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Today, we're excited to spotlight a variety of hat styles that can elevate your brand's visibility. Hats are not just fashion statements; they're practical promotional items that offer:

High Visibility: Worn on the head, hats prominently display your logo.

Versatility: Suitable for all seasons and demographics.

Longevity: Durable and often kept for years, ensuring prolonged brand exposure.​

Top Picks to Consider:

3966 100% Cotton Baseball Cap - CLICK HERE

4012 Breathable Poly Twill baseball Cap - CLICK HERE

4199 Heavy Brushed Cotton Baseball Cap - CLICK HERE

3920 Premium American Twill Baseball Cap - CLICK HERE

4181 Brushed Cotton Twill Trucker Cap - CLICK HERE

4148 Sports Ripstop Performance Baseball Cap - CLICK HERE

3968 Enzyme Washed Pigment Dyed Chino Twill Dad Cap - CLICK HERE

4168 Washed Chino Dad Cap - CLICK HERE

3973 Performance Baseball Cap - CLICK HERE

3979 Pioneer Performance Baseball Cap - CLICK HERE

Looking for something more unique? We also offer totally custom hats starting at just 144 pieces—a great way to create something truly original for your brand.

Reach out for more information. We’re here to help you make a lasting impression!

Pride Month 2025 is just around the corner, and there’s no better time to celebrate love, inclusivity, and individuality through branded apparel and promotional products that truly make a statement.

Whether you’re planning an event, supporting your employees, or simply want to show your company’s values, we’ve got you covered with bold, vibrant, and meaningful options.

Here are just a few ideas we can customize for you:

Full-color Pride-themed t-shirts and tanks

Rainbow lanyards, stickers, and pins

Custom hats and totes

Unique giveaways like socks, water bottles, Croc charms, and friendship bracelets

Eco-friendly options for a message that’s both inclusive and sustainable

We’ll help you choose the right mix of items to represent your brand while supporting the spirit of Pride. Everything we’re suggesting is in stock and ready to go, so you’ll have what you need before June hits.

Want to chat about ideas or need a quick mockup? Just hit reply, we’d love to help!

How Custom Travel Mugs Can Help You Make a Lasting Impact

Custom Travel Mugs are not a promotional handout that customers and employees tend to throw away.  The catch here is that you must choose a travel mug that has enough quality, value, and is in line with current trends.  If we are successful in checking those boxes then the travel mugs will be taken to the gym, to the office, and anywhere else that the recipient goes.  Everyone drinks water every day and consumers are more aware of their choices between sustainable and single-use options.  

What Are the Benefits Of Custom Logo Travel Mugs?

Logoed travel mugs prevent more single-use plastic bottles from being added to the landfill.  There is a reason why so many fill stations show you how many bottles would have been added to the landfill had you made a different decision.  It feels like your choice to inconvenience yourself by having to carry around a travel mug is even almost altruistic.  The personal benefits of staying hydrated cannot be overlooked.  Have you been at the airport and had to spend $5 on a bottle of water?  How many times has that happened?  What if you just had your custom travel mug with you?  Problem solved!

How Can Travel Mugs Make a High-Impact?

If given the option to choose between a travel mug or a pen which one, would you choose?  What about if we threw a sticky note in there?  A stress ball?  What if we put a travel mug up against a notebook?  Custom travel mugs are higher impact than traditional handouts because of scarcity.  Less companies hand out travel mugs to their employees, customers, and prospects.  This means that the experience of receiving a travel mug is more memorable and takes up more space in someone’s thoughts than a pen, sticky note, stress ball, or notebook.  Being different instead of camouflaging your efforts by doing what every other business is doing is one ingredient in a winning marketing strategy!  When customers see your quality merch it can reinforce the perception of your brand as premium and reputable.

The Importance of Long-Term Logo Placement

Impressions matter!  If you can purchase 1000 pens, but 75% of those pens get thrown away what was the point?  Did you provide any value by giving that pen to the recipient?  The best promotional travel mugs don’t get thrown away and provide impressions for years to come.  Those years of use are much more valuable long-term, but convincing companies to think about the value of long-term impressions versus the short-term cost is challenging.  Staying power and handing out items that won’t get thrown away needs to be top of mind otherwise we are just buying bulk throwaway items because that’s “just what we’ve always done.”

Promotional Products that People Need

Plastic Water Bottles will eventually get banned with the direction that the world is heading in. Sustainability is here to stay and getting more popular taking up more market space every single year. Multi-Functional & Fashionable Water Bottles will be the water bottles that everyone chooses to use. Single purpose water bottles JUST for the purpose of drinking water had their place in the past, but we need to do better.  This isn’t about global warming or anything intensely political  We have a choice to add to the landfill or to not add to the landfill.  It is almost to the point that we need to put a custom travel mug, water bottle, or portable drinkware in every human’s hands so that we can enjoy earth as long as we are supposed to.

Be Branded is The Best Company for Custom Travel Mugs

At Be Branded we know the trends in the promotional products industry surrounding custom travel mugs.  The best promotional travel mugs have better “technology” than even some of the most recognizable brands and so you don’t need to break the bank to purchase these travel mugs. If we had to define good, better, and best travel mugs with a range of prices then good is between $10-$20 per travel mug, better is between $20-$40 per travel mug, and best will come in at $40+ per travel mug. 

As long as my records are correct, we have not had the opportunity to help your company with promotional products, apparel, or anything else yet!

What specials or promotions are you waiting for that would propel you to make your next promotional product or apparel order easier?

Many companies are working off of tight budgets right now, especially with rising costs and tariff considerations, but I'd love to know where you are at in the process so that I can help out if I can!  Plenty of suppliers that I have access to are not raising prices. I'd love to support your business during this uncertain time!

Need something rushed?  We can help!

Please let me know if you'd like to chat more!

Why Water Bottles Are One of The Best Promotional Products

Did you know that in the past 12 months, 10% of ALL promotional product sales were none other than... drinkware! When was the last time your company handed out promotional water bottles to either your customers or your employees?  If you’ve never handed them out before you are missing out on an opportunity to take up valuable impressions and real estate in the lives of those customers and employees.  Almost everyone has a water bottle and why shouldn’t it be yours that they are using?  Everyone drinks water.  Everyone gets thirsty.  Everyone wants impressions.  Choosing water bottles is an easy choice!

Customized Water Bottles Make an Impact

Promotional Water Bottles can make an impact on your brand impressions, brand loyalty, and the environment so let’s talk about it!  Impressions matter in a world where advertisements are constantly placed in front of consumers.  Custom Water Bottles definitely contribute to more impressions than some of the traditional handouts that most companies use as their go-to handouts.  Be different and instead of ordering 1000 pens, order 50 much more trackable water bottles.  Be selective with your handouts instead of putting out conference trick-or-treat options that get thrown away.  Reward your employees or customers by making them excited to be a part of a brand that is thoughtful in their retention programs.  No one ever stayed at a company because they were given a pen, sticky note, and notebook as part of their onboarding kit.  A nice custom water bottle is much more impactful and results in a much more loyal following while also likely increasing retention.  Lastly, custom water bottles contribute to important sustainability efforts that help humans be more responsible citizens.  Single-use plastics are on the way out and even banned in many parts of the world

Different Types of Custom Water Bottles

Promotional water bottles come in many different qualities, styles, and functionalities.  Asking yourself what the purpose of your custom water bottle handout is makes for a good starting point.  Considering your budget and different features you would like included will help you narrow even closer to your water bottle selection.  There are bike bottles that are typically used for custom water bottles in bulk to support schools, races, conferences, etc. These are almost responsible single-use options that support the sustainability initiative while also maintaining a low cost per custom water bottle.  For many, a tumbler is also considered a water bottle and would be the next step up in price and functionality.  These usually come with a straw and come in both single and double-walled options.  The more “walls” a drinkware item has contributes to how long the original temperature can be sustained for. Double-walled or double-insulated is the standard for most drinkware and anything less than that is more like a glorified cup with a lid.  There are even triple-walled or triple-insulated custom water bottles available now.  Do you want your promotional water bottles to be made from plastic, acrylic, aluminum, or stainless steel?  Again, stainless steel is going to be what you should aim for if your budget allows for it.  Water bottles come in a variety of shapes and sizes which allows for you to best match your brand or theme to a water bottle of your choosing.  Do you want your water bottle to have a handle?  Do you want your custom water bottle to have a wide mouth lid that you can twist off?  Do you want a flip top lid so you can access the water without taking off the lid?  There are likely more variables to consider when deciding which water bottle is right for you than you previously expected! 

How Be Branded Can Help You Create High-Impact Custom Water Bottles

At Be Branded we pride ourselves in being a partner that strategizes with you to best represent your brand.  We can make higher impact suggestions the better we know your story.  Choosing out promotional water bottles is not as easy it sounds! The variety of options is pretty endless.  By knowing your budget, event theme, purpose, audience, and timeline we can put together results that don’t come from the standard way most orders happen.  We want you to have whatever return on investment you are looking for and that won’t happen by just going onto our website and doing a search of the word “water bottle”.  Give us a call.  Shoot us an email.  Let’s get on a strategizing session and choose the best custom logo water bottles for your company and brand!

Promotional Water Bottles, Custom Logo Water Bottles, Custom Water Bottles in Bulk

Today, we want to highlight some exciting ideas for your event or tradeshow setup, including signage, tablecloths, and canopies. Whether you have a small booth or a large exhibit space, we have solutions to make your display stand out.

CLICK HERE to see all the different ideas.

Whatever size space you have for your event, we can help! Reach out for more information on individual products, and let’s create an impressive setup together.