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Magellan Earns PPAI Greatest Companies To Work For Honor

September 18, 2023

We’re pleased to announce that Magellan Promotions has been named a winner of the PPAI Greatest Companies To Work For award for 2023. This comes as PPAI Media publisher and editor-in-chief, Josh Ellis, notes that these are some of the busiest times the industry has ever faced. “The winning businesses have each created cultures that embrace the challenge and pull together through it,” he said. Being a part of this esteemed list is an affirmation of the strong culture we’ve nurtured at Magellan Promotions. To mark this milestone, we celebrated

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Magellan Promotions Named 2023 Future 50 Winner

August 28, 2023

We are honored to announce that Magellan Promotions has recently been recognized as one of Biz Times’ 2023 Future 50 winners. This esteemed award celebrates the fastest growing companies in southeastern Wisconsin, and we are thrilled to be included among this group. “We’re excited to recognize this year’s group of Future 50 winners. These companies are creating jobs and fueling the growth of our region,” said Dan Meyer, publisher and owner of BizTimes Media. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our clients and partners for their trust and support, which

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Unpacking CIVSA: Key Themes and Promo Items for Engaging College Tours

July 26, 2023

The recent Collegiate Information and Visitor Services Association (CIVSA) conference was a fantastic opportunity to learn more about enhancing college tours with unique branded merch, thereby making these tours even more engaging and effective. Several standout themes and promotional items caught our attention – let’s dive right into the takeaways!  Shoe-In Success: Footwear Steps Up in Outfitting  Who said tour guides’ attire has to be ‘pedestrian’? While outfitting tour guides with apparel has been a long-standing practice, colleges can now add a novel twist. Beyond the regular sublimated apparel, one

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Magellan Prepares for 4-Day Work Week to Foster Innovation

July 13, 2023

At Magellan Promotions, our spirit of exploration isn’t confined to just our projects – it extends to everything we do. In our quest for innovative ways to enhance our services and operations, we’re thrilled to announce that we’re embarking on a new venture – a 4-day work week. For this undertaking, we’ve joined forces with our partner, 4 Day Week Global, whose extensive experience and successful track record with implementing this model will guide us in a smooth and beneficial transition. While a 4-day work week has obvious advantages for

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Promo Industry Tops $25 Billion with Key Growth in Sustainability Products

May 11, 2023

Each year, the Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), collects, analyzes and reports on sales in the industry. In 2022, the Promotional Products Industry reached $25.5 billion for the first time ever! And that was a 15.6% increase in sales over 2021. The previous record for the industry was $24.7 billion in sales back in 2018. These numbers suggest that promo is no longer just rebounding from the pandemic, but now growing. They found the healthy return of small businesses, like Magellan Promotions, played a major role in that growth.  One

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Stepping Up for Sustainability

April 26, 2023

Consumers are more interested than ever in sustainable and eco-friendly products and learning about the businesses that make these products. A 2020 study revealed that consumers globally are four to six times more likely to purchase from and champion purpose-driven companies. And according to the 2021 Global Sustainability Study, 85 percent of people indicate they have shifted their purchase behavior toward being more sustainable in the past five years. Eco-friendly promo merch has become increasingly popular in recent years as consumers have become more conscious of their impact on the

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Variable Data Best Practices

  • At the quoting stage of your project, please let us know how many fields of variable data your piece will have as this can affect pricing.
  • Data should be provided to us as an Excel spreadsheet with only the applicable data included.
  • Verbiage for variable data fields on artwork file should match up exactly with data fields on spreadsheet.
  • Spacing on artwork must allow for longest data entries. We recommend that your designer tests this in advance to confirm that the fields in the design can fit your longest pieces of data.

Postage Permits

We are happy to mail using a client’s USPS non-profit number. Here are a few best practices for this to go smoothly. Let our team know up front on the project so we can make sure to get the information we need right away. 

While our mail house does prefer to use their permit number for the mailing, we can use the client’s permit, If using their permit number, ensure there is enough postage to cover the mailing.

The information we need to in order to use a client’s nonprofit number includes the following:

  • CRID (customer registration ID)
  • Non-Profit Authorization Number (with USPS, not their nonprofit number for the university)
  • Non-profit indicia
  • Return address that is on file with USPS for the non-profit authorization number
  • Permit number

Formatting the Mailing List

Our account team will advise on specific requirements for your project’s mailing list.  We generally recommend these best practices to format the mailing list:
  • Send your data in a spreadsheet, saving it in the comma-separated values (CSV) format
  • International addresses must be separated from domestic addresses
  • Domestic addresses should at least contain data fields for “first name”, “last name”, “address 1”, “address 2”, “city”, “state” and “ZIP code”