A Unique Twist On Calendars from Eco-Swag.com

Calendars are the ideal gift to give your customers for one very obvious reason: they're going to look at them every single day!

This year, why not try our great garden kits as gifts to your customers? They come in a pot already emblazoned with next year's calendar (along with your logo, of course!). Plus, you get your choice of zinnia, daisy, forget-me-not, and marigold seeds.

These are unique, fun, useful, memorable and, of course, good and green! (Heck, you could even add a card with it that says something along the lines of, "Looking forward to watching our relationship blossom," or "Here's to a bloomin' good year!") Or, okay, I'll stop now....:-)

C'mon! Step out and try something new! Make your customers smile.

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Eco-Swag's History

People often ask me how Eco-Swag.com came to be, so I thought I'd put it right here.

As the owner of PromoHeadquarters.com, which I started in 1999, I'd been offering hundreds of thousands of promotional products to businesses worldwide, but several years ago (2006), I began suggesting more eco-friendly versions of the products in which my customers were most interested. Me: "So, you'd like these plastic bottles with your two-color logo on one side?" "How about these BPA-free bottles that your clients will use over and over again, and which are safe to drink from, and better for the environment?" Customer: "Why, Ashley, you're a genius!" (Okay, well, I'm sure it was something like that....)

In 2007, I began seriously hunting down as many eco-friendly manufacturers as I could, and adding their products to my database at PromoHeadquarters.com. Then not wanting clients to have to enter a "slash" address all the time (You know, promoheadquarters.com/ecoswag), I started Eco-Swag.com. (I know, I know, the hyphen can be a pain, but some "[web] domain sitter/broker had bought it without the hyphen, and I didn't bother purchasing it. [Another distributor later did, however (in November 2008), and she started carrying eco-friendly products just like we were. Yes, imitation is the greatest form of flattery, but, truth be told, I suppose we're at least doubling the number of people who are now using eco-friendly promotional products, and that, by itself, is a good thing.]

Another interesting thing happened, as well: having the ability to offer eco-friendly, sustainable products to my customers has truly energized me, and really excited me about my business. Promotional products really ARE important. They work. They're useful. They're repeat advertising with a one-time cost. They bring in business. They make clients (and future clients) happy. But, in many respects, they can be wasteful. So, being able to offer nearly limitless choices of eco-loving products truly thrills me. (Plus, it makes my customers feel good, and their customers feel good. So, hey, it's a winning combination, any way you look at it!)

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Bamboo Swag

You may have seen the special segment on television recently about bamboo, and how the world is coming to realize how truly amazing this natural resource is.

Here are few little tidbits about it: there are over 1200 varieties of bamboo; it grows 18 inches per day (!), and when it is cut down, it is replenished very quickly. Bamboo is created and grown without any pesticides whatsoever. Zero. Zilch. No herbicides or chemicals of any kind. (Unlike, say, regular cotton t-shirts, for which one pound of chemicals is used for every tee!)

Items such as bamboo blankets and bamboo t-shirts are quickly becoming huge sellers at eco-swag.com. Not only for their environmental-friendliness, but because they're so darn soft and luxurious. The organic bamboo tees feel like one of your favorite tees you've had since high school, that's been washed 8000 times, that you just can't bring yourself to get rid of, because it feels so good when you put it on. The only difference being that the bamboo tees feel that way from Day One.

Golfers love the bamboo polo shirts because bamboo is naturally moisture-wicking (great for high-humidity areas!) and super soft.

In addition, you'll probably start seeing a lot more bamboo sheets, bed coverings, towels and shower curtains (all of which we carry, by the way) because it is naturally anti-bacterial and anti-microbial.

Bamboo is simply an amazing, sustainable, out-of-this-world-soft and comfortable, eco-friendly fiber, and we're thrilled to be able to provide so many items made from this all-natural material.

All of our bamboo products manufacturers have Eco-Tex (or Oeko-Tex) certifications, as well. The Eco-Tex Standard 100 is the world's leading human ecology product label for textiles that have been tested for hazardous substance content. Textiles carrying this product label have been tested and approved for certification by internationally renowned textile institutes.

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