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We may not be the 1927 Yankees, but we sure look it! Check out the official Namify Softball team as they pursued perfection last night at the Springville High School baseball field.
Though we did not win, the effort was admirable, and we showed that Namify can make anyone, even their employees, look like pros!
Lets take a second to highlight one of the best products for name tags… The Green Magnet. People always need name tags and are consistently replacing their old ones with newer, shinier ones. When they do, they are sometimes surprised to find that they do not have to have the same ole pin attachment that they are used to.
When told that there are many different options for name tag attachments, such as magnet backings, swivel clips, military clutch pins, alligator clips, and even cell phone attachments, people are generally surprised at the variety of options now offered.
When shown the wonderful benefits of using a magnetic backing for their name tag, people tend to fall in love with the product. The Green Magnet is versatile and practical. By attaching the name tag to the clothing using the green magnet, there is no risk of tearing the clothing or puncturing the skin. The magnets are strong, too. Able to withstand up to fifteen pounds of pull, the green magnet will almost never come off were your tag to get snagged on something.
The green magnet is by far the most popular selling name tag backing for name tag distributors like namify. Last year alone, Namify sold over twice as many green magnets as any other backing.
Perhaps the only downside of the green magnet is that people with pacemakers cannot wear them. The magnet will interfere with the normal functions of the implant. As an official maker and distributor of the green magnet, we must warn against wearing the green magnet when using a pacemaker.
-Namify, LLc.
Did you know that Tuco, one of the villains of the movie The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, wears his pistol on a lanyard?
It’s true! During the famous shootout scene known as the “Mexican Standoff” in the the great Spaghetti Western The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, you can see the three main characters positioned nervously around a cemetery courtyard. As the men reveal their weapons from behind their coats and jackets, the tension rises.
Tuco, the movie’s Ugly character, lets his pistol down on a rope cord lanyard, helping lanyards to make one of their first appearances in popular movie culture! Seeing a lanyard used as a pistol holder in a movie like this is highly unusual, as a cowboy in a Western movie tends to keep his guns lying low on his hips, nestled in a leather holster. But Eli Wallach, the actor who plays Tuco, told the director of the film (Sergio Leone) that he had too much trouble getting a pistol into a holster without looking, so Leone switched to a lanyard for Wallach’s character.
In actuality though, lanyards were a large part of military life and western cowboy and frontier life. Lanyards were used to signify rank and class in the military. And pistol lanyards were common for soldiers in situations where the risk of losing ones pistol was significant.
So we find just one more use for lanyards! Can you think of another? Watch for the pistol lanyard in this clip from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in the meantime.
Now the only question is: Did Namify make that lanyard!?
The other day I was ricocheting slowly
off the blue walls of this room,
moving as if underwater from typewriter to piano,
from bookshelf to an envelope lying on the floor,
when I found myself in the L section of the dictionary
where my eyes fell upon the word lanyard.
No cookie nibbled by a French novelist
could send one into the past more suddenly—
a past where I sat at a workbench at a camp
by a deep Adirondack lake
learning how to braid long thin plastic strips
into a lanyard, a gift for my mother.
I had never seen anyone use a lanyard
or wear one, if that’s what you did with them,
but that did not keep me from crossing
strand over strand again and again
until I had made a boxy
red and white lanyard for my mother.
She gave me life and milk from her breasts,
and I gave her a lanyard.
She nursed me in many a sick room,
lifted spoons of medicine to my lips,
laid cold face-cloths on my forehead,
and then led me out into the airy light
and taught me to walk and swim,
and I, in turn, presented her with a lanyard.
Here are thousands of meals, she said,
and here is clothing and a good education.
And here is your lanyard, I replied,
which I made with a little help from a counselor.
Here is a breathing body and a beating heart,
strong legs, bones and teeth,
and two clear eyes to read the world, she whispered,
and here, I said, is the lanyard I made at camp.
And here, I wish to say to her now,
is a smaller gift—not the worn truth
that you can never repay your mother,
but the rueful admission that when she took
the two-tone lanyard from my hand,
I was as sure as a boy could be
that this useless, worthless thing I wove
out of boredom would be enough to make us even.
Namify recently jumped at the chance to sponsor the UV Spelling Bee hosted by The Daily Herald and Vivent.
The event was held on March 17 at the Vivent headquarters in The Riverwoods Shopping Center in Provo, Utah. Kids came from all over Utah to participate and performed admirably.
Congrats to the winner, Sophie Choate, who won the Bee by spelling the word Mordacious.
Watch the Spelling Bee video to see our Namify lanyards being worn by all the participants. We were proud to help out with this wonderful event, and wish all the best to Sophie, who is headed to Washington D.C. for the national Spelling Bee!
We are working hard to begin producing commercials and video clips for Namify. Here is an idea that came to us from a big time lanyard fan. Do you have an idea for a video that can showcase Namify’s awesome products? Drop us a line and let us know! Who knows, maybe your video will be the next big video on the internet!
Go to Namify.com for other great deals on great products!
The Big Business and Technology Expo was held at the UCCU Event Center at Utah Valley University on February 29 and March 1. Keynote speakers included Steven M.R. Covey and Governor Gary Herbert. Namify™ was out in full force as an official 2012 sponsor of the event and as a vendor. Paul Shin and Nick Vance manned the booth, getting people interested in the great products we have, and making quite an impression. The Big Business and Technology Expo is just one of the events that make the Utah Valley such a great place to do business. Namify™ is proud to support local businesses and looks forward to an impressive 2012 business year.
This month we are adding a new weapon to the Namify™ arsenal: the Anajet Direct to Garment printer. This printer is the industry’s best option for printing on apparel to make promotional, customized and personalized products. The printer will be capable of producing about one print per minute. And it can print on more than just t-shirts, including scarves, aprons, totes, towels, mouse pads, art canvases, and more!
The printer’s custom “one off” ability is efficient and requires no setup. This is the kind of efficiency we strive for at Namify™ and it will allow us to reach the needs of all of our customers- from individuals and startups, to Fortune 500 companies. We are excited to be able to provide our customers with the highest quality products at great prices. Ryan Gibert, our Textile Press Lead, is very excited about the new machine. “It will give us the opportunity to do so much more for our customers. Whatever they need, whether it’s one shirt, or five hundred, we’re going to be able to take care of them quickly and keep them coming back”, says Ryan. We are all excited to keep getting better and growing our wonderful customer base. Keep up the good work guys!
On the 22nd of February, the employees of Namify™ got together for another wonderful Carne Asada party. These get-togethers have been a long standing tradition here and are definitely one of the more popular parties that we throw for our people. Everyone loves to follow the wafting smells that fill the warehouse and offices over to the basketball court for some of the best food this side of the Rio Grande! Company Parties are a great chance to get to know the people you work with and socialize with friends and family. Many thanks to Joe Banditos for catering, Celso for cooking up the meat to perfection once again, and to Stephanie for making sure we didn’t burn the place to the ground!
Congratulations to Karen Rodeback for being voted as our Employee of the Month of March! Karen has been with Namify™ for three years, as the A.R./Collections Specialist. She was born in Seattle, Washington. Karen’s favorite thing about working here is getting to work with the people she adores. She says Namify™ has the most amazing people! Outside of work, Karen loves her night classes where she studies to become a Master Herbalist. Karen married her high school sweetheart and has two wonderful kids, Mitchel and Torrey.
Fun Facts:
Favorite Season: “I truly love them all!”
Nickname: “My son calls me ‘Nom’ because I love, love, love to nom on food!”
Self-Description in 3-5 words: Loving, outgoing, hopeful, happy, and improving
ROXBURY, Mass. – The Boston Celtics, in partnership with Chipotle and New England Baptist Hospital, hosted the inaugural Jr. Celtics Kickoff event Saturday with more than 200 youth from various YMCAs and Boston Centers for Youth and Families. The event brought youth from various backgrounds together to play the game of basketball, but more importantly get to know each other.
Upon arriving, each kid received a participation gift pack that included a cinch bag, water bottle, New England Baptist Hospital bone pens and T-shirt. Participants were then divided up into two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, with teams playing four games. Whistles were blowing, sneakers were screeching and coaches were instructing as the day progressed.
Namify’s own Paul Shin worked out the deal with the Boston Celtics to provide the NBA Championship team with the shirts and jerseys for this great event. The Celtics were very happy with Namify’s exceptional customer service and products and Paul hopes to continue working with them in the future for all of their Namifying needs!
Namify is an industry leader in brand manufacturing and even holds its own line of specialized sports apparel, perfect for any athletic team or event. Go to Wickify.com for more information on our products.
Well you’ve asked for it, and we have delivered! The Hunger Games, the popular fantasy book trilogy, is now a major motion picture that is set to release on March 23, 2012. This is one of the most anticipated movies of the year. The fans of The Hunger Games are a dedicated group, on par with those fans who love The Twilight Saga. Many people have been asking us to put together a party checklist to add to our Event Planning Checklist tool on the Namify website. Well we have heard you good people of Panem! The checklist is here!
So please, go to the Event Planning tool at Namify.com and open The Hunger Games Party tab. You’ll be sure to find everything you need to throw the perfect theme party. We’ve even included convenient links to click on that will take you to helpful websites, fantastic party products, and top notch decor ideas.
Be sure to let us know how your party goes. We want to hear how our Namify Event Planning tools have helped you to plan all of your parties and organize events and meetings.
To access the Hunger Games Party checklist, simply click on this link or go to Namify.com and click on the Event Planner Tools at the bottom of the homepage. The checklists are organized in alphabetical order. The Hunger Games list will be under the letter ‘T’.
Good luck tributes! And may the odds ever be in your favor!
The Springville Area Chamber of Commerce held its annual installation and awards banquet on January 18th and presented Namify™ with the Business of the Year award. According to chamber executive director Bob Shearer, those chosen for the annual awards were certainly deserving of the honor. “Namify™ is a leading-edge company not only doing great things for our community but also for the economy.” Criteria for selection as Business of theYear by the Chamber of Commerce included a clear demonstration of leadership, sound business practices, community involvement and a strong trend of performance and sustained growth. CEO Christopher Jensen was there to accept the award on behalf of Namify™.“We were honestly beyond amazed to be chosen,” Jensen said. “There are hundreds of great businesses here in Springville, and it’s a treasure to be given this award.”
One of the hot products we offer here atNamify™ is Custom Vehicle Wraps. This is a timeless option for customers that want to put their brand into public view wherever they go. We only use the highest quality 3M decaland laminate materials, and our teammates in graphics and wide-format printing have streamlined the process to a 3-5 day
production window per vehicle.One misconception about Custom Vehicle Wraps is that some people believe the adhesive material will damage the paint of their vehicle. Actually, if installed and removed correctly, decal material can be easily removed without blemishes to vehicle exterior. Our installation team, headed by wide-format lead Tony DiFiore, is trained and certified to perform both installation and decal removal. A few of the interesting items we’ve received requests to wrap are: an RV, a dishwasher, a motorcycle, a tractor, a snowmobile, and more.
As of January 1st 2012 our VP of Marketing, Brad Gasaway, will serve as the Chairman of The Small Business Council within the UV Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. This sub-committee was formed with the goal to create knowledge-sharing opportunities and advocate business growth for small businesses throughout Utah County. Brad is excited for the challenge and looks forward to representing Namify™ in the capacity.
“Being involved in the Chamber has given Namify™ an active voice and visual recognitionin one of the top places to do business in the entire country,” said Gasaway.
Other committee members that Brad will be working with include:
Bruce Rowe – CEO of Sebo Marketing
Jeremy Blickenstaff – President of One Enterprises (Shops at Riverwood)
Steven Roy – VP of Economic Development, UVU
Leonel Castillo – President of AmBank
Chad Magelby – CEO of Magelby Construction
Jason Badell – Director at Rainmaker Management Group
Laura Jarman – President of Dear Lizzie
Welcome to Kurt Anderson, who has recently come on board in the Marketing Department and is excited to be a part of the Namify™ team…
Kurt is passionate about writing, storytelling, Oldie-Goldie music, and boxing (he has a 10-1 record as an amateur boxer). His responsibilities will be to write our way into promotional history! – Brad Gasaway
Congratulations to Stephanie Spainhower for being voted as our Employee of the Month in January! Stephanie has been with Namify™ for three years, as the HR specialist and all around awesomeness specialist. She was born in Ogden, Utah. Some of Stephanie’s favorite things about working here are the people she works with, new challenges that come everyday, and being able to brag about her job to everyone she knows!. Outside of work, Stephanie enjoys reading, writing, dancing, shopping, and being obsessed with Weight Watchers!
Fun Facts:
Favorite Season: Summer!
Nickname: Stephie or Steph Barbie
Self-Description in 3-5 words: Silly, Smart, Sassy Stephanie!
The votes are in, the decision was ratified, and the date is set … the award for the 2011 Business of the Year goes to Namify, LLC.
The Springville Chamber of Commerce has selected Namify™ as Business of the Year, to be presented at an honorary banquet on January 18th at the Springville Art Museum.
The criteria for selection included: a clear demonstration of leadership, sound business practices, community involvement, and a strong trend of performance and sustained growth.
Namify™ CEO, Christopher Jensen, will be in attendance to accept the award on behalf of the Namify™ family.
Congratulations to Tim Hulse for being voted as our Employee of the Month of January! Tim has been with Namify™ for 3 ½ years and currently works as the Engraving Line Lead. Originally from Orlando, FL he now lives in Springville, UT with his wife Lisa, who works as a Sales Executive for Nametags.com in this same building. Tim is a man of many talents . . . he has studied music, played the trumpet, sang classical music, been the lead in a high school musical, worked as an auto mechanic for several years, and much more. Tim thinks working at Namify™ is great because he can be both mechanically minded and creative. He likes to set goals for himself and his team and be able to reach them. His favorite thing about working at Namify™ is the sense that we are all a part of a team. He feels we are all working towards the goal of exceeding the customers’ expectations, and we would doanything that is necessary to accomplish this goal.
Fun Facts:
Favorite Season: Fall
Self-Description in 3-5 words: Bionic, Accountable, Transparent, Unified, Precise
Fresh off a record-setting year, Namify™ Chairman, Bryan Welton Jr., announced their approval for expansion into a second U.S. branch location, to be opened up March 8th in Portland, Oregon. Additionally, the Board of Directors selected inside-hire David Komp to spearhead the expansion as Branch Manager of the Portland office.
Namify LLC is nationally recognized for their promotional manufacturing (screen
printing, embroidery, engraving , wide-format printing, etc), graphic design, and brand management services. The branch location in Portland is intended as the first of many regional locations to come, as Namify™ prepares to offer even more direct service to a growingly dynamic customer base.
“Our business is to vitalize people’s brands, the very concepts that are dear and guarded by our customers, and to do it more efficiently than anyone else in America,” explained Welton. “These additional locations will allow us to increase our availability, visibility, and trust-relationships with clients in their own market area.”
Namify CEO, Christopher Jensen, was pleased with the unanimous choice of David Komp for the Branch Manager position. “David has a great sense for business, he has a winning attitude, and above all he understands how important Customer Service is to our team,” said Jensen.
Mr. Komp is currently employed as the Customer Service Manager at Namify™ headquarters in Springville, UT. Having been with the company for two years, he will finish out his given responsibilities in Utah at the end of February, and prepare for the ribbon cutting ceremony in Portland two weeks later.
“Opening the Portland branch will be an amazing opportunity,” said Komp. “It is a
diverse, yet very tight-knit metropolitan area where we have quite a large grouping of clients. The face-to-face interaction there will allow me to do what I love most … building relationships and making those same people look smart and amazing.”
Initially, Namify™ intends to house processes at each location that allow for 24-hour turnaround on small to mid-size jobs, and then cooperate with headquarters to meet any high-volume needs.
The store location in Portland, as well as the details of their ribbon cutting ceremony will be released at a later time. Worldwide, Namify™ serves over 120,000 customers, including over 60% of Fortune 500 businesses.
This year’s Christmas Party was fun-filled with lasting tributes, pivotal announcements, and loads of laughs.
The unveiling of the new name and company logo evoked standing applause from an audience of 400 employees and guests, gathered at company headquarters in Springville, Utah. The excitement, in part, was attributed to now having a solid name to accurately depict our broadened capabilities. Originally founded as The Nametag Source in 2001, then changed to Namifiers in 2006, Namify has far outgrown its beginnings of just making nametags and placards for other local businesses. Over the past decade, we have incorporated an array of in-house processes that empower clients from all industries to handle their branding needs with one universally-competitive producer.
“We feel strongly that altering our brand to Namify will sure up our relevancy in the global marketplace,” Welton explained in a separate interview. “We are very well-rooted on the manufacturing side, but we have also dedicated an equally-aggressive pace to pre and post-production support in terms of graphic design, brand management, search engine optimization, and other marketing services. To ‘namify’ and to brand are synonymous; we capture the whole experience into one affordable, client-driven solution.”
Mr. Welton revealed that our company will press forward under the executive direction of Christopher R. Jensen, who has occupied our position of Chief Operations Officer for the previous eight years. Having been with the company from its founding, Jensen was the clear candidate to help maximize Namify’s impact in the coming years.
“It is always humbling and exhilarating to step into this type of a role,” said Jensen. “We have such a great mentor, associate, and friend in Bryan, and I am very enthused to further execute strategy with him and the Board of Directors to grow the Namify family.”
Scott Bishop was mildly excited to win an ipad 
Lots of laughs courtesy of Cary Long
Namify Employee of the Year: Kevin Wright
A heart-felt tribute to our mentor and friend Bryan L. Welton, Jr
Congratulations to Kevin Wright for being selected as both our Employee of the Month for December andthe Namify Employee of the Year for 2011. Kevin has been with Namify for over 4 years, working in both Production and Sales. He has proven himself as an assertive leader in Sales, setting most every individual sales record in the company.
Kevin is originally from Anaheim, CA. He has been married for a year and a half and recently built a home in Spanish Fork about six months ago. He is big sportsfan … loves to play golf and watch both BYU sports and his brother play high school basketball. The things that Kevin enjoys most about Namify are the great people, the fun atmosphere, and the “sky’s the limit” type of opportunity.
Favorite Season: Golf season
Self-Description in 3-5 words: Awesome, Intelligent, Dominating Sales Person
Where he plans to go with his 2 ROUND TRIP TICKETS to anywhere in theworld: England
Congratulations to Trevor Watts for being voted as our Employee of the Month of November! Trevor has been with Namifiers since August as a proofer in Graphics. He is also a student at Provo College in the Graphic and Web Design program and has one year left before he graduates. If he’s not spending time with his family, Trevor says he’s pretty much doing all things design related, whether it’s learning or creating. His favorite thing about working for Namifiersis that he gets to know lots of good people, and learn the production end of design as he enjoys learning how to design things so that they are print-ready from the start.
Fun Facts:
Favorite Season: Autumn
Nickname: I’ve always been really thin, so people used to call me “T-bone.” That didn’t stick after High School, though.
Self-Description in 3-5 words: I’m a fun guy.
