(Tamar Weinberg is a) Schwag Addict

BIG Promotions: BIG Schwag Bag

Tamar Weinberg — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:51:11 +0000

The biggest schwag package I have received to date most certainly comes from Big Promotions, a branded promotional items shop. I don’t even know if I can describe all of this stuff in the photos that follow, but I’ll most certainly try.

First, I’m going to start off by showing you the multiple varieties of branded boxes of mints. Seriously, I had no idea there were so many ways to go about this.

(who knew real estate agents gave out mints? It’s a great idea!)

mmmm, WSOP!

The prescription mint? A great idea, except for this part.

My favorite:

Then there’s custom lip balm. I like lip gloss.

And the promotional hand sanitizer:

And the measuring tape:

And binder clips:

which come in this box:

Can we say cups? The stadium cups, oh my!

Now with Video!

(Check out these cups!)
The outside:

and the inside:

And another one:

and the inside of that one:

Or fun glasses-type cups:

Or squirt bottles (with straws?)

Or lanyards?

Or branded dry erase boards?

How about door hangers and bookmarks and magnets? There are business card magnets, double business cards, 4×7 promotional magnets, and more.

Regular and sticky notepads are there too.

And a cool thermos:

And a bag:

And a few t-shirts:

And a branded cooler bag (or is it an insulated cooler?):

Thanks Rich!

MyBulby.com Stuffed Light

Tamar Weinberg — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:44:50 +0000

Now that I have a son, this MyBulby stuffed animal light thing is going to be useful — of course, not right now as he’s a newborn — but in due time.

Just in case you wanted to know, he was due to be born only yesterday. Yes, he came 6 weeks early. I think it had something to do with wanting schwag.

Google Rubik’s Cube

Tamar Weinberg — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:40:36 +0000

This Rubik’s cube by Google, which I acquired at a SXSW party in 2008, is one of a kind. Check out this awesomeness on all six sides.

Google’s logo:

Blogger!

Google Maps:

Google Calendar:

Gmail:

Google News:

Love it!

Grande Communications Lights and USB Car Charger

Tamar Weinberg — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:32:02 +0000

Grande Communications does digital cable TV, high speed internet, and local/long distance telephone.

They also have the most unique schwag of all.

Take a look at this cool light device. The colors are my favorite.

This is SXSW 09’s schwag: a car charger that powers USB devices.

SWEET.

FanCorps Army Tags

Tamar Weinberg — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:30:22 +0000

FanCorps does social networking with a purpose, offering musicians and labels the ability to spread their message through a Street Team management philosophy.

At SXSW in 2008, they had these army/navy tags:

I love me some dog tags!

CafeMom Oven Mitts

Tamar Weinberg — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:10:33 +0000

Now that I’m a new mother, I’m looking at resources and communities to learn more about this new job that I’ll have for the rest of my life. There are a lot of great communities but I don’t have to look much further than CafeMom, a community for mothers (and mothers-to-be).

They attended a Mashable event last year and I came home with a pretty sweet oven mitt, which is a unique piece of schwag — I’ve gotten my fair share of pens and cups and shirts, but how many people give out an oven mitt?!

It’s a great idea — except I hope that doesn’t lead some men to say that women belong in the kitchen! (Guess what, guys — we’re taking care of your kids!)

LeaderPromos Goody Bag

Tamar Weinberg — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:08:53 +0000

I had a stork come deliver a baby on my doorstep three weeks ago, but I’ve also been getting a flurry of awesome packages lately. One of the more overdue thank yous goes to promotional products site Leaderpromos.com, who sent a bunch of really cool stuff.

Everything came in this cool promo bag:

I stumbled upon a heavy duty note cube at first:

And for more note-taking, there was this notebook:

Here’s a really cool eco-friendly promotional pad:

They also had a great travel mug:

I like keychains, so their custom imprinted key chain was also pretty nice, as was the
promotional pen that came in the box!

Plus, there was this pen and highlighter combo as well:

I also love USB drives, though the small-sized ones (<1GB) are starting not to be able to hold much for me. Despite that, this promotional USB drive met my minimum criteria and works!

(Course, I’m not sure if you need all the other accessories, since most new computers are Plug N Play and never ask!)

Additional trade show giveaways included this pad:

which had cool post-its inside:

and post-its:

Thanks guys!

ODEUS Skate Sweatshirt: Subways!

Tamar Weinberg — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:00:15 +0000

My husband loves subways. Therefore, it was really awesome to receive this super cool subway hoodie from skate online clothing shop Odeus.

Odeus also sent some cool stickers, including a bumper sticker. But since I can’t find the photo I took, I will just have to save that for another blog post.

O’Reilly Shirt: My Web My Way

Tamar Weinberg — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:37:17 +0000

Next month, my book, The New Community Rules (Amazon link), is going to be released. The book covers social media marketing and how to leverage mostly free existing tools to turbocharge your business. The publisher is O’Reilly.

That brings me to this post. O’Reilly maintained a booth at a conference I attended (perhaps it was Web 2.0 Expo or ad:tech, though at this point, I have no recollection!) and handed out these interesting shirts.

And on the other side:

Manvil: Postcards for Kids

Tamar Weinberg — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:15:47 +0000

John from Manvil.com maintains a very interesting business. Manvil specializes in creating flashcards of things I’d never know the names of for adults and for kids. Here’s an example of the flashcards:

I never knew that there existed such a thing called “vice grips.” Surely, this tool educates those real construction workers among us

John was also kind enough to send me a construction tee. It’s so orange that you would definitely be able to spot me from any distance in a work environment. Thanks John!