Takeaways from B Corp conference (BLD SE 2023)

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At Brand Fuel, we believe in the power of community and business as a force for good. As new kids in the B Corp community, we were thrilled to support the first in-person BLD (B Corp Leadership Development) Southeast! BLDs (pronounced “builds”) are all-day…

We’re Proud to be a B Corporation!

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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…

Focus on the Ability, Not the Disability

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Recently, I saw our latest merch campaign on the corner of the (other, co-President of Brand Fuel) Danny’s desk. I was blown away by the sharpness of the brightly colored mixed glasses and its fantastic backstory. The funny introspective laser-engraved…

What Does Your Drink Choice Say About You?

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If you survey bartenders and servers, they will agree that there are as many beverages as there are personalities, and your drink of choice can say a lot about you and your personality. A “go-to drink” can say just as…

Letter to Staff: Year-End Reflection by Co-President, Danny Rosin

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Brand Fuelians,As we round the corner past a challenging but incredible year, I want to share some introspective thoughts with you all.When people ask me how Brand Fuel is doing, you’d think that I would reply with something…

The Death of the (Old School) Award

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What you are about to read will rattle some cages. For the record, it’s not lost on me that we are in the business of recognition. We’ve been involved with designing and selling hundreds of thousands of awards made of…

A Social Enterprise Partnership

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Note: We admit that ~30% of promotional merchandise is junk. And one of our brand promises is to do all we can to ensure that what you buy from us does not end up as brandfill – your brand in…

Brand Fuel’s Sustainability Pledge + Initiative

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At Brand Fuel, we are questioning and addressing not only how we deal with local and global sustainability but also how our industry will deal with this in coming years; and what this means from our supply chain to our…

What is the Future of Promotional Marketing?

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The promotional marketing industry has seen 3 defined eras. Era 1: From the time The Bill of Rights was ratified through ~1999. This was the golden age of printed catalogs with obvious pricing codes. There was a time when you…