{"id":2225,"date":"2014-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/network.napco.com\/print-and-promo\/article\/the-drinkware-you-need-impress-your-clients\/"},"modified":"2015-07-30T10:53:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T10:53:14","slug":"the-drinkware-you-need-impress-your-clients","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/network.napco.com\/print-and-promo\/article\/the-drinkware-you-need-impress-your-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast, New and Fancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drinkware&#8212;it&#8217;s one of the fundamental components of the promotional industry. Maybe it&#8217;s because our bodies are 75 percent water, or maybe it&#8217;s because it is the most efficient way to get sugar, alcohol and precious, precious caffeine into our bodies, but humans just can&#8217;t get enough drinking. As a result, nine times out of 10, distributors just can&#8217;t get enough drinkware selling.<\/p>\n<p>That one time out of 10 though? That&#8217;s when you hit one of the rare speed bumps in selling to the thirsty. A client forgot to order water bottles for a 5K that is next week, your biggest barware customer is getting bored with the same old pint glasses, or, even worse, a brand-new customer has an unbelievably big marketing budget, but can&#8217;t seem to find a drinkware piece nice enough to spend it on.<\/p>\n<p>The following products are sure to quench your customers&#8217; drinkware needs.<\/p>\n<p>Cube and Tell<br \/>AAkron Line&#8217;s Mood Cube Tumbler offers a color-changing cube pattern in a variety of different hues. Think of it like Tetris, except instead of a frustrating streak of Z-pieces it&#8217;s a distinctive tumbler option that&#8217;s great for a variety of marketing purposes. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aakronline.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.aakronline.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Party Time<br \/>Everyone knows it&#8217;s not a party without drinks, bling and pink sleeve-y things. (Seriously, it&#8217;s right there in the dictionary. Look it up.) Keep clients partying within the correct, formal definition of the word with The Cup from Best Promotions USA.For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestpromotionsusa.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.bestpromotionsusa.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><\/em><\/strong>Let Freedom Slurp<br \/>Fact: Samuel Francis Smith, writer of &#8220;My Country &#8216;Tis of Thee, went through a ton of verbs before settling on &#8220;let freedom ring.&#8221; Slurp, quench, hydrate &#8230; actually, could it be that he was just a time traveler with Crown Products&#8217; Freedom Tumbler stuck on his mind? Looks like we&#8217;ve finally got a question for Mythbusters! For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crownprod.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.crownprod.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Presto-Casho<br \/>Is it ethical to tell your clients that Enduraline&#8217;s Titan Thermal Tumbler with Animated Flip &#8220;Patch&#8221; Insert changes its logo not via lenticular insert, but through literal magic, changing its logo via the ancient power of Merlin? Probably not. However, and we&#8217;re just putting this out there, telling your clients your drinkware comes straight from Merlin&#8217;s laboratory is probably a great way to sell a lot of tumblers. (You&#8217;re welcome.) For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enduraline.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.enduraline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When Thirst Calls<br \/>We at <em>Print+Promo<\/em> are of the generation that pretty much only knows Dan Marino for his work in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Now, thankfully, we can add something else to that list: He also has the same name as the Marino from Gordon Sinclair. [Editor&#8217;s Note: The bottle also has as much skill at winning Super Bowls. Hiyo!] For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gordonsinclair.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.gordonsinclair.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cyclists&#8217; Savior<br \/>We&#8217;ve never participated in a bike race, but we did walk up some stairs today and that pretty much killed us, so we can imagine that riding a bike any non-zero distance is pretty thirsty work. Keep cyclists (and their infinitely less athletic stair-climbing brethren) hydrated with the ProShot Bike Bottle from Huffermen Inc. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffermen.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.huffermen.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You Mason Me Jealous<br \/>Mason jars: Once only notable for holding jams or various bathtub moonshines, now an acceptable drinking device for all kinds of things. Example: The Game Day Double-Wall Mason Jar from Leed&#8217;s. It&#8217;s great for any game-day beverage, from stadium beer to your Uncle Chet&#8217;s &#8220;Go Lions&#8221; backwoods fightin&#8217; water. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leedsworld.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.leedsworld.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Life&#8217;s Building Block<br \/>Leading hydration scientists agree: Drinking square water is much better for you than &#8220;round&#8221; water. (We don&#8217;t want to get too technical, but it has something to do with the water&#8217;s edges reborking your body&#8217;s glabulons. According to the latest issue of &#8220;Popular Nonscience&#8221; anyway.) So give end-users the superior, edgier, reborkulating hydration they deserve with Logomark&#8217;s Tritan 25 oz. Water Bottle. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.logomark.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.logomark.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Marketing Muscle<br \/>Making a protein shake without a specialized mixing tumbler like VisionUSA&#8217;s Mixer Shaker is not only the worst thing in the world, but also our go-to excuse for why we&#8217;re eating a pint of ice cream instead of going to the gym. Other good excuses? &#8220;It&#8217;s national ice cream day,&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s the healthy kind, I swear,&#8221; and &#8220;Someone stole my sweet Mixer Shaker.&#8221; For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vision1usa.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.vision1usa.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nature&#8217;s Diamonds<br \/>We know what you&#8217;re thinking. &#8220;But <em>Print+Promo,<\/em> diamonds are also from nature, so your headline here is actually pretty confusing.&#8221; Our response? &#8220;Look, it&#8217;s been a long day. Will you just check out the Double Wall Pint from Xpres LLC without hassling us about our word choice? Thanks!&#8221; For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xpres.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.xpres.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drinkware\u2014it&#8217;s one of the fundamental components of the promotional industry. Maybe it&#8217;s because our bodies are 75 percent water, or maybe it&#8217;s because it is the most efficient way to get sugar, alcohol and precious, precious caffeine into our bodies, but humans just can&#8217;t get enough drinking. 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