Visit Our Showroom

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Our showrooms are one of Brand Fuel’s most fun and valuable differentiators. Our showrooms are interactive fun house spaces where we host clients to: The parking is free and the water is freshly squeezed! ? Want a quick tour and to check out the vibe? Want to set up an appointment to visit our Raleigh…

10 Year Flashback to Our QR Code Video

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Ten years ago we created a video to explain what the fairly unknown QR code was. At the time, conventional wisdom said that QR codes were going the way of the Dodo bird. We were hoping to show how the then ridiculed QR code could be a powerful tool. To us, QR Codes were the…

It’s a Holiday Album Reveal!

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From Elvis Presley to Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers, from creepy to hilarious, co-founder, Danny Rosin, waxes nostalgic on favorite Holiday Albums from the Brand Fuel showroom in NC: We’ve also created a digital Holiday Playlist for your sugar plum dancing aural pleasure. ENJOY: We hope you get to consume music that brings you happiness…

We Won! PHYGITAL Marketing Award Delivers Results

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It started with the idea that giving is a gateway to great engagement. By marrying digital + physical marketing, what we call “PHYGITAL MARKETING,” and also by supporting nonprofits, PPAI – Promotional Products Association International recognized us with its highest honor – The Pyramid Award. And we are humbled. Here’s how this complex, but very rewarding,…

A Virtual Team Building eXperience. Thoughts from the Newbie…

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Let me start by sharing that I’m new to the Brand Fuel family and to the promotional product industry. Early on, I made a goal to be completely open to ANYTHING that’s thrown my way at my job. Working in an office for the first time in 8 years was a huge change, and now…

At Brand Fuel, We Believe…

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…in combining creativity with commitment. We believe in dismantling the routine, in building something purposeful. We believe a higher-quality t-shirt will be worn on date night – not to mow the lawn. We believe useful giveaways with your logo will have long lasting impact…and that on the desk, is far better than in the desk.…

Sprinkling Kindness at High Five Conference

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Try to do good in this world not out of fear of hell or reward of heaven but because it feels better not to be a jackass. No doubt we all agree that the world needs more kindness right now. And every one of us should do our part to help. It’s a lot easier…

About Those Conference Calls and Icebreakers

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It’s inevitable. It’s like the metal casing from the missing eraser on the end of a pencil rubbing on paper.  On an important conference call, does it bother you when everyone asks, “How’s the weather where you are?” Why do we continue to waste important genuine getting to know you, get stuff done time? We…

“The Test of Bravery wasn’t your average, run of the mill tradeshow booth…”

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Drizzling a melting ice cube across unsuspecting fingertips.  Tickling a wrist with feathers and then quickly smacking on a slap bracelet can cooler.  Gently scraping a spork down an arm causing goosebumps.  Whoa, take a breath, roll down the window and get some fresh air – what exactly are we talking about?  This doesn’t sound…

Virtual Swag! The Making of the Video.

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When Danny Rosin first explained Brand Fuel’s Virtual Swag concept, I was immediately drawn into the unique customer experience. I have been both a booth operator and attendee of several trade shows and expos. It can be a pain to lug around tons of pens, stress balls, bottle openers, koozies, and other trinkets at shows.…

World’s Only Swag Lottery Machine. Say What??!!

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  UPDATE: 1/18/17 – Brand Fuel wins PPAI’s National Marketing Award for the Swag Lottery Machine! See the World’s Only Swag Lottery Machine in action! And check out these great shots of unsuspecting adopters at the Triangle AMA’s High Five Conference 2016! What do you get when you take albums by Elvis, Pat Benatar, Dionne Warwick, Barry…

Can Evel Jump It? Evel Knievel Dares to Jump Brand Fuel’s Power Bank AC Adaptor

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Marketing in a crowded, distracting world to get attention is incredibly challenging. So, our team decided to take a chance and inject one of our childhood heroes, Evel Knievel, into a feature product video. Why Evel Knievel? He never backed down from a challenge. We also wanted to honor this unwavering optimist, self-promoter extraordinaire, media…