened to the stainless steel idea, 
rather than aluminum?

I am not a big fan of T-shirts because I tend not to wear them.  I also 
have a concern about having them in inventory for a long time.  I think 
they are harder to get rid of in future years.  Here's a little 
brainstorm:  companies like Lands' End or LL Bean have programs where 
you pay an initial set-up fee for your logo, and then your members can 
have it put on anything from their catalog, for their regular 
monogramming fee, which I think is $5.  That way, people could order 
whatever style shirt they want.  I wonder if an outfitter like LL Bean 
or REI would sponsor us and waive the set-up fee AND offer a discount of 
selected items, like a couple different styles of shirts. I wonder if we 
could work it out where folks could place their order, but all orders 
would be shipped together to the conference, and then we'd hand them out 
when they register.  Shelby is away for a while, so we'd need someone to 
step up and research this for us.  Anyone?

I agree with Kelly, I don't think people will pay $18 for a note pad.  I 
am actually concerned that any of these items may not sell well.  I 
think they are great ideas and we should do at least one of them, but 
when I'm paying a bunch of money for a conference, I tend to go bare 
bones and avoid all these add-ons.  I think something we could sell over 
time, like the water-bottles, would be a good idea, or something where 
there's no minimum order, like the catalog program.


- Diane


Dee Thonnard Rudolph wrote:
> Me again.
>
> For a couple of years we have talked about offering products with our 
> logo to members.  I would like to offer three items that can be 
> purchased during online registration.  Items would be given to members 
> when they register at the conference.  Please take a look at the three 
> items and let me know your opinions.
>
> Aluminum water bottle 
> <http://www.positivepromotions.com/engraved-aluminum-water-bottle-22-oz./p/OS60975/c2p/bc/>
> I definitely want to offer these to encourage folks to get their water 
> from the fountains in the classrooms. 
> (with links to calm any aluminum concerns) They would blue or green 
> with our logo in white, sold at $10.  I want at least two 
> myself--cheaper than anywhere else.  Minimum order is 72.
>
> Recycled Writing Pad 
> <http://www.positivepromotions.com/os-5554/p/OS-5554/cn/4165/>
> Something I would like to have at conference, and at work.  They are 
> professional, would have our logo on it, and are made of recycled 
> materials.  These would be sold for $18, minimum order is 36.
>
> Organic Tee-shirt 
> <http://www.accinfo.com/catalog/search/?query=anvil+organic&x=0&y=0>
> We have a great screen printing place in Wilmington.  We can get 
> women's-cut organic tee-shirt for around $7.50 and unisex tees printed 
> for less than $7.  1 color screen set-up is only $50.  Our logo would 
> be a bit ackward on a tee--I drew a stretched out version of our logo 
> in color last weekend, then realized it had to be in black and white.  
> Have attached a picture--would we be interested in this?  I think the 
> design in yellow with brown shirts would look good. 
>
> Other possibilities:  We could do a three screens (three colors) and 
> mimic our logo even more.  Don't want to put more work into it this 
> weekend without knowing what everyone's opinions are.  This increases 
> both the set-up fee, three screens would be $150 set up, and the 
> minimum order number (I think the mininum would be a little over 100). 
>
> *Up front costs: * $30 to get a proof of the writing pad and water 
> bottle with our logo to put on the web site.  Don't know how I'll get 
> a picture of the organic tee shirts.  Wouldn't have to pay for the 
> shirts until I pick them up.  Other costs would be if we don't make 
> our minimum and have to purchase more than are ordered--though I would 
> think we would want to do that anyway to sell at the conference itself.
>
> Dee
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