Tech is fast moving into fashion. You can now detect Wi-Fi with your T-shirt--and soon you may be able to signal a left turn from your bike with an LED glove.
By PCWorld Staff, PCWorld

Interactive Designs That You Can Wear (Sooner or Later)

Today, you're inseparable from your tech. Soon, you'll be wearing it. We looked across the Internet [...]

SHEFFIELD, England, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Need help generating leads using social media? VOICE Marketing has outlined some useful tips to help make the most of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
While purchasing leads should form an important part of any lead generating strategy, utilising social media to build new contacts can also be [...]

Legislators took a major step toward overhauling the struggling United States Postal Service (USPS) on Wednesday. After a week of debate, the U.S. Senate voted 62-37 yesterday to approve The 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012 (S. 1789). The bipartisan legislation is intended to restructure the USPS and prevent it from falling into bankruptcy.
The 21st Century [...]

8 do’s and don’ts of selling in the new world of mobile computer accessories

April 2012By Colleen McKenna

The Designears from OrigAudio come with a hard travel case, feature stereo sound with noise reduction and have a built-in volume control dial.

Electronics have officially gone portable. Children listen to music on MP3 players, teenagers text and tweet on [...]

Most suppliers can tell a story or two about an order that was submitted with the artwork scribbled on a napkin. This may be an exaggerated example, but it’s probably not far from the truth.
It’s not uncommon for distributor salespeople to be unfamiliar with the artwork requirements for the promotional products they sell. But, as [...]

Summer is America’s favorite season, with nearly a third of the population (31 percent) choosing it as their very favorite time of year, according to Rasmussen Reports. Spring came in second place, followed by fall and winter, respectively.
Luckily for the sun-loving majority, there are 99 glorious days of summer stretching from Memorial Day to Labor [...]

Statistically, if you’re reading this, you or someone you know received a tablet or e-reader last holiday season.

Both the number of adults who own tablets and the number who own e-readers nearly doubled during the period between mid-December 2011 and early January 2012. This raises the tally of Americans who own at least one of [...]

A new option has emerged for sustainable, eco-friendly signage. NatureWoven, a company first started in the U.K. but now with an outpost in California, produces fully printable signs made from natural jute, cotton and latex.
“Our products begin life as plants, become signage and then complete their lifecycle as natural fertilizers that improve soil quality,” says [...]

The new social media site Pinterest may seem more like human interest than business interest, but marketing professionals are advising companies to take another look at this photography-driven site.
Pinterest is an invitation-only community that lets users pin images from the web onto virtual mood boards. Pinned images are automatically linked to the sites from which [...]

If you’ve been selling promotional products for a while, you’ll probably ace the brief quiz below:
1. Recipients of promotional products object to boldly imprinted items regardless of their perceived price. True/False
2. A buyer’s No. 1 consideration in selecting promotional products is the budget with which he or she has to work. True/False
3. In the minds [...]