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The holiday season is a period of giving and reflection on the previous months—and a view toward the year ahead. For small business owners, it's also a time for optimism, as the holiday shopping season is often one of their most profitable periods. Continue reading →

Captain Notepad reviews the 2016 year including new products and growth of the company. Captain Notepad (www.captainnotepad.com), a producer of image personalized calendars, custom notepads, magnetic notepads, and other promotional items, today released its annual Year in Review for 2016. Captain Notepad has continued to see significant year over year growth. Highlights from this year include new product designs for promotional calendars, new equipment, and an increase in sales. Continue reading →

Let’s not forget about your once well-organized marketing strategy. As we discussed in our last blog, Boost Your Business In the New Year, we looked at different ways to clean up your business to help bring in the New Year on a clean slate. As we continue to look at your business strategies, marketing should be at the top of your list. Most people come across new marketing ideas and try to adopt it and add it to your existing approach. This can leave your marketing strategy jumbled without any clear vision. Not to mention a lot of wasted time, money, and energy. Strategies and tactics tend to accumulate and linger even when they may not be working as well as you’d like. To improve your marketing, you’ll need to clean out some old ways of working, continue reading to see how you can clean up your business and marketing and get ready to take advantage of the New Year to grow your business. Continue reading →

Part one in our two part series of How to Boost Your Business in the New Year. It’s officially December and if you are anything like the hundreds of small businesses out there, you are thinking about how you can wrap up your end on a high note and how to better prepare your company for the New Year to come. Here’s a list of what you can do to help your small business now as well as what you can do throughout the year to it’s not a looming task at the end of each year. Continue reading →

Captain Notepad (https://www.captainnotepad.com), a producer of image personalized calendars, custom notepads, magnetic notepads, and other promotional items, today announced the release of its new product, custom printed coloring notepads. Continue reading →

Magnetic calendar with sports schedules offer clients the opportunity to advertise their business in a unique and creative way. “This is a great time to buy the upcoming season’s sports schedule magnets to use for promotional giveaways and leave behinds for potential clients. It goes beyond the standard customized notepad but still allows for complete customization with your business name and contact information. Your clients are going to love getting a sports schedule magnet of their favorite team that they will hang on the fridge for the entire season,” notes Jace Rogat, President at Captain Notepad. Continue reading →

There’s a little nostalgia in the latest craze of coloring. Every grown up has an inner child that wants to have fun and play, and adult coloring books do just that. Whether shopping online or visiting your favorite book store, coloring books are everywhere. Why are these coloring books so popular? Professional behavioral economists point to five reasons why adult coloring books are trending. First, coloring books are fun! Second, it reminds us of our childhood. Who doesn’t remember coloring your favorite picture and taking pride in your work? Third, it’s relaxing. Even just coloring on a simple notepad, can relax anyone. Fourth, you get to be creative without having any drawing skills. Continue reading →

It’s fall, and with every leaf that turns color you know that basketball and hockey season are upon us. Captain Notepad is excited to release its 2016/2017 Basketball and Hockey season schedules. Your clients will love receiving a schedule of their favorite team this fall. So don’t put it off, order you customized calendars with this season’s sports schedule. Continue reading →

The Holiday Season is not too far away, so it’s time to start thinking about what you need during this special time of year. We have a few ideas to share that will help get you ready for the Holidays and your clients will love it. By doing things to prepare for the holidays now, it can prevent some of the last minute errands, budget problems and emotional headaches associated with the time of year. Continue reading →

Captain Notepad, the leader in customized notepads, just released it’s top selling 2017 calendars to help promote your business with any budget Englewood, CO—Captain Notepad (www.captainnotepad.com), a producer of image personalized calendars, custom notepads, magnetic notepads, and other promotional items, announced today the release of the 2017 custom calendars for clients to order today. Captain Notepad offers a variety of sizes, customized options, and prices to fit your needs. Continue reading →

In our third installment of our series on printed promotional products, we look at some hard facts about promotional products and what your consumers really think about using them and receiving them. It’s a fact that not only your customers will love getting your promotional item, such as a customized notepad, but that they are one of the most used items that customers use. Those getting your branded promotional products have a significantly more positive image of your company than those who do not receive promotional products. They’re tangible, useful and highly targeted to the audience they reach, delivering the highest rate of recall and return on investment. Continue reading →

To continue our topic on promotional items that work for your business, we look at how promotional items should be a part of your marketing medium. When was the last time you really looked at your promotional products? Typically, a promotional product (like a die cut notepad) has a company’s name, logo, or message imprinted on the item. Imprinted products that are distributed free are known as promotional products. Whereas imprinted items given as an incentive for a specific action are known as premiums. Look at your promotional products a little closer and look at how you’re using your promotional products. Is it the marketing strategy you intended it to be for? Many times, I see clients giving out items for premiums that should really be giveaways. What’s the difference? Keep reading and you will see why it’s important to know what items are used for what and when. Continue reading →

Today’s consumers are more savvy than other, demanding more personalized experience in everything they see and touch. What better way to connect with consumers than with promotional products. Mobile, highly-targeted and inexpensive, promotional products are the only advertising medium capable of engaging all five senses. Adding your message to a tangible product turns an ordinary message into a marketing experience people can see, touch, hear, smell and even taste. In 2011, advertisers spent more than $18 billion in promotional items. Promotional items produce valuable referrals from satisfied customers. A survey conducted by a local university indicated accompanying a request for referrals with an offer of a promotional product incentive drew as many as 500% more referrals as an appeal letter alone. Can’t ask for better results than that. Continue reading →

Now is the best time to order your custom notepads. Captain Notepad is offering great deals on our best selling products and our new items such as our daily task custom printed notepad. Take advantage of our great deals and fantastic customer service. Continue reading →

There are so many things you need to do, and so many ways to keep track of those to-dos. Search the App Store for "to do list" and you'll find thousands of tools that all promise to help you increase your productivity and get more done. Continue reading →

Do promotional items really work? In this article we look at why they work for you and what may interest your potential clients. Most research reveals that “freebies” of any kind can have a huge effect on people in any context. I know you’re thinking to yourself that there are so many promotional items out there, what difference would mine make? I’m here to tell you that choosing the right promotional items, such as something people use daily like customized notepads, make a great way to connect to your clients. Custom promotional items are more than just slapping your logo on a pen or notepad. It’s taking the time to pay attention to the details that your customers will remember you by. Using something like our die cut shaped sticky notes, is a great way to be unique. There are so many shape options out there, that we can match almost any business with a customized die cut sticky note. Continue reading →

Do you run a boutique hotel or bed and breakfast? It’s standard to find a small notepad in a guest's hotel room to use for notes during their travels. Take a closer look at your customized notepad. Is it conveying your message and are you taking advantage of all the real estate on the notepad? Continue reading →

Captain Notepad, the leader in customized notepads, just released it’s top selling NFL magnetic calendar to help promote your business Englewood, CO—Captain Notepad (www.captainnotepad.com), a producer of image personalized calendars, custom notepads, magnetic notepads, and other promotional items, announced today the release of the 2016 football schedule magnets for clients to order today. Continue reading →

Memorial Day is always celebrated the last Monday in May, and for me it marks the beginning of summer. In honor of Memorial Day, Captain Notepad is offering 15% off all patriotic customized notepads. View our wide selection of custom notepads that pay tribute to the USA. Continue reading →

Never underestimate the power of a paper notebook. Like our customized notepads, notebooks serve a needed purpose. There are several types of notebooks out there, how do you know which one is right for you? From the creative type to the engineer, notebooks are a great way to keep ideas fresh in your mind without having to pull out a clunky laptop or tablet. Continue reading →