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Story Found By: MattMcGee 2096 Days ago
Category: Sphinn Zone
SES Schwag is labeled in four ways:
"Ideas We’re Going to Steal"
"Recycling Bin"
"I Got This Where?"
"Crap Drawer"
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News Source: http://www.emarketingperformance.com
Story Found By: MattMcGee 2096 Days ago
Category: Sphinn Zone
SES Schwag is labeled in four ways:
"Ideas We’re Going to Steal"
"Recycling Bin"
"I Got This Where?"
"Crap Drawer"
14 Comments
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Favorite line: "If promotional items have souls, then this is the hell the bad ones end up in. They won’t end up helping you get business. They won’t make you friends. These items exist only to tell people you really don’t want them to remember you."
They had helicopters? I so needed to walk that expo floor. Maybe for SMX West in February I’ll arrange an official swag contest. Could be fun.
Matt, looking at the pics -- gigantic pens are great. Seriously -- I love a big pen and always have them on my desk. I love pens in general, if they are useful. Cheap boring pens, no thanks. And I’m guessing no kids, right? Because I’ll take those stress balls, hacky sacks and beach balls you put in the crap drawer. Those things save a parent from wondering what surprises they’re bringing back. Dang -- I’ve even paid good money for those magnetic sound things that people were throwing around.
I thought the helicopters were only available if you signed up for an account. I think this blog post deserves pics. ;)
A group of us tried to score a helicopter, but came up short. Danny, I’m also keen on some of the pens. When I’m at the Seattle office, I only use (shhhh!) an iCrossing pen picked up at a previous SES. And I only use that one because someone took my Microsoft Search Advertising pen, which was the best pen I’ve ever held and also came from a previous SES. And yeah, all the little colorful toys are great for kids. Saved me this time. I’m guessing the author doesn’t have kids. :-)
I took all the schwag home last night and watched my (five) kids tear through it like a team of great white sharks chomping on a fat kid on a yellow inflatable lounge raft just off the beach of Amity Island. I barely got out of the way in time. Good times.
I took one of the cooler pens I got on the expo floor into a session, proceeded to write with it, only to have the click button shoot off into the row ahead of me. Cheap pens - quick launch to the trash bin. I had another pen fall apart in my schwag bag on the way home. ...and for the record, he does have a kid. But remember, he didn’t get to go to the conference and Stoney wasn’t sharing his schwag ...
See, sometimes I find cheap pens fun when they fall apart. Some of them have lots of pieces, and it’s interesting to see how few pieces you need to find to keep them working.
Great post! I was still bummed I didn’t get the helicopter! I made it obvious I was their target market and all I got was the brochure.
I had to perform "special" favors to get the helicopter. Well worth a few minutes of whoring... er, my time, rather.
Ummm, Stoney, you’re getting into TMI territory, bud. Careful now.... :-)
Back in the office, we found part of the pen that fell apart in my bag. I think I threw the pen away at home, so how the spare part from the pen ended up under the pool table, is beyond me.
Missing these expos is going to not only make my crap drawer empty, but kill me in the process.
Damn...you made out like a fiend! Good catch. By the way, those Neilson Net Ratings pens are dangerous. If you click them to hard/fast/aggressively, the top becomes a missile...almost took my eye out!