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bigDAWGS promotions Got BITE? Add electronic devices to your printed marketing products. Using electronic devices in marketing materials is an ever growing trend.

Over the years we have grown to offer a complete line of electronic devices which includes LEDs (flashing lights) and LCD video screens. They are used in a variety of applications such as printed cards, marketing material, product packaging, displays, signs, media kits, press kits, and more. Realizing this fact, bigDAWGS is dedicated to constantly developing new technologies and innovations for such devices used in marketing.

05/29/2026

99% of conference badges end up in the trash before the flight home. Event Organizers, Marketers & Sales Reps: stop embarrassing your brand with cheap paper lanyards. The era of awkwardly spelling out your name to connect on LinkedIn is dead.

👇 Let me show you what we built for the Print Three National Conference in Niagara Falls...

We partnered up to create the ultimate show badge at bigDAWGS® Print Three. We didn't just want a name tag—we wanted a networking weapon.

✨ Holographic glitter lamination that catches every eye in the room

🖐️ Raised varnish texture so you can actually FEEL the design

📲 Hidden NFC technology built right into the core

Here is the magic trick...

You tap your phone to the badge. No apps to download. No QR codes to scan.

Instantly, a custom digital profile loads on the screen.

🎯 Connect on LinkedIn with one tap

🎯 Download the vCard directly to your phone's contacts

Every single event should be using these. It eliminates the friction of networking, guarantees you capture the lead, and leaves an unforgettable impression on your attendees.

If you are still handing out plain paper badges in 2026, you are living in the past.

What is the most innovative piece of event swag you have ever received? Let me know below! 👇

05/28/2026

🏆 Is this the next FSEA Gold Leaf Award Winner?! You tell me! 👇

We just submitted this absolute showstopper for the 2026 FSEA Gold Leaf Awards, and I had to give you guys an exclusive look. This isn't just direct mail—it's a full-sensory, hyper-personalized experience.

Here is what went into building this videoCARD:

The Textures & Tech

✋ Soft Touch Lamination: Giving the entire piece a premium, luxurious feel.

✨ Raised Holographic Foil & Raised UV: Incredible tactile feedback and visual pop right on the cover.

📺 Embedded LCD Screen: Auto-plays a crisp video the exact second you open the card.

The "Wow" Factor: Next-Level Personalization

We didn't just stop at a standard video brochure. We took personalization to the absolute limit:

Variable Raised UV: The recipient's name ("Hi Alicia") is printed inside with a raised, tactile feel.

Variable Video: Using an automated script system, we stitched together personalized video intros. The executive on the screen literally greets the specific recipient by name!

Imagine the impact of opening a tactile, holographic card and having the sender speak directly to you. That's how you get a 99.9% response rate! 🤯

I want to hear from the community! What is your favorite part of this campaign? A) The Holographic Foil B) The Auto-Play Video C) The Variable Raised UV Personalization D) The Variable Custom Video

Drop your vote or let me know what you think in the comments! 💬👇

Tech Used:
🔹 Fujifilm Revoria
🔹 MGI JETvarnish / Konica Minolta AccurioShine

05/28/2026

👇 On this week's episode of Hangin' with the bigDAWGS, we announced massive industry disruption...

We just launched a specialized agency dedicated entirely to bringing interactive print and NFC tech to the masses. By partnering with the Print Three franchise network, we are rolling this tech out to 40+ locations nationwide.

Here is what we are bringing to your next campaign:

✨ 5th and 6th color embellishments (clear toners, holographic foils, metallics)

📲 NFC tech embedded directly into banners, shirts, and ID badges

🎯 Brand guidelines that actually dictate tactile, physical interactions

Stop printing flat, boring, invisible collateral. We are turning physical print into trackable, high-converting digital gateways.

If you are a brand manager, when was the last time you updated your guidelines for tactile print? Let me know below! 👇

05/27/2026

They said you couldn't put raised holographic foil on a synthetic vinyl banner. We said, "Watch us." 🚀

I am beyond thrilled to announce that bigDAWGS® just took home the 2026 FSEA Gold Leaf Award for Best Use of Digital Embellishments - Miscellaneous! 🏆

Check out the video to see the winner: a 100% synthetic vinyl banner featuring Soft Touch Lamination, Raised UV, and Raised Holographic Foil.

If you know the printing industry, you know the heat from UV lamps and lamination rollers makes this almost impossible on synthetic vinyl. Most experts would tell you to use wide-format printing and expensive cold lamination.

Instead, we spent the last two years developing a patent-pending process:
✅ Printed on a toner press (not wide format!)
✅ Used thermal lamination (1/3 the cost of cold lam)
✅ Engineered a way to beat the heat and bind it all together flawlessly

Tech Used:
🔹 Konica Minolta AccurioPress
🔹 MGI JETvarnish

The result? A premium, highly tactile, and visually stunning banner that is remarkably cost-effective to produce.

I’ve got a question for my network: Have you ever seen raised varnish or holographic foil on banners, car magnets, or outdoor signs before? Let me know what you think in the comments! 👇

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05/26/2026

Print isn’t dead. It just learned how to talk directly to your phone. 🤯📲

We’re incredibly proud to unveil our official entry for the FSEA Gold Leaf Awards 2026, and it is taking promotional merch to an entirely new level. 🏆

At first glance, these look like stunning, high-end metal keychains (or earrings, if you're feeling adventurous 😂). But we’ve completely bridged the gap between the physical and digital worlds.

Here is the magic behind our patented design:

✨ The Tactile Experience: We combined Soft Touch Lamination, Raised UV, and stunning Raised Holographic Foil. We showed these off at @‌Graphics Canada 2025, and attendees literally couldn't stop picking them up and feeling the textures!

⚡ The Digital Power: Embedded with our patented NFC (Tap-with-Phone) technology.

The best part? ❌ No apps to download. ❌ No QR codes to focus your camera on. ✅ Just TAP your smartphone to the keychain, and it instantly launches a fully customizable digital menu, portfolio, or landing page.

Tech Used:
🔹 Fujifilm Revoria
🔹 MGI JETvarnish / Konica Minolta AccurioShine
🔹 NXP NTAG213 with ANTI-METAL materials

The humble promotional button just got a massive 2026 upgrade.

What do you think of combining high-end print embellishments with NFC tech? Have you seen anything like this before? Let me know in the comments! 👇

05/24/2026

The commercial print market just lost 5 TRILLION pages in 5 years.
Here's a breakdown of how the bitter corporate divorce between Fujifilm and Xerox rewrote the $500B survival playbook. 👇

In 2021, the 60-year "Fuji Xerox" joint venture ended. Faced with shrinking volumes and hardware commoditization, both companies had to pivot.

Their diverging strategies offer a masterclass in adapting to market disruption.

I put together a short documentary analyzing the split. Here is the breakdown:

🛠️ THE HARDWARE PLAY (FUJIFILM) 🛠️

🔹 They doubled down on industrial science and chemistry, asking "what do we actually know?"

🔹 Developed microscopic Dimatix printheads and AQUAFUZE ink designed for the booming packaging market.

🔹 Shifted to becoming the indispensable "engine" inside competitors' machines rather than fighting a turf war.

💻 THE SOFTWARE PLAY (XEROX) 💻

🔹 Killed off legacy flagship presses (like the iGen) to escape the trap of selling "metal boxes."

🔹 Pivoted away from hardware manufacturing to focus on a $700B IT and software ecosystem.

🔹 Built Agentic AI (PredictPrint) to automate press calibration and workflow without the need for veteran operators.

The educational takeaway? Xerox's massive comeback press, the Proficio PX500, actually uses Fujifilm's hardware on the inside—but it is wrapped entirely in Xerox's exclusive software moat.

Two completely different paths to survive the exact same breakup. Watch the mini-doc below. 🎬

VISIT US: https://bigdawgspromo.com/

05/24/2026

I’m about to submit this to the FSEA print awards, but I need you to be brutally honest with me: Is this actually an award-winning piece, or am I just biased? 🏆

We engineered this absolute unit of a sales folder. The outside is draped in a soft-touch finish with insanely fine-line gold raised foil and gloss (MGI JETvarnish), and printed on a Fujifilm Revoria PC1120 CMYK+PINK.

But the outside isn't even the crazy part.

When you open it.....a literal LCD video screen wakes up and starts playing instantly. 📺💥

It’s tactile print meets instant, zero-friction video. It's meant to completely stop a prospect in their tracks.

But before I send this off to the judges, I need the unfiltered opinion of my network.

If you had to pick ONE thing that makes this a winner, what is your favorite?

1️⃣ The Embellishments. That fine-line gold foil is what makes it a winner.

2️⃣ The Video Screen. The surprise tech inside is the real magic.

Have you ever seen a sales folder like this before? What else would you add to make it even more ridiculous?

Tell me the truth in the comments! 👇

FSEA Gold Leaf Awards: Winners will be celebrated at the Print Embellishment Conference at the Sheraton Music City Hotel Nashville June 17-19, 2026 Contact Jeff Peterson for more details.

**TECHNOLOGY USED:**

MGI JETvarnish (Raised Gold Foil, Raised UV)
Fujifilm Revoria PC1120 (CMYK+PINK)
bigDAWGS® LCD HD Screen Technology (patented)

05/24/2026

🚨 ANOTHER SERVICE DAY IN THE PRINT SHOP! 🚨

Monday morning started with a massive headache: a 'servo error' on our CNC cutter that left all the servo motors completely dead. 😱

🛠️ THE REAL COST OF IMPORTED EQUIPMENT 🛠️

Many print shop owners are tempted by the massive cost savings of importing equipment directly from China. And yes, you can save a ton of money upfront by cutting out the middleman!

But here is the catch: when you import directly, YOU become the service technician. You have to constantly worry about the service, maintenance, and keeping your uptime high. If a machine goes down, you don't have a local support rep to call to get you out of a jam.

I have a background in print design and press operation, but I am also an electronics and computer engineer. I honestly don't know how a standard print shop manages this level of servicing without an engineering background or an incredibly expensive third-party service contract.

📺 WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS VIDEO 📺

In today's Service Day episode, I take you inside the electrical cabinet to fix this dead CNC machine:
🔹 How to troubleshoot a dreaded 'servo error' and test the power supply output.
🔹 Tracing the wires back to discover the root cause: a totally melted and charred wire on the breaker! 🔥
🔹 Step-by-step how I cut, stripped, and safely rewired the connection to a free jumper slot.
🔹 The everyday reality of self-maintaining and repairing imported Chinese machinery.

🍁 SPONSOR SHOUTOUT: CANADA TYPE 🍁

A huge thank you to our sponsor, Canada Type (https://www.canadatype.com/), for supporting this video! Say goodbye to sketchy font sites, malware traps, and generic designs. Use code bigdawgs30 for 30% off your professional font purchase. ✨

Drop a comment below: Have you ever imported equipment for your shop? How do you handle the maintenance and downtime? 👇

Visit us at: https://bigdawgspromo.com/

05/21/2026

What happens when you combine holographic foil, a bottle opener, and NFC technology? You get our 2026 FSEA Gold Leaf Award entry. 🚀

At bigDAWGS®, we love pushing the limits. Most print embellishments are restricted to paper or flimsy films. We decided to break that rule.

Check out the video below to see how we applied Raised Varnish and Raised Holographic Foil directly onto a custom metal bottle opener/magnet.

But it doesn't just look incredible—it’s smart. 🧠
We embedded NFC technology right into the metal. Tap your Android or iPhone to it, and it instantly launches a custom web experience (in this case, an instant food ordering menu). No QR codes to scan, no apps to search for. Just tap and go.

The Specs:
🔹 Soft Touch Laminated, Die-Cut Card
🔹 Removable NFC Metal Magnet/Bottle opener
🔹 Raised UV & Holographic Foil on BOTH the card and the metal

Tech Used:
🔹 Fujifilm Revoria
🔹 MGI JETvarnish / Konica Minolta AccurioShine
🔹 NXP NTAG213 with ANTI-METAL materials

I’d love to get the industry's opinion on this one. Have you seen this kind of hybrid print/tech embellishment before? Do you think this is a winner? Drop a comment below! 👇

05/19/2026

The traditional business card is dead. 🪦
Enter the business card of the future. 🚀

I am absolutely thrilled to announce that this card just won GOLD for "Best Use of Foil/Embossing - Business Card" at the 2026 FSEA Gold Leaf Awards! 🏆✨

When we designed this for our sales team at Big Dawgs Promotions, we wanted to completely bridge the gap between premium, tactile print and cutting-edge digital tech.

Here is the winning recipe:

✨ The Look & Feel:

Raised Holographic Foil that dances in the light.

Texturized Raised UV for an undeniable, premium touch.

Custom Airbrush Edge Painting—we blacked out the core entirely so it looks and feels like one solid, luxurious piece.

📲 The Tech (The real magic):

A hidden NFC chip embedded directly inside the paper.

One tap to any smartphone instantly loads a custom digital menu (contact info, social links, videos, you name it).

The kicker? It integrates with Google Ads. When someone taps your card, they instantly enter your retargeting funnel. 🤯

A massive thank you to the Foil & Specialty Effects Association (FSEA) for this incredible honor!

In the video, I asked what feature you thought could win an award... but now I want to know:

Which part of this card is your absolute favorite? The holographic foil, the airbrushed edges, or the NFC tap tech?

Let me know in the comments below! 👇

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