Bob Lilly Professional Promotions has a proven track record of success in the promotional products industry with nearly 10 years of experience in the business. The organization continues to build on its success one customer at a time with specialized attention and focus on results.

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Cingular Wireless was launching their brand globally and needed to generate excitement among their salespeople who would be attending a national sales meeting. The goal was to incorporate branded items which would enhance the high energy atmosphere of the event and leave a lasting impression on the attendees. Cingular called on Bob Lilly Professional Promotions to develop and produce colorful, high quality shopping bags imprinted with the large, orange "Jack" which would be visible at each table. The bags were stuffed with orange and white crepe paper and then filled with the custom branded promotional items including a spiral bound journal book with custom die-cut cover and a high quality stainless steel pen. The response from the client was that the items and the event were a total success. Bob Lilly Professional Promotions fielded many calls for reorders of the merchandise used at the sales rally.

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National Semi-Conductor was having an international gathering of its management staff from all over the globe. National Semi wanted to present each of the attendees with a Texas-themed welcome gift that would be innovative and fun, in order to set the tone for the upcoming set of meetings. Bob Lilly Professional Promotions developed and coordinated a customized gift basket which included a cowboy hat filled with Texas-themed items (i.e., Texas State Flag, chips/salsa, mixers, snacks) and wrapped in clear colored plastic and tied off with a Texas flag bandana and chili-pepper and cowboy boot tie-wraps. For the room gift, a brass cowboy hat etched with the National Semi logo and event date was selected. The items were a big hit with the attendees from around the world.

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The North Texas Tollway Association (NTTA) was having a grand opening for the launching of a new section of its infrastructure and wanted to commemorate the launch with unique gifts for consumers as well as local dignitaries. Bob Lilly Professional Promotions was called in to help. The consumers received a compressed t-shirt in the shape of a wagon wheel (consistent with the western theme of the grand opening) and the dignitaries received a 6-inch branding iron (paperweight) with the project's initials. The branding irons also had a custom drop tag that provided information regarding the history of the NTTA along with background on the new road infrastructure. They were attached with leather cords in keeping with the theme.

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Flowserve is recognized around the globe as an international leader in the manufacture and sale of industrial pumps and seals. Flowserve wanted to instill company pride in its work force via making available company logo-ed items. Equally important, they wanted their workforce to purchase company promotional products from a single source to ensure brand logo integrity. Bob Lilly Professional Promotions was able to help them out. BLPP set up an online company store with automated fulfillment and distribution that was able to service both domestic and international operations, ultimately fulfilling both strategic objectives for Flowserve.

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General Motors was looking for help in executing their NFL sponsorship with the Dallas Cowboys. They turned to Bob Lilly Professional Promotions to make it happen. Bob Lilly Professional Promotions contributed by producing branded wearables, caps, two custom 25-foot inflatables as well as an assortment of branded promotional items. In addition, Bob Lilly Professional Promotions also coordinated celebrity autograph signings at the tailgate party preceding every home game, ultimately driving traffic to the tailgate party. Overall, the pre-game event helped to increase awareness of GM's affiliation with the Cowboys as well as drive traffic to their dealerships via on-site vehicle promotions, rewarding participants who filled out lead generation forms with branded promotional items.

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Peterbilt markets an extremely high-end, "limited edition" truck targeted to the highly competitive owner/operator market. To reward their customers for purchasing their vehicles, Peterbilt decided on a custom leather jacket as a gift with purchase (GWP) incentive to be provided by Bob Lilly Professional Promotions. Each of the 387 trucks would come with two jackets, embroidered with the specific truck number being purchased and in the sizes requested by the purchaser. Delivery of the custom jackets was required within two weeks. Overall, the ongoing program has been a success with Peterbilts' customers, generating a notable amount of positive feedback.

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Sprint had scheduled a management conference/ski trip for high level decision makers, with the ultimate goal of building stronger relationships. As part of this weekend, Bob Lilly Professional Promotions helped by producing the invitation, which consisted of an actual ski pole along with a printed invitation and itinerary of events with RSVP card all made to look like ski lift tickets. The recipient received the invitation in a specially marked mailing tube, along with other amenities included for the weekend. The goal was to make sure the invitation would break through the clutter and have a startling impact on the recipient, thereby encouraging greater attendance to the event in Park City, Utah. The amenities throughout the weekend also needed to be upscale and unique, targeting an audience that likely already has everything. Overall, the event was a wonderful success with greater than expected attendance.

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Overview
Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications and the leading supplier of mobile phones a s well as mobile, fixed broadband and IP networks. With 18 production facilities in 10 countries around the world, research and development in 15 countries and sales to over 130 countries, Nokia employs around 54,000 people around the globe. Computer issues, system malfunctions and software problems are daily occurrences. The company needed an Internet portal developed that all employees could refer to and get repair information in case of computer, software or system problems. The predicament was that with so many employees in so many countries, the name of the new portal had to be translatable in over 30 languages and the site had to be compelling enough to encourage worldwide employee usage.

Solution
Bob Lilly Professional Promotions along with digital media partner, New Media Gateway, provided hundreds of strategic and memorable names to the Nokia management in a period of several weeks. After several meetings, a worldwide marketing committee finally selected PC Doctor as the name of the new portal. An Internet creative director then flew to Stockholm to meet with various members of the marketing committee to get input for the portal's design. Again, the design had to work in all counties and in a number of different cultures. Clarity, design sense and clean architecture were the goals. BLPP & NMG astonishingly delivered the completed portal five weeks later.

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PricewaterHouseCoopers wanted to commemorate the PricewaterHouseCoopers Doak Walker Legends Award (which annually honors a football legend) with a memorable gift that would capture the essence of this prestigious event. Past honorees have included Gale Sayers and Tony Dorsett. Bob Lilly Professional Promotions proposed a full size replica old style leather helmet, laser engraved with the PricewaterhouseCoopers logo, that would highlight the history of the game as well as capture the attention of the attendees as something special and unique.

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Procter & Gamble and SC Johnson each had individual needs associated with identifying their specific brands with selected events and targeted markets (e.g., outdoor event, weekend promotion). In order to drive traffic to their locations (for P&G, it was an end-cap in selected Walmarts and for SC Johnson, it was an area at an outdoor soccer tournament), Bob Lilly Professional Promotions produced replicas of select brands (i.e., Downy bottle, Shout bottle) that have ultimately been used at several promotional events for their respective companies. Importantly, Bob Lilly Professional Promotions has the capability to produce large-scale inflatables (including items such as oversized football helmets), designed to draw attention and traffic to designated promotions and/or locations.

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The State Fair of Texas wanted to retail unique, Texas-themed gifts for purchase from their retail kiosks throughout the fairgrounds. They were looking for one-of-a-kind ideas that would be different from anything previously sold, thereby encouraging greater sales since most attendees come to the fair annually. Bob Lilly Professional Promotions developed some custom ideas (Texas silk necktie, innovative picture frame highlighting Texas, unique pen and State Fair baseball cap) which were specifically developed for the State Fair of Texas (the largest State Fair in the U.S.) at a reasonable cost, so that the State Fair could resell these items as an incremental revenue stream.

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