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Update: World Famous Retread Jar Opener Goes to Presidential Inauguration

9 Sep

100% recycled materials, Made in USA

Remember this post from Jan 2009?

This is not about politics. This is about one heck of a great promotional product. Why?

Because it is four years later and I still have this jar opener in my kitchen that I use at least once a week.

Four years later and the World Famous Recycled Jar Opener from our friends at Americanna is still working, still of value, still opening jars and peeling garlic, still getting the word out there as a promotional item.

Sure, a few Inauguration-printed World Famous Recycled Jar Openers may not have found such a long-lasting and appreciative home. But I am also sure that most likely have. Settling into a nice kitchen and being useful, and promoting, always promoting.

Still Working…

And those World Famous Recycled Jar openers will likely be in that house for another four years, and another four years after that, regardless of who ends up in the White House this November.

My point is that is a heck of a run for a promotional item that costs less than $0.42.

Someone, anyone, name another promotional item at that cost, made in the USA from recycled materials, which has so much messaging space, 100+ shapes to pick from, and THAT MUCH LONGEVITY.

I really do not think such a item exists.

If you are an ASI member Michelle Stiles is the contact to talk to at Americanna. If you are interested in World Famous Recycled Jar Openers to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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ReTread PDA Holder Stand

18 Nov

FLAT TIRE™ PDA Holder

Americanna Line is once again expanding their ReTread™ line of promotional items made from recycled tires.

The new FLAT TIRE™ PDA Holder is one of the new items available before the holidays that I think would make a great little stocking stuffer.

Like all items in the Retread line the FLAT TIRE™ PDA Holder is 100% recyclable material and can be imprinted in five colors, White, Green (PMS360), Blue (PMS660), Orange (PMS166), and Metallic Gold. The FLAT TIRE™ PDA Holder can be imprinted with a 100% recycled message or you can add a little stick to the back of each item for a small additional cost.

The folding PDA holder is not a new product for our industry, we have seen them in rubber and leather in the past, but being offered in eco materials is new. This is a great, simple, inexpensive, and mailable promotional item that is also useful. Not a mix you see very often.

Creating an eco-friendly smart phone app? This is a great giveaway. Working on a program in a green technology field like clean energy? Most engineers have fancy phones and again this is a great giveaway. Going after the college kids? Well they all have smart phones it seems, and even if your just the local pizza joint, the FLAT TIRE™ PDA Holder is affordable and will keep your name on their desk throughout the school year, so again, a great giveaway.

The FLAT TIRE™ PDA Holder has a large 3.75″ x 6.75″ imprint area and can include printed instructions on the holder itself on how to fold together into a stand. Like all ReTread items the FLAT TIRE™ PDA Holder is Made in the USA.

If you are an ASI member Michelle Stiles is the contact to talk to at Americanna. If you are interested in the FLAT TIRE™ PDA Holder to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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World Famous RETREAD© Jar Openers

18 Jun

The Retread™ Recycled Rubber Jar Openers from Americanna are a great promotional item for any business looking to add a little green to thier branding. They are light, cheap, practical, and have a large print area for your message. Best of all they are made from 100% recycled tires. Truly a presidential idea.

Americanna continues to improved on the Retread™ Recycled Rubber Jar Openers by adding new shapes to the line and now three new imprint colors, adding blue, orange, and gold, to the white and green already on offer.

In addition Americanna has expended the 100% recycled Retread™ line to include the Flat Tire™ Car Coaster, the Flat Tire™ Coaster, and the Tire Tag™ Key Fob. All great giveaways for businesses focusing on the auto industry, recycling or waste management solutions.

The Flat Tire™ Coasters, like the jar openers, come in a large variety of shapes – bag pictured –  well over 100. They also come in two general sizes 4″ x 4″ and 5″ x 5″. EQP starts at $0.54 for a 4″ model.

Made from 100% post-consumer recycled tires, the coaster weight in a whooping 1/8″ thick – sure to protect any surface – and are available with a 2nd side imprint. Rugged, inexpensive and indestructible, what more do you want in a great non-skid coaster.

The Flat Tire™ Car Coaster comes in one size and shape, a 2.625″ x 2.5″ circle. The product is made to be placed in a car’s cup holder to keep all that grime and dirt from building up in the car.

I love this idea because a recipient would see the promotional piece each time they got in their car. Really a great idea for car dealers focusing on hybrid models and green energy cars. EQP is $0.35.

Then there is the new Tire Tag™ Key Fob which comes in three shapes, the barrel (1.5″ x 2.125″), the rectangle (1.625″ x 2.5″), and the circle (2.25″ Diameter). These units come with a 1 1/8″ steel key ring and are also 1/8″ thick. Available with a 2nd side imprint EQP pricing on the fobs is $0.60.

If you are an ASI member Michelle Stiles is the contact to talk to at Americanna. If you are interested in these items to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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Americanna’s ReTread Line Branching Out

14 Apr

As we have written before, the Retread™ Recycled Rubber Jar Openers from Americanna are a great promotional item for any Ecopreneurist. They are light, cheap, practical, and have a large print area for your message. Best of all they are made from 100% recycled tires. Truly a presidential idea.

In 2009 Americanna has improved on the Retread™ Recycled Rubber Jar Openers by adding new shapes to the line and two new imprint colors, blue and gold, to the white and green already on offer.

In addition Americanna has expended the 100% recycled Retread™ line to include the Flat Tire™ Car Coaster, the Flat Tire™ Coaster, and the Tire Tag™ Key Fob. All great giveaways for any Ecopreneurist focusing on the auto industry, recycling or waste management solutions.

The Flat Tire™ Coasters, like the jar openers, come in a large variety of shapes – bag pictured –  well over 100. They also come in two general sizes 4″ x 4″ and 5″ x 5″. EQP starts at $0.54 for a 4″ model.

Made from 100% post-consumer recycled tires, the coaster weight in a whooping 1/8″ thick – sure to protect any surface – and are available with a 2nd side imprint. Rugged, inexpensive and indestructible, what more do you want in a great non-skid coaster.

The Flat Tire™ Car Coaster comes in one size and shape, a 2.625″ x 2.5″ circle. The product is made to be placed in a car’s cup holder to keep all that grime and dirt from building up in the car.

I love this idea because a recipient would see the promotional piece each time they got in their car. Really a great idea for car dealers focusing on hybrid models and green energy cars. EQP is $0.35.

Then there is the new Tire Tag™ Key Fob which comes in three shapes, the barrel (1.5″ x 2.125″), the rectangle (1.625″ x 2.5″), and the circle (2.25″ Diameter). These units come with a 1 1/8″ steel key ring and are also 1/8″ thick. Available with a 2nd side imprint EQP pricing on the fobs is $0.60.

If you are an ASI member Michelle Stiles is the contact to talk to at Americanna. If you are interested in these items to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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World Famous Retread Jar Opener Goes to Presidential Inauguration

19 Jan

I have written before how I think we all need to remember the entrepreneur aspect of the the moniker Ecopreneurist.

As entrepreneurs we need to keep ourselves in front of our target audiences and often need to do this on not a huge budget.

On January 20 the United States will be swearing-in a new president, indeed perhaps our first green president as President Elect Obama has made many references to growing the green economy and ideas for a more green energy policy.

Well our friends at Americanna noted the references. They also noted that presidential memorabilia is a big deal and that it is even a bigger deal when the country feels that a history making change is at hand.

So Americanna is headed to the inauguration, well at least their World Famous RETREAD Jar Openers are headed to the inauguration. Proforma Green Marketing will be handing out a few thousand of these shield shaped Inaugural World Famous RETREAD Jar Openers made from recycled tires to the millions of attendees currently pouring into Washington, D.C. for the event.

The openers have inauguration commemoration information on one side and information about the green-friendly World Famous RETREAD Jar Openers on the other.

These items are a way to tie Americanna and Proforma Green Marketing in a very small way to this very large event. And who knows maybe in 50 years these openers will become collector items.

So as green entrepreneur, what is your business doing to commemorate the election of our first green president? Think about it.

If you are an ASI member Michelle Stiles is the contact to talk to at Americanna. If you are interested in these items to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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World Famous RETREAD© Jar Openers

23 Dec

Do you need a cheap, green and useful tool to promote your eco-friendly business idea? Well look no further than the World Famous RETREAD© Jar Openers from Americanna.

These items could easily be our top seller for 2008 in terms of interest from clients. At EQP $0.41 per unit, the jar openers – also a great garlic peeler or coaster – come in over 150 shapes and provide likely the largest print area on a promotional item for your money.

As the name implies the World Famous RETREAD© Jar Openers are made from recycled tires. They come in many green theme shapes like suns, trees, water drops, homes, hearts, school houses, feet (as in lower your green footprint), you get the idea.

We love this item because it really, really works and people hang onto to them. They are cheap and light enough to use in mailings, great for handing out at events, and perfect as an easy to understand example of recycle and reuse thinking, i.e. this was a tire now it opens jars, ok. Got it.

If you are an ASI member Michelle Stiles is the contact to talk to at Americanna. If you are interested in these items to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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Americanna EZ grip jar openers

18 Dec

Introduction price places the circle EZ grip at $0.38

Americanna is called Americanna for a reason, and although we often talk about their made in the USA recycled, retread line of products, it is important to remember that most of the Americanna line is indeed made in America.

For example the new line of EZ grip jar openers from Americanna. The EZ grip is inexpensive (circles are currently $0.38), comes in tons of colors, and over 100 stock shapes. They are super strong, super durable, and provide a huge imprint to cost ratio for your message, at 19 to 25 sq.in based on shape.

Think about that. Maybe 10 times the message area that you would get on a similarly priced pen, and the EZ grip never runs out of ink, and is always working to display your message, in the home in most cases, the exact place you want your brand to be.

Sure they’re not made from old tires like the World Famous Retread Recycled Jar Openers, but they do share all their other attributes, a very large imprint area for very small price, on an item that is reusable and lasts a very, very long time. Plus of course, they are made in USA.

So as the name suggests, if you are looking for sustainable items, or made in America items, or made in America sustainable items, Americanna is a company worth looking at.

If you are interested in made in these products to promote your own business, contact Proforma Green Marketing or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing

And as always, if you really want to do something sustainable, do not buy promotional products. All products are consumption at one level or another. So if you must buy 1) Buy local (i.e. made in USA), 2) Buy useful, long lasting items, 3) Buy sustainable if possible.

Americanna EZ grip jar openers

2 Dec

Introduction price places the circle EZ grip at $0.38

Americanna is called Americanna for a reason, and although we often talk about their made in the USA recycled, retread line of products, it is important to remember that most of the Americanna line is indeed made in America.

For example the new line of EZ grip jar openers from Americanna. The EZ grip is inexpensive (circles are currently $0.38), comes in tons of colors, and over 100 stock shapes. They are super strong, super durable, and provide a huge imprint to cost ratio for your message, at 19 to 25 sq.in based on shape.

Think about that. Maybe 10 times the message area that you would get on a similarly priced pen, and the EZ grip never runs out of ink, and is always working to display your message, in the home in most cases, the exact place you want your brand to be.

Sure they’re not made from old tires like the World Famous Retread Recycled Jar Openers, but they do share all their other attributes, a very large imprint area for very small price, on an item that is reusable and lasts a very, very long time. Plus of course, they are made in USA.

So as the name suggests, if you are looking for sustainable items, or made in America items, or made in America sustainable items, Americanna is a company worth looking at.

If you are an ASI member Michelle Stiles is the contact to talk to at Americanna. If you are interested in these items to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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The Made in the USA List – Happy 4th

4 Jul

Made in USA options from All-in-One

I am often asked about Made in the USA items, and our clients are often surprised by how many items the promo industry actually offers that are made here in the good old USA.

Indeed there are many manufacturers in our industry producing Made in the USA promotional products.

Many of these manufacturers, like All-in-One and Garyline, offer items that are both made in the USA and made from sustainable or recycled materials.

Here is a small list I put together on this 4th of July (borrowing heavy from the Advantages July 2012 Supplement).

If you are interested in learning more about Made in the USA promotional items for your business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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Green Biker Motorcycle Rest

29 Mar

King Size Circle Recycled Tire Bike Puck (5")

With the motorcycle moving from the street to the art salon as this classic of American folklore continues to expand with ever more elaborate custom cycles, you have to ask yourself, will my $45,000 custom chopper scratch my new reclaimed hardwood floors?

Seriously,  how often do we get to pair up green and motor grease? When most people think eco they do not then jump right to custom cycles.

However given the same ingredients, the folks at Americanna – home of the World Famous Circle Retread Jar Opener – thought, hey let’s beef this puppy up to 3 millimeters and make it into a chopper kick-stand stop.

And there you have it, the 3 millimeter, 100% recycled tire, King Size Circle Recycled Tire Bike Puck from Americanna. Designed at 5in wide and custom printable on both sides, it is “Rugged, inexpensive & indestructible!”, just like the riders it serves.

Ok, this is a great promo item for bike clubs and bike dealers, also for rally races and other summer bike events. Why? At EQP $0.41 the King Size Circle Recycled Tire Bike Puck gives a huge imprint area to cost ratio, it is a practical item people will use, and it really is pretty much indestructible, so if a client likes it, they will carry your brand, and your marketing message all the way down the road.

They are also mailable – hello bike shops with targeted mailer programs – and they do double duty as a really fine beer coaster, assuming your bikers drink beer.

The King Size Circle Recycled Tire Bike Puck is a seriously fun idea.

If you are an ASI member Michelle Stiles is the contact to talk to at Americanna. If you are interested in the FLAT TIRE™ PDA Holder to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.


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