TradeNet honored as A+ Supplier… Again!

October 12, 2016 TNADMIN Awards, Customer Service, Made in the USA, Our Employees, Promotional Products Industry, Your Message Your Way 2016, SAGE, Supplier Excellence Awards, TradeNet

TradeNet is pleased to receive a 2016 A+ SAGE Rating Award for providing excellent service and products. The rating continues an ongoing string of SAGE A+ designations for TradeNet.

TradeNet is a leading supplier of printed promotional products ranging from magnets, to dry erase boards, to calendars, to Sticky Notes, to scratch pads, to direct mail and more. Distributors from across the nation obviously appreciate the diversity, quality and economy of TradeNet’s Your Message Your Way® product line.

SAGE A and A+ ratings are awarded each year to top industry suppliers based on a distributor rating system from SAGE, a primary product research system in the promotional products industry. Distributors rate suppliers on a variety of criteria and decide which suppliers to use.

As part of the business relationship between SAGE and PPAI, the SAGE rating makes TradeNet eligible for the industry’s annual PPAI Supplier Star Awards Competition.

TradeNet is accustomed to having an A+ SAGE rating, but it’s still great to be able to hold it up when the report card comes out.

Three decades for TradeNet

February 17, 2016November 3, 2016 TNADMIN Made in the USA, Magnets, Memo Boards, Our Employees, Promotional Products Industry, TradeNet Employees, Your Message Your Way 2016, Made in USA, TradeNet, TradeNet employees, Your Message Your Way

Tom Mertz isn’t one to dwell on the past, but the founder, President and CEO of TradeNet Publishing, Inc., can recall a time when he was calling on businesses to sell magnetic dry erase memo boards and then cranking them out on the kitchen table of an Iowa farmhouse. The year was 1986.

See what’s happened in 30 years.

From that rather innocuous beginning, TradeNet Publishing rapidly became a major national supplier of erasable boards and refrigerator magnets. We are new based in Gardner, Kansas, on the outskirts of Kansas City. We have 130 employees, each who plays a critical role in TradeNet’s ongoing success in offering an extensive line of Your Message Your Way® printed promotional products.

TradeNet has revised its logo for 2016 to recognize 30 years of helping bring success to the distributors of the promotional products industry. We’re looking forward to more decades of helping deliver “Your Message Your Way.”

TradeNet gets 'Star' nomination; votes welcomed

August 17, 2015 TNADMIN Awards, Distributor News, Our Employees, Promotional Products Industry, TradeNet Employees PPAI, Star Award, TradeNet

Distributors’ success remains TradeNet’s goal

TradeNet is always dedicated to the continued success of its distributor partners serving the promotional products industry. We take pride in providing customers what they need, when they need it, on time and on budget. It’s very important to us that we provide superior customer service and quality products and thus enable our distributors to fulfill their promise to clients.

If you as a distributor feel we’ve accomplished this goal, that we’ve consistently exceeded your expectations, we’d be delighted to receive your support for the PPAI Supplier Star Competition, an honor that recognizes PPAI Supplier companies for excellence in customer service and product and decorating quality.

To vote for us for this prestigious honor, simply visit awards.ppai.org.

Thanks in advance for your support and for allowing us to be your partner in business in success.

Slinky® wins for 'Most Fun' at ASI Showcase

August 17, 2015 TNADMIN Adhesive Notes, Awards, Made in the USA, Promotional Products Industry, Slinky® ASI Show, ASI Show Chicago, note pads, notepads, Scratch pads, Slinky, TradeNet

There’s something about a Slinky® toy that puts a smile on people’s faces. Obviously the same is true for TradeNet’s version of the Slinky® brand, our variety being in the form of Adhesive Notes. Distributors voted Slinky® Adhesive Notes the winner of the “Most Fun” category in the popular Product Showcase at the recent ASI Show in Chicago.

TradeNet is the exclusive seller of Slinky® Adhesive Notes, the sticky pad that’s fun like a Slinky®. The pads can be ordered in 50- and 100-sheet pads. (Higher per-pad sheet counts can be custom ordered.) Standard and custom shapes available. Notes are printed with four-color process on the front and spot color on the back. Click here for more information.

By the way… Who out there remembers the song from the old Slinky® television commercials?

TradeNet at the SAAC Show – Booth I-151

July 22, 2015 TNADMIN Adhesive Notes, Calendars, Direct Mail, Distributor News, Hand Fans, Made in the USA, Magnetic Business Card Products, Magnets, Mail Services, Memo Boards, Postcards, Postcards with Magnets, Promotional Products Industry, Stik-ON, Your Message Your Way Direct Mail, Long Beach, Mail Services, SAAC, SAAC 2015, TradeNet

TradeNet will present “Selling Direct Mail as a Promotional Product”

TradeNet is again headed to Long Beach for the Specialty Advertising Association of California’s annual trade show. The SAAC Show takes place August 5-6 at the Long Beach Convention Center. TradeNet is one of the few designated Diamond-level sponsors of the SAAC Show. You’ll be seeing the TradeNet logo on show materials and TradeNet team members at various events.

Make a point to attend one of the two educational sessions — Selling Direct Mail as a Promotional Product — as facilitated by Scott Perry, TradeNet Director of Sales. Scott will demonstrate how to sell direct mail as an extension of promotional products. The sessions start at 8:45 a.m. on both days of the show. CLICK for more information.

TradeNet Booth I-151 will be easy to spot (most likely because it will be busy). Visitors will discover a sampling of many of TradeNet’s value-priced, high-quality Your Message Your Way® line of products, including:

Stik-ON® Notes, the best value-priced adhesive notepads in the industry
Magnets suited to your customers’ needs
Memo boards, TradeNet’s first product still one of the best
Direct Mail is now a full-service department at TN
Hand fans made to impress and to last
Wall Calendars are fully customizable at TradeNet
MBC Calendars turn business cards into year-long reminders
Slinky® Notes will be featured in the SAAC Product Showcase

CLICK to learn more about the 2015 SAAC Show

New Video: TradeNet Made Easy

July 9, 2015November 4, 2016 TNADMIN Distributor News, DistributorCentral, Promotional Products Industry, TradeNet University DistributorCentral, Order Entry, TradeNet, TradeNet University, TradeNet webinar

Don’t lose sleep. Video shows how easy it is to order from TradeNet

In this 45-minute video — TradeNet Made Easy: The basics of product search, order entry and tracking — Debbie Evans, Customer Service Representative, demonstrates how to use TradeNet’s online order features and make the most of the DistributorCentral platform for checking order status. No more wondering how to find the right products, placing order or determining order status. It’s the latest TradeNet University learning tool intended to put you in control of order processing.

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Order tracking just got easier at TradeNetOnline.com

June 25, 2015November 4, 2016 TNADMIN Promotional Products Industry, Your Message Your Way order status, Order Tracking, shipping, Tracking, TradeNet, tradenetonline

Let’s make this easy, shall we? Keeping tabs on order status is simple as visiting TradeNet’s website.

Distributors can now search for order status on our website (even if not logged into a DistributorCentral account). The “Order Status” tool is at the top of the menu bar at http://www.TradeNetOnline.com.

Thank goodness for simplicity. Distributors who click on the Order Status option will then enter either their DistributorCentral order number or purchase order number and the ZIP Code associated with the billing address on their account. This combination is required in order to receive tracking information.

Voila! The distributor will see the status of the order in the production process. If the job has shipped, the results will appear with a shipped date and a tracking link.Clicking the tracking link allows tracking each package in the order.

Clicking the tracking link allows tracking each package in the order.

Order Status is a great information tool for distributors and it’s easily accessible right from TradeNet’s home page. Email TradeNet with any questions: TradeNet@TradeNetPublishing.com

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TradeNet will see you in July at Chicago ASI Show

May 18, 2015 TNADMIN Promotional Products Industry, TradeNet Employees, Your Message Your Way 2015 ASI Show, ASI Chiicago, ASI Show, TradeNet

TradeNet has the Windy City on its trade show schedule

July 14 will be here sooner than you think. That’s the start of this year’s ASI Show at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. TradeNet will be an exhibitor when the show floor opens on Wednesday and Thursday, July 15-16. Be sure to make Booth 1616 a scheduled stop. We’ll have lots of sample Your Message Your Way® products and marketing materials for you to put to good use.

We also notice NFL quarterback Peyton Manning is the ASI Chicago keynote speaker on the morning of July 16. Perhaps TradeNet should make sure to have a supply of Denver Bronco magnetic schedules in the booth!

Think TradeNet when thinking magnets

May 12, 2015 TNADMIN Car Magnets, Church, Custom Shape, Customer Service, Healthcare Ideas and Products, Home and Business Delivery Ideas, Ideas, Insurance Agents, Made in the USA, Magnetic Business Card Products, Magnets, Patriotic Products, Postcards with Magnets, Promotional Products Industry, Save the Date Products, Schools, Service Industry, Special Events, Sport Schedules, Your Message Your Way Custom Magnets, magnets, TradeNet, Your Message Your Way

Magnet messaging from TradeNet is magic

It’s really no secret why TradeNet has emerged as the top producer of magnets for the promotional products industry. When it comes to pricing, quality and service, there’s no beating the overall value of the Your Message Your Way® line of magnets as produced by TradeNet.

TradeNet has perfected the magnet production process from start to finish. Customers are assured of getting a durable, brilliant color magnet for virtually all messaging purposes. Indoor. Outdoor. Large. Small. Custom shaped. Picture frames. Automotive. And more!

Plus, TradeNet does not charge set-up or four-color processing fees, offers free art time and gives discounts for online ordering. Various thicknesses allow customer choice. Delivery is prompt and all associated freight charges are known at the time the order is placed. No surprises!

Magnets remain a great marketing tool because they deliver customized messaging day in and day out. When a magnet has creative flair, color that “pops” and strong stick, be assured it’s from TradeNet.

Visit www.TradeNetOnline.com for product views and ideas.