{"id":23294,"date":"2024-10-31T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sageworld.com\/resources\/?p=23294"},"modified":"2024-11-19T18:17:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T23:17:35","slug":"whats-the-deal-with-those-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sageworld.com\/resources\/index.php\/2024\/10\/31\/whats-the-deal-with-those-products\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s The Deal With Those Products?!"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;]\n\t\t\t[et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;]\n\t\t\t\t[et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;]\n<p>Let&#8217;s do an exercise! Close your eyes and push everything you know about promotional products out of your brain. Now, what do you think of when you hear the word promotional products?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your mind probably goes to the most popular, the tried and true. Mugs, pens, and apparel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Promotional products have a long history, starting in the 1700s when the first campaign buttons were produced for President George Washington. They were a hit! Easy and inexpensive to produce, pins were a good way to get the message out that Washington was running for election. 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