Mascot Trophies… Who Would’ve Thought?

Recognizing the Person Behind the School Spirit

Everyone fondly remembers their junior high, high school or university school mascot.  The mascot is a representation of school spirit; that funny character on the sidelines that runs around trying to stir up the crowd, posing for pictures and making everyone from kids to adults laugh.  When you look up the definition of a mascot, it is described as a person, animal or thing that is designed to bring good luck.

Since we all remember seeing a mascot (for me it was the Issaquah Indians – Now the Issaquah Eagles) parading around the school gym or football field, its safe to say that the mascot is pretty memorable.  Does anyone ever remember to recognize the school mascot for their school spirit and memorable role serving the team?  Not often.

At Trophies2go, we have a whole section dedicated to our furry, feathered or frisky caricatures.  It’s not easy to get in that very hot suit and dance around and act ridiculous.  Making people laugh, clap and getting the stadium riled up is very important! Often, the people behind this job are not recognized. You’ll find an awesome lineup of mascot trophies for virtually every kind of person that fits the mascot. We have mascot awards in resin, mascot medals, and mascot acrylic trophies.

The idea of mascots has been around for a lot longer than you think. In fact, depending on which continent you research, mascots date back thousands of years. The North American Indians used them to bring good luck to their hunters. The Egyptians used them to instill fear over their foes. The Romans used mascots to worship paganism and the Greeks used them to honor their Gods, as well.

In the early 1800s, the word mascot was translated from the French meaning ‘la Mascotte’ and warped into the meaning that it is today. As our love for animals has developed over mankind’s history, we have always associated certain animals to bring good luck for us.  Hence, this is why we have mascots to this very day. Mascots are not just limited to our sports teams, either.  The military often have to put their lives in direct danger, making mascots a harmless good luck charm to keep spirits motivated among soldiers.

Find a representation of school spirit among our abundant collection of mascot trophies today, like this bold and bright resin Indian mascot trophy for less than $13 bucks!

Trophies and Awards promo codes and discount codes

From my perspective, the economy sucks and money is tighter for all of us.  I have pondered the use of promotion codes in the past.  Sure, I want more business, but is it the right thing to do?  Our product costs have increased substantially over the past few years as have rent, utilities, and labor costs.  We have increased prices a little, but not enough to keep pace with the expenses.  So now I am faced with another question: do I raise prices again and then try to use other sales tactics, such as discount or promotion codes?

As a consumer, I hate the tactics of some businesses (like furniture companies or mattress companies) that mark up products half of the year, only to significantly discount them the other half.  I am sure that works for them, but does anyone who buys awards and trophies want their supplier to apply such a tactic?  My gut says “no” – I think that most people expect to receive great products, service and prices every day of the year.

I value the internet as a great source of knowledge for the consumer.  I also feel it serves as a tool for customers to ensure they are getting a good deal.  My blog serves as an outlet for me to share my thoughts/ideas and as a way for me to test business strategies.  In the interest of testing out the use of promotion codes in my trophy & awards business, I am going to offer a promotion code good for 10% off.  Use the code: awardsgurutest09 , on the last page of the checkout, from now until August 31st, 2009 as a gesture of goodwill to see how good we are at what we do.  I am not going to raise prices and then give you a discount – this is off of our great everyday prices.  I hope that we will beat your expectations of what an online trophy & awards supplier should be.  Make sure to check out our extensive line of acrylic award trophies, plaques, crystal award trophies as well as our sports trophies!

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