The Mother of Promotional Gifts!

Budgets are annoying aren't they? Sometimes you want to go all out for a really hot promotion like a USB stick but you've only got the budget for some water bottles. Now given the right pitch and the right imprint water bottles can be just as memorable and perhaps as useful as a USB stick, but still it's the age old adage that the grass is always greener.

Well the grass was certainly greener on the red carpet last night!

While Hollywood has been in the business of promoting (actors, movies, ect), the one night that everyone talks about is The Oscars. While Jennifer Hudson and Helen Mirren were taking home the coveted golden statuette, they were also taking home something else: about $71,000 of something else.

The Oscar Swag bag was handed out with 1099 forms (because of tax issues) and included such things as $25,000 trip to Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.

Can the Oscar's be at the next tradeshow please? I really like Vegas.

But since the rest of us can't afford to hand out Victoria's Secret lingerie encrusted with $5,000 worth of diamonds and sapphires (who would wear that anyway?), we'll have to stick with the usual: pens, water bottles, and USB sticks. But put all your goodys in a drawstring bag and it's almost like an Oscar Swag Bag. Almost...