Burt’s Bees Award Winning Board Game

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You know that feeling when you help build something cool and just have to tell everyone about it? Yeah, this is one of those moments. The Brand Fuel team collaborated with Burt’s Bees on a custom board game/gift set that landed on Target shelves nationwide for the holiday season… and the project just took home…

Runway to Resilience: Supporting Survivors Through Sustainability

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Brand Fuel had the honor of volunteering at Runway to Resilience, a fashion show supporting survivors of human trafficking. This event was so much more than your typical night catwalking on the runway. In celebration of National Women’s Month, we leaned into a hiking- and outdoors-inspired theme. Think: adventure-ready looks with a deeper meaning. Each…

Leading with Heart: Danny Rosin Starts Role as PPAI Board Chair

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We’re proud to share some big news: Brand Fuel Co-Owner, Co-President, and longtime industry leader, Danny Rosin, will serve as The Promotional Products Association International (PPAI)’s Board Chair in 2026!  PPAI is the promotional products industry’s largest not-for-profit trade association, representing ~15,000 member companies worldwide and advancing the industry through education, advocacy, connection, and professional standards.  If you know Danny, you know leadership, to…

B Corp Recertification

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🎉 WE’RE BACK! Brand Fuel just recertified as a B Corp! We are super proud to remain a part of the global movement of businesses balancing profit with purpose, investing in our impact on staff, customers, community, and environment with every decision. After almost 30 years, Brand Fuel will continue to focus on being “an…

A Virtual Lunch That Worked!

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Directing Happiness in the Workplace… What happens when you hire a “Director of Happiness” to build an even more fun, inclusive and creative culture? Emma Keenan and a team of Brand Fuelians (Khaliha Long, Danny Mahoney, Beth Bumgarner, Renee Holmes & Bree McAndrews) planned an online lunch. But this was not an awk lunch where the…

Giving Can Hurt

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I can’t tell you what day it was or even what year at this point, but I do remember not wanting to do it… My wife, Sheri, and I were living in Escondido, California at the time. We exited the public library and saw a Blood Mobile in the parking lot. The “Vampire Bus,” as…

Be Original! Exclusive Custom Record Awards

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We got an inquiry the other day that inspired us to rethink everything we’ve been taught about recognition. The request was for plaques (wood or acrylic) to celebrate employees crushing it. But our team did not feel as if plaques would make recipients have a true sense of being appreciated after receiving one of these:…

A Serendipitous Sign

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It felt like a sign, a reminder that sometimes the universe communicates in ways we least expect!