Are you one of those people that go to a trade show and walk from booth to booth filling up your bag with free goodies or promotional products from all the trade show booths? Do you collect pens from your doctor’s office? Keep the magnet from the veterinarian on the refrigerator?
I do. I love collecting all these freebies — it’s shameless and it’s fun. I love going back to my room after a trade show and sorting through all the free stuff I collected throughout the day.
But what about the companies handing out the promotional items? Is spending the money on these trinkets worth it? Do people look at the name on the pens or tech gadgets? Are people more likely to visit companies or stores giving out promotional items?
According to studies, the answer is yes! Recipients of promotional products are reported to have:
1. A significantly more positive outlook on your business
2. A higher likelihood of recommending your business
3. A higher likelihood of patronizing the business.
A few years ago the only option you had for shopping auto insurance rates was to call or visit one agency after another, and fill out form after form to get enough quotes to compare.
Now, thanks to the Internet and the advent of insurance comparison websites, you can go to one site, fill out one simple form, and get multiple quotes from A-rated companies. These sites are free to use, and you won’t have to contend with an agent trying to give you an auto insurance quote and sell you his company’s policy.
After you receive your quotes, you need to compare prices. Make sure you’re comparing apples to apples by checking to see that the policies you’re comparing have the same types of coverage, and the same amount of coverage.Auto insurance companies offer a variety of discounts – security and safety feature discounts, multiple policy discounts, safe driver discounts, low mileage discounts, senior discounts, etc. Ask your insurer what discounts you’re eligible for and include them in your policy.
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Celebrities are hopping on the eco-friendly bandwagon when it comes to everything from shopping bags to million-dollar homes. Now, it’s cars and auto accessories.
From Leonardo DiCaprio, one of the pioneers of the push toward economically efficient autos, to a newly converted Paris Hilton, A-listers are quickly becoming conscious of the environment.
It’s not only Hollywood’s younger generation that’s getting involved, either. Many old-timers are embracing the new non-polluting technologies that are being developed.
George Clooney cruises around L.A. in his Tango 600, a two-seat electrically powered vehicle. He was the first to purchase one of its kind–an automobile six inches narrower than many motorcycles with a range of 80 miles.
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We have owned 3 (or maybe 4) baby monitors and this Evenflo Whisper Connect 900Mhz 2-Way Nursery Monitor
by far is the best.
The range is better than any of the others we’ve had and we have a one-floor house that is quite spread out and has thick walls.
This Evenflo Whisper Connect 900Mhz 2-Way Nursery Monitor is the only one so far that can cover the entire house without it setting off distance alarms.
The rechargeable battery means (as long as you remember to keep it plugged in when you’re not on the go) that you never have to change another battery – I don’t know how many batteries we went through with our other monitors.
This Evenflo Whisper Connect 900Mhz 2-Way Nursery Monitor has been super reliable for over a year now.
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A free screening of the 2006 movie “The Queen” aimed at the deaf in Ryde, Australia, left many baffled by the subtitles for the film — which revolves around the aftermath of the death of Britain’s Princess Diana.
Mistaken lines included dialogue about former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s having been “educated at Fettes” being translated at the bottom of the screen as “educated the fattest.” Additionally, “Did you vote?” became “Dead in a boat?” and “every newspaper proprietor has blood on his hands today” was printed as “every newspaper proprietor has blown in his hands today.”
It was not revealed where the delinquent DVD came from, only that it was swapped at the last minute when a previous DVD was also found to have problems with its captioning.
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Losing weight isn’t easy, even for celebrities who might have perks that the average dieter doesn’t, such as personal trainers to kick them into shape at the gym, Orovo products to help lose weight or private chefs to ensure all their meals are low in fat and calories.
For some stars, even that’s not enough. Actress Kirstie Alley’s yo-yoing weight has kept her plastered on the covers of tabloid and gossip magazines for years, enough so that she turned weight fluctuation into a money-maker.
Alley starred in a 2005 reality show called “Fat Actress” and later landed a spot as a spokesperson for Jenny Craig, one of the nation’s most popular diet programs.
In 2006 she even pranced around in a bikini on the stage of Oprah Winfrey’s talk show, showing off her slimmed-down physique after shedding pounds on the Jenny Craig program.
Alley’s continued battle with the bulge was rumored to be the reason the actress was let go from Jenny Craig, where she had been the brand’s celebrity face since 2005.
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