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Ridge Wallet Dupe: Same Sleek Design, Less Spend
Fun facts about identical twins that no one asked for, but here we are making you read them at the beginning of this blog. WHY?! You might be screaming…we will get into that. Identical twins share the exact same DNA, BUT have different fingerprints; you can often tell the difference between identical twins by their belly button; identical twins have their own language/special lingo called “cryptophasis” (from the Greek for ‘secret’ and ‘speech’), which disappears as their voc
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3 days ago2 min read
Your Ultimate Survival Kit Guide (New & Improved!)
Whether you're refreshing your swag for spring, hitting the tradeshow floor, teeing off on the golf course, jet-setting across time zones, or onboarding a brand-new hire, there's a survival kit for that. We’ve rounded up the must-have kits for every occasion to keep you cool, calm, collected—and maybe just a little bit extra . Because when you’re prepared, you don’t just survive...you thrive 🙌🏼 🌸 Spring Survival Kit (NEW!) Fresh season, fresh swag. What's Inside: Everyday
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5 days ago4 min read
How to Choose Swag That Aligns With Your Brand Message
Here’s the truth no one wants to say: Most swag isn’t bad. But if it's not chosen intentionally, it can be…meaningless. A decent product with your logo on it is always nice to receive, but if it doesn’t connect to what you actually do, it’s just another freebie floating around someone’s junk drawer (or worse… left behind in the conference hall 😬). The brands that win with swag? They make the message click instantly. No explanation needed. No awkward pitch. Just a product t
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Mar 255 min read
Brand Feature: Richardson Headwear
If we were writing a love letter (this blog), this one goes out to hats. The backbone of a bad hair day, the piece that pulls the outfit together by adjusting the back strap a few notches, the protector from the sun to the delicate facial skin, the knight for the eyes against some hefty winds/debris, and the keeper of some incredible trending brand opportunities. Shoutout to the bald baddies out there too, we know a hat is essential for keeping you warm and all those beautifu
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Mar 253 min read
Hot Item: The iHome Powerplant Speaker and Charger
Let’s just get RIGHT into it. Marketing team, gather please, sit down, all eyes on me. An amazing swag connoisseur once said, “Great swag is born from great minds and creative thinkers, and that’s what we have here tonight, marketers. That’s what you have earned here tonight. One piece of great swag. If we did 10 giveaways, 9 might be subpar. But not this piece of swag, not this event. Tonight we give great swag.” If we are being honest, the line is hazy on whether that was a
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Mar 232 min read
Hot Item: Fidget & Sensory Toys
Let's reminisce together on Bea Miller's 2019 song “Feel Something”. If you've heard it, you may have an idea where we're going with this. And for those who haven't, I may not be able to sing this for you (physically and in person) because… well, this is a blog, but I think a good alternative would be to host a little car karaoke concert for yourself so you can experience a small dopamine boost to get that day going in the proper direction. All of this “feel something and spi
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Mar 182 min read
Hot Item: The Pen Bar Experience
Turn Booth Traffic Into Real Engagement with The Pen Bar Experience Let’s be honest: the usual pen giveaway at a tradeshow table just doesn’t stop feet anymore. Attendees walk by, glance at your swag, and maybe grab something if it’s flashy, but it’s often passive , forgotten, and ultimately lost in a sea of other freebies. So how do you break through the noise and get people to stay, interact, and engage with your brand? Well... The Pen Bar Experience may just be the sol
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Mar 162 min read
Hot Item: World Cup Themed Swag
Every four years, the World Cup takes over the world—and with it comes watch parties, team rivalries, and a level of fan energy that’s impossible to ignore. For marketers, that kind of global excitement is a golden opportunity. From office watch parties and sales competitions to tradeshow giveaways and team-building events , the right swag can turn a normal campaign into something that feels a little more like an exciting game day . If you’re planning to tap into the hype t
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Mar 134 min read
NEW to the Dupe Scoop: The Viral Lola Blanket
Don’t look outside, don’t make eye contact or any sudden movements, and most importantly, don’t even bring it up. Because we know, we live it, we feel it—it haunts us every day… THE SNOW. The winter has not been very nice to New England this year... like, WHY are we getting bullied so bad right now?! What did we do?! Honestly, we might start blaming New York for no reason. Your sports teams SUCK. Sorry (we take it back). NY just caught a stray for no reason. Get up and dust y
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Mar 32 min read
Hot Item: The OGIO Transcend Women's Sweatsuit
We are going to say the forbidden word. No one make any sudden movements… LULULEMON. 👀 Every clothing brand tries to climb the quality, look, and feel kind of summit Lululemon seems to have elevated up to. Many brands have come close but… not quite. Fear not — your experts in all things swag-alicious have done an endless deep dive: samples on samples, searches on searches, blood… sweat… tears (slightly dramatic, but this is HUGE). We have found a set of sweatpants and pullov
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Feb 193 min read
Hot Item: The RINGO Pro Water Bottle
RINGO. It sounds like the name of a very majestic, colorful, vibrant, loud, tropical bird or your absolutely unhinged and poppin’-off emu (if you don’t know what those are, I highly recommend you get to googling this fantastic creature right now) that your neighbor owns as a pet that gets out at the crack A$$ of dawn far too often. At this point, your neighbor’s scream, “RINGOOOO!” from their farmer’s porch before you even have time to open your eyelids, and it now has become
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Feb 112 min read
KG's Kicka$$ Keepers: The FattyPack
NO LARRY, dear God… not sometimes ! You think we sometimes come across a product that makes us go, “well how the F&*K am I supposed to use this thing, Kathy?!” or “Bob, does it need batteries or something, ‘cause I don’t have triple A’s on me!” We come across a product like this all the time, and it brings us the purest form of joy to get a sample, sit down (with coffee... or tequila), and figure it out FOR you…yes, YOU reading this very blog! When you have a me (KG) around,
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Jan 283 min read
Hot Item: The Airfly Pro 2
YOU DID IT. You woke up for your 5 AM alarm, you packed your luggage with pristine accuracy to the point where (if it were human or had any sort of feelings/emotions) the list you made is even shocked that you got your 40 pairs of shoes and 20 outfits (you definitely don’t need) under the 50 lb weight limit! You begin to believe everything is really going your way for this trip when you have a whole row to yourself UNTIL…you’re met with the dreaded…plug-in headphones. Those s
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Jan 213 min read
How to Prepare for Employee Appreciation Month in March
March is Employee Appreciation Month, which means it’s a great excuse to slow down for a second and recognize the people who show up every day and keep things running—often without much fanfare. And no, appreciation doesn’t have to be a big production. In fact, it’s usually the simple, thoughtful stuff that lands best. Why It Matters Work is busy. Calendars are packed. Slack never stops. It’s easy for hard work to quietly go unnoticed. Taking time to say “hey, we see you” ca
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Jan 202 min read
Hot Item: The Ridge Wallet
Hey, you. Don’t think we didn’t just see you reach into the abyss of those pant pockets only to pull out the most disappointing, flimsy, lifeless-looking wallet we have ever laid our eyes on. Our thoughts are as follows: “It’s such a shame we cannot unsee that.” (KIDDING… well, sort of.) And HEY YOU, with the scary silicone phone wallet that looks like it couldn’t hold up against a mild gust of wind… yeah, you aren’t safe either. We are going to hold your hand when we tell yo
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Jan 153 min read
KG’s Kicka$$ Keepers: The Headlamp You Didn’t See Coming
“Hey, it’s me!” Does anyone else love to answer the phone like that… knowing full well there is caller ID revealing your identity regardless. That’s the statement I chose to lead the blog with today, because we don’t have caller ID on a glorious piece of writing. It’s just me and my wild thoughts. Who is this “me” person though, you might be wondering? It is your very own KG (aka...Kellie) on the blog mic as we reintroduce our KG’s Kicka$$ Keepers series! This series is all a
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Jan 133 min read
Hot Item: Beanies
Dear Diary, As we write this passage, it is December 3rd, 2025. We had our first snowfall here in New England, and while some of you might be thinking “awe, how magical!” …it wasn’t. Staying true to honest New England weather, it down poured shortly after the snowfall, making the roads slushy, icy, and, well …miserable to drive on. All this to say – we are day one into what feels like is about to be the LONGEST WINTER EVER. " Waaa", they cry, as they bundle up and place a ver
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Dec 12, 20253 min read
Hot Item: Light Up Booth Items
When you go to a tradeshow, what do you see…immediately? When your tired traveling eyes set their gaze upon the tradeshow floor and you take a hefty look around, what catches your pupils? Booths. That’s right. Banners, Booth, and table throws…OH MY! The same fabric, hardware, and setup that all your competitors, comrades, and cohorts are doing. Not to mention have you ever tried to set up this display at an event and questioned if you should have paid closer attention in phys
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Dec 9, 20253 min read
Start the Year Strong: How to Use Swag to Elevate Your SKO
A new year means one thing in the world of high-performing teams: SKO season . Sales Kickoffs are the spark that sets the tone for the year—your moment to rally the team, align on strategy, and build unstoppable momentum. And while the agenda, speakers, and content matter, there’s one element that quietly (and sometimes loudly) makes your SKO unforgettable: the swag . At NorthPoint, we say it all the time— swag is strategy. When used intentionally, it shows appreciation, dee
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Nov 26, 20253 min read
Featured Brand: Timbuk2
You know it and we know it…there are two types of people in this world: those who might think they have their sh*t together and those who have been introduced to the brand Timbuk2 . Founded in the sunny, bright, and lively city of San Francisco by a bike messenger who probably had thighs of concrete and steel, as well as zero patience for flimsy/suck-y bags. Timbuk2 has spent years (decades…that’s a lot of years) engineering gear that survives an “on-the-move” type of life in
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Nov 24, 20253 min read
Hot Item: The Cold Weather Kit
Please (and we mean PLEASE) forgive us for what we are about to say… Winter is upon us. * Queue the internal scream from the fiery pits of your lungs* . We know it’s a tough reality to accept. The sun sets at (what feels like) noon, we arise from our slumber from our work alarm only to see our own breath, have to preheat our vehicles, and the puffer jacket (that you put away in celebration what feels like just a week ago) is making a fresh appearance to the outside world. Sum
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Nov 20, 20252 min read
Featured Brand: Native Union
Good GOD… we know you’ve all been there. You’re on the road, juggling 3000 different devices, searching for a charger like your life depends on it, and praying to the lord in heaven your laptop can hang on for dear life for “just one more email” to your boss letting him know you missed your flight (for the second time today), there is no availability at any of the local hotels so it’s looking like the airport floor tonight, every electronic you own is on E, and you made a pit
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Nov 18, 20253 min read
Hot Item: Our Top 5 Pen Picks
It’s TIME! It’s time for what? It’s time to let your personality step to the front. Drop the polite, and be the real you—lean into the weird and out-of-pocket way of life, it’s okay! Haven’t you ever heard, “no two snowflakes are alike”? Well, neither are people (some of you might argue about the concept of twins, but even they have differences). Our point is, not everyone will fit in the same mold, so quit trying to be a walking fish when you were born to swim. Okay, well, a
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Nov 17, 20254 min read
The Full Sticker Line-Up: Everything You Need to Know About Our Custom Stickers
When you’re looking for high-impact swag, budget-friendly event giveaways, brand promotions or field-marketing kits, the right sticker format can make all the difference. At NorthPoint, we carry a full spectrum of custom-sticker options, from affordable workhorses to premium show-pieces. Below is a breakdown of each format, what makes it unique, and when we recommend to use it! 1) Classic Die-Cut Stickers What they are: These are full-color vinyl stickers cut to the exact cu
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Nov 5, 20253 min read
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