While some were consolidating to maintain their bottom lines and stay afloat in the recent tumultuous economic conditions we tried investing.  And while we didn't have much money to invest, our bank (with the gracious help of the Small Business Administration), thought enough of our business and our goals to fund an acquisition of a retiring engravers business in Lansdale. At the same time we are investing in knowledge.  We joined a promotional products trade association that enables us to receive discounts on many promotional products which is savings we are passing along to you.  They have webinars, online sales tools and much more available to those interested in using promotional products. We also have our web promotional products search engine at www.promopros.com   and will be offering tips for creative uses of promotional products here on this blog. Leave your creative uses for promotional products in the comments.

As youth basketball season is in full swing, we are inviting potential customers to come into our showrooms in Sellersville or Lansdale to see what Bux-Mont Awards can offer for you. Whether you are shopping for a team or a league, we have something to fit your budget.  Often times people leave commenting "wow, I never realized trophies such a good deal!"  Your kids will have a ball with trophies from Bux-Mont Awards perfect participation basketball trophies, awards and more!

We recently updated to the new business page version facebook rolled out.  Please take a moment to visit the page (and like us if you haven't already!) and  leave your thoughts in the comments. Bux-Mont Awards facebook page

There was a bit of a misstep on the web managers (ie me) part, and in transfering the gerharts.com domain over to the account which all our domains are hosted with, the old domain host shut off my access to the nameservers.  This caused users attempting to access gerharts.com to reach an error message.  We have now fixed the issue and everything is up and running as it should. There is a temporary landing page at gerharts.com that directs you to the main Bux-Mont Awards page.  Please call with any questions or issues.  Thank you. Dan

So we had the honor of being the sales people for a Marines Monument being built near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania that is almost complete and will be heading down to its permanent home outside the Marines Museum in Quantico Virginia.  They are still looking for donors for the project so if anyones wants to donate please contact someone at Bux-Mont Awards and we will guide you in the right direction.  There is a postor hanging in our Sellersville store with the plans for the monument and I will post some pictures here. 

We have been getting the orders for new employee of the month perpetual plaques and want to take this post to remind you if you have forgotten to stop by our Sellersville or Lansdale store to place your orders. You can also visit our website to view the perpetual plaque selection and order via our online form or email.   

We are working on updating the showroom, and after some paint and slatwall have it looking somewhat respectable. The sign should be installed this week, so keep an eye out for that.  I'm trying to get some pictures up soon. Oh and did anyone see the new Gerharts.com ? The trophy and awards scene is changing in Lansdale rather quickly.  Services are being expanded, and we are fervently working to get the additional products we offer out on the shelves. Doing this while helping customers, learning machines, and maintaining a fully functioning store with only one other full time person and a part timer is a challenge, but we take solace in knowing when its done you will be pretty pleased with the results.