Awards
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Education
How to Start Sandcarving Glass Awards: Artwork
When you are in the recognition businesses, you are confronted with many different kinds of situations in terms of artwork.…
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What sales presentation techniques are valuable for awards retailers?
Closing. You should start closing the sale from the first call. As soon as the prospect interacts with you in any…
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Education
Turn a Mundane Plaque into a Piece of Art
Let’s say your customer is purchasing awards for a construction company. Consider using a faux brick backer plate available at…
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Education
Working with Wood: The various technologies available to decorate wood
A lot of time is spent working with wood in the awards industry. From the traditional plaque to ornaments, to…
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A Framework for Standout Recognition Products: Plaques
When creating a custom plaque, the tendency is to reach for the tried-and-true wooden backer. It’s fast, inexpensive, and easy…
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What are some unique ways to recognize the military?
Ask a military customer to provide a meaningful object and mount that object to the base or incorporate it into…
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What does recognition in the school environment look like?
Recognition is usually given for academic achievement, leadership, participation in an academic event (an academic decathlon, for example), attendance, or…
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How is the perception of local trophy shops evolving?
Trophy shops are no longer viewed as being just a local business servicing their own community. It is common knowledge…
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Warm Up for the Winter Months: What to know before this seasonal sports market hits
We tend to clump fall and winter sports together, so for us, we consider football, soccer, cheer, hockey, basketball, cross…
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Education
High-End Crystal and Glass Awards: A look at substrates
Glass is so versatile that it can be further broken down into different subcategories for more style options. Clear glass, as…
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What are the basic steps to engraving add-on embellishments for plaques?
For add-on engraved embellishments on plaques: Mount a wood strip (recommended: 1/8-inch thick alder wood sheet that is 4 inches wide…
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Education
Pitch Symbolic Awards to Corporations
Corporate awards are still a large market for awards retailers; however, pitching new ideas that they may not be aware…
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Why should I rotate the samples in my showroom?
Moving items and changing colors can give your showroom a quick change to make a big difference. Try it but…
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Font Choice ‘Don’ts’ for Awards
One of my most frequent challenges, and I bet it’s one of yours as well, is too much text –…
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Working with an Odd-Shaped Engraving Space
Engraving plates may be decorated by the manufacturer, making the engraving area non-rectangular. Often the shape looks like two backward…
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Does mixing technologies waste time or bolster profit?
You can obtain great-looking results on an award or personalized product by printing a full-color logo or graphic and engraving…
