Each year, Stony Brook University holds an exhibitor fair during its annual Earthstock festival to help educate the community on how to lead more eco-friendly lives. Once again Multi Media Promotions will be participating in the exhibitor fair.

This year’s fair will be held Friday, April 17. The fair is designed to serve as an educational event for students, faculty, staff and community members to show ways we can lead more eco-conscious lives. You’ll find displays dedicated to helping you “green” your home, commute, palate, lifestyle, mind, future, career and soul.

At Multi Media Promotions’ table, you’ll find eco-friendly promotional merchandise that your clients, prospects and employees will put to use for a long time to come – from calendars to recycling slide charts. Stop by to see us and learn more about how to promote your organization and thank your target audiences in an environmentally-friendly way!

Creating opportunities to repeatedly remind customers that you’re always working on their behalf is a challenge. But it’s one we can help you overcome with an extremely simple concept: refills. When you give a promotional gift that can be regularly refilled, you’ve given your company a chance to call on a customer repeatedly.

What type of promotional products work for this type of repetitive program? Here are a few ideas:

• Treat holders. Consider etched glass candy jars that you deliver full and a month or two later, return to refill with additional sweets. We can even imprint candies so that both the container and the treats showcase your logo.
• Desktop items. We all know how valuable desktop real estate is. Give an imprinted caddy full of logoed pencils to executive gatekeepers. Then check back every so often to see if the pencil holder needs replenishment. Or choose a branded note-holder full of imprinted sticky notes. These allow you to refill and revisit the person who grants you access to the decision maker.
• House-hold helpers. Small first aid kits are much appreciated by homemakers and show a company’s concern for consumers’ well-being. Regularly follow up with direct mail that includes imprinted band-aids, packets of ointment, etc., to keep supplies stocked.
• Flower power. For a special client, deliver a lovely vase discreetly etched with your company logo. Every so often arrive for a meeting with fresh flowers and some shop talk.

The great thing about refilling gifts? You may find there are orders to be had or services to be rendered while you’re in front of your decision-maker.

Give us a call or send us an email and we’ll pick the right refillable product to build your repetitive influence!

National Employee Health & Fitness Day is May 20. According to statistics on the Partnership for Prevention web site, productivity losses related to personal and family health problems cost U.S. employers $1685 per employee annually.

The good news: A study of health promotion research found that programs promoting wellness among employees show an average employer savings-to-cost ratio of $5.93 to $1. Here are some ideas to celebrate this May and beyond.

Kick off a fitness program that encourages employees to take steps toward healthier lifestyles. An imprinted pedometer will help staff measure steps around the office or during a lunch-time stroll. Employees with the most number of steps logged each month win awards and/or prizes.

Nip the flu in the bud this fall/winter by passing around care kits. Include antibacterial wipes, hand sanitizers, small tissue packets and teabags in a logoed mug. Such gifts – which can all be imprinted with tidings of good health – reduce the germs that drive absenteeism, a cost that can be two-to-three times as much as medical care itself.

Strike the stress that plagues employees by teaching good stress-management techniques. Slide guides and bookmarks can list top tips for stress relief. Squeeze toys stay top-of-desk and top-of-mind for short employee “sanity” breaks. Exercise works; traveling salespeople, for example, could benefit from inflatable weights to keep them fit and focused while on the road.

Support smoking cessation. There are numerous tokens to aid your workers who undertake this daunting task, such as imprinted chewing gum and toothpick-filled booklets for smokers who need a distraction. Small, imprintable bottles of essential rosemary – known for its relaxing effects – can be rubbed on the temple or inhaled to stave off a craving. These items don’t replace medical treatment, but they show employees who choose to quit smoking that they’ve got supporters who care.

These are just a few ideas that can promote wellness among your workforce. Give us a call and we can talk about your company’s specific health hurdles.