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• One-to-One Marketing | Calendars, Direct Mail, pURLs

  • September 30th, 2013
  • Posted in Blog
  • Tags: calendars, corporate gifts, cost savings, digital printing, direct mail, direct marketing, graphic design, logos, multimedia, offset printing, One to One Marketing, post cards, promotional products, PURLs, turnaround time

  In Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, he suggests that if you want people to like you, you should address them by their name. “Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most… Read More

• AdoptaPlatoon Update

  • September 18th, 2013
  • Posted in Blog
  • Tags: AdoptaPlatoon, FORMost Family, FORMost Gives Back, giveaways

  FORMost is proud to continue to support the AdoptaPlatoon program. We’re even more proud that our clients have joined us in this effort! The following organizations have gone above and beyond by collecting hundreds of items for our platoon ranging… Read More

• Hot Product Alert: Custom Shaped USB Drives

  • September 9th, 2013
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  • Tags: ad specialties, branding, corporate gifts, cost savings, direct marketing, giveaways, graphic design, logos, multimedia, pantone colors, promotional products, tradeshows, turnaround time

  Custom products have tremendous impact. They are uniquely you and they can take your giveaway from run-of-the-mill to “WOW!” Unfortunately, “custom” often means expensive with costly tool and die fees that can be prohibitive to a budget-conscious company. That’s why… Read More

• 4 Tips for Selecting a Font

  • September 9th, 2013
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  • Tags: business cards, fonts, graphic design, logos, multimedia, pantone colors

  Designing a marketing piece for your company? Choose fonts wisely! Fonts say everything about your business, your objective, and your brand. Here are four tips to keep in mind: 1. Dress for success Choosing a font is like getting dressed… Read More

• Addicted to Your Smartphone? | Tech Promotional Products | DC, MD, VA

  • September 3rd, 2013
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  • Tags: ad specialties, cost savings, direct marketing, embroidery, giveaways, graphic design, logos, multimedia, promotional products, screen printing, smartphone accessories, tradeshows, turnaround time

  This weekend, while visiting my parents in the home I grew up in, I came across some boxes of my things from high school and college in the attic. There, among the Trigonometry notes and cassette singles was my very… Read More

• 6 Elements of a Great Website – DC Metro Web Design

  • August 27th, 2013
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  • Tags: branding, cost savings, direct marketing, graphic design, logos, multimedia, web development

  Content – Q: “What makes good web content?” A: What your reader wants! Content should be relevant to your audiences’ needs and wants. It should answer the question, “What’s in it for me?” Visual – The visual theme should match… Read More

• Life-Saving Hammer – Promotional Products, Rockville, MD

  • August 21st, 2013
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  • Tags: ad specialties, corporate gifts, cost savings, giveaways, graphic design, logos, multimedia, promotional products, safety

  When I advise clients about choosing a promotional item, I tell them that it’s usually good to go with something useful over something trendy – something that the recipient will hold on to for a few years so that the… Read More

• It’s Time to Think Pink!

  • August 7th, 2013
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  • Tags: ad specialties, apparel, corporate gifts, cost savings, direct marketing, embroidery, FORMost Family, FORMost Gives Back, giveaways, multimedia, networking, promotional products, turnaround time

  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and believe it or not, it is right around the corner! Now is the time to start ‘thinking pink’ and ordering giveaways for your upcoming event. We’ve compiled a list of events in the… Read More

• Six Tips to Encourage Creativity

  • July 28th, 2013
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  • Tags: branding, creativity, graphic design, logos, multimedia, offset printing, promotional products, screen printing, tips

  In our current economy creativity is vitally important to our sales and marketing success. Global competition and a more thought-based economy leave us scrambling to innovate and create. Getting one-up on the competition requires fresh ideas and thinking outside the… Read More

• Celebrating 100 Years of the T-Shirt – DC/MD/VA T-Shirt Screen Printing

  • July 23rd, 2013
  • Posted in Blog
  • Tags: ad specialties, apparel, branding, cost savings, digital printing, environmentally friendly, equipment, FORMost Family, giveaways, graphic design, heat transfer, logos, pantone colors, promotional products, screen printing, silk screening, turnaround time

  Did you know that this year the t-shirt is celebrating its 100th birthday? T-shirts first gained popularity in the United States in 1913. The short-sleeved, crew neck shirts were issued by the U.S. Navy to be worn under uniforms. One… Read More