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FEATURE | Top Promotions
Distributor | Progressive Promotions, Inc.
Type of client: Consumer packaged goods
Target audience: All 300 employees
at the client’s Chicago plant
Program’s primary objective: This is an ongoing
employee appreciation program focusing on the
core value of “People Make A Difference.” Its
purpose is to make employees feel good about
their jobs and their daily contributions, and that
every employee plays a part in the company’s
success. This was the program’s second year.
Total cost (including promotional
products, media, printing, packaging,
etc.): So far, $3,500 has been spent
on the first round of products
Strategy and execution: As an employee
appreciation program, we wanted to provide
products that helped remind everyone about
the core values that focus on each other—
People Make A Difference—so we decided
to brand most of the products around that
spirit. The decoration of the items selected
tie into the company’s core values and
mission statement, so we selected items that
lent themselves to different climates and
could be repurposed so they would not be
seasonal, including a water bottle, a notebook,
a towel, an umbrella and a backpack.
Results: Commitment to company events,
energy and overall morale have increased.
Not that it was low, but people are visibly
happy to be selected as a public statement
of appreciation by their department and
to receive gifts of their choosing.
Employee Incentive Programs
Winning a PPAI Pyramid is a distributor’s top validation that their promotion has hit
the trifecta for creativity, use of promotional products and client results. The following
38 Pyramids were presented in 14 categories at The PPAI Expo 2017 in January.
Find more PPAI award winners in four additional categories on page 100-102.
Business-to-Business Programs
Gold - Chilli Promotions
Gold - HALO Branded Solutions
Gold - Propel Promotions, LLC
Silver - Club Colors Buyer, LLC
Bronze - Edventure Promotions, Inc.
Bronze - Geiger
Consumer Programs
Gold - Axis Promotions
Gold - Progressive Promotions, Inc.
Silver - Chilli Promotions
Silver - Jae Associates, Ltd.
Bronze - BAMKO
Distributor/Supplier Collaboration
Silver - Adwerx Communications,
an iPROMOTEu Affiliate & Visions/
Awardcraft
Diversity & Social
Responsibility Programs
Bronze - Positive Impressions, Inc.
Educational Programs
Silver - Image Source, Inc.
Bronze - Team Iowa
Employee Incentive Programs
Gold - Sunrise Identity
Silver - BAMKO
Silver - Progressive Promotions, Inc.
Bronze - Geiger
Goodwill Programs
Silver - Image Builders
Bronze - Geiger
Health/Wellness Programs
Silver - BAMKO
Silver - Vernon McGraves
Internal Communication Programs
Gold - ePromos Promotional Products
Silver - Axis Promotions
International Programs
Bronze - BAMKO
Not-for-Profit Programs
Gold - Promotions ‘N Motion/AIA
Silver - Distinctive Promotions, Inc.,
an iPROMOTEu Affiliate
Bronze - Summit Group, LLC.
Recycling/Green Programs
Silver - Progressive Promotions, Inc.
Sales Incentive Programs
Gold - BAMKO
Silver - Progressive Promotions, Inc.
Bronze - Chilli Promotions
Bronze - Grapevine Designs, LLC
Tradeshow/Exhibit Traffic Programs
Gold - Pica Marketing Group
Silver - E Group, Inc.
Bronze - Axis Promotions
Bronze - Shumsky
Watch interviews with select
award winners by clicking on this
story at .
2017 Pyramid-Winning Promotions
Tina Berres Filipski is editor of PPB.
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