A Big Thanks

On behalf of the whole Brandswag team, I would like to say thank you to all who participated in The Greatest Wish Campaign. We not only met our goal, but went way above and beyone. The goal of the campaign was to use social media as the only tool of promotion. Through Facebook and Twitter [...]

Fudge, Crafts and Cabins – A Social Media Field Trip to Brown County

This past weekend the Brandswag team ventured down to Brown County on a mission to come out of the woods with a clear focus and plan for 2010. A scary thought at first, primarily due to the possibility of being un-plugged for three days, we were able to manage!
The weekend was nothing short of amazing, [...]

BrandSwag Developing A WordPress Plugin

Most of what I do here at Brandswag is PSD to HTML and hacking the crap out of WordPress. I do some variation of this with every web client we get. That’s why it’s always nice to indulge in some type of creative web development. You know – something that you make from scratch, and [...]

Pet Supplies Plus Website Launch

Last week we launched a website for Pet Supplies Plus. PSP has four locations around the Indianapolis area. They offer top of the line pet products, and even allow you to wash your dog, right in the store!
I looked forward to putting this site together because of how playful the design was. Jon Mobley did [...]

Help with Twitter Marketing for Dummies Book

At this moment I am currently writing a new Twitter Marketing for Dummies book from Wiley Publishing. I am going to be featuring some Twitter users in the back of the book and I need some Twitter marketing thoughts in 140 characters or less. There are two ways you can submit a Twitter comment:
1. Place [...]

Giving More than You Get and Being Thankful

This is also posted at KyleLacy.com:
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We have a half-day planning session at Brandswag today. You know how strategic planning goes… you go through values, vision and mission statements, marketing initiatives, and the like… However this is not why I am excited to attend the planning session. I am excited to see the power of six [...]

Kyle Lacy named TOP Gen Y Marketing Blogger

On behalf of the Brandswag crew I’m proud to announce that our own Kyle Lacy has been declared the top Generation Y  marketing blogger by Viralogy.com. The rankings included a number of metrics including linkbacks, average comments per post, site traffic, Technorati authority, Twitter followers, follower/following ratio, and Retweets/month.
Among the runners-up were Shama Hyder of [...]

Introducing LQ Solutions Vault

For the past month, I have been pounding away at a WordPress install and theme to turn it into an online resource for companies that wish to give their employees, and possibly clients, valuable training solutions.
LQ Solutions Vault offers a foray of content concerning the important aspects of business:

Leadership
Sales
Services
Core Skills

In each of these categories, you [...]

My First Time

That’s right, It’s true. At the ripe age of 22, I have finally had my first. Before this moment happened I kept asking myself: What do I say? What’s it going to feel like? Is the other person involved going to like it? What if I don’t do it right? But, amongst all my anguish, [...]

Welcome To GetBrandswag.com

We wanted to welcome everyone to the new Brandswag website! It is a fresh approach to what we have learned over the (almost) two years we have been in business. Make sure you check it out and let us know what you think. It is a constant process but we are working hard to get [...]


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