Re-Order Your Custom Lanyards Online Any Time!

Have you ever placed a custom lanyard order with us? Are you getting close to needing to re-order for your next event in 2012? Well we know how much of a pain it can be to keep track of exactly how and where to order your custom products so we've developed an online process which will enable you to re-order your lanyards simply and easily any time it's convenient for you. When you're ready, you can get your lanyard re-order started by clicking here.

Once you log in using your email address and password, you will see layout proofs of all your past lanyard orders. From there, just follow these easy steps:
* Choose the proof you would like to re-order by clicking on the small image
* Enter the total quantity of lanyards needed
* All other options should be set to your default settings (such as colors and end fastener preference), but please review for accuracy and make any necessary changes
* Click "continue"
* Verify shipping and billing information
* Choose a shipping method
* Select a payment method
* Enter any special notes you have for us about the order
* Click "Place order". You'll then receive an email order confirmation with all your order details.

As always, please feel free to contact us at any time if you have any questions.

Have You Heard?

Have you heard that LoneStar has a new Blog?! Go check it out!

On the new LoneStar Blog you can expect to read all about LoneStar's customers, the identification products they order from LoneStar, and how they use the products for their unique businesses. Learn a little bit about each of our customers, as well as gain some insight on how you might also use LoneStar's products for your company. Also see how similar companies choose to create their custom name badges and lanyards and get some ideas on creating the perfect layout for your products.

So go check out what the new LoneStar Blog is all about and don't forget to visit often to find out interesting facts about LoneStar's products and our customers that use them.

It's National Whiner's Day!

Although today is the day after Christmas, it's also officially national whiners day! But you don't have to whine that we're not in the office today; we still have a another super exciting Daily Deal for you! Today, when you place an order for any of our badge holders, you will receive the corresponding badge holder inserts for FREE.

DISCOUNT CODE (valid today only): "DDD26"

And stay tuned during the rest of this week to find out how you can save with our last week of Daily December Deals for 2011.

**Offer doesn't include any of our

**Valid up to the first 500 badge holders only.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

-from The LoneStar Team-

Another Week of Holiday Savings!

So this week we had some AMAZING Deals to offer you just in time for the holiday. We won't be in the office tomorrow, but still have one more Deal to offer you on our ID products this week. You can place your order online in our absence any time tomorrow and just use the discount code listed below in your order's notes section. We'll process the order just as soon as we return and apply all your holiday Daily Deal discounts toward the invoice.

Today's Deal is FREE ground shipping on any order of in-stock lanyards -- use discount code "DDD22"

Tomorrow only you can receive 20% off an order for ANY of our products listed online -- use discount code "DDD23"

Also, check back on Monday for the line up of our last week of Daily Deals. We'll again be closed on Monday, but will still have a Daily Deal that can be applied toward any participating order placed on Monday. Feel free to email us at any time with any questions and we will respond to you just as soon as possible.

Have a wonderful holiday weekend with family and friends and we'll see you next week!

Where Is Santa Hiding?

Sneaky Santa Claus is hiding somewhere on LoneStar's site waiting to give you some extra holiday discounts! Find him and see what you can save when you place an order with us before December 25th. He'll let you know the discount code that you can use in your order's note section to alert us that you're ready for the Santa savings.



So head on over to our website to find Santa today and take advantage of the great savings he has to offer before time runs out. Happy hunting and have a great holiday season!

Re-Order Your Name Badges Online

Have you recently placed a name badge order with us and now need to order just a few more? Well with LoneStar's quick and easy online re-ordering system, you can have that order placed in just a few short moments. Here is a video to show you exactly how you can re-order your name badges online and feel free to contact us here at LoneStar if you have any additional questions.

In-Stock Retractable Badge Reels

Does your company use name badges? Not sure of the best way to attach them to your clothes? Pins, magnets, or pocket adapters aren't always comfortable for each and every employee, so try something new. LoneStar's Badge Reels might be the perfect solution!

Our badge reels are available with bulldog clips or belt slides on the back so they can be clipped to shirt pockets, lapels, or belt loops, or even hung from a lanyard. They're all retractable, making your badge available to easily slide in a time clock or scan to gain access to the office building. They're so versatile as well as durable and come in many colors to fit in with almost every office decor. And the best part is that we have our badge reels in stock so they can be shipped out at any time for those last minute needs. Just place your order online and we can get them shipped out to you right away!

Oh and we almost forgot... Today's daily deal features our handy badge reels! You can receive FREE GROUND SHIPPING on any in-stock badge reel order just by visiting our site then including "DDD8" in your online order's note section. We'll waive the shipping fees as soon as the order is received. Feel free to contact us with any questions.

Have a great rest of the day!

This Week's December Daily Delas

So as you may know, this month we're posting a new deal every day of the work week for a little extra holiday savings when you order with us. Here's a recap of the beginning of this week, as well as just a little glimpse into the Daily Deals that you can expect the rest of this week:

*Monday, 12/5: Buy one package of any in-stock badge reels and receive one package at 1/2 price.

*Tuesday, 12/6: Receive $5 off any order when you spend $50 or more on any one order for any product.

*Wednesday, 12/7: See if before you buy it! We'll send you a free layout proof of a custom product you're interested in purchasing before you even place an order. Just let us know which product you like and send us your vector artwork.

*Thursday, 12/8: Receive free ground shipping to anywhere in the U.S. on any order for in-stock badge reels.

*Friday, 12/9: Get 10% off any order when placed for any product on our website.

Follow LoneStar on Twitter or "Like" us on Facebook to find out the codes each day for these special holiday Deals. For more information on any of our products or to place your order using one of LoneStar's Daily Deals, visit our website and feel free to contact us at any time!

LoneStar's First Ever Daily December Deal!

As promised, today we have our first ever December Daily Deal to share with you! Today's deal is a BOGO offer:

When you purchase one package of 50 K101 wristbands at the regular online price, you will receive another package of 50 K101 wristbands at 1/2 price!

Visit our website to view all the details about the K101 wristbands and the color options available. Then just use discount code "DDD1" when placing your order online. We'll adjust the invoice to include the package(s) at 1/2 price as soon as we receive the order. Be sure to place your K101 adjustable vinyl wristband order before midnight tonight!

** Applies to any colors. Up to 500 wristbands (10 packages of 50) at 1/2 price. Contact us or visit our website if you have any questions.

Amazing Daily December Deals!

SEASONS GREETINGS!

Are you currently following us on Twitter or Facebook? If not, now is the time to start! Every day this month, we'll be announcing a special deal exclusively on our Twitter and Facebook pages.

Different holiday savings will be available for you to use every business day this month on orders placed on our website and will range from percentages off certain products to free shipping and BOGO offers. The deals will just keep getting bigger and bigger so go follow and like us now to make sure you don't miss out on these incredible holiday savings from LoneStar!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Wishing you and your family and friends a very happy and safe Thanksgiving

from your friends at LoneStar Badge and Sign

Just as a reminder, LoneStar will be closed on Thanksgiving day, as well as Friday, 11/25/11 (so we can take advantage of all the great Black Friday sales and get our holiday shopping done!). We will be back in action and ready for business again on Monday morning at 8am CST sharp. Please feel free to email us in our absence if you need any assistance and we'll be sure to answer you just as soon as we're back in the office.

***ALSO***be sure to check back in with us after the holiday weekend. We may just have a little savings in store for you to use on Cyber Monday (11/28/11).

Do You Need To Order Signs For Your Building?

LoneStar, as you probably already know, manufactures custom interior signs. We have a wide variety available with many style, color, size, and mounting options to choose from. If you're thinking of ordering new signs for your building, we would be glad to give you some suggestions on the sign type that might be right for you, as well as custom quote the order for you. However, there are a few things important things you will of course need to know and provide us with before we're able to custom quote, then finally produce, your sign order. These specifications are:

1. Size of the signs needed

2. Type of letters preferred (or required to meet ADA standards) - raised or engraved

3. Color or color combination of the signs and letters

4. Will you need Braille?

5. Type face and desired text or artwork to be printed or engraved

6. Mounting hardware

For more information regarding the specification to consider when having your next building signs produced, please read this quick and very helpful article written by one of LoneStar's sign experts or feel free to visit our website or contact us directly for more information.

Choosing The Best Name Tag For Your Bank

With so many name tag options these days, it can be difficult to decide what type of name tag might be right for your business. If your business is a bank, you'll of course want to make sure you select the best name tag to clearly display your employees' names and their positions while keeping an overall professional appearance. Here are a few things in specific to take into consideration when looking for the perfect tag for your bank employees.

Since most banks and other financial institutions have a very professional decor about them, it's important to have a name tag for employees that represents this type of atmosphere and compliments a professional wardrobe. Choosing an elegant and formal name tag is key to upholding the look and reputation of the bank and the business-professional attire worn by most employees. Silver or gold metal finishes look great with most any logo and artwork colors so they're usually an excellent and versatile choice for use in these types of professions. The metallic background and shiny metal surface give the tag just the right look to be worn in a bank.

When selecting a name tag, also keep the type of fastener in mind, along with the appearance once you add your custom artwork or bank's logo. If you need a few more tips on choosing the best name tag for your bank, here is an article that might definitely help. If you have any other questions or need further assistance finding just the right name tag for your bank, please feel free to contact us at LoneStar Badge and Sign for additional information.

Corporate Name Badge Ordering Solutions

Here at LoneStar, we strive to provide the most quick and efficient name badge and custom lanyard ordering system. To help our clients take the headache out of ordering identification products, we've developed an online approach for both new orders and repeat orders. Depending on your company's specifications for ordering, billing, and the actual products needed, we can custom tailor a log-in system just for administrators or even for every employee. We can even create a custom ordering website that completely fits your needs if you have a large number of employees, locations, or have a need to automate billing to one corporate location.

As part of our corporate services, we can help your company control expenditures when it comes to identification products. We're able to set limits in place to restrict the amount of badges or lanyards each employee or location can order in any given time frame to reduce those risk of abuse by individual employees. This will take the burden of having to check up on each and every order off the administrator's shoulders. However, if you would prefer, as the administrator, we can instead send each order directly to you for approval before they're submitted to us for production that way you can stay in complete control. We can also put measures in place to only allow certain locations to order certain products or variations of products to help you to ensure that the right locations get the right badges or lanyards every time.

If you have very specific criteria that needs to be followed as far as billing, we also have the solution! We're able to automate billing so that one corporate location is billed for all orders monthly or individualize billing so that each employee or location is responsible for their orders at the time they're submitted. We can include department numbers, purchase order numbers, or any other information you might require on invoices to help make billing as smooth and organized as possible for your accounts payable department.

LoneStar has the solution to your every identification product need with our corporate ordering system. To review our available options even further, feel free to check out the corporate information page on our website for additional details. You can also submit a corporate information request there to let us know a little more specifically what your business needs and one of our customer service representatives will promptly contact you with the perfect solution custom made for your company!

Should LoneStar Go Mobile?

With everyone in this day and age using their smart phones to do almost everything, LoneStar is considering joining the band wagon and going mobile, too. And we need your feedback!

Our goal has always been to create as quick and easy of an ordering process as possible for our customers so please, your feedback on this is greatly appreciated. To any of you who have used our site, what do you think would be most helpful to you personally in this conversion?

Do you think it would be helpful and easiest to optimize our existing site to be more mobile-friendly?

Should we create a completely mobile version of our site instead?

Would it be more convenient to create an app which will allow you to browse products and access your customer account to place re-orders and new orders?

Even if you've never ordered from our website, if you own your own business and have recently gone mobile, please let us know what worked best for your company and feel free to suggest anything else you feel might be useful. We value and appreciate all of your opinions!

How Did You Get Those Signs?!

The LoneStar Team is currently doing a little research on signage. We offer many signs on our website and were wondering what qualities others look for in a sign vendor or which other factors contribute to the decision on where to purchase signage. If your company has a current sign vendor you use with your business, we want to hear your opinion!

For example, does the cost and customer service effort of the sign vendor most effect your decision on where to purchase from? Or is the location of the vendor in relation to your business a key factor? Did you simply hear about your vendor from a business colleague or associate or did you find your sign vendor using an online search engine or something else? We want to hear the story of how your relationship with your current signage vendor came to be, so please let us know!

Feel free to comment your thoughts here on our blog or even head on over to LinkedIn to answer in our discussion if you're already a member. To be a part of our other LinkedIn discussions related to identification products, please join our LoneStar Badge Identification Solutions and Possibilities group. We look forward to connecting with you there very soon and hearing about how you got your signs!

Orange Lanyards

Are you looking for something unique that you can hand out to trick-or-treaters or Halloween party guests this year? Tired of the same old candy options? Well LoneStar has a festive and fun gift idea that's sure to be a handy and useful to kids as well as adults!

Treat the little critters and super heroes that show up at your door with a colorful orange lanyard or use as invitations or favors for fun party-goers at your festivities this year. We have three 1/2" wide styles with various fasteners that we're offering in orange at 10% off through the end of the month!

All of our 1/2" lanyard styles come in a soft and durable polyester material that is colored in bright, eye-catching orange. The L601 has a metal bulldog clip with a strong grip that's great for adults in the office or at conventions to hold name badges, or for kids to use to hold student ID cards. The L603 has one metal swivel hook end fastener and the L606 has an awesome two swivel hook fastener combo that is great for so many unique applications as well.

So this month, think outside the candy wrapper! Throw in a colorful and bright lanyard for your little trick-or-treaters and hand them out as invitations or party favors to your spooky guests. When you place your order before October 31st, use discount code "SPOOKY2011" in the order's notes section and we'll deduct 10% from the order subtotal before shipping. All three styles are available in packages of 100 lanyards for your ordering convenience. Please feel free to contact us at any time for further assistance.

**Can't be combined with any other offer.
**Valid on orders of the L601, L603, and L606 in orange only.
**Discount does not apply toward shipping fees.
**Orders must be received on or before October 31, 2011 to qualify.

Overstock Badge Holders Ship for Free!

The H108L badge holder measures 3.38" tall by 4.25" wide and the elastic cord is approximately 30" total in length. The badge holder is made from clear vinyl, but the elastic neck cord is available in your choice of White, Black, or Silver.

The H108L badge holders are made to fit the H900 White inserts and H910 Colored inserts. They also feature additional holes at the top of the badge for other fastening options. Check out our F19 Strap Clips or the F15A Bulldog Clips for some alternative fastener ideas.

Right now, for just a limited time, these badge holders are on sale for 5% off. Plus, we'll offer free ground shipping when you ship them to anywhere in the United States. To take advantage of these amazing savings, just enter code "OVERSTOCK5" in your online order's note section and select "ground" as your preferred shipping method. We'll discount the order and remove the shipping fees as soon as the order is received. We have plenty in stock so we'll be able to ship your order out right away, but hurry on visit our website to place your order soon before this offer expires!!

**Cannot be combined with any other offers.
**Free shipping offer valid on domestic ground shipments only. International or expedited methods are available for the rates as shown on our website.
**Valid only on orders placed for the H108L before Friday, 9/16/11.

See It Before You Buy It - All This Month!

Generally when you place a custom order with LoneStar, we require that your order be placed online first before we get started with your sample layout proof. Well, not this month!

All through the month of September, we're offering FREE layout proofs with your company logo for any of our custom products shown on our website BEFORE you place your order. All you have to do is email us at sales@lonestarbadge.com to let us know which product you're interested in seeing. In addition, we'll need your artwork (in a vector file, please) so we can create a high quality proof for you, as well as have it ready to go in case you decide to proceed with an order.

Visit our website to see all the name badges, lanyards, and other custom printed products we offer and feel free to contact us at any time for assistance.