Get a Grip … Get a Gripsta!
Free-standing for easy viewing
INTRODUCING THE UNIQUE GRIPSTA
Anything which improves the way you use your smart-phone can only be a good thing right?
The Gripsta is a great new gadget available from Stupid Tuesday which protects your smart-phone from scratching and makes it much more convenient to view and use… ok so it’s not a world shattering invention but then the best gadgets are always the simplest aren’t they!
Discreet, portable and stylish, unlike flimsy plastic holders, the Gripsta is engineered from hard-wearing polyurethane and is available in a variety of colours: yellow, blue, orange and pink as standard.
This brilliant soft grip mobile phone holder lets you rest your phone anywhere, so it’s easier to view and free from scratching and fits iPhones, HTC, Blackberry, Samsung, LG, Nokia and all other leading smartphone models.
Flying the flag for the UK
WHY THE GRIPSTA?
Coming up with the idea for a mobile phone stand was a bit of a lightbulb moment for the UK-based inventors … they couldn’t believe there wasn’t a decent product on the market designed to cradle all smartphone brands which was also colourful, handy and affordable… so they designed our own!
The Gripsta mobile phone accessory has been thought up, designed and manufactured here in the U.K. by a family business manufacturing foam products for over 20 years at their Lake District factory.
Great print area and colourful packaging
GREAT FOR BRANDING
Not only is the Gripsta a practical item it also has a brilliant promotional potential with a big, big branding area (45mm x 60mm) complemented by colourful, fully customisable packaging.
And get this …. because it’s made from durable polyurethane it doubles as an excellent ‘stress’ item. Two promotional items in one in fact! How’s that for promotional power?
The Gripsta may be printed in full colour and, if you buy in bulk, you can even pantone match the Gripsta to your corporate colour.
For more information on the unique Gripsta smart-phone accessory call Stupid Tuesday on 01437 781978 or email sales@stupidtuesday.co.uk
There’s still time to get your Diamond Jubilee Mugs
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee has been set for June 5th 2012 and as that date approaches we at the Mug Shop have been inundated with orders for our Diamond Jubilee range of mugs, so much so that we have already seen stocks of some mugs become exhausted. Demand has been very heavy from schools, local authorities, parish councils, local Jubilee Committees, charities and societies to name but a few.
However, don’t worry if you haven’t yet obtained Diamond Jubilee mugs for your own organisation as there is still time and plenty of quality mugs still available, both earthenware and bone china. Still, it would be wise to make your move soon if you wish to make sure you have your mugs before the big day.
How should you go about it? Here’s how:
1. First of all choose your style of mug and preferred design here: Diamond Jubilee mugs.
2. Then email us the details which you wish to print on the reverse side from the Jubilee design. By return, we will send a proof to show how your chosen mug will look with your own details in place.
3. Once you sign-off the proof that’s it! Just leave the rest to us. Nothing more for you to do except sit back and wait for your Diamond Jubilee mugs to be delivered.
So, if you have still to order your own special Jubilee mugs, give us a call on 01437 781978, email sales@mug-shop or go to Diamond Jubilee mugs to request a quote or a sample.
It’s in the Bag
As reported in these pages earlier this year, sales of tea pots have fallen 39% in the last five years and, what’s more, sales of traditional tea-cups and saucers are down by 44%. In stark contrast, sales of mugs have leapt by 59% since 2006.
In an era of instant gratification the idea of slamming a teabag in a mug and pouring on the hot water has now taken over. To acknowledge this undeniable fact, we at the Mug Shop have introduced our very own (or indeed your very own) unique branded teabags. Now you have the opportunity to add value to your branded mugs and add extra delight for your customers by popping your branded teabag into your mugs when you send them out.
What’s more, they are very inexpensive, just 50p each for 100 teabags provided in a full colour 75mm x 75mm envelope printed with your logo and message on both sides. They’re a perfect and a much more memorable substitute for a boring business card which, let’s face it, in these days of digital information will normally end up in the bin.
Much better for your message to land up in your customer’s mug, quenching his thirst whilst bringing a smile to his face, I’m sure you’ll agree.
If you think you’d like to know more about our unique teabag-business cards, call us on 01437 781978 or email sales@mug-shop.net.
All set for a Right Royal Knees up!
It’s only a few weeks until the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, so if you’re planning a street party or to mark the event for your school, company or organisation, why not have a lovely cup of tea in a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee mug from the Mug Shop.
We are currently producing bespoke branded mugs to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee in full colour or as an alternative, you can have the official emblem shown on one side, with your school or organisation’s crest in mono on the other. These are available in a wide range of earthenware, porcelain or bone china mug styles
To complete your Diamond Jubilee table-setting, you may also have Diamond Jubilee branded cups and saucers, plates, trays, glassware, even babies’ trainer cups! And for a special gift for the occasion you may also have Diamond Jubilee branded pens and pencils, keyrings, trolley coins, etc. In fact, virtually anything you can think of, within good reason and in the bounds of good taste of course!
So bring out your bunting, fly all your flags, tease out your tablecloths and boil up those brews in a stunning choice of beautiful bone china, perfect porcelain or exciting earthenware! Oh, and don’t forget to call out Mother Brown!
For more information on our Diamond Jubilee branded mugs and other items call us on 01437 781978 or email sales@stupidtuesday.co.uk
Love Lancashire? …The Queen does!
Calling all Lancastrians far and wide!
Did you know that the Ribble Valley, home to many writers, artists, craft workers, and performers is also reputed to be where Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II would love to retire? In fact, during the war around parts of Mellor, Clitheroe, Whitewell and Longridge, the young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret spent many happy times, away from the threat of London bombings and this imbued in her a deep love for this wonderful, yet little known, part of the world.
Incidentally, did you know that whilst living in the village of Hurst Green in this lovely corner of Lancashire JRR Tolkien wrote much of his epic ‘The Lord of the Rings’ which, in two years time also celebrates it’s very own ‘Diamond Jubilee’ since its publication? A somewhat tenuous connection, I know, but just thought I would mention it as I’m a big fan of the work! I digress.
Anyway, let’s get back to the theme; Lancastrians, you have a county of which to be proud, fly the flag (along with all other British citizens!) with a celebratory Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Mug, printed with your school, company or organisations logo in full colour or mono with the Royal Crest or the Official ‘Child’s Drawing’ Emblem on the reverse.
Our full range of bone china, porcelain or earthenware Diamond Jubilee mugs can be seen at Diamond Jubilee Mugs.
So come on Lancastrians far and wide, let’s show the world how proud we are of Preston, Poulton and Parbold!
Even if your not from ‘Lanky’ you can call us on 01437 781978 or email sales@mug-shop.net to find out all about our Diamond Jubilee mugs.
Moving on up …
Our taste in biscuits is changing, so it seems!
Whether this is due to our ever more discerning palates or it’s the recent ecomonic downturn that has caused us to indulge ourselves more, it’s unclear. However what is emerging is a new choice in our choccie biccies… we simply need to spoil ourselves more with a little treat or touch of decadence with our morning mug!
Trends show that sales of traditional favourites such as malted milk and custard creams are as much as 4% down, whilst a 20% increase is apparent in the likes of more exotic layered biscuits and rich, complex cookies.
What next for tea-time you ask?
Here at www.mug-shop.net, we suggest that if you’re done with dunkin’ digestives and want to move up on a more quintissentially quirky quest; don’t question the crunch - head for a QUEEN’s DIAMOND JUBILEE mug for your morning cuppa!
Royally relax in style with a perfect piece of porcelain, an exciting earthenware mug or boost your biccie with bone china!
See our range at:
Mug Shop’s Diamond Jubilee Mugs
…. call our team on 01437 781978 or email sales@mug-shop.net
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee is top opportunity for fund-raisers
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee has been set for June 5th 2012 and the official emblem is the winning design following a national competition for children aged between 6 and 14. It was designed by 10-year-old Katherine Dewar, from Chester. Available in full colour, black, white and white-out, the emblem is offered also in English and Welsh.
The Royal occasion is a perfect opportunity for individuals, organisations, companies, charities, schools and colleges not only to promote their name alongside the official emblem but also, where appropriate, sell-on the items in fund-raising projects.
The official design may be printed onto a wide range of promotional merchandise, such as mugs as shown above and also on pens and pencils, usb flash-drives, drinks bottles, teapots, banners and flags, clothing and much more. There is also a range of more traditional designs available which you can see on the Mug Shop’s website: traditional Diamond Jubilee Mug designs.
The Official Emblem looks great printed in full colour but, if your school, parish council, club or other organisation is on a rather tight budget our range of Budget Diamond Jubilee Mugs, available in white or a coloured glaze, may leave you some change in your pocket.
The event is still some time away but we at Stupid Tuesday and Mug Shop are already processing orders for Jubilee promotional items and as time passes demand is sure to build steadily. Our advice, therefore, for those planning activities associated with the Jubilee is to make sure you plan ahead and order your own branded items in good time.
For a full list of what items of promotional merchandise may be branded with the official Diamond Jubilee emblem, call us on 01437 781978 or email
The Pristine Pleasure of Porcelain
Within the world of promotional ceramics, the earthenware mug has always been king; it continues to sell in huge numbers and rightly so as it remains a top way to get your message to customers, old and new. However, recently we at the Mug Shop have seen a noticeable trend towards purchases of porcelain mugs.
For the uninitiated, porcelain is the ‘in-betweener’ of the promotional ceramics world, incorporating something of the delicacy and style of bone china with the robustness and practicality of earthenware.
Deriving its name from old Italian porcellana (cowrie shell) because of its resemblance to the translucent surface of the shell, porcelain is informally referred to as “china” in some English-speaking countries, as China was the birthplace of porcelain making. The properties of this fine material include considerable strength, hardness, whiteness and translucency plus a high resistance to chemical attack and thermal shock.
All this goes to make a promotional item which not only looks ‘a million dollars’ but will be highly valued and very gratefully accepted by your clients. Giving such a prestigious item as a high quality, beautifully styled porcelain mug will be a real feather in your company’s cap and show your clients that you really value their business.
To meet this surge in interest, our range of porcelain mugs has recently been greatly extended to include a plethora of pristine porcelain proudly presented on our website: porcelain mugs.
Call us on 01437 781978 or email sales@mug-shop.net for more information, a quote or a sample.
The Time-bomb Effect
Recently, I took a telephone call from a person who had been at an event at which Stupid Tuesday was an exhibitor about six months previously. Now, I didn’t remember the person. I don’t recall them coming to our exhibition stand, neither do I recall them talking to me or any colleague. Neverthless, it seemed he knew me and my company intimately. Curious, I asked politely, how so? It appears that, during the day, he passed our stand in something of a rush, as he was on his lunch-break, and picked up one of our branded ‘freebie’ pens.
Six months later, when his own company decided to invest in promotional merchandise as part of their marketing plan, the first call he made was to the company whose pen had sat on his desk, or in his pocket, for all that time, Stupid Tuesday. This is what we mean by the ‘time-bomb effect’. The person took a pen and, although not requiring promo items at the time, six months later when he did, it was there to remind him where to get them.
Would he have done the same had he taken one of our business cards, or perhaps a leaflet? Possibly, but it’s more likely that both would have been mislaid or found their inevitable way to the trash bin. The branded pen, on the other hand, he found of daily use and there it was, our ‘time-bomb’, waiting to go off just when he needed promotional materials. The result is that he placed his first order and, now a regular customer, he has spent thousands of pounds.
Not a bad result from a branded pen costing just 35p!
It isn’t just promotional pens that act as time-bombs. Other pieces of marketing dynamite include promotional mugs, usb flashdrives, eco-friendly items … well I could go on and on but you get the picture, I am sure.
In fact, in a recent survey, the theory of the ‘time-bomb effect’ was thoroughly tested, the results being as follows:
- 66% of respondents said they could remember the brand on the promotional product they received during the last year.
- 79% said they were likely to do business with the company in the future.
- 84% of respondents said that a branded promotional gift increases brand awareness.
- 87% of recipients said they kept a promotional gift for longer than 12 month.
- Finally, 56% said that their opinion of the brand/company was more favourable after receiving the promotional product.
To obtain your very own time-bombs and add some ‘dynamite’ to your marketing, give us a call on 01437 781978, email sales@stupidtuesday.co.uk or visit Stupid Tuesday.
Mug sales on the up as teapots go down the spout
The practice of enjoying a pot of tea has sustained Britain’s rich and poor alike since the 17th century. The established ritual of warming the pot first, adding tea and boiling water, then leaving to brew to guarantee the perfect strength has been part of the national culture.
However, it would now seem that growing impatience with this traditional tea-making process has led to sales of teapots plummeting drastically in recent times. In fact, according to a major high-street department store, sales have fallen 39% in the last five years and, what’s more, sales of traditional tea-cups and saucers are down by 44%.
In stark contrast, sales of mugs have leapt by 59% since 2006.
In an era of instant gratification the idea of slamming a teabag in a mug and pouring on the hot water has now taken over. It’s a good thing then that we at the Mug Shop continue to add to our range of quality mugs to meet the growing demand.
Whether earthenware or bone china mugs is your preference our range has it. If you’re after porcelain or unbreakable acrylic mugs we have them also.
Furthermore, this year we are expected sales of mugs to continue to grow significantly with a surge in commemorative mugs connected with the upcoming Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. These come in earthenware, bone china and porcelain as well as plastic and acrylic versions which are ideal for schools.
For more information on the Mug Shop’s range of mugs, or for prices and/or samples call us on 01437 781978 or email sales@mug-shop.net.