 did you order? (If you have multiple orders tell us one project/campaign that is most memorable in your experience) Do you have a favorite or “go to” promo item for your business and industry?
The things that we found that work best for us, we have sunglasses that we use. They’re kind of our go-to item and the sunglasses. We either get them in white or black and they have CosmoGlo on the sides. And they’re just cute because who doesn’t love a pair of sunglasses. They’re pretty high quality, which you wouldn’t expect when you’re just handing out something at trade shows. And a lot of our shows are in California. So it goes along with the theme of it just being sunny outside, it’s a go-to piece that you can throw in your bag and when you really need it, you’re happy you have it. We’ve also done things like long sleeve shirts, sweatshirts bags. I mean, we’re geared towards women, women love cute bags, the cuter they are, the more we’re going to use them. So we’ve done everything from backpacks to tote bags, but definitely our go to would be the sunglasses.
I think the goal and priority for our projects and campaigns is definitely to find products that reflect our brand or our professional brand or our luxury brand. And sometimes the promotional products that we have to pick from are a little flimsy and not well made. So it’s always a hunt for us to find the highest quality, really great promotional products, where you could hand it out to someone in the booth and they’re like, oh wow, these are, these are nice because that reflects on your brand. And if we want to come across as our product is super high quality and made of great things and a luxury thing, we want all of our promotional products to match that as well.
Tell us your search process process for this promo item. What method did you use (google, social media, referral etc) on your research?
Definitely Google. I mean, I think everyone’s going tell you Google, but also we keep a list of what worked and what didn’t work. There’s sometimes that we have high hopes and you get the product in and it’s a scratch. We’ll never order that again.  Definitely keep track of that. And we’re going to order the same thing again, and again and again.
Are you able to easily find what you are looking for? Have you encountered any challenges ordering this product (inventory, color, imprint methods etc)?
I think going through a pandemic world, you always have to have a little bit of wiggle room. Not everything is going to be in stock at the same time. So expand your timelines, give yourself plenty of time to get these ordered and delivered to you. Understand that every size might not be available. And that’s okay. And just understanding that the inventory, they might have to wiggle a little bit on their side as well. So we’ve learned instead of ordering one of an item we’ll order three or four, because one’s not going to come in time. And the other’s probably going be only a half an order, but by giving yourself multiple options, you always have something to take to the show.
Can you walk us through this decision making process on this promotional product?
We run everything through a conference style team meeting. What would you guys like to see? Would you be happy if this was gifted to you? And sometimes you think you’re onto the best things and the whole table is like, eh, that’s, that’s kind of not going to work. It’s like, oh, I’m glad I had that conversation now, instead of investing the money, taking the promotional products, handing them out and getting that reaction live. So our decision making just comes from round table.
Overall, I think we’re happy. I definitely would like to find better promotional products that we could use that kind of fit us a little bit better as a brand and reflect upon the product that we promote right now. We kind of just use whatever’s out there and we’ve gotten so far, so it does work, but if there was more options available, I think we would like to have something that just fits us a little bit better versus the same thing that everyone else is using.
I think the best advice is just order small batches. If you’re unsure of the quality and there’s no reviews to read order a hundred and see what comes in, you’re always going be able to give those away throw them in someone’s envelope, make their day. But if you order a thousand of something and they come in and it’s not quite the quality you’re expecting, you know, have a thousand units of this to go through. Where we’ve been surprised before I ordered a hundred of something, it came in and we love them. And then I turned back around and said, these are awesome. Let me buy the thousand extra. So just starting with small and trying everything. And if it’s not what you wanted, you can still give it away. People love free stuff and promotional items, and it’s going be more of making someone’s day and less about getting rid of that thousand unit piece that you don’t totally love.
Any best practice from your promotional products ordering experience?
Best practices for ordering – give yourself plenty of time. You want to give yourself so much time for them to make the product, ship the product they’re having product delays, your carriers, having product delays. You may have to ship it to a trade show that’s out of the state. So you’re going to have to go through another carrier to get that product where you need it to be. So just giving yourself so much time. And then considering ordering promo item again. Absolutely. We use them nonstop. It’s cute. It’s fun. It’s simple little things that can get social media. I mentioned all through those, but the, the sunglasses, I can’t tell you how many times people used our sunglasses a month after the event, and then they’ll throw a little Instagram reel or post and they tag us. And it was just really cool to see that a month later that ripple is still happening. So definitely we would always and continue to always use promotional products in the near future.
Bryan Chester – Let’s Party...When you send five clueless, goofy guys off in a car together, they eventually have to end up somewhere just as goofy. At least, that was our thought process. Feel free to call us crazy later.
Rick looks good in a cowboy hat. Maybe that’ll be a recurring character trait?
TREY: Seriously, Rick? We did all this driving to come to an abandoned mall?
RICK: Not just any mall, but the County Music Mall. It's shoppin' ya'll!
BILLY: Wait, a mall? You said this would be like going to Walley World in that movie with Fletch in it!
RICK: And it is. So, who's with me on breaking in?
JIMMY: Wow, Rick. I normally defend you, but even I think this is a pretty dumb idea. Have you ever listened to country music? They hang people for rocking the jukebox. What do you think they'll do to us?
RICK: That's why I brought disguises! Who wants a hat?Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has critcised Ravi Shastri’s remark ‘best team in the world’ remarks.
Gambhir said that we won’t hear such kind of remarks with the newly-appointed head coach Rahul Dravid.
Shastri’s tenure of Team India head coach was ended with India’s horrific T20 World Cup 2021 campaign.
One of the most celebrated batsmen and legendary cricketer Dravid was appointed as the head coach of Team India.
“It’s really a pity that this statement came from him; you will never hear this kind of statement from Dravid. That’s the basic difference between Dravid and others,” Gambhir told Times Now Navbharat.
“When you win, let others talk about it.  You won in England, performed well, no doubt. But let others praise you. You won’t hear such statements from Rahul Dravid. Whether India play good or bad, his statements will always remain balanced. Moreover, it will reflect on other players,” said the former Indian opener.
Under Ravi Shastri, Team India stayed at top of Test rankings for years and defeated became the first Asian team to beat conquer down under. However, India won the series in Australia two times under Shastri’s tenure as the head coach.Q: Calculating correlation between columns of R data frame I have a large data table containing 2 sets of 4 paired observations, the first few lines of which are as below:
   a1  a2  a3  a4  b1  b2  b3  b4
1 480 770 601 953 469 750 588 944
2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
3   3  13   9  12   3  12   9  12
4   0   2   4   3   0  14   3   2
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