• Yay or Nay on Our Swag Idea

    We're always looking to improve the experience of our Athletes AND Hosts. Please give us your opinion of possibly changing how we do swag for October. This will only be our second event where ANY swag was provided by Festivus Games HQ. We're still learning.

    In addition to Festivus pole trophies, for the April 2016 event we sent all our Hosts a Festivus cinch bag, poster, car decal, fridge magnet, fortune cookie and a Festivus hand towel as "starter" swag. We required all Hosts to then add at least two more items of their choice to the swag package.

    Only podium athletes got the above swag

    Overall, Athletes were pleased and appreciative of all they got. We asked for feedback after the event from Athletes and, not surprisingly, the ones who gave constructive feedback, said they would rather have:

    • supplements,
    • protein samples,
    • coupons,
    • headbands,
    • eyewear,
    • socks,
    • wraps,
    • straps,
    • gloves etc
    • - "stuff we can use."

    On our end, for October, we have been inquiring with product suppliers to provide us coupons and such. We are going to be providing a Progenex protein packet for all podium athletes. We'd like to include a coupon book as well so athletes can get great discounts and free stuff from suppliers of items many of our Athletes want.

    You Can Acquire More/Better Supplements and Accessories CHEAPER Than We Can

    All or nearly all of you have a business relationship with your vendors and are usually on a first name basis with your rep. We feel you will have the best opportunity to acquire great swag, relevant to our Athletes (as they indicated above) and at the cheapest prices - at least partially for free.

    If we were to acquire the same swag you can get from your reps it would cost us more AND we'd have to ship it to you for even greater expense. In the end we strongly believe you can get the most swag at the lowest overall cost.

    So here's what we're thinking for Option 1:

    • We send you a Festivus cinch bag and Progenex protein packet for all 36 of your podium Athletes. This will be sent with the medals (ALL ATHLETES ON THE PODIUM GET A MEDAL PROVIDED BY US) you'll receive for your podium athletes.
    • You acquire 4-5 additional swag items of value our Athletes want for each podium Athlete (36 X 4-5). At least a couple of these items should be on the order of a sample bar, sample protein, sample drink etc - something tangible and relevant.
    • We give you $200 added to your final check to help you acquire any swag you can't browbeat your reps out of for free.

    So here's what we're thinking for Option 2:

    • We send you a Festivus cinch bag + Progenex protein packet + towel + coupons for whatever companies we can align with for all 36 podium athletes. We also provide a medal to every podium athlete.
    • You acquire 1-2 additional swag items of value for all podium athletes. Should be on the order of a sample bar, sample protein, sample drink etc - something tangible and relevant.
    • We don't add any $$ to your final check as the 1-2 swag items were simply part of the original terms of service.

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