(Tamar Weinberg is a) Schwag Addict

In April, when I was out of town for the Passover holiday, the first Small Business Marketing Unleashed conference was held in Houston, TX. (The next one, by the way, is in September in Columbus, OH!)

Since I couldn’t make it, the kind people behind the scenes sent me some really awesome schwag.

There’s a really cool USB key from email marketing team Lyris HQ, a t-shirt and bag from website promotion service Search Influence, pens and a pad from payroll service, ADP, a sharpie from web marketing firm Sage Rock, a computer protector from business blog small business answers, silly putty from brainstorming site ideablob, and gum from yellow pages site SuperPages.

There was also a niftily designed bag from email marketing solutions site Emma.

Thank you Robert and Jen for sending this to me! 🙂

Hey guys — it’s been quiet here since we’ve been working on an awesome redesign from the guys at web development firm We Do Creative. The blog sports 125×125 advertising spots (not yet activated) among many other cool design enhancements, as you can see.

This is what the old site looked like:

As you can tell, this new design is cleaner and much cooler! 🙂

Of course, I’d love to hear how you like it (or don’t like it). What do you think?

Local.com had a smart looking mousepad at SMX West in February. Beyond your regular cool designs, this one is personalizable with your own picture.

You just need to hope that your mousepad doesn’t get dirty or that memorable picture will get ugly! 😛

Slifter, the mobile local product search engine,gave away measuring tape SES New York. It’s a smart and practical idea and it’s thinner than the average measuring tape so it’s easy to pack in your bag when you travel.