12 Days of ExperienceAIA Marketing Projects From 2020
We don’t need to, but we’ll say it again, 2020 has been a year unlike any other. Many members of the AIA Community have had to pivot and change their game plan, including our marketing team. While it isn’t the year we had originally dreamed up we are pretty excited to showcase what we’ve accomplished. To celebrate the end of 2020, we’ve compiled a list of our 12 favorite ExperienceAIA marketing projects we’ve had the honor to create.
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AIA Mob Museum Branding At the PPAI Expo 2020!
In January 2020, we had a blast hosting Ritz & Rendezvous at The Mob Museum in Las Vegas during the PPAI Expo 2020, but our marketing team had even more fun branding the event. The logo and all the corresponding pieces worked together to create the theme of a 1920s party.
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The Be Boldly You Socks Campaign!
At the beginning of the year we created sock designs to share with our AIA Community and they posted some great photos on social media showing them off. It was a fun way to connect with our community during and after our January shows.
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The Trendology Campaign!
We used the trendology campaign to talk about a few possible trends for 2020. We created social posts, email graphics and a digital flipbook that matched and shared the themes in a fun, eye-catching way
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The 2020 Brand Impressions Catalog!
Our 2020 catalog was a huge undertaking for the marketing team. We created print and digital versions featuring products from more than 60 suppliers accompanied by statistics that demonstrated just how impactful promotional products can be.
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The Backpocket Mailer!
We all know that AIA Owners are innovative, idea generators, but we wanted to spread the word near and far, which is what we accomplished with the Backpocket Mailer. This physical flipbook played on the idea of keeping promotional product distributors in your metaphorical backpocket. This pamphlet explained in a fun and creative way how AIA Owners can help with any marketing campaign.
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Blogs!
Once COVID-19 entered the scene, our marketing team went into overdrive to provide resources for the AIA Community. Everyone contributed to inspire our employees, owners and other industry professionals. Our “10 Ways To Boost Team Morale” blog was our most popular blog of the year, which proves just how much we need to continue supporting each other during these difficult times.
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A plethora of COVID-19 Marketing Resources!
COVID changed the promotional products landscape and we went into overdrive to support AIA Owners by developing new, creative,and necessary marketing ideas and assets. We compiled dozens of ideas, email graphics, social graphics and more to help support distributors and their customers. It was an impressive feat for the whole marketing team.
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2020 Fall Trends!
At the end of summer we were already thinking about fall. We came up with a creative concept that showed off upcoming trends for the promo industry. We talked about the surge of athleisure wear, products that help users work from anywhere, items that reference the past and brand name promo.
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2020 Reimagined, AIA’s Virtual National Sales Meeting!
Canceling our 2020 National Sales Meeting was never an option for us, and we still wanted to create an unforgettable experience for attendees, so we launched our first ever Virtual National Sales Meeting complete with a fully designed, cohesive brand. Our marketing team created a title, logo and color palette that represented the message and goal of the event. The branding was incorporated throughout the entire event from the welcome kit, to the wrap up video and everything in between.
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The 2020 Holiday Catalog!
For our holiday catalog this year, we decided to take a more out-of-the-box approach by putting promotional products into classic holiday stories and songs. Our team designed a whimsical theme to go along with the copy that was both festive and informational.
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A new AIA Community website!
This year the marketing team banded together to completely redesign our company website. It took weeks of planning, designing, writing, proofing and developing, but we’re proud of how it turned out.
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A pizza cutter self promo!
Promotional products work so well as a marketing tool that we often give our owners ideas of how they can use it themselves. This year we created a self-promo campaign for owners to send to their customers as a way to inspire end customers to use promotional products for employee recognition.
Even though 2020 was a year unlike any other, we’re still incredibly proud of what our marketing team has accomplished. New obstacles meant having the opportunity to think and problem solve in fresh and innovative ways. As this year comes to a close we’re busy brainstorming for 2021, and we can’t wait to see what comes next.
If you’re a promotional products distributor looking for some fresh marketing for the new year, contact AIA and let’s talk about how we can take your brand and your promotional business to the next level. Happy Holidays!
