We love to support local companies and when “Not yo Mamas Craft Fair” dropped by to pick up their magnet business cards, we had to showcase them as our Magnet of the Week.

“Not Yo Mama’s Craft Fair is an exclusive and unique event where the best and brightest creative’s from the Jersey City metro area can hock their DIY wares to the coolest cats in Chill Town”

We are super excited to visit their stall in JC’s Van Vorst park for the Winter Wonderland Festival – and hoping to pick up some unique gifts this holiday that are local and unique! Keeping our eyes out for those magnets too

Check out their website for more details! http://www.notyomamasaffairs.com/

Keep Calm and Carry on, has been my mantra all week.   It’s been a really crazy week.   It’s now finally Friday, and seeing these Custom oval magnets in production, I just had to call the owner Mary Beth and ask to use these bad boys as our Magnet of the Week!

This design was made in 1939 by the British Government intended to raise moral during the beginning of the Second World War.   The posters were rediscovered in 2000 and have been re-issued by tons of companies as a decorative theme for major labels and products.

In this case these magnets are being sold in a nautical themed retail store, visit them online: http://www.shipshatch.com/

The New England Center for Homeless Veterans had their logo made into custom shape magnets.  As you can see, their custom logo is of 2 dog tags chained together with information about the company written on the tags.   We think it’s a great idea for promotional magnets and a very clever design!

Based in Boston the Mission of the New England Center for homeless Veterans is to extend a helping hand to homeless men and women veterans.  Veterans gave the ultimate sacrifice to our beautiful country, and we thank the NECHV for their continued support and care.

Every few weeks we make magnets for the Backstage Artist Lounge.  Their very cool designs reflect their own unique style and the bands they tour with.

“The Backstage Artist Lounge business model creates value by taking brands on tour, creating content, attracting publicity, supporting artists, promoting festivals/tours, and producing the exclusive artist area backstage at major concerts where sponsors connect with talented bands for product sampling and relationship building opportunities.”

This week I chose one of their most recent designs, and just had to throw in an image of  Marcos, Guitarist from the band P.O.D. who is posing with one of our Magnets.  We are so proud and feeling a little bit rockstar, we are thinking studded belts for all!

At Magnets.com we’re all about magnets.  Eat, sleep, and breath.

In fact, here’s what the office fridge looks like in our break room.  With nearly every square inch accounted for, it contains, of course, just a small fraction of our collection of customer magnets.  What’s your refrigerator look like!?

A Kodak moment: The lead singer Jared Watson of the rock/reggae band Dirty Heads is kickin’ back with one of our Magnets at the Backstage Artist Lounge! I’m definitely a fan of rock-reggae fusion and the Dirty Heads are fantastic!   

Whenever the food in the fridge and pantry is scarce or a bit of laziness ensues, how do you make sure your hungry customers call you versus the other restaurant or pizza place around the corner?  If you’re looking for an easy and cost effective solution do read on…

Be seen at the right place and right time
We probably don’t have to tell you:  mass mailers and other gimmicks get lost, thrown away, or simply ignored.  Talk about a waste.  With custom promotional magnets your restaurant’s name and contact information is sure to be seen day in and day out, right where your hungry customers are bound to scour around for food:  the refrigerator.

Sharing is caring
Whenever you have deliveries to an office, make sure you bring along a handful of magnets that satisfied workers can keep and reference for their next order.  Of course, ease of access trumps other options especially when your hungry customers are pressed for time.  .

Stick ‘em everywhere
When delivering to apartment buildings, go ahead and stick your business card magnets to doors and mailboxes –an easy tactic that’ll take just a short moment or two.

Lure them with a shape
Restaurant related magnets come in a variety of shapes and sizes –what best suits your business?  Pizzerias can bring in extra dough with pizza slice shaped magnets.  Asian restaurants can spread good fortune with, well, fortune cookie shaped magnets.

Make them a part of your transaction
Keep some magnets by the register or stick them in check booklets when your servers are giving a check to a table. This makes a great parting gift for customers and this tactic will definitely give you some brownie points for customer service. It is a fun and unique approach to keep your customers coming back.

A recent CNET review (if you can call it a review) of a set of iPhone App magnets got us thinking…the sky and one’s level of creativity truly are the limit when it comes to refrigerator magnets.  Sure, standard business card magnets are by far our best seller, and do wonders for branding, marketing, and advertising, but that’s merely scratching the tip of the surface.

For example, take the below abstract magnet, courtesy of Ektor Rodriguez and created for Dietl Edition 2010.  Now, take a step or two back and you’ll see a face appear in the middle of the magnet.  Very creative, a great conversation piece, and sure to stick around for the long run in plain sight.

Or, take this oil truck shaped magnet.  Off the bat, shaped magnets are sure to stick out from the clutter (and competition), especially vehicle shaped ones.  Add in a necessary though not highly sexy business, a fine tuned dash of humor, and you have yourself a winner.  An office favorite, as well.

Lastly, check out this save the date wedding magnet.  Certainly not ideal for everyone, but if you have a good sense of humor, lighthearted friends and family, and a penchant for tequila chased with hot sauce this may be right for you.  Of course, we’re still waiting for our invitation…

Each week we see hundreds and hundreds of different magnets and designs —from standard business card magnets all the way to clever car sign magnets and calendar magnets.

To highlight some clever, fun, and interesting designs we’re going to showcase a magnet of the week, starting with this week’s pick courtesy of Perry Township (Ohio) Road Department.

Stay tuned for next week’s pick.