RECOGNITION, AWARD & GIFT PRODUCTS
totally customizable by you!

Free Personalization!    24hr Quick Ship Available!    No Minimums!    Instant Proofs!

What is DYR?

It is an online platform offering total customization and personalization of awards, recognition and gift products.

It is a platform that utilizes content such as images, logos, quotes and personalized messages to design and create superior recognition products, in just minutes.

Recognition Art finally provides you and your associates a way to give something that is both meaningful and relevant!

Quick & Efficient!

It is recognition reinvented through which YOU or YOUR Associates have tools to easily design, create, proof and order awards, recognition and gift products online at YOUR convenience.

Easily Create High Quality Products in Minutes

- Upload a Logo
- Upload your own picture
- Select an image from our extensive Library
- Exotic Woods, Stone and color border templates
- Powerful text tools
- Real time previews
- Instant Virtual Proofs
- Unlimited Possibilities

Best of all, with DYR you get…

- An online design platform not available anywhere else!
- Superior products with competitive pricing!
- No set-up fees!
- No minimums!
- Free personalization!
- Save your designs, images and logos for future use!
- Instantly send a Virtual Proof via e-mail to anyone!
- Design and order in minutes!
- Fast Turnaround 
- 3 business days production!

GET STARTED NOW!

Simplify, Save, Relax, Grow, Succeed…  email Professional Gifting.

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High-tech promotional items have become increasingly popular in the business world today. Just about everyone carries some type of electronic or high-tech accessory with them at all times and your logo or brand should be on it! One category stands out from the rest though… Custom USB Drives. 

Companies understand their are a multitude of benefits involved with portable data and they come to us for a variety of reasons. But first, lets take a look at the benefits of logo USB’s.  

Portable, Durable & Flexible

Custom USB Drives are a secure, portable way to store and transport various forms of information. They’re small, light weight and compact compared to other portable storage devices and their impervious to scratches and dust. USB’s are flexible in the sense that they are typically compatible with desktops, laptops and various operating systems. And they are available in multiple storage capacities. No matter what the size, they’re small enough to mail and easily distributed. 

Convenient

Custom USB Drives are perfect when you want to store product information, important documents & files, lengthy data, or even music, photos and other media. Use them to upload presentations in order to increase attention at speeches and meetings. This way your audience won’t be writing down notes instead of listening to your message. 

Relevant & Practical

Custom USB Drives are valuable pieces of technology which are sure to be appreciated by a fairly broad target audience. They’re relevant to the times and, considering a large portion of our population owns a computer, they’re extremely practical and useful advertising vehicles. Not only that, but they’re effective and memorable. Flash drives are continually improving in size and price per capacity every day. And since they save paper and use little power, they’ve got eco-friendly written all over them. 

Affordable & Customizable

Custom USB Drives are easily fit to any specific project or budget. Need to distribute multiple files and training materials to new employees? Opt for an 8G or 16G. Just looking to get people to your website? Ask about our web keys under $5. Standard styles of flash drives can include custom usb pens, custom usb people, custom usb shapes, custom usb lanyards, custom usb wristbands, custom usb key chains, custom usb credit cards, etc. They can be made out of plastic, metal, wood, leather, or custom molded with PVC. You can print on them, engrave them, personalize them, use a full color epoxy dome, and packaging options are endless. 

Free Rush Service & 1 Piece Minimums Available

Even during Chinese New Year, we always have drives in stock. If you order one of our standard drives today, and do not need a proof, we can ship your order within one business day!* If you do request a proof, we can ship within a week. And if you decide to order one of our custom molded USB drives, or some of our custom USB people, we can typically ship them out within 10-15 business days.
We also have one piece minimums available with free setups and free engraved personalizations. They’re available with as little as 128MB of memory and prices as low as $7 (please confirm*). Choose from swivel drives, thumb drives, swing drives, key drives, or even wooden and lanyard styles. And you can also take advantage of one piece minimums on custom iPhone cases, custom iPad cases, custom Blackberry cases, custom mousepads, and custom portable hard drives. 

Suggestions for use:

- Presentation Reminders
- Summarize Meetings
- Promote Customer Retention
- Employee Training
- Distribute Catalogs & Product Information
- Demonstrate Commitment to Clients, Employees or Partners
- Tradeshow & Convention Giveaway
- Brand or Product Promotion
- Corporate Gifts
- Express Appreciation
- Improve Brand Recall
- Marketing & Advertising
- Retail Merchandise
- Distribution of books, reports or reference guides
- Educate prospects

In order to stand apart from competition, companies have been spending more money on marketing campaigns in order to increase brand awareness and drive sales. They begin working with companies like us in order to streamline purchasing and lower costs.  Partnering with a single distributor for logo apparel, meeting supplies, gifts, incentives, awards, giveaways, direct mail, signage, etc. is a great way to increase the value of your brand. It will protect your brand from exposure, ensure brand uniformity across all mediums, and it will ultimately save the company time and money that would have been wasted on sourcing, processing and distribution.

When you want to work with a professional who knows the most about USB drives and the creative ways you can increase your brand awareness, make sure to email Professional Gifting.

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or check out some of the custom USB drives we already completed

Here’s one of the more unique ideas for 2010. With this Cell Phone Watch, you can dial and receive calls from anywhere! Just insert your SIM card!

Product Description :

• DIAL AND RECEIVE CALLS FROM ANYWHERE
• MICROPHONE AND SPEAKER BUILT INTO THE WATCH
• PREPROGRAMMED VOICEMAIL & EMERGENCY BUTTONS
• COMES WITH HEADPHONES AND CHARGER
• MINI USB COMPATIBLE
• LIGHT INDICATOR
• PROGRAMMABLE SPEED DIAL
* DOES NOT INCLUDE SIM CARD

In Stock Prices* (3-12 Days)
10+ : Around $100

Factory Direct Prices* (6-8 Weeks)
50+ : Under $100

*Pricing depends on quantity and decoration.
Prices shown do not include setup charges, tax, or S&H.

Please contact your PG sales representative for more details

Regardless of how challenging the year has been, there are always milestones worth celebrating. While you may think of awards as an additional expense, they can accomplish so much more.

Recognition can apply to every portion of your business. A few categories might include:

• Safety Initiatives
• Customer Service
• Preferred Vendor Excellence
• Sales Performance
• Years of Service

Along with the “good will” that you generate with the recipient, you create opportunities to:

• Publish this information in trade publications where you might be recruiting new talent.
• Display your logo and branding in multiple locations for years to come.
• Have a new material for your blog and newsletter.
• Send notifications to your business journal or news paper.

Most of the Awards we carry are available for shipment in 5 days or less. But this is only 60% of the awards business. A large portion comes from creating custom designs for special events. Below is one that was designed for piano awards from Yamaha.

Recognition is one of the core needs in building up people and showing your appreciation for exceptional performance. Many of our products can be found here.

For all of your awards and recognition needs, contact your Professional Gifting advisor or call us at 800-350-1796 x101.

Custom awards and recognition items are the key to motivate employees, congratulate winners, recognize loyalty, etc. They are sure to add value to a company name while it is showcased for many years.

Some of our favorites are themed awards. These are great for golf outtings, healthcare achievements, high rollers, broadcasters and media roles, special events, etc.

Award Ideas
Desk Clocks
Paperwieghts

For creative ideas on how Professional Gifting can find your perfect branded gift, contact one of our sales associates at 800.350.1796 or send us a message!

Packaging is by far one of the most important elements to your business. I don’t care if you are a lawyer, accountant, manufacturer or what product or service you offer.  Your packaging will define who you are. This even includes the way you package yourself.

One of our more creative ideas has been Custom Miniature Tool Boxes. With pricing starting in the $25 – $50 range, we believe that anyone who receives one will keep it for years to come.

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There are many ways to utilize the mini tool chest. Here are a few ideas.

• A well known tool manufacturer created a brochure that their sales team showed throughout the country.  Of course the boxes were private labeled. Salespeople pre sold over 2000 units at $135 per unit.
• Does your business work with mechanics, auto service centers or auto parts stores? Package your holiday gift to your dealership clients. We frequently include chocolate.
• We have created die cut foam inserts to fit on the individual trays to hold specific parts.
• We have used these as a point of purchase display.

There are also a couple of smaller units that can be incorporated into the total package with prices ranging from $25 and up.

For additional information on how we can make your next promotion finish first, contact your Professional Gifting sales associate.

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As Professional Gifting continues to expand, we have contracted with some of the most exclusive retail brands in the industry.  Today we announce the arrival of David Yurman.

David Yurman was originally a trained sculptor. He started his company with his wife Sybil in 1979. With her help, they created the outstanding cable designs that are so popular today.

You may ask yourself, how can we use this product?  This collection is ideal to use in any “Years of Service” program or even as a premium for products purchased.

Throughout 2009, we are offering either the “Wheat Chain Bracelet” or the “Crossover X” earrings as a free gift with any apparel purchase totalling $5000 from either Tehama, Cutter Buck or our 3 day ship apparel line.

When it comes to premium brand names, a few additional lines we also carry are Raymond Weil, Mont Blanc, Movado, Rado, Skagen, , Swiss TumiArmy, Tag Heuer and Fossil.

For more information on our full line of services, contact your PG sales associate.

In today’s business environment, training employees is still one of the most expensive business expenses.  While there is still a high turnover rate within corporate America, keeping good employees is always a concern. In the midst of downsizing and massive corporate cuts, there are a number of programs that can help in retaining key employees. But where is a good starting point?

One of the most cost effective solutions is to create a years of service program.  Here is how one of our most cost effective programs works.

1.  Determine if your program can be paper based, web based or both.
2.  Choose what denominations, years or milestones where you would like to give a gift.  Price denominations range from $25 to $1000.
3.  Decide what graphics you would like to include on your gift card and what message you want to display on the back.
4.   If you like, we can personalize the back of each card, however we typically do them blank.
5.  Professional Gifting will also custom brand a web page for you.  Just provide us with your basic artwork and we will design a custom page for you.  Here is an example of our work. 
6.  Decide if the gift card will be handed out in person or mailed to the recipients home. 

The overall cost for the cards and the website personalization is minimal.  You can have a ful program launched in 2-3 weeks or less.

Years of service programs are just one of the many ways that to tell your employee that they are important to you.  These can also be used for the following programs:
1.  Attendance Programs
2.  Safety Programs
3.  Referral Programs
4.  Loyalty Programs
5.  New Idea Programs

For more information on how to design a cost effective program for your company, contact your Professional Gifting associate.

I just read a very informative article in the Salesforce.com magazine that arrived. 

“The Incentive Research Foundation, an industry group that promotes the effectiveness of incentives in business, surveyed corporate business buyers and suppliers last October and 78% of the respondents said they expect incentive program budgets to decrease in 2009″.  Remember, this survey was done in October.  I would venture to guess that closer to 100% would expect a decrease now.

With the sudden breakdown in the economy, employees are happy just to keep their jobs.  In many cases, people are offering to work less hours so their co-workers can keep their jobs as well.  Believe it or not, the shrinkage in the economy is bringing people together.

While many people are cutting budgets, we are recommending that clients simply reallocate and draw in a larger audience.  Here is one example.

Your company currently has 200 people that qualify for a week long trip.  With a significant other, we are talking 400 people.  With the average cost being $2500 per person, you are looking at a $5000 per qualifier or an overall budget of $1 million dollars.  What if we were to change that mix and upgrade the top 35 people slightly; either by offering upgrades in lodging or by adding merchandise.  Perhaps a $1000 upgrade per person.  Then, we take the remaining qualifiers and offer them the option of the trip or merchandise.  But before I go further…

Do we ever take into consideration the costs and challenges that the end user has to deal with?  In many cases a couple will spend between $800 and $2200 on everything from drinks, meals, gambling and gifts to home care for children, pets or an elderly parent.  This doesn’t include the challenges of having kids in school.  Have we also taken into consideration that each family carries their own weight when it comes to the economy and paying bills?  Now where were we…

By giving the remaining people the option of travel over merchandise, you have now empowered your workers to know that they will not have these added financial issues should they qualify.  They can count on having extra funds available to either share with loved ones or perhaps use their gift choices for themselves.

Still not a believer?  Gift recipients will also be happy with a lower credit than the $5000 you are spending on the trip.  In fact, by using a points system instead of dollars, employees can order 10, $350 items, 1 $3500 item or any mix in between, and still feel handsomely rewarded.  At least 60% of your remaining qualifiers will opt for merchandise.  This leaves you with approximately 100 people that will opt for a $1500 decrease in your overall expense. 

That’s 15%…. $150,000!!!

Still need another nudge???  Do you calculate in your overall cost, how much revenue you will lose by 200 people being out of the office for a week?  Not only did those 100 people save you $150K, they are not going to miss a day of work.

From this point you can easily just bank the savings.  But what if we would be able to boost the moral and production of the other non qualifiers so that they were motivated by the program instead of listening to the same old song and dance, knowing that they will never qualify.  This is where you can nurture your next batch of superstars.

Motivation programs are still one of the most effective ways to grow your business.  The important part is that you consistently tweak your program so it becomes exciting for everyone.

Our unique combination of Travel, Merchandise and Mar-com services allow you to place your trust in one provider that will just make it all happen.  For additional information contact Ken or Joe @ ProfessionalGifting.com.

Here is the big question for 2009… How am I going to motivate the team in order for us to reach our goals. Here is a good guidline to taking the right path.

1. Take a look at what you are doing right now with recognition. How did last years program tun out? What did the employees think about it? Determine your strengths, weaknesses and the areas that need more focus.

2. Map out your own recognition strategy. Why are you doing recognition in the first place, and what tools can you use to manage your program with ease and effectiveness. Share your recognition philosophy and purpose for feedback from others and when agreed upon, send it down so everyone can be on the same page.

3. Match up recognition with the business strategy. It may be improving retention, raising customer satisfaction or getting higher employee participation, recognition, rewards and incentives can be powerful tools to reinforce behavior and reward business results.

4. Establish short- and long-term recognition goals. Whatever worked before should be continued, and whatever did not should be stopped or redesigned. Then set goals on how you can improve recognition over the next year.

5. Align recognition to your vision, values and mission. Your organizational culture, attitudes, beliefs and corporate personality should be strong enough to turn recognition into a way of life, not just another program. In turn, recognition can help reinforce the best behaviors aligned with your values.

6. Get support at the top. Nothing makes recognition happen more than senior leaders supporting and exemplifying positive recognition actions. Recognition really starts at the top in getting other managers on board.

7. Develope a communications strategy. Managers and employees need to know how to be good recognizers. Show them where the resources of articles, tips and ideas are online. After training, use online surveys and questionaires to see how effective you have been.

8. Educate and demonstrate exemplary recognition. Educate people on the “why” of recognition and the “how” will flow much better. Give training to help people overcome any issues and challenges, and teach them the right way to give people the recognition they deserve.

9. Expect recognition and hold people accountable. Unless someone senior to you sets clear expectations for giving recognition, nothing will start. Furthermore, once the standard is set, if no one follows up or gives you feedback on how you are doing, nothing will change or be maintained.

10. Keep it simple. Nothing is more meaningful than a sincere expression of thanks and appreciation. Make it your goal to be looking for people doing great work and becoming the best recognition giver of the year.