July 2021 - My Next Promo

Posted on July 21, 2021January 31, 2023 by Dave — Leave a comment

Custom Adhesive Note Pads

People ask us: “What is the best bang-for -the-buck” in our promotional product offerings.

Without a doubt, one of our best options is a simple piece of stacked paper that we short form to call an “Ad Pad”.

See a wide variety of our custom printed adhesive note pads here.

Why do we love them so much? Well- let’s take our best selling 4″w x 3″/ 25 sheet pad seen here. At an order of 500 pcs an order its right around $250 (plus tax and shipping). The math on that is that each sheet is only $0.02 ea (with the whole pad costing less then $0.50 ea.)!

The longevity of these type of products are great as these printed note pads stick around on office desks and in people’s homes. Then they give their message with YOUR message and that has the potential to dramatically increase the range of your marketing.

Equally as good, these are printed in FULL COLOUR, so you can show a product, a place, a colourful logo or your happy smiling face if you’d like … without any additional costs!

We get it- your first reaction may be “that’s boring” but in fact and in practice it is hard to beat for those with tight budgets or not!

Posted on July 20, 2021July 23, 2021 by Dave — Leave a comment

Canadians! Free Ground Shipping on Select Promotional Items

Canada is super big- duh. So we’re offering free ground shipping to make orders more affordable.

Shipping to an address something just down the street in Toronto versus Victoria, BC can see a world of difference when it comes to quoting for shipping. Then, when you factor in the variety of promotional product we offer. From light but bulky promo foam items to heavy/ breakable ceramic mugs to lightweight custom tattoos. The difference becomes even more pronounced.

BUT, for a limited time, we are experimenting and working with specific partners on specific products to upset the paradigm and offer something truly new and refreshing. FREE GROUND SHIPPING on select promo items to most major centres across all provinces in Canada. (The caveat is that territories and remote areas will be discounted.)

Right now, right here, you can find well over 200 products that we have designated as part of this awesome program. We are adding more all the time as well!

It covers heavy hitters like our promotional bags, writing instruments, even select drinkware!!

And the BIG FINISH?: All of these items are currently ON SALE as well! See them now…

Posted on July 20, 2021January 24, 2023 by Blueprint Agencies — Leave a comment

Buying Promotional Products from a Canadian source

There have been countless of the byproducts resulting from COVID. One being companies and individuals looking at their supply chains and where things are sourced. One need to look no further than Suez Canal being block and hundreds of ships waylaid for days. Or vaccine shortages due to lack of domestic manufacturing. These occurrences remind us, when we can, Canadians are best buying promotional products from a Canadian source.

There is also a heightened sense of Regionalism wherein people are trying to buy as regionally as possible. Things take time to change at this world-wide level. In the short-term there are ways to get part or most of the way there.

What can we do?

Buy Canadian manufactured products: We have numerous suppliers and manufacturers that we deal with that are home-grown right in Canada. Many of Made in Canada products can be found here. Many of our promotional magnets, notepads and other paper related items have many options for being Canadian manufactured.
Buy Canadian warehoused products: My Next Promo works with some great promo suppliers that call Toronto or Montreal their hometown. Bringing in the type of products that aren’t currently made domestically. Most of our drinkware, tote bags and pens are examples of this, where they’re stocked and printed in Canada.
One of the most unique features on our site is that most products show you where the promotional product ships from. Beyond that we take it to another level by noting if there is a local pick-up option! If you are local to this you could go pick up your new promos and save any related shipping costs!
Even if the product isn’t a manufacturer in Canada OR warehoused here we have a handful of fantastic suppliers who print south of the border. They then have trucks coming up daily to a Canadian distribution point. The big advantage of this is that there are no “mystery charges” for that border crossing and all of that is built into the price (you would just pay the shipping cost from the Canadian distribution point).

We hear it often by customers who are tantalized by a low unit price on a USA based supplier site only to find the “hidden” costs overwhelm the final total. Just the other day we talked with a customer who was upset that they ordered a coffee mug recently from a US source that was a great price… but it shipped from Arizona (so the cost of shipping breakable ceramics was high), plus they got dinged at the border for importation charges… not to mention the US to Canadian Dollar conversion.

It comes down to this: You are Canadian… buying promotional products from a Canadian source goes a long way. We have been helping “Mom and Pop Shops” all the way up to the top corporate companies in Canada since 1997. My Next Promo hand-picks every promotional product you will find on this site for value and price it competitively. Perhaps most importantly- we make it EASY and FRIENDLY.