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4 Types of Insulated Water Bottles and Tumblers

Party Planner — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 14:20:09 +0000

Not all water bottles, tumblers and mugs are made the same! The one thing you may need to know when purchasing your next water bottle, tumbler or mug is the type of insulation used! At HotRef, we offer 4 different types of insulation used in our drinkware: air, foam, vacuum, and copper vacuum insulation! The type of insulation makes all the difference on how long each tumbler can keep your beverage hot or cold.

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At HotRef, we offer a wide variety of insulated water bottles and tumbler with different insulation that are perfect to keep your beverages either hot or cold throughout the day. Each drinkware can be customized to include a company name, logo, or a small message. Which, in turn, can make perfect corporate gifts or can be giveaways at trade shows and corporate events.

Air Insulation

Our air insulated tumblers have a double-wall to harness the natural insulating properties of air! The double-wall insulation is created by inserting an inner liner that fits inside the outer shell, creating a layer of air in-between them. A perfect example is our popular Vortex Tumbler (pictured below)! The air pocket helps keep beverages hotter or colder and reduces condensation. Our vortex tumbler is BPA free and is the perfect tumbler to use at work, at home, or while you’re on the go! Our air insulated tumblers and mugs are perfect giveaways to market your business at trade shows.

Foam Insulation

If you want to keep your beverage hot or warm for a longer period of time, then our foam insulated tumblers are a perfect alternative to air insulated tumblers. Like our Stainless Steel Tumbler, foam insulated tumblers are lined with foam between the inner and outer wall. Not only does foam help insulate, but also helps stop air infiltration.

Vacuum Insulation

Looking for a tumbler that can keep your coffee warm until lunch time? The our vacuum insulated water bottles, tumblers and mugs will do just that! For example, our Geometric Vacuum Tumbler 15oz (pictured below) can keep your coffee hot for up to 5 hours and up to 10 hours for cold beverages. Plus, it’s geometric design is stylish and appealing to the eye. Vacuum insulated tumblers and mugs consist of two flasks joined together. The gap between the two flasks is partially evacuated of air, creating a near-vacuum which significantly reduces heat transfer.

Copper Vacuum Insulation

If you want the most bang for you buck, our copper vacuum insulated water bottle and tumbler will keep your drink warm and cold for a long period of time compared to the rest! Cooper vacuum insulation is just like the vacuum insulated tumbler; they have 2 flasks that have no air in-between them, but the only difference is that the inner wall in copper plated. The copper plated wall makes all the difference, as it keeps drinks hot for up to 8 hours and 16 hours for cold drinks.

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High Sierra® Copper Vacuum Insulated Bottle – holds 25 oz and is perfect for camping or hiking as the lid can double as a drinking cup!
Mega Copper Vacuum Insulated Bottle – the ultimate tumbler to take on long trips as it keeps drinks hot for up to 12 hours and cold drink for up to 48 hours
Hugo Copper Vaacuum Insulated Tumbler – holds 20 oz. and has a double-wall stainless steel copper vacuum construction. Can keep drinks cold for 24 hours and 6 hours for hot drinks.
Marble Copper Vacuum Insulated Bottle – gorgeous and sleek modern design. Can hold 17 oz and keeps drinks hot for 12 hours and cold for 48 hours
Native Wooden Copper Vacuum Insulated Bottle – Same as the marble copper vacuum, can hold up to 17 oz and has a natural earthly design

Now that you have a better understanding of the different types of insulation, which one will you be purchasing? Comment below and let us know!

Promotional Giveaway Ideas for Conferences and Conventions

Party Planner — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 13:30:13 +0000

FREMONT, Calif. – Oct. 1, 2015 – PRLog — Be the highlight at the next business conference and convention! Hotref.com promotional products are guaranteed high quality products. To satisfy customers, here are great ideas on promotional giveaways for conferences and conventions.

Trade shows, conferences and conventions are often known as the business action to broadcast promotional products. These products are seen as a direct reflection of the companies character. Yes, character! When selecting such products you want to make sure you pick products that give a great representation of your companies brand.

Branding is a term we at Hotref don’t use loosely. We take pleasure in helping companies create virtual mockup for their approval. Take a look at some great tradeshow giveaway gifts suggestions available at HotRef.

1. Promotional Pen: it is a very popular item because you can purchase bulk orders and add company logo.

2. Promotional Keychain: it is good giveaway since it can be placed on keyring. Keyrings are visible items used on every day basis. This item gives your business much advertising when company logo is added.

3. Promotional Badge Holder: it is used for trade show giveaways or employee badges. Companies choose badge holders because they are very easy to transmit around and very cost effective.

4. Promotional Technology Accessories: like auto charger, mouse pads, those have recently become best sellers among small businesses and large corporations.

5. Promotional Audio Products: such as earbuds are ideal for technology friendly employee who loves to listen to music while working.

6. Promotional Stress Relivers: new promotional products that help everyone calm down during stressful time. These are great trade show giveaways to show potential customers you care.

7. Promotional Desktop Accessories: it consists of ruler, letter opener and mobile phone holder that people utilize while working. Let potential customers remember your business by experiencing convenience with your promotional giveaways.

8. Promotional Office Essentials: like memo clip used to store important task reminders.

9. Promotional Personal Amenities: sewing kits can be ideal for people who travel. Help your customer organize their life in travel with a sewing kit.

10. Promotional Sunscreen and Sanitizer products: those are great trade show giveaways for employee who travel during summer or meeting at tropical place.

Promotional products are available blank yet can be customized. By adding your company logo you help potential customer remember your business and or company while proceeding with their day. You can get ideas from HotRef blog for gift selection and imprinting service. Promotional products not only help businesses gain exposure, they also help companies utilizing these promotional giveaways save on office supplies. Considering most promotional giveaways are used conducting office procedures.

Promotional Products Stress Reliever: Stress Shapes

Party Planner — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:24:18 +0000

Sometimes bad things happen in life, and stress always exists in our daily work, study and more. You’d better pick out the right way to relieve pressure, or it will do harm to your health both on physiology and on psychology. Put strength on pinching stress relievers may be an ideal way to release pressure. Promotional stress relievers conclude Stress Reliever Keychains and Stress Shapes. Today we put more value on introducing you stress shapes. They are ideal promotional products which can be used as business gifts for corporate employees to provide them a way to release work pressure.

Sports Shapes

Doing some sports exercises in your hand with these sports shapes relievers. They are available in various shapes of baseball, soccer ball, golf ball, 5″ Football Stress Reliever, basketball, hockey puck. They can be customized with your company’s logo and name for advertisement.

Human Being Related Shapes

Unique and amazing design with human being related shapes make the stress relievers more than promotional products. Have stock in shapes of brain, Smile Face Stress Reliever, bullet man, and construction hat. Customize them with your company’s logo and name to gain more popularity.

Beach Related Shapes

Do the fantastical shaped Flip Flop Stress Relievers bring back you to those days when you leisurely wander on the beach? Forget bad things happen today. Everything will be OK tomorrow. It is an effective way to get more business opportunities by imprinting company’s logo and name at the front.

Other Shapes

In order to satisfy more customers’ needs, we will recommend more stress relievers in different shapes. Available in shapes of star, Heart Shape Stress Reliever, round, apple, water drop, light bulb, money, dice, ribbon, world-in-color, house, caption bubble. Feel free to select the one you like best.

In fact, stress is not fearful, but the important thing is to relieve the pressure. In one hand, it’s a way to relieve stress; on the other hand, it’s also a manifestation to take care of yourselves both on psychology and physiology!

– Amanda

Top 10 Promotional Products for Business

Party Planner — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 02:58:33 +0000

PRLog – Sep. 14, 2014 – FREMONT, Calif.

Picking the right promotional products can be a challenge when the options are overwhelming. With the right tips and hints, picking the right merchandise can help promote a business to success.

A successful business doesn’t happen overnight, it takes the right marketing team to build the perfect marketing strategy to help promote a business. There isn’t a “one size fits all” marketing plan for businesses, but knowing how to market to the right audience is vital in success. Marketing has become more than just television and radio commercials; it’s social media marketing, promotional product marketing, and loyal customers.

Social media platforms have become the newest sound board for marketing teams. Using mediums like Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter to market their business or company. Promotional products tend to get overlooked because of the overwhelming amount of choices available. Business blogs will often have useful tips and hints on what types of merchandise is well suited for specific audience. However, don’t take everything they say literally, after all it’s just tips and hints.

To really know how to pick the right merchandise, one must know what the target client will want. As a company with experience in promotional products, picking the right merchandise means knowing what the target audience wants. This list of top 10 promotional products contains items that are best selling or popular picks among customers on HotRef.com. There is no specific order, but consider using this a guide as a way of picking merchandise for corporate gifts, tradeshow giveaway gifts, convention giveaway gifts, employee appreciation gifts, or thank you gifts to clientele.

1. Promotional travel products: like the credit card size bottle opener, are a popular pick. Their mobility, compact size, and handiness makes them an easy pick for promotions.
2. Promotional stationery products: consist of padfolios and journals. Padfolios are often the product of choice because of their organizational attributes like being able to keep all work documents and necessities in one location.
3. Promotional pens products: are a best seller and popular pick because of their usefulness.
4. Promotional drinkware products: like mugs and tumblers, make excellent tradeshow giveaway gifts. They’re inexpensive with vast amount of advertising space.
5. Promotional tote bag products: are a popular pick because of the recent ban on plastic. Companies can affix a logo or name on the widest part of the tote bags for maximum marketing.
6. Promotional coolers: are a best seller because of their mobility. People enjoy having a product that will keep drinks cool or a product they can use to pack a lunch for work.
7. Promotional mobile tech: like gadget chargers, have recently been a best seller among businesses and companies.
8. Promotional business cases: can be ideal for businesses who travel abundantly. Merchandise like duffels, messenger bags or backpacks are always handy for friendly travels.
9. Promotional outdoor living: are items like umbrellas, blankets, towels, merchandise that customers will need to enjoy activities outside of work.
10. Promotional housewares: consists of entertaining sets, wine accessories, knife sets, products that people will utilize in their homes for entertaining or daily needs.

The promotional products are available blank but can also be customized with a company logo or business logo. There is a virtual spec process that can help provide visual samples of what the products will look like with an affixed logo or name. HotRef.com has a special offer for readers, starting today till 12/31/2014 use code H3ANAR at check out to receive a 5% discount off all promotional products and merchandise.

Promotional Products for Business Events

Party Planner — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 06:13:14 +0000

HotRef.com carries more than just favors for weddings and parties, we also carry corporate or business gifts as well. If you need to celebrate company event or trade show, let us give you a few tips on what items are sure to be a hit for your event. All of our promotional products can be customized, in no particular order here are some of the top products we recommend.

Best Sale Corporate Gifts for Business Events

Companies often hold some parties and give several business gifts for staffs in order to let them keep a positive and optimistic attitude towards daily work. We are now making a recommendation on several best sale products for your reference. The items such as bottle opener credit card opener, padfolio, bottle, pens, tote bag cooler are the best sellers. You may select some as you like according to your special taste.

Credit Card Size Bottle Opener

Credit Card Size Bottle Opener is our top selling corporate gift. With its sleek look and convenient size, this bottle opener will be a popular gift and a hit for your staff. It is the most popular item form Leed’s and can be imprinted with company logo and name. This gift would be great for any company, it can be a small token of appreciation to your staff.

Stationery: Padfolio and Journalbook

Stratford Zippered Padfolio is the most popular promotional product for corporate gifts because of its convenience and versatility. Employee can use them to take notes during meetings or just scribbling down ideas for a conference. The convenient elastic loop makes it easy to jot down notes without having to dig for a pen.. There are many choices for stationery at HotRef, like padfolio, portfolio, journalbook and writing pad. Leather padfolio or recycle jounalbook can be deboss with company logo and name.

Promotioal Products: Drinkware

Hydracoach BPA Free Sport Bottle important to get those 8 cups of water a day. It features double wall construction as well as an easy push button to lock and unlock the cap. This gift is great for active companies or companies that promote healthy living. Your staff members will thank you on those hot days for a water bottle. Interested in a different style or design? With our huge selection of drinkware, such as sport bottle, insulated bottle, tumbler, mug and more, you can be sure to find one that’s right for your company with your logo and company name on it.

Promotional Products: Pens

Twists or SoHo Roller Balls, are a great corporate gift because of their size. They’re small and light weight making them easy to carry around, thus helping to promote your company. Besides, everyone is always looking for a pen since they misplaced theirs. There are two types of materials for pen: plastic pen and metal pen, which can be imprinted with different colors. Scripto and Balmain we carry are great brands for pens.

Customized Tote Bag

Tote bags have been around since the 1940s and was made popular by L.L. Bean’s Boat Bag in 1944. Now in days you can find them anywhere and everywhere, and they come in all shapes and sizes. It’s hard not to like them, they’re so versatile and useful. Recently on our website, we added more tote bags to our already huge selection of tote bags. If you want a quick glance of what tote bags we carry visit our Pinterest board of Tote bags. For an explanation of the types of totes bags we carry, go to hotref.com/blog and read tote bag blog. For detailed information you can always visit our website and search for Tote Bag.

Most Popular Cooler for 2014 Summer

With the arrival of hot summer, foods are easy to go bad, thus in order to freshly and perfectly protect foods from spoiled, cooler becomes more and more popular in the market. Now here we recommend you various kinds of different coolers at Hotref.com. These coolers can be available or regarded as the corporate gifts which are commonly used at school, the office, picnics and the beach. There are many different types available, cooler chair, music cooler, rolling cooler and lunch cooler.

Business Cases: Computer Backpack and Duffel

We know that when some jobs call for extensive traveling and other jobs require you to carry around your whole work life. For these situations, we carry plenty of business cases such as computer backpacks, briefs, duffels, and wheeled business cases. The Zoom™ Power2Go Backpack And Zoom™ Energy Bar Pro is a great for traveling employees. The backpack is ideal for carrying around large laptops or padfolios. While the Zoom Energy Bar Pro will keep your laptop powered and ready to go.

Housewares: Wine and Cheese Collection

Houseware products are a great way to promote your business, while allowing the recipient to get the most use from these products. A helpful tip is choosing promotional items that are functional and practical since they will be used over and over again. Our Housewares include wine and cheese collection, cutlery, food storage and utensils. The wine collection is wide enough to allow for multiple types of wine opener or wine tote to be showcased.

Health & Wellness Products for You and Your Family

Do you want health and wellness for you and your family? Whatever the combination of people in your family, you no doubt share the goal that all families have in common. To promote health and wellness for all the member of your family, hear is our chosen collection of Health & Wellness Products for You and Your Family for everyone from the young and the elderly members of your busy family.

Promotional Travel Gifts

Feed the wanderlust of your favourite travellers with these affordable Promotional Travel Gifts sure to inspire and improve that next trip. Travel in style and save space, from luggage tag to book light, here is a collection of gifts they will appreciate and find interesting as well as practical during travelling.

Promotional Tradeshow Giveaway Ideas

In any industry, tradeshow is a great way to network and promote your business. Promotional giveaways are the easiest way to gain potential customers as well as get your business noticed. At HotRef.com, we have so many different options for promotional giveaways.

At HotRef.com, we offer durable and affordable promotional products that won’t lack in the quality. Popular promotional tradeshow giveaway items are ones that potential customers can use over and over again. Offering more than just a onetime use feature, giveaway items are ones that clients continually use long after the trade show has ended. With the start of the tradeshow season approaching, these are some of our more popular trade show giveaways products.