Kodak Capturing and Living the Olympics

We’re pretty big fans of social media around here. Big props and a lot of envy goes out to the Kodak team who’s capturing images at the Beijing Olympics.
According to this press release, they’re not in Beijing to count medal tallies, but to capture images showing national pride, fan support, and just overall great photography. [...]

Fellowes Cleans it Up with Their Antimicrobial Products Promotion

Fellowes has something new and slick going on. They want to promote their antimicrobial products while teaching you how to reduce workplace bacteria, and they created an online campaign for it called The Office Coach.
They have some humorous Webisodes, fun “Coach Advice” you can forward to friends, a free seminar offer, sweepstakes contest to Hawaii [...]

3M and Their Post-it Notes Team Gets Social on Facebook

Last week we mentioned a very cool and fun contest that the Post-it Notes® team at 3M are promoting on YouTube. This isn’t the only way they’re going social on the Web. They also happen to have a Facebook page.
Having a Facebook page in itself isn’t always breaking news, but they are doing a great [...]

Kodak Company Goes Social Web – Brings in Brendan Fraser for NASCAR Race

As noted on Kodak’s 1000 Words Blog, they brought in Brendan Fraser to a recent NASCAR Race at the Chicagoland Speedway. To help promote the new Mummy Series, he visited the garage area before the race, hung out on pit road, and was even Grand Marshal of the race.
He also got to say NASCAR’s four [...]

Good Uses for Dymo Letra Tag Label Makers

Recently, I saw a blog from a virtual merchandiser in Sweden regarding using a Dymo Letra Tag label maker for cable labeling.
I thought this was a perfect example on how to use the label maker. At BuyOnlineNow, we always like to see people utilize office products in practical and sometimes very creative ways. It looks [...]

Innovation Award for HON Company

HON is often mentioned in the press for positive ideas or products that they have launched, and this time is know different. The Des Moines Register provides a compelling article regarding Muscatine, Iowa-based HON Company and an innovation award they have recently received.
The full story is in the above link, but the award is regarding [...]

Celebrating Crayola’s 64-Box 50th Birthday

It was back in April when Crayola published a press release regarding their 64 box crayons turning 50. That’s quite a feat, and how many of us knew that the 64 box made its debut during a 1958 Captain Kangaroo show? I surely didn’t.
Now it’s July, but if you’re close to Easton, PA, the Crayola [...]

YouTube “One Million Uses and Counting” Promotion with 3M

At BuyOnlineNow we wind up selling and carrying a whole lot of 3M Post-it Notes, and they recently caught my attention for a different reason via YouTube.
3M has done a remarkable job embracing social media with a current YouTube promotion going on. It actually started in March, but people can still enter until September 1. [...]

Franklin Covey, Business News, and a Ballpark

Since we sell plenty of Franklin Covey (FranklinCovey) planners and organizers at BuyOnlineNow, we do like to keep up with manufacturer news. They just sent out a press release announcing the sale of their consumer solutions business unit.
What does this mean for consumers? It shouldn’t actually change anything as they will continue to manufacture quality [...]

Simple Green Cleaner

At BuyOnlineNow, we always like to promote our green office supplies and do carry a growing selection of Simple Green cleaning products.
I ran across a YouTube video with Simple Green demonstrating their cleaners at a show. This particular video is from a third party observer and has some background noise as no video appears on [...]