It seems obvious. But it wasn't. Back in 1991 there were a lot of promotional product companies. But none that offered highly personalized, concierge-type service. Enter Hot Ideas. Think of us like "Nordstrom's meets chokies".

Hot Ideas Promotional Products We provide a full-range of products, business gifts, and premiums to increase revenues, attract new customers, thank existing customers and motivate employees. This includes imprinted business accessories, wearables, sales incentives and custom-made orders.

Hot Ideas Marketing Services We help companies design targeted communications programs to speak to specific audience segments. We also provide corporate catalog and fulfillment programs to help companies consolidate corporate purchasing.


Our clients represent all kinds of industries. They include Fortune 500 companies, as well as medium-size companies and start-ups. What unites them: the desire to make a lasting impression.

As Just a Sampling:

  • United Airlines
  • San Francisco Forty-Niners
  • Ore Ida Foods
  • Stanford University
  • Imperial Bank
  • Devcon Construction
  • Wyse Technology
  • Bon Appétit Management Company


Do you ever work with people who just love what they do? So much so that the ordinary becomes the extraordinary?

That's Hot Ideas.

We never approach a project with a "been there, done that" attitude. After all, your company, project and goals are unique and deserve a unique solution.

Unlike the typical promotional products company with its "cookie-cutter, order-taker" approach, we start from scratch each time. We meet, listen to your objectives, marketing themes and budget. Then we come back with ideas that are new, different and so cool that they're, well, hot.

That's just the beginning.

From there, we put together a proposal, using whatever services are needed to deliver on your project's objectives. (That may seem obvious, but just try it with someone else and see what happens.) Because we believe building a relationship with you is just as mission-critical as you building relationships with your clients.


It's simple: Hot Ideas gives you the personalized attention and creativity your project requires. After all, to be remembered you have to be noticed. To be noticed, you have to stand out from the thousands of messages that swirl around customers every day. And to stand out, you have to be like a hot pepper 'cause bland and boring just doesn't cut it.


Holiday Gift Baskets for San Francisco 49ers. You're the most successful professional football team of the '90s. You're known as the premier sports organization. And you represent a town known for its fine dining. So how do you thank your supporters? With this custom-made pasta set. The set included a large pasta bowl with a 49ers logo fired into the middle, 2 smaller bowls with logo, private label marinara sauce and 49er-shaped pasta.