(Tamar Weinberg is a) Schwag Addict

The biggest schwag package I have received to date most certainly comes from Big Promotions, a branded promotional items shop. I don’t even know if I can describe all of this stuff in the photos that follow, but I’ll most certainly try.

First, I’m going to start off by showing you the multiple varieties of branded boxes of mints. Seriously, I had no idea there were so many ways to go about this.






(who knew real estate agents gave out mints? It’s a great idea!)

mmmm, WSOP!




The prescription mint? A great idea, except for this part.

My favorite:

Then there’s custom lip balm. I like lip gloss.

And the promotional hand sanitizer:

And the measuring tape:

And binder clips:

which come in this box:

Can we say cups? The stadium cups, oh my!

Now with Video!

(Check out these cups!)
The outside:

and the inside:

And another one:

and the inside of that one:

Or fun glasses-type cups:

Or squirt bottles (with straws?)

Or lanyards?

Or branded dry erase boards?

How about door hangers and bookmarks and magnets? There are business card magnets, double business cards, 4×7 promotional magnets, and more.

Regular and sticky notepads are there too.

And a cool thermos:

And a bag:

And a few t-shirts:

And a branded cooler bag (or is it an insulated cooler?):

Thanks Rich!

Online shoe store Zappos has just about every shoe you ever can imagine. And they don’t stop with shoes. Zappos also is great at marketing itself in every single way possible, from using Twitter to taking care of people in the rain.

At SXSW, Zappos had a limited number of Ogio laptop bags. Here’s one:

They also had some bags for carrying schwag 🙂

For the after-parties, there were shot glasses:

Did Zappos stop there? Nope! When it rained in Austin, they had a large number of volunteers offering to hand out plastic Zappos raincoats to those of us who didn’t come equipped with rain gear. Yes, I was actually one of those people, but the raincoat didn’t make it back home with me.

(Photo courtesy of cogdogblog).

Overall, the Zappos movement is hitting hard, and it’s because of brilliant people (hi Brian Kalma!), a dedicated team, great marketing, and an impressive selection of shoes.

Wow. So this huge box was brought in today and let me say that I’m so thankful to ePromos (an inspiration behind this blog) for their awesome promotional products.

Here are 3 promotional bags:

Then there’s a branded water bottle:

Here are two leather picture frames:

And now, for the rain, an ePromos umbrella:

Of course, everyone owns promotional pens, but how many of them can boast sweet-looking cases that can double as storage for sunglasses?

Also, in the box was this awesome fleece and nylon branded banket with a pocket for goodies:

For the summer, a nice pocket fan awaits me.

Now I can play some poker at home with these playing cards and branded protective covers:

And finally, jellybeans (from Jelly Belly, of course) and a promotional mug:

So wow, ePromos, I’d hereby sign up for your monthly giveaways. And I’d like to thank you for this awesome goody bag. Thanks again to Mark for making it happen!

Shea Gunther and Chris Baskind hooked me up with three Offensively Binary items from their very cool online store.

The first shirt says that Girls F$cking Rock. The bag says F#ck the TSA, and the second shirt simply says F%ck. 😉 Nice idea. These shirts rock and they bring out the true geek in me. (Oh trust me, it’s there.)

Thanks Chris and Shea!

P.S. Thanks for all the kind comments, but I’m already married, thanks.