Omaha Promos, LLC News & Opinion

Omaha Promos’ night out: the 2012 Guns & Hoses Boxing Challenge

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Team Omaha Promos

Thousands of fight fans and friends/supporters of public safety showed up in earnest at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa last Saturday night for the 3rd Annual Omaha Guns & Hoses Charity Boxing Challenge.

The girls of Team Omaha Promos (shown above) were out in force as well. The weather was great outside the arena, the beer was cold inside, and the fights were just plain magnificent! The Firefighters won a closely contested overall win for the team trophy and a year’s worth of bragging rights.

Totals are still being tallied from the night, e.g. attendance, number of awesome Omaha Promos designed promotional shirts with custom screen-printed design [grin], and the amount of money generated for local charities such as the Muscular Dystrophy Association and Special Olympics, but it was obvious to anyone attending, the evening was a roaring success.

Special thanks to Dustin Talacko Events for putting on an amazing show. Omaha Promos is proud to have been an official sponsor of the 2012 Omaha Guns & Hoses Boxing Challenge and of course we’re proud of all the branded tees that flew out the doors of the MAC as well.

Posted in apparel, branding, omaha promos family, promotional products, screen printing | Tagged guns and hoses boxing challenge, omaha promos, special olympics

Omaha Promos: Official Guns & Hoses Gear Supplier

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Team Omaha Promos

Omaha Promos is proud to announce being named official supplier of wearables and branded merch for the Omaha Guns & Hoses Boxing Challenge. This is an annual charity boxing event that pits Omaha metro police officers against area firefighters. Money raised goes toward Special Olympics, Muscular Dystrophy and area youth.

Doors open at 6PM on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, IA. Vist the MAC box office, TicketMaster.com, all TicketMaster outlets, or charge by phone at (866) 448-7849.

Posted in apparel, branding, press releases | Tagged guns and hoses, omaha promos

Floor Fashions endorses Omaha Promos for branded merch and promotional products

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Team Omaha Promos

Floor Fashions is a full service floor covering store, locally owned and operated in Omaha. They’ve been in business since ’93 and have been using Omaha Promos for their branded merchandise, promotional products, and decorated corporate apparel since the outset.

As is often the case with Team Omaha Promos, relationships develop and we do business with many of our clients; as a matter of fact, we have several rooms of Floor Fashions-installed carpet and tile in our own home.

We recently received a wonderful testimonial from the manager of Floor Fashions:

Floor Fashions has been relying on the folks at Omaha Promos since the day we opened our doors. They’ve supplied all our screen-printed t-shirts, embroidered jackets, and decorated hats in addition to other branded promotional products, all of which have helped us gain name recognition in the marketplace.

The service we’ve received from Denise has been exceptional. She’s always been able to come through when we’ve faced a tight turnaround time on our orders and she follows through with us until we have our promotional items in and and are 100% satisfied.

Omaha Promos is competitive in their pricing, and through all these years of doing business with them, we’ve never had so much as a single problem with an order.

Floor Fashions happily recommends Omaha Promos for your promotional product and corporate apparel needs.

Sincerely,Sherri Focht
Manager
Floor Fashions

Thank you Sherri (and everyone at Floor Fashions) for your many years of loyalty to our family business. Your patronage (and great floor covering options!) are much appreciated!

Posted in business to business, corporate apparel, press releases, promotional items, screen printing, testimonial | Tagged ball caps, floor fashions, omaha promos

Omaha Promos Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Team Omaha Promos

Q: What is a “promotional product”?
A: Promotional products are any item imprinted with a logo or slogan and given out to promote a company, organization, product, service, special achievement or event. T-shirts, mugs, pens and key tags are popular examples, and just about anything can be imprinted.

Q: How big is the promotional products industry by way of sales?
A: The promotional products industry is growing and evolving all the time. According to the most recently available data from the Advertising Specialty Institute, gross annual sales for the promotional products industry amounted to $17.4 billion in 2010, a 9% increase over 2009 sales figures. Obviously, this business is more than swag and trinkets.

Q: Does Omaha Promos do anything other than promotional products?
A: Indeed! Omaha Promos is a trusted supplier of decorated corporate apparel (aka “identitywear”), scrubs and uniforms, trade show and event giveaways, client appreciation gifts, green and renewable promotions, safety program promotions, direct mail pieces, even business forms.

Q: How long has Omaha Promos been in business?
A: The company’s roots go back to 1923 when Denise’s great-grandfather began printing calendars in the basement of his home. Since that time, the company has changed hands three times, remaining family owned and operated to this day. Omaha Promos is believed to be the longest tenured promotional products distributor in the greater Omaha metro.

Q: What’s the minimum quantity for screen-printing?
A: 25 pieces.

Q: What’s the minimum quantity on embroidery?
A: 12 pieces.

Q: What sort of artwork do I need for screen-printing or embroidery?
A: Artwork needs to be vector line art with all text converted to outlines, curves or paths. We can accept Adobe Illustrator, Freehand, EPS or PDF files, in Macintosh or Windows format.

Q: How long does it take for me to get my order once I place it?
A: Production time on most orders is 5-7 business days after artwork is approved (we’ll supply you with a proof to approve before moving forward on your order).

Q: What is your guarantee on products or garments I buy from Omaha Promos?
A: We don’t have a catchy way of saying this, so we’ll just say it: if in the unlikely event something about your order fails to meet expectations, we fix it. Period.

Q: Is Omaha Promos locally owned and operated?
A: Omaha Promos is 100% locally owned and operated. We are a registered Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), holds Central Contractor Registration (CCR), is ORCA registered, and is a proud member of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce.

Posted in faq, promotional products, uniforms, women owned small business | Tagged omaha promos

Why the ‘Low Price Guarantee’ can cost you big

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Team Omaha Promos

Low price guarantee!

How many times have you seen that claim in advertising?

Well, we’re here to tell you the so called ‘Low Price Guarantee’ isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, shopping based on price at the exclusion of all other factors can get expensive – fast. Here’s why.

De-emphasis on quality

We picked up a client last year who bought embroidered polos from an e-commerce site which makes a living on the ‘Low Price Guarantee’, but in the end, the customer spent their hard earned money twice. In shopping price alone first time around, they ended up with an inferior garment and poor decorating (a badly puckering sewn logo). It’s cheaper in the long run for you to get into a better product the first time, this irrespective of what you’re shopping for (promotional items, uniforms, fill in the blank!).

De-emphasis on client care

What happens if your order doesn’t turn out the way you hoped? Or if just a portion of your order doesn’t meet expectations? Is the company you bought from forthright and communicative? Are they willing to make the matter right without an interrogation or delay? Omaha Promos is 100% client-centric; that means your satisfaction is at the center of everything we do. We’ve eaten odd fees and taken anecdotal losses to protect our customers. Make sure businesses you’re dealing with are similarly committed.

De-emphasis on tenure

Does it matter whether the outfit you’re dealing with has been in business for a long time? Do you have faith that a less tenured company will be there a year from now in the same way you trust a company with, for example, a near 90 year tenure in the promotional products industry? It’s something to consider. There are legion fly-by-night businesses out there; it’s up to you whether you want to align yourself with one, and entrust them with your hard earned money.

De-emphasis on expertise

An employee of ours was in the market for a snow blower. After doing initial research online, he visited retailers. He walked out of a big home improvement center with the lowest advertised price because help was non-existent. Eventually, he happily spent another 20 bucks to purchase the same unit from a locally owned small engine repair shop with a friendly and articulate salesperson. Quality product + reasonable price + expert technical advice and product knowledge = Winner every time.

De-emphasis on supporting local economy

If you’re buying from a distant e-commerce site or a national chain, you are mosty likely not supporting your local economy. That’s a sad thing from our point of view. Our company wouldn’t be what it is today absent the support of fellow Omahans who believe in doing business with their neighbors. Omaha Promos is a member of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and we participate in the Buy the Big O! Show as well. Please, be active in your community and support locally owned businesses at every opportunity.

When it’s time for your organization to take it to the next level through creative branding, we ask you to compare Omaha Promos’ combination of experience, business ethic, selection, commitment to client care -and, yes, price- when making a decision who to spend your money with.

Just remember: price and value, while inexorably intertwined, are not the same thing.

Posted in branding, customer service, embroidery, promotional items, small business | Tagged buy the big o!, omaha promos

Signal 88 endorses Omaha Promos for branded merch and promotional products

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Team Omaha Promos

Shea Degan, Founder, Signal 88 Security Group

After a decade in law enforcement, Shea Degan ventured into private enterprise and started Signal 88 Security Group in 2003. In the time since, the company has surged to gain a national foothold in the industry.

Omaha Promos is proud to say we developed and implemented Signal 88′s entire uniform and corporate apparel line, to include full warm and cold weather uniforms arrays for the company’s 70+ national franchises.

Here’s what Shea has to say about Omaha Promos:

Denise is one of the hardest working, most professional businesswomen I’ve ever met. From the onset of our working relationship, Denise and Omaha Promos have been there for us every step of the way, playing an integral role in our success: 72 U.S. franchises and growing.

Not only has Denise cultivated a great partnership between our businesses, she’s become a trusted friend to my wife and me. We wouldn’t recommend anyone else.

If you aren’t using Omaha Promos for your branding and uniforms, you’re missing the mark.

Shea Degan, Founder
Signal 88 Security Group

Thank you Shea, for your belief in Omaha Promos and the many years of success doing business with you helped us achieve!

Posted in branding, business to business, press releases, testimonial, uniforms | Tagged 5.11, condor, omaha promos, propper, signal 88 security, tru-spec, under armour

Omaha Promos’ Roaring Success at 2011 Buy The Big O! Show

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Team Omaha Promos

: Denise and Brent Dierking, owner of Kosama Total Body Transformation (3 Omaha locations)

: Denise and Sheila O’Conner, Executive Director of Public Affairs, Metro Community College

: Denise and John Hollingsworth, Chief Financial Officer of Floor Fashions

: Denise and Mike Anderson, Vice President and Coach of Leadership Resources

: Marion (3rd gen owner), Denise (4th gen owner) and OPD Sgt. Erin Dumont

: Jeff and Denise with Allie and Rachel of Mulberry Lane

Omaha Promos, LLC was a proud exhibitor at the Omaha Chamber’s 2011 Buy The Big O! Show Wednesday at CenturyLink Center in beautiful downtown Omaha.

We’ve not seen official attendance figures yet, but the crowd felt higher in number than the projected 5,000 visitors this Super Bowl of area business-to-business trade shows was expected to attract. Team Omaha Promos fielded dozens of inquiries about promotional products, branded merchandise, decorated apparel, uniforms and trade show giveaways.

We networked with some wonderful folks, not only a gaggle of friends and valued clients (some of whom are pictured above), but innumerable exuberant, bright-minded business people from as far away as Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

If you’re involved in Omaha area business and your organization isn’t participating in the Buy The Big O! Show, you’re not realizing your full potential. So mark you calendars forthwith! Wednesday, October, 17, 2012 is the date of next year’s show.

(Of course [cough-cough] you can call Omaha Promos ahead of time for your branded merch and trade show giveaways to prepare for the event!)

Posted in business to business, trade show | Tagged buy the big o!, floor fashions, kosama total body transformation, leadership resources, metropolitan community college, mulberry lane, omaha chamber of commerce

Allied Oil endorses Omaha Promos for branded merch and promotional products

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Team Omaha Promos

Allied Oil & Supply in Omaha is another family-run business (and you know how much we love family businesses!). Established in 1958, Allied is a Midwest commercial distributor of lubricants and tires.

We got connected to Allied via our Twitter profile. Allied was looking for a promotional products company who they could trust to supply quality, affordable decorated caps and hats. They called us. This is what they had to say about Omaha Promos:

I have worked with many other promotional vendors in the past, and Omaha Promos is so much more than a vendor. They are a business partner that truly cares about serving your needs.

I recently ordered some hats for my company, and the process was painless. Denise worked with me to find the perfect hat. I was blown away with the quality – especially for the price. She even went above and beyond to intercept an order for me that needed an embroidery change. I couldn’t have asked for better, caring customer service. The turnaround time was impressive, and I especially appreciated the superb communication. Denise emailed me every step of the way to keep me in the loop.

Not only am I happy with the hats I purchased, the salesmen, who pass them out to customers, are happy as well. Our customers didn’t just toss them in a drawer…they are wearing them!

I would highly recommend Omaha Promos to anyone in search of making their company stand out in the crowd.

Katrina Olson
Marketing Specialist
Allied Oil, Inc.

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Thanks, Katrina. That’s a very sweet testimonial. We appreciate your patronage, and Omaha Promos will continue to provide unparalleled client service to the Allied Oil family moving forward.

Posted in branding, corporate apparel, promotional items, testimonial | Tagged allied oil, ball caps, omaha promos

The ‘No Bull’ Mission Statement

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Team Omaha Promos

“LOW PRICE GUARANTY!” As a consumer, that claim puts me off a bit, as if my purchase decision is absent consideration on whether I’m dealing with person of expertise, or product quality, or if the company I’m buying from will be in business next month when a problem comes up and needs to be addressed.

“INNOVATION!” can be another trigger word for me. I realize great strides have been made in technology and medicine for example, but it’s our experience that “branding” consumers want less glitz and a more straightforward approach to quality promotional product lines and decorated uniform choices.

Omaha Promos’ Mission Statement isn’t full of platitudes and promises of cutting-edge this or eye-popping that. It’s stripped down. No Bull. Just an honest approach using real human to human interaction, not web-based order forms or faceless call takers on the other end of the line.

Here’s our No Bull Mission Statement.

Speed

Omaha Promos typically begins working on your needs analysis (in the case of a new client) or a reorder (e.g. returning customer) the same day we talk to you. You’re crunched for time, we get it, and we promise to keep your order turnaround as fast as practically possible.

Productivity

You receive an indirect savings on your purchase if your orders are accurate the first time. We guarantee the products and services we offer, and we get proactive on the rare occasion an issue crops up; your order will always be fixed to your satisfaction.

Value

We are client-centric, not sales-centric. We keep our margins low, but cost isn’t our only objective. We seek to provide the best combination of selection, price, quality, efficiency in processes, and after-sale customer care available in the promotional adverting industry.

Integrity

We do what we say we will. Period. Failing to follow through on commitments to our clients demonstrates a lack of discipline and is wholly outside Omaha Promos’ business paradigm. We don’t tell you what we think you want to hear. We tell you the truth.

Longevity

Omaha Promos’ tenure as a family operated logo wear and imprinted products distributor is considerable. Founded in 1923, our family business has endured the Great Depression and more recent recessions. Through the years, our clients have frequently become our friends (as in, real friends – dinner just for fun, or pregame tailgating for example).

When you get right down to it, relationships are what matter most.

And that’s No Bull.

Posted in omaha promos family, promotional items, uniforms | Tagged omaha promos