Fuel For Thought

Brand Fuel Contest

Welcome to our Guess the Album contest.We love music. Music is connection. Music gets us through the day. From Bob Marley to Biz Markie, Tay to Bey, you’ll find music playing in our offices every day.  In this…

Visit Our Showroom

Our showrooms are one of Brand Fuel’s most fun and valuable differentiators. Our showrooms are interactive fun house spaces where we host clients to:Dream about their brands in ways they have never imaginedTest drive branded merchandiseAccess new…

We’re Proud to be a B Corporation!

Change is afoot. And we’re thrilled! After 25 years in business, we humbly acknowledge that it’s a bit harder to see our own brand’s label from being “inside the bottle.”Brand Fuel has been on an ongoing quest to be…

Renee’s Top 20 Picks: Double-Duty Drinkware

Renee Holmes, a.k.a. The “Promo Snob,” here showcasing my favorite multi-functional tumblers and water bottles available to our clients. My picks are either an already established retail brand or are retail-quality, and most def bring that RAZZLE DAZZLE we’re looking…

Brand Fuel Partners with Nonprofit on Direct Mail Campaigns and Everyone Wins.

++Did you miss The Raleigh Chamber’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity Conference? That’s ok. We captured a snapshot of our conversation with the heroic nonprofit, Gabi’s Pals, one of our favorite fulfillment partners. Onto the show…Mary, Gabi and Danny…

Nonprofits Looking for Creative Ways to Raise Money: This Blog is for You!

In 2004, Lance Armstrong’s Foundation, in association with Nike, created the Livestrong bracelets. They sold 80 million bracelets which created over $500 million for cancer research! [Sadly, Lance’s quest for personal gain ruined one of the most inspiring charity-retail partnerships…

Dream Partnerships Emerge when Values, Purpose, and Culture Align

There’s a special kind of excitement that comes from earning the trust of a large national account. Imagining the impact it will have on your reputation, revenues, growth (both financial and educational), valuation, and team morale is enough to get…

A Social Experiment.

We are excited. We signed on to support the world’s largest face-to-face creative community, CreativeMornings. We are long time, 3rd or 4th Friday of every month, show up early and stay late, community members, but now we get to call…

The Hottest NEW Tumbler!

I saw this one coming a mile away! The Stanley Adventure Quencher 40 oz Tumbler, aka “The Quencher” is the hottest tumbler in our industry this year. This massive stainless-steel tumbler that’s been all over my TikTok FYP for months…

Brand Style Guidance

The best brands are memorable because they are consistent. When you see a t-shirt with a big red mouth and tongue imprint and you recognize it, The Rolling Stones earn a branding gold star.Did you think, “Spotify” after seeing…

Empowered Women. Empower Women.

At Brand Fuel, we celebrate diversity in all forms, and we are so proud to have an amazing team of Fuelians, of whom are 60% kicka** women! With a strategy-first mindset, these ladies deliver exceptional work every day. We are…

#1 in Social Media for Our Industry!

We are thrilled and humbled to have earned the top spot on PPAI’s #Online18: Promo’s Best Organizations On Social Media list.But beyond the really wonderful recognition, it was what the good people at PPAI said about us that truly…