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Video Report: How To Prep Your Biz For '09

Wondering what steps you can take to prepare your company for a good start in 2009? Counselor PromoGram launched a Gearing Up For '09 video series last week, which offers distributors some tips for kickstarting their 2009 business now.

Click here to check out this week's installment of this Gearing Up For 2009 video series.

Business Trends

Top 3 Sustainability Trends for 2009

By: Saabira Chaudhuri

In the face of a weak dollar, mass layoffs, and the world's corporate giants floundering, what are the corporate sustainability efforts we can realistically expect from businesses in 2009?

There are three big trends to watch out for: sustainability labels, virtual meetings, and zero waste.

What are the biggest trends in sustainability that you see for the New Year?

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Peer Responses to Changing Times

Price Matters....Take note of how 4Imprint has responded to consumer needs......

Promotional products retailer 4imprint is reinventing promotional products pricing with the introduction of glideSM, an online tool that saves customers money by matching per-item prices with exact quantities ordered. Customers can now order exactly the quantity they want and immediately get a matching price. Price breaks are no longer limited to quantities like 25, 50, 100 or 1000.

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Recession-Proof Promos

We're all aware (sadly) of shrinking marketing budgets, but distributor ePromos Promotional Products Inc. has come up with a new tool to spur sales: a list of promotional products that will thrive in this recession.... See how

Providing Solutions Means Adjusting To Your Clients' Needs

In a challenging marketplace, we need to be creative and be able to offer new options for new budgets for our clients.

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Best Slogans — Ever

Ever have trouble coming up with the best tag line for your clients' products? Get some inspiration from some of the best classic slogans, compiled by Fast Company Magazine from suggestions by users of Digg. Among those that took us down memory lane were:

• Where's the Beef?
• I've fallen and I can't get up
• They're G-r-r-r-eat!
• Gimme a Break, Gimme a Break
• Nothing Sucks like an Electrolux
• The Best Part of Waking up is Folgers in Your Cup
• This is your brain on drugs
• Hooray Beer!

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