Weirdest flash drive contest

What is the weirdest flash drive in the world? Worldwide contest “15 Minutes of Flash Drive Fame” aims to find the worlds weirdest USB flash drive. Contest sponsored by promotional products company, Flash Drive Direct.

Designer and manufacturer Flash Drive Direct launches a worldwide search and contest for the world’s weirdest flash drive. The competition starts April 15th 2008 and runs through to May 30th 2008. The winning submission of the weirdest, funniest flash drive will be announced June 15th on the flash drive direct web site with an accompanying email blast to 60,000 promotional products distributors featuring the winner and the winning submission.

“Over the past 5 years flash drives of all sizes, shapes and colors have begun to pop-up everywhere” states Flash Drive Directs spokesperson John Graham. “This explosion in design has paralleled the unprecedented growth of flash drive sales to the promotional products industry. Currently, the 16 billion dollar promotional products industry is experiencing triple digit growth in sales volume by dollars and unit sales of promotional logo flash drives. In fact sales of flash drives sold through the promotional distributor sales channel exceed sales of flash drives sold through traditional office supply channels such as Staples and Office Depot”.

The contest, entitled “15 minutes of flash drive fame!” has the following conditions. All submissions to the contest should enter through the email contact at flash drive direct and should include a picture of their weirdest flash drive entry, the submitters name and contact information. The winning submission will be chosen by the staff of Flash Drive Direct and announced on line June 15th. The winning submission and a profile of the winning promotional products distributor will be featured on the Flash Drive Direct web site and on a email blast to over 60, 000 promotional distributors throughout North America and Europe.

In previous years contests some of the whimsical flash drives that have been submitted have included the headless Barbie doll flash drive and the Sushi California Roll flash drive.

This years contest promises to raise the bar for fun and innovation in the ever-expanding flash drive field. For further information visit the Flash Drive Direct website.

Flash Drive Direct is a North American based design and manufacturing company that has operated since 2002. They produce and supply a wide range of logo promotional flash drives for the North American and European promotional products industry.

USB Digital Frames acquired by Flash Drive Direct

Flash Drive Direct of Vancouver Canada has acquired digital picture frame designer USB Digital Frames. A major makeover and product re-launch is planned.USB Digital Frames is a leading designer and programmer in the very fast paced digital picture frame industry.

It was launched a year ago and has agreements in place with Panasonic to supply the hard to find Hi-resolution LCD panels. It currently offers 15 models ranging in size from 1.1 inch screens to 22 inch screens.

Flash Drive Direct plans changes to the line, designs and the scope of the offering.“ We took over USB Digital Frames as it complimented our current business with Flash Drives”, says John Graham, Director of Vancouver based Flash Drive Direct. “We also recognized that some of the problems that USB Digital Frames faced were the same things we had already conquered when launching Flash Drive Direct. Simple yet important points such as easy to understand and execute user-manuals to set-up and launch the digital picture frame. On one of the current designs the first line in the Chinese translated manual instructed the user …Do not ram hard things into the drive! We realized that this was leaving far too much open for interpretation”

The USB digital picture frame is best described as the perfect gadget for sharing photos, movies, video files and mp3’s in a picture frame format. The frames range in size from 1 inch to 36 inches. They contain an LCD screen, which displays multiple file formats. It uploads files from SD cards, Flash drives, USB cable or via BlueTooth.Flash Drive Direct intends to keep the name USB Digital Frames and to keep its domain separate. There will be joint marketing initiatives as it is felt that neither of the product sets will cannibalize the other and will in fact enhance each others offering.“Our first goal is to meet with the manufacturer and with Panasonic, this is slated for next week in China.

Our goal is to streamline production, clarify operating and packaging issues and to re-launch the brand by Mid March, it is a tall order” Graham states.Both Flash Drive Direct and USB Digital Frames sell to both the retail market throughout North America and Europe and into the 16 billion dollar a year promotional products industry in North America. Last year digital picture frames and flash drives represented over $300,000,000.00 in corporate logo sales. The product re-launch is expected to set new standards for value in the marketplace, Flash Drive Direct expects sales of USB Digital Frames to triple in 2008.

We have a new division of digital picture frames

Dear All,

I hope you had are having a good time in Vegas....this is the first year I have not been in a long time.....I am also not sleep deprived...so maybe its a good thing.....

We have just launched a new company USB Digital Frames We are taking a decidely simple approach to what is a confusing market place. We are doing this by offering the following

1) Only Panasonic LCD panels.......these are the best panels offering a clear, strong high resolution.

2) Simple pricing....the price includes up to a 3 color logo, in most suppliers models the buyer is required to buy extra memory.......we include it..! A 512 MB SD card comes included in the price with every frame that requires it.

3) These are the same frames and components that the top retail brands use. Yet the price is very competitive for the corporate marketplace.4) We will help you to learn about how frames work and how to sell them and what markets are the best "Slow Fat Rabbits"I hope you take a chance to check it out and drop by to see us....Thanks

John Graham