Press Release
September 14, 2004
Contact: Heidi Chatfield, All Star Incentive Marketing,
Inc.
Telephone: (508) 347-7672, Fax: (508) 347-5404
For Immediate Release
Mike Balcom an All Star for 20 Years
Sturbridge, MA – This month marks
Mike Balcom's twentieth anniversary with All Star Incentive
Marketing.
Balcom is Vice President of All Star's Corporate Identity
Division. Balcom has been involved with the logoed merchandise
industry since 1979 and paired up with Ed Galonek Sr.,
founder and CEO of the family-run All Star Incentive Marketing,
in 1984. All Star contributes their Corporate Identity
success to Balcom’s determination, organization and
acumen for customer service. Galonek states, "Mike
is more than one of our most vital and innovative employees,
he's a part of our family."
Balcom comments, “What I enjoy most about my job
is being able to help customers, many whom have become
friends over the years, find the products they are looking
for at discounted prices.” He continues, “Our
Corporate Identity Solutions are designed to increase brand
recognition, reward customers, recognize employees, and
generate incremental sales. As one of the largest advertising
specialty (ASI) distributors in the world, a manufacturer’s
representative, stocking distributor, and an importer,
we have the reach and buying power to provide our clients
with a wide range of brand name products at the lowest
possible prices to build or extend their brands.”
All Star’s Corporate Identity offerings include:
consumer offers, trade show giveaways, dealer loaders,
in-packs, on-packs, and near-packs, employee gifts, corporate
customer gifts, company stores, promotional gifts and recognition
awards.
All Star Incentive Marketing, headquartered in Sturbridge MA, is a full-service Incentive House and Performance Improvement Company focused on the development, implementation, and strategic management of national and regional based incentive programs that target client sales teams, employees, customers, and prospects. All Star services also include product sourcing, program management, logoed merchandise, and warehousing/fulfillment. Well-known clients include Charles Schwab, Duracell, Dunkin’ Donuts, Gillette, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Honeywell, and more.