New ideas are the lifeblood of the promotional products industry. End-users from all over the country are looking for new ideas from their distributors and Promo Motive is the SUPPLIER of these new ideas to Distributors.
In every business it easy to get in a rut. However, if you are a promo Distributor, getting in a product rut is a very bad idea. It is very common for Distributors to continue to go to the same old Supplier well and promote the same old Supplier ideas. Promo Motive is a supplier who does it differently. We concentrate on NEW ideas ONLY!
“Promo Motive: the Supplier Who Does Weird Well!”
New Idea #1 – Last Straw: the folding reusable drinking straw
Everyone is sucking on stainless steel straws these days. Even the Queen!
Get on board with this environmental landslide and get your client’s logo on them.
Ever since we launched the Last Straw folding reusable drinking straw, the demand for other sucking ideas has risen exponentially. It seems everyone and every company wants their logo on a folding straw or stainless steel straw.
Disposable 1 time use drinking straws are being banned across the planet. This creates a GOLDEN SALES opportunity.
This all started with a Turtle video. The storyline is simple: ecologists and scientists working in Costa Rica came across a Turtle in distress. They pulled it aboard and found a plastic straw stuck in its nose. WARNING: Video has disturbing images.
“The selling points on the folding straw are not all about the function of it, it’s about the emotional appeal of it!”
What followed next was the ban of straws at these companies and cities.
After over 30 million views of the video and a greater understanding of how billions of plastic straws were ending up in the oceans and staying undegradable for up to 5000 years, cities and countries banned the sale and use of disposable plastic straws.
Read about cities and companies banning straws including McDonalds!
To read the articles simply click on the links below.
The straw debate is quite the hot topic right now. Several major restaurant chains have vowed to pull plastic straws from their stores, and politicians and activists alike are asking for change in regards to plastic waste.
You may be wondering: “What’s so bad about plastic straws? They’re so small, they must be so insignificant in the grand scheme of things.”
Americans throw away an estimated 500 million plastic straws per day.
According to The Last Plastic Straw, a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging people to reduce their plastic straw consumption, Americans throw away enough straws to wrap around the Earth’s circumference two and a half times per day. By 2050, it’s estimated that there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish.
Getting Your Logo on a stainless steel drinking straw is a good thing for your business.
Unless you have been living under a rock, you know by now that using a disposable drinking straw is almost a crime. This is bad if you are a retailer that has been handing out the now banned drinking straws, BUT it is an amazing opportunity if you are a promo Distributor.
Something’s gotta give…
Reusable straws are the perfect first step to reducing the amount of plastic you throw away each day. Don’t want to purchase a reusable straw right now? That’s okay. Maybe reading this article will change your mind. In the meantime, here are some other small ways you can help reduce your plastic waste:
Ask for no straw when you’re at restaurants, or ask for your take-out drinks with a lid you can drink from instead of getting a straw!
Bring reusable bags with you when you do groceries, and avoid buying products that come in excessive plastic packaging.
Find out which types of plastics your municipality does not recycle and try to avoid those.
Promo Motive is the Leader
Stainless steel straws are perhaps the most popular variation of reusable straws currently on the market. They are sturdy, dishwasher safe, and easy to clean. Our stainless steel straws came from The Handy House, which sells a variety of kitchen and household accessories. You can find stainless steel straws (or “metal straws”, which is less of a mouthful to say) in bent or straight varieties, and in different lengths as well. The ones we tried were the perfect size for any medium sized take-out beverage.
Logos in funny shapes are no problem. Get your client’s logo on a pop-able phone grip.
As a distributor you get lots of crazy logos you have to work with. Clients love to send you some oddball logo and try and get you to work miracles! Now we can help.
Get your client’s logo on these crazy shapes of pop out POP phone grips. For info call 1-888-908-1481 or email John@PromoCrunch.com.
We believe that only using ASI or PPAI search for your business is a bad idea.
Here’s why!
We have been a supplier for 20 years and there are some secrets about ASI that most distributors don’t know. It is important to know so you can make more sales and make more money.
Here are a few key things you need to be aware of.
#1 – When you see ANY search result it is PAID to be placed there by the supplier
When using product searches on ASI or PPAI you may not be seeing the best, most popular or most innovative products at all. You are simply seeing what was paid to be seen!
Suppliers pay on average 60K a year for product placement. A few years ago I bought half of 1 day a week’s banner. It cost $1500 PER DAY!
#2 – The average age of end users is 35 while the average ASI distributor age is 57
There is a disconnect in the age gap that is most apparent if Distributors ONLY use ASI and PPAI search.
As a supplier, every day I get inquiries from Distributors looking for “something their client found online!” The end user wants something unique and unusual. They don’t always want the same thing, again… and again. You need to look elsewhere!
#3 – If you only use ASI and PPAI search, what advantage do you have over your competitor?
It may seem obvious, but if you and the Distributor down the street get the same inquiry for the same general product what advantage do you have? Isn’t it then only down to price?
In the internet age, Distributors need an advantage to beat out their biggest competitor: the end user!
If you keep presenting the same old ideas as your competitor down the street you will continue to encourage the end user (remember they are 35 and web-savvy) to buy online and NOT from you.
“It’s time to think differently!”
What do YOU think?
Does this make sense to you? Is this intriguing? Is this an idea you want to explore? Join the many hundreds of other innovative forward thinking Distributors who are looking for something different.
The POP-able phone stand is Hot, Hot, Hot… Get your client’s logo on it for LESS!
The dog days of summer are often the best time to order your clients’ swag and this summer is no exception. Get their logo on it for less with our POP phone grips.
The POP stand is a great way to take selfies, one hand phone hold and to stop the drop!
The smartphone is part of everyone’s lives these days and we carry it everywhere. This is a great opportunity for ad specialty and promotional product distributors. Get your client’s logo on it.
FREE shipping, FREE 4 color logo, FREE set-ups and FREE virtuals.
Get your client’s logo on the POP and never have to worry about paying all those pesky extras. Like shipping, setup, virtuals, etc.
Starbucks bans plastic drinking straw, considers Last Straw folding reusable straw for promotion.
The world’s largest retailer of premium coffee is considering the folding reusable drinking straw to be offered in their retail outlets.
Coming hard and fast on the heels of the Starbucks recent ban of over 1 Billion plastic straws per annum are a slew of inquiries by the coffee giant through distributors for the Last Straw to be placed in their retail settings.
Thousands of companies, businesses, cities, towns and countries ban the sale of plastic straws.
Starbucks is not unique in the banning of straws. In fact, thousands of businesses across the globe have banned the sale of plastic straws. As well, whole countries such as the UK and Canada are moving to ban the 1 time use disposable straw.
The Turtle Video that started this:
This all started with a Turtle video. The storyline is simple: ecologists and scientists working in Costa Rica come across a Turtle in distress. They pull it aboard and find a plastic straw stuck in its nose. WARNING: Video has disturbing images.
A Flurry of Inquiries
Promo Motive is the wholesale importer and supplier of the Last Straw and has been deluged with ASI distributor inquiries for samples, virtual proofs and sales of this hot trending idea. With small minimum orders, FREE shipping, 4 color logos and no charge set ups, this promises to be a hot promo item for the coming year.
For more info:
CALL US OR E-MAIL. WE LOVE TO TALK!
Call us anytime 7 days a week from 8 a.m.- 6. pm. Our toll free number is 1-888-908-1481 or email ideas@promomotive.com.
Maui is the home of the Sea Turtle and also the place for our latest photo shoot of the Last Straw.
Sometimes product research can be tough and grueling work. Just not this week. 🙂 This week we are in Maui taking product shots. Here are a few of our new folding reusable drinking straws.
If you would like to send these to customers email john@promocrunch.com or simply right click on the image and save to your desktop. If you have a MAC I have no idea how to help. Aloha!
Looking to get your client’s logo on a folding reusable drinking straw but don’t know how to sell it?
Look no further as the LAST STRAW collapsible folding drinking straw. Now available at Promo Motive!
The Last Straw is the last word in eco-friendly promotional products. The Last Straw is specifically designed to be easily logo’d in up to 3 colors.
Available in 5 case and 5 straw colors, the Last Straw is available today and sold through your local or regional promotional products specialist.
How to sell the Folding Reusable Drinking Straw: Last Straw!
If you think that selling a $5 net drinking straw is a tough sell think again. In fact, there are folding straws on the market that sell for $30 or more… Check out this Kickstarter program that sold over 80,000 units at $30 a piece!
“The sell on the folding straw is not about the function of it, it’s about the emotional appeal!”
First point:
This all started with a Turtle Video. The storyline is simple: ecologists and scientists working in Costa Rica come across a Turtle in distress. They pull it aboard and find a plastic straw stuck in its nose.
WARNING: Video has disturbing images.
Second Point:
After over 30 million views of this video and a greater understanding of how billions of plastic straws were ending up in the oceans and staying undegradable for up to 5000 years, cities and countries banned the sale and use of disposable plastic straws.
It’s not about why would you pay $10 for a straw, but more importantly it’s about what it says about a brand to have their logo on a folding reusable drinking straw. Your client’s logo on a LAST STRAW says that the client cares about the environment, is on top of the latest trends (meaning they are “in touch”) and lastly, but not least, they want to be seen as helping solve a recognized world problem and being a part of the solution.
Want help, FREE flyers, FREE virtuals or samples?
CALL US OR E-MAIL. WE LOVE TO TALK!
Call us anytime 7 days a week from 8 a.m.- 6. pm. Our toll free number is 1-888-908-1481 or email ideas@promomotive.com.
The folding reusable drinking straw has caught on like wildfire in the promo swag world!
The folding reusable drinking straw called the LAST STRAW has set new records for inquiries and sales in the promotional product world.
It seems that the promo and b2b marketing worlds are ready to embrace the eco alternative to the 1 time use plastic drinking straw. The best alternative for a folding reusable straw to get a logo on is Promo Motive‘s Last Straw.
Promotional Distributors from across the globe are flocking to this product for their clients’ logo to be put on. Corporate logos from Starbucks to Toyota and across the spectrum are embracing the folding straw as the next big thing.
This is likely a result of several major developments in cities and countries across the globe, many of which are now banning all plastic drinking straws. Cities such as Seattle and Vancouver have outright stopped the use of all 1 time plastics. This means businesses who give away straws are scrambling to replace them with the reusable folding straw.
Get Your Logo On It!
Orders are currently being taken and delivered in 2 weeks direct from the factory to your door. Logos are available in up to 3 colors. Minimum orders start at 250 units and include FREE shipping and FREE set up.
For more info:
CALL US OR E-MAIL. WE LOVE TO TALK!
Call us anytime 7 days a week from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Our toll free number is 1-888-908-1481 or email ideas@promomotive.com.
Get Your Client Business or Event Logo on a Folding Reusable Drinking Straw.
Folding Reusable Straw called the Last Straw set to sweep the promotional products marketplace in late 2018 and into 2019.
The business of logoing swag is getting an eco boost in the summer of 2018 as the worldwide movement to ban plastic one time drinking straws creates a unique promotional products opportunity with Last Straw the folding reusable drinking straw.
The Straw That Broke The Turtle’s Back?
How did the whole movement to ban plastic disposable drinking straws start? It all started with a group of ecologists working with Sea Turtles off the coast of Costa Rica. In the below heart-wrenching video a Sea Turtle is seen in obvious distress while the young scientists spot the tip of a plastic straw poking out from its nose. In this 8 minute video seen by nearly 30 million people the deeply embedded plastic straw is excruciatingly pulled out from Sea Turtles nose. Viewers Beware!
“30 milion viewers and counting spawned the invention of the folding reusable drinking straw!”
Now You or Your Client Can Get a Logo On It!
Available in 4 cool colors, the Last Straw folding reusable drinking straw is now available to promotional product professionals. Minimum orders start at 100 pieces and will have price breaks at 250, 500, 1000, 2500 and 5000.
