Branding Up

A huge Chocolate filled (70% cocoa in case anyone feels like sending any) Happy Easter to all our lovely clients! As well as eating chocs, we'll be using the loooooooong weekend to do a spot of spring cleaning and thought you might like to join us in a little merchandising audit. Here are our top tips for this 'always on the to do list' project. Dust down your business/marketing plans. What events, product launches, parties, tradeshows, customer outreach have you got in the diary for the months ahead? Lead time equals choice and though we always aim to fulfil, rush jobs are not nearly so much fun, so get planning.  Dig around in your cupboards. Which branded products have you done in the past, that might now need refreshing/updating/restocking/recycling? The 1987 corporate brochure will never be used again (admit it), but coffee mugs and umbrellas (minimum order 25 - not so subtle hint), will always find new homes so make sure you've got lots.  Look at your de...

Eek! What happened to summer? The evenings are become darker earlier, which can only mean one thing - Halloween and Bonfire Night are just around the corner. Here at Brand-it HQ we're no strangers to pulling on daft costumes - whether bought or home-made - just for the sheer fun of it. In fact customers and suppliers who visit us have been known to join in. Earlier this week Derek from [gawr-juhs] popped in to chat about some changes we wanted to make to our fabby website. He arrived in North Berwick wearing an 80s boy-band wig. Hilarious! If you follow Brand-it on Pinterest you'll have seen that we've been revamping things. Based on feedback we've started to pin items and giveaways on boards for specific events – for example Valentine's Day and Easter. We hope these will be a source of inspiration to you plus show the creative thinking Brand-it puts into finding the right gift for your event. Walk into any high-street store and you will see Christmas products a...