05/05/2010

Fresh Approach to Promotional Merchandise

Fresh Approach to Promotional Merchandise

FreshBusinessThinking.com, leading online resource for UK business owners and entrepreneurs, recently approached Outstanding Branding to discuss the potential of a mutually beneficial partnership.

An agreement has been reached which sees FreshBusinessThinking.com honoring Outstanding Branding as their preferred supplier of promotional merchandise, in return for Outstanding Branding producing branded merchandise which is dual branded and used at Fresh Business Thinking’s series of one day events and conferences.

The businesses first collaboration was at the recent “Hit Me! Social Media and Search” event held at Microsoft’s HQ in London, where Outstanding Branding supplied Branded Conference folders and Pens which were extremely well received. Outstanding Branding were also on hand to discuss offline promotions and answer questions on how to use promotional merchandise to aid online marketing.

Nick James, founder of FreshBusinessThinking.com commented that social networking had brought the two companies together and was extremely impressed with the merchandise that was produced for the first event:

“We were in discussions with many Promotional Merchandise distributors; however we approached Outstanding Branding after following them on Twitter. Very quickly we established that they were a forward thinking company who could partner FreshBusinessThinking.com and deliver quality products within very short timescales.”

Outstanding Branding’s Managing Director, Sarah Penn was delighted to be in such respected company and recognises the usefulness of partnerships:

“When FreshBusinessThinking.com approached us to partner them it didn’t take long to say yes, each month freshbusinessthinking.com receives over 50,000 visitors, putting the resource ahead of both the British Chambers of Commerce and the CBI in terms of online traffic. Plus, over 200,000 business owners and entrepreneurs receive their communications  so the fact that we get to put the Outstanding Branding logo alongside theirs and to be involved in events such as their ‘Hit Me!’ internet marketing conference at Microsoft’s HQ is brilliant”

Sarah Penn continues: “We are now looking to the future and have got some great ideas on how we can both help each other. These types of partnerships have aided our growth and we are now in a position where we are looking to recruit more Administration Coordinators and Sales Executives.”

About Outstanding Branding

Outstanding Branding is an independent distributor of branded promotional merchandise, corporate giveaways and promotional clothing. Based near London Bridge the company sources and brands creative products as well as managing and distributing promotional merchandise schemes on behalf of clients. Together the organisation’s founders, Andy Thorne and Sarah Penn, have over 15 years experience in the sales promotion industry.

For information on Outstanding Branding please contact info@outstandingbranding.com or call 020 3142 6700


About Freshbusinessthinking.com

Freshbusinessthinking.com is owned by FBT Media Ltd and is a leading on-line resource for UK business owners, directors and entrepreneurs. It is where information hungry and time-poor business decision makers can source information and advice to help them run their businesses more effectively and efficiently.

Running a small business can be a lonely existence - you need to wear many hats and keep up to date with the latest developments and thinking.

The pace of business is continuously accelerating and www.freshbusinessthinking.com is where you can find the information you need to help drive your business forward.

For more information about Freshbusinessthinking.com please contact info@freshbusinessthinking.com or call 0845 5000 328

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