
PromoWithPurposeToday.com is the companion blog to Thorne Communications shopsites: PromoWithPurposeShop.com, USAandUnionMadePromoShop.com. Here you’ll find the tools and ideas you need to make your next promotional product buy a purposeful one. We discuss new products, ideas for more effective exhibiting, saving money and the planet, video demonstrations, valuable resources, event listings, social media tips, related news topics, and more. Then when you’re ready to buy, we can also get you the products you need.
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Heidi Thorne, Founder and President of Thorne Communications and PromoWithPurposeShop.com, has 25 years of experience in the sales, marketing, and advertising fields, including selling promotional products since 1999, including about a decade in the hotel and trade show industries. She has been recognized for her active social networking, both online and offline. She is also author of the book, SWAG: How to Choose and Use Promotional Products for Marketing Your Business, which provides promotional buying advice for small to mid-size organizations and details her “Promo With Purpose” concept which she discusses here…
Visit Heidi’s PromoWithPurposeTV YouTube Channel for more videos on promotional products and marketing. Books by Heidi Thorne
- SWAG: How to Choose and Use Promotional Products for Marketing Your Business
- T Shirt Printing and Promotional Clothing Buyers Guide: Money Saving Tips for Marketing and Company Apparel
- Business Competitive Advantage: A Handbook for Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs and Consultants
- Eco Friendly Promotional Product Guide: A Green Marketing Handbook for Small Business
- Messaging Marketing: The Mobile Marketing How To Guide to Text Message Advertising for Small Business
- How to Print QR Codes on Promotional Products
Awards & Recognitions:
- 2013 ASI (Advertising Specialty Institute) Hot List for Promotional Products Industry
- March 2013 Top 100 Small Business Experts to Follow on Twitter
- 2012 Industry Voice Award from Promo Labs (promotional products industry)
- 2010 Influential Women in Business Honoree by The Business Ledger (now Daily Herald Business Ledger)
Featured, Quoted In or Contributor To:
- CrowdCompass Mobile Blog
- Corporate Meetings Network: Canada’s Site for Corporate Meeting Planners
- Advertising Specialty Institute’s Advantages magazine
- Fox Valley Labor News
- Planet Planit Biz (UK)
- INXPO
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