{"id":1529,"date":"2010-12-13T16:01:44","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T16:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/blog\/?p=141"},"modified":"2010-12-13T16:01:44","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T16:01:44","slug":"best-way-to-use-tchotchkies-sp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/index.php\/2010\/12\/13\/best-way-to-use-tchotchkies-sp\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Way to Use Tchotchkies (sp?!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Busy_tnb.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-201\" title=\"Busy_tnb\" src=\"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Busy_tnb.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>There can\u2019t be a correct way to spell it \u2013 is it chotchkies? Chatskies? You know what I\u2019m talking about. Specifically, I\u2019m talking about hotel logo\u2019d swag. I get a lot of it. I refuse most of it. But over the last three plus years in business I have managed to accidentally accumulate an ungodly amount of \u201cstuff\u201d. And living in an urban one bedroom apartment, there\u2019s only so much \u201cstuff\u201d one can possibly make use of. But I\u2019ve found a way. <!--more-->When I walk up and down a trade show floor, I will pick up one of two things. For one, I will pick up a business card. That\u2019s truly the most useful thing a vendor can have readily available for me. And then, should a bout of low blood sugar be upon me, you might see me take a piece of candy here or there. But squeezy stress balls, jumbo paper clips, mini spiral bound notebooks, flash drives in the shape of a dolphin, stuffed animals, business card holders, eyeglass cloths, compact mirrors, mints, pens, pencils, nuclear warheads \u2013 I mean, how many can one person possibly use? It isn\u2019t that these items are inherent crap \u2013 it\u2019s just that there\u2019s no immediate use for me and certainly not in the sheer quantities I receive them.<\/p>\n<p>Despite my refusing to take the lion\u2019s share of swag I\u2019m visited with on appointments or that I happen upon during my traipsing of tradeshow aisles, I managed to fill two large cartons and a shopping bag of the \u201cgood stuff\u201d. And this year, at my client event, I brought said cartons and shopping bag, along with a bag of bags (I get plenty of those too) and played the role of Santa Claus.<\/p>\n<p>I admit I was a bit tentative at first. I didn\u2019t want the gesture to come off as incredibly cheesy. But in the end, it was a marvelous success. Folks relished in these items. They picked them out as stocking stuffers! Or office giveaways! Or who knows what? But it felt tremendous not simply throwing these items out. They\u2019re useful \u2013 just not for me. And the whole reason I\u2019m blessed with such a plethora of these items is because of my wonderful clients. And what better way to give back?<\/p>\n<p>Okay, there\u2019s about 1000 better ways to give back, but I\u2019m hopeful I\u2019ve done that too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There can\u2019t be a correct way to spell it \u2013 is it chotchkies? Chatskies? You know what I\u2019m talking about. Specifically, I\u2019m talking about hotel logo\u2019d swag. I get a lot of it. I refuse most of it. 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