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		<title>Wood Handled Multitool and Knife Set Giveaway</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Having the right tools for the job is important. We&#8217;ve all found ourselves with a box before us, taped up tighter than Fort Knox, and we have nothing sharper than a house key in our pocket.  Well, General Motivation Company is known for having the right tools.  That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re giving away the handy set pictured [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.generalmotivationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/RosewoodSet-M.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-342" title="RosewoodSet-M" src="http://www.generalmotivationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/RosewoodSet-M.jpg" alt="" width="311" height="311" /></a>Having the right tools for the job is important. We&#8217;ve all found ourselves with a box before us, taped up tighter than Fort Knox, and we have nothing sharper than a house key in our pocket.  Well, General Motivation Company is known for having the right tools.  That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re giving away the handy set pictured to the left.  Our multitool and folding utility knife set have beautiful hardwood handles.  The multitool contains needle nose pliers, screw driver, bottle opener, even a powerful LED flashlight and a nylon carrying case ($60 retail).  Both items will be personalized with the winner&#8217;s name and logo. All those handy features mean you won&#8217;t be without the right tools again.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a business owner, or if you work in human resources or public relations, then you know perhaps more than anyone the importance of having the right tool for the job.  Whether you&#8217;ve got a service award program that needs a serious makeover, or if you&#8217;re searching for just the right promotional items to get your name out there, you could think of us at General Motivation as your multitool.  We have an endless selection of items, and if you think of something we don&#8217;t have, we&#8217;ll find it for you.</p>
<p>Want to enter to win our Wood Handled Multitool and Knife Set?  Just follow the simple steps below.  If you just can&#8217;t wait to win, give us a call at 1-888/664-6449.  We&#8217;ve got the tools to help you out.</p>
<p><strong>Multiple Options for Multiple Entries</strong>:</p>
<p>1.)<strong> Leave us a comment</strong> telling us your most indispensable tool at work &#8211; or the one you wish you had!<strong> </strong>(<strong>***</strong>You may enter once a day, but <strong>please list a new item you like each time</strong>.) <strong>Remember, leave an interesting comment.</strong> If we cannot contact the winner, you might be chosen instead based on your comment.</p>
<p>2.) <strong>Blog about, Twitter, Subscribe and/or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/General-Motivation-Co/194241157929?" target="_blank">Become a Fan on Facebook</a>! </strong>Get an extra entry for each of these activities.  This time just leave a separate comment for each (only one time for each extra activity completed), giving me a link to your blog post, your Twitter name, and/or a note saying you’re an FB Fan and/or subscriber. <strong><a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=GeneralMotivationCompany&amp;loc=en_US" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE HERE</a>!</strong></p>
<p>(Psst!  Our Twitter name is hrhelper.)</p>
<p>You have until midnight EST on Friday, July 9, 2010, to enter.  Winners are randomly selected.</p>

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		<title>Giving Back to HR &#8211; A Special Jewelry Giveaway</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Giveaway Closed &#8211; Congratulations to TINA!!!  You&#8217;ve been emailed regarding your prize. Thanks to everyone who entered, and stay tuned&#8230; the next giveaway is coming soon!</p>
<p>When was the last time you really felt appreciated for all you do in human resources?  Come on, we know you don&#8217;t always get the kudos you deserve.  [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.generalmotivationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Red-Coral-Jewelry-Giveaway.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-298" title="Red-Coral-Jewelry-Giveaway" src="http://www.generalmotivationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Red-Coral-Jewelry-Giveaway-221x300.jpg" alt="" width="221" height="300" /></a></span><strong>Giveaway Closed &#8211; Congratulations to TINA!!!  You&#8217;ve been emailed regarding your prize. Thanks to everyone who entered, and stay tuned&#8230; the next giveaway is coming soon!</strong></p>
<p>When was the last time you really felt appreciated for all you do in human resources?  Come on, we know you don&#8217;t always get the kudos you deserve.   Your job is tough &#8211; you are a valuable part of the company because you listen.  You&#8217;re there when others need it, not to mention all the countless hats you&#8217;re asked to wear.  As it turns out we work closely with human resources people like you every day here at General Motivation Company, and we&#8217;re always impressed with the amount of dedication it takes to do the job you do.</p>
<p>So we thought, hey, let&#8217;s do something different.  We&#8217;ve had some pretty cool giveaways already, but this time we&#8217;d really like to extend a thank you to someone in HR.  We chose a special jewelry set &#8211; the sterling silver and red coral earrings and bracelet you see in the photo &#8211; and we&#8217;d like to give it to one of you.  (And yes we know, there are countless men in HR who would rather win something else, but we assure you we&#8217;ll do something more masculine next time. In the meantime, we invite you to enter to win this set too.  It&#8217;d make a fantastic gift for someone near and dear.)</p>
<p>The rules to enter are simple, and we think they&#8217;re kind of fun.  The giveaway will be open for entry for 2 weeks (through April 29, 2010), and there are chances for multiple entries!  On April 30, 2010, we will randomly select a winner and if it&#8217;s you, you&#8217;ll be notified by email.  We&#8217;ll also post it back here.</p>
<p><strong>Let&#8217;s get you entered!</strong> (Please only enter if you currently work in human resources &#8211; we want to be sure we honor you, HR!)</p>
<p><strong>1.)  This giveaway is open to our email subscribers only &#8211; you may</strong><strong> <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=GeneralMotivationCompany&amp;loc=en_US" target="_blank">subscribe here</a> if you aren&#8217;t already.</strong> Then leave a comment here telling us you&#8217;re subscribed. (Subscriptions simply mean you&#8217;ll receive our articles by email.  We won&#8217;t sell your address or send you pretend letters from the Prince of Namibia.)</p>
<p><strong>2.)  Leave us a comment!</strong> Tell us what first inspired you to go into the field of Human Resources.  (You may comment once a day for extra entries. On following days, you can tell us what you like &#8211; or dislike &#8211; most about your job.)</p>
<p><strong>3.)  For more extra entries:</strong> You may <a href="https://twitter.com/hrhelper" target="_blank">follow us on Twitter</a> and/or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/General-Motivation-Co/194241157929" target="_blank">become a fan on Facebook</a>.  (Leave comments for each one you do.)</p>
<p>A winner will be randomly selected on April 30, 2010, and we&#8217;ll notify you by email if you win.  We&#8217;ll also post the winner here, so check back!  Good luck and thanks for all you do!!!</p>

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		<title>The Bistro Coffee Mug &#8211; A Giveaway!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Welcome to another General Motivation HR blog giveaway!  We&#8217;ll be having these regularly, so please be sure to subscribe by email so you can enter to win!</p>
<p class="wp-caption-text">With Your Own Personalized Bistro Mug, You&#39;ll Never Lose Your Java Again</p>
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<p><em>Welcome to another General Motivation HR blog giveaway!  We&#8217;ll be having these regularly, so please be sure to subscribe by email so you can enter to win!</em></p>
<div id="attachment_57" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-57" title="mug-image" src="http://legendsofthe70s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/mug-image-300x297.jpg" alt="With Your Own Personalized Bistro Mug Youll Never Lose Your Java" width="300" height="297" /><p class="wp-caption-text">With Your Own Personalized Bistro Mug, You&#39;ll Never Lose Your Java Again</p></div>
<p>When you need a gift that&#8217;s personal, useful, company identifying, and within budget, the decision can easily turn into a time-consuming task.  But we&#8217;ll make it easy for you.  The Bistro Mug is one of our classics, and its versatility means you can apply it to all kinds of special events.  Special gifts for the whole office, advertising and promo handouts, visitors&#8217; gifts and more have all made this solid ceramic mug a mainstay for us at GMC.  We laser engrave the mugs with whatever you&#8217;d like it to show, such as the recipient&#8217;s name and the company logo.  Sometimes a slogan, sometimes the name of a special event; the possibilities are endless.  The laser engraving appears in white which makes for a showy mug, and since it&#8217;s not one of those wimpy decals, the recipient will never, ever lose the decoration, no matter how many cycles it endures in the breakroom dishwasher.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re giving away a Bistro Mug to one lucky General Motivation Blog reader!  <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=GeneralMotivationCompany&amp;loc=en_US" target="_self">(</a><strong><a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=GeneralMotivationCompany&amp;loc=en_US" target="_self">Click Here to Subscribe for an extra entry!</a></strong>) We&#8217;ll specially laser your name and the logo of your company, so everyone knows it&#8217;s your special mug.  Just follow the simple rules below to enter!  </p>
<p><em>(</em><strong><em>Note</em></strong>: <em>This giveaway is for an engraved mug only.  The winner will be asked to supply their name and their company logo.)</em></p>
<p><strong>Multiple Options for Multiple Entries</strong>:</p>
<p>1.) <strong>Leave a comment</strong>:  Tell us something about the coffee drinking habits of you and your coworkers.  Do you go through a lot of coffee, swipe each other&#8217;s coffee mugs, endure bad java at the office?  (Be creative!  If the randomly selected winner doesn&#8217;t respond, you may be chosen based on your great response!)</p>
<p>2.)  <strong>Follow us</strong>:  <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=GeneralMotivationCompany&amp;loc=en_US" target="_self">Subscribe to Our Blog</a>, Follow GMC on Twitter (we&#8217;re hrhelper) and/or become a fan on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/General-Motivation-Co/194241157929?" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.  Please leave separate comments for each.</p>
<p>Feel free to do all three to gather multiple entries to win! You have until midnight EST on Thursday, January 21, 2010, to enter.</p>
<p><strong>Is the Bistro Mug just what you were looking for? </strong> Contact us at 1-888/664-6449 to order today.  We&#8217;re a pretty speedy bunch, so you&#8217;ll have them in time for your special event.</p>

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		<title>Win a Gloria Duchin Christmas Ornament!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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     With a Lasered Company Logo, Branding Just Doesn&#8217;t Get Any Cuter! 


<p>With Christmas approaching, it&#8217;s time to think of some great gift items for your employees as well as for those holiday promotional giveaways.  Gloria Duchin has a line of darling pewter Christmas ornaments, perfect for personalization and coming in a variety of styles. [...]]]></description>
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<p>With Christmas approaching, it&#8217;s time to think of some great gift items for your employees as well as for those holiday promotional giveaways.  Gloria Duchin has a line of darling pewter Christmas ornaments, perfect for personalization and coming in a variety of styles.  We laser engrave these ornaments in-house with the recipient&#8217;&#8217;s name and company logo, making it a meaningful keepsake that will be cherished year after year.  Or simply include your company logo for a fantastic promo item that won&#8217;t be forgotten!</p>
<p>Today we&#8217;d like to offer you the chance to win a free Gloria Duchin Snowman ornament.  He&#8217;s solid cast pewter and has a twinkling little red Swarovski crystal on his hat.  If you win, we&#8217;ll laser your name and your company logo just for you!  </p>
<p>Ready to enter?  Great!  Let&#8217;s get going.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; display: block; padding: 0px;"><strong>Multiple Options for Multiple Entries</strong>:</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; display: block; padding: 0px;">1.) <strong>Leave a comment</strong>:  Tell us a holiday happening at your office, past present or future!  It can be an especially memorable one or even a total bust.  (Be creative!  If the randomly selected winner doesn’t respond, you may be chosen based on your great response!)</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; display: block; padding: 0px;">2.)  <strong>Follow us</strong>:  <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=GeneralMotivationCompany&amp;loc=en_US" target="_blank">Subscribe to our blog</a>, Follow GMC on <a href="https://twitter.com/hrhelper" target="_blank">Twitter</a> (we’re hrhelper) and/or become a fan on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/General-Motivation-Co/194241157929?" target="_blank">General Motivation Facebook</a> page.  Please leave separate comments for each.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; display: block; padding: 0px;">Feel free to do all five to gather multiple entries to win! You have until midnight EST on Monday, December 14, 2009, to enter.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; display: block; padding: 0px;"><strong>Is a Gloria Duchin ornament just what you were looking for? </strong> Contact us at 1-888/664-6449 to order today.  We’re a pretty speedy bunch, so you’ll have them in time for your special event.</p>

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