My Favorite Vendors

As the Marketing Support person, I have the fun job of ordering all marketing supplies for Champion. This is part of my job that I really enjoy as long as I have good companies to work with. If the company turns out to be no good - that can can really make my job difficult and stressful. Over the past eight years of working at Champion I have tried many different companies and here are a few of my favorites. These are companies that have a simple ordering process, great customer service, great prices, fast turn-around and are quick to handle any issues we have with the product. I hope this list of vendors will help anyone out there to avoid any unscrupulous companies.

My all time favorite printer: http://www.printingforless.com/ This company is AWESOME! I have been using them exclusively for about 3 years for all of Champion's business cards, brochures, folders, etc. They print pretty much anything. They are located in Montana but you would never know it. Their customer service makes you feel like they are right next door. They even send goodies from time to time to thank us for our loyal service. Out of everything they've printed for us over the years, we have only had a couple of issues and they fixed them quickly for no charge.

Best Marketing Giveaways: http://www.4imprint.com/ I love this company because it is so easy to order from their website. They follow up with you as soon as you place the order and throughout the ordering process. Champion has mugs, reusable grocery bags, calendars, pens and notepads from them and they all look great. Turnaround time is always good, too.

Stickers and Seals: http://www.mavericklabel.com/ This company prints about every kind of sticker, seal or label imaginable. I order the foil seals for Champion for the marketing reps to place on goodies before they hand them out on their routes. They always look very professional. I've also ordered magnetic business cards from them and they looked great, too.

Trade Show Banners: http://www.postupstand.com/ Again this company makes ordering really simple and they have super fast delivery. I've ordered retractable banner stands, full color table cloths, table top banners and even retractable banner pens (which are the coolest pens ever!).

Specialty Paper: http://www.paper-papers.com/ When we only need to print a small quantity of something we print it in-house. This company offer every color, type and style of paper and envelopes imagineable. I always order our specialty cardstock and envelopes from them because they have really great prices.

Yard Signs: http://www.supercheapsigns.com/ Champion recently started putting out yard signs at every job we are on. This company offered the best price I could find and the signs turned out really good, too. They do banners, magnetics and more but we've only tried the yard signs.

Magnets: http://www.custom-magnets.com/ This company offers the widest selection of magnest I've seen. Their prices are good, too.

That's all I can think of for now. I hope this helps you!

Summer Bishop - Marketing Support