Annapolis, MD July 15, 2010 –

The Advertising Specialty Institute, the largest media and marketing organization serving the $19.8 billion advertising specialty industry, announced today that John Booth, President of Annapolis, MD-based Quintain Marketing, has been named to the 2010 Counselor magazine HOT List. Honorees on the 2010 HOT List were revealed at an exclusive event held July 14 at the ASI Show in Chicago.

The Hot List is published annually and recognizes the promotional marketing industry’s hottest people – those who are shaking up the marketplace with new and innovative approaches. John is one of 40 promotional marketing professionals from throughout the United States to be honored by the Magazine in its August, 2010 issue.

According to Timothy M. Andrews, President and Chief Executive Officer for ASI, “the advertising specialty industry is always changing and providing creative, innovative and exciting products and services. These individuals are the industry’s trend-setters and they are being recognized for their ability to be successful by introducing new, fun and innovative things in the marketplace.”

John’s success in building a thriving social marketing practice at Quintain Marketing played a key role in landing him a spot on the list. Kathleen Booth, Quintain Marketing’s Owner and CEO (and John’s wife) believes John’s recognition is well deserved. “Last year, as our customers’ spending plummeted with the economy, John began an aggressive new social marketing campaign for Quintain Marketing, including a blog, Twitter, Facebook, and Yelp. He was so successful at building our own social marketing presence that our firm now has a practice area dedicated solely to advising clients on their social media optimization strategies. John is redefining what ‘promotional marketing’ means to include not just products, but social media channels as well.”

Quintain Marketing is a full service promotional marketing consultancy that helps organizations increase sales and raise brand awareness through the execution of integrated promotional campaigns encompassing social marketing, direct marketing (direct mail and dimensional mailing), branded products, company webstores, and employee or customer loyalty and incentive programs. For more information, see www.quintainmarketing.com.

Advertising Specialty Institute – or ASI – is the largest media and marketing organization serving the advertising specialty industry. ASI membership includes 22,000 distributor firms and 3,500 supplier firms of advertising specialties. For more information, see www.asicentral.com.

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By Kathleen Booth

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Annapolis, MD April 13, 2010 –

Quintain Marketing and the Annapolis Sustainable Business Alliance announced today the first Annapolis Foursquare Day Scavenger Hunt. Foursquare is a location-based social marketing application for your cell phone that aims to encourage people to explore their neighborhoods and then rewards them for doing so. It does this by combining friend-finder and social city guide elements with game mechanics – users earn points, win mayorships and unlock badges for trying new places and revisiting old favorites.

The first Foursquare Day is being held this Friday, April 16 (4/16) and will be marked by celebrations in more than 72 cities around the world. Here in Annapolis, Quintain Marketing and the Annapolis Sustainable Business Alliance have come up with a fun scavenger hunt designed to take participants on a tour of local businesses and get them using Foursquare when they do so. The event coincides with a series of other events and celebrations that are part of Annapolis in Love, a weekend celebration of Annapolis being the most romantic city in America.

“One of the real strengths of social media is that it enables small businesses to reach large audiences quickly and inexpensively. Foursquare is an incredible platform that takes the potential of social media and harnesses it at the local level,” explained Kathleen Booth, Owner and CEO of Quintain Marketing. “Because the mission of the Annapolis Sustainable Business Alliance is to encourage consumers to buy and shop locally, we saw Foursquare Day as the perfect opportunity to promote this mission and have a little fun doing it.”

There are 12 different Scavenger Hunt stops from which to choose, but to be eligible for the prize, participants must visit 6 of the locations, check-in on Foursquare and take a picture. After completing 6 stops, scavenger hunt participants must come to the Market House between 3 and 5 pm on Friday to have their pictures verified. Once verified, eligible participants will be entered into a drawing for a basket of Annapolis-related goodies including a $50 American Express gift card. More details about the scavenger hunt are available at http://quintainmarketing.com/foursquare-day-annapolis/.

About Foursquare Day
Foursquare is a Web and mobile application that allows registered users to connect with friends and update their location. Users “check in” at venues in a city to record their locations, usually in bars or cafes, using text messaging on their mobile devices. Users are then awarded points and sometimes “badges,” which are often turned into special deals and discounts offered by the businesses. “Foursquare Day” was started as a grass roots movement in Tampa, Florida and then backed by the founders of Foursquare, a popular geographically based social networking tool. Venues in 72 cities around the world are giving discounts and special gifts on April 16 (4 squares equals 16) to attract “swarms” of users to “check in” during a specific time period. For more information about Foursquare, see http://foursquare.com/.  For more information about Foursquare Day, see http://4sqday.com/.

About the Annapolis Sustainable Business Alliance
ASBA is an alliance that educates the public on the importance of supporting the local economy, and encourages businesses and consumers to be environmentally sustainable and socially responsible. ASBA is a member of the BALLE network: an international alliance of independently operated local business networks dedicated to building Local Living Economies. For more information, see www.annapolisfirst.org.

About Quintain Marketing
Quintain Marketing is a promotional strategy consulting firm located in Annapolis, MD and specializing in the execution of promotional marketing programs. Our services include tradeshow strategy, branded products, dimensional marketing, social media optimization, and web-based employee and customer gifting and incentive programs. For more information, see www.quintainmarketing.com.

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By Kathleen Booth

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Annapolis, MD March 10, 2010 –

Cassidy Turley has selected Quintain Marketing to provide branded products to support the launch of the Cassidy Turley brand. Quintain Marketing previously provided marketing and promotional advertising support to Cassidy and Pinkard Colliers, which merged with Cassidy Turley in March, 2010.

“Since our founding four years ago, Quintain Marketing has had a very strong presence in Washington, DC’s commercial real estate market and we consider Cassidy Turley to be one of the marquee brands that we service,” explained John Booth, Quintain Marketing’s President. “We’re proud that Cassidy Turley has selected us to support the launch of the new brand.”

About Cassidy Turley
Comprising one of the largest commercial real estate service providers in the U.S., the people of Cassidy Turley have been advocates for their clients for more than 100 years. They manage 420 million square feet in 57 locations and completed $16 billion in transactions in 2008. They are also are a dominant provider of capital markets and corporate services, serving more than 22,000 locations.

About Quintain Marketing
Quintain Marketing is a promotional strategy consulting firm located in Annapolis, MD. They offer unique, creative and high quality branded products, dimensional marketing, social media optimization, and web-based employee and customer gifting and incentive programs.

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By Kathleen Booth

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Annapolis, MD November 1, 2009

Quintain Marketing announces the addition of Anna Millhiser to the firm’s management team. Anna is Quintain Marketing’s social media expert. She holds a BA in Communications and Media Studies from Northeastern University and has five years experience in the marketing and promotions industry. Most recently, Anna was a Development Associate at Community Servings, a Boston based non-profit, where she managed the organization’s Web 2.0 marketing campaign and integrated new marketing mediums. Prior to that, Anna was a member of the team responsible for event planning and promotion for the Human Rights Campaign, and a Sports Marketing Consultant for TRACS, Inc.

At Quintain Marketing, Anna is primarily responsible for the execution of Social Media Optimization (SMO) campaigns for a range of clients. Her work includes establishing and maintaining Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN, YouTube, Yelp, and other accounts for clients; copywriting for blogs; analyzing SMO performance via Google Analytics and other tools; and helping build social media communities through linkages, cross-posting, and other tools.

“Anna’s background in Web 2.0 marketing is a real asset for us,” explained Kathleen Booth, Quintain Marketing’s Owner and CEO. “Our job is to keep our clients on the cutting edge of promotional marketing, and the online realm is an important channel through which we can work with them to promote their brands. By bringing Anna onto the team, we’ve been able to expand our capacity to carry out social media optimization work for our clients.”

About Quintain Marketing
Quintain Marketing is a promotional strategy consulting firm located in Annapolis, MD. They offer unique, creative and high quality branded products, dimensional marketing, social media optimization, and web-based employee, customer gifting and incentive programs.

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By Kathleen Booth

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Annapolis, MD September 28, 2009 –

Hospice Cup, Inc. has selected Quintain Marketing to provide awards, sailors’ gifts, and other collateral for 28th annual Hospice Cup, America’s largest charity regatta. This is the third consecutive year that Quintain Marketing has provided promotional collateral for the Hospice Cup. This year, the firm provided the official regatta t-shirts, sailors’ gifts, awards, and other giveaways.

“It is a privilege to be given the opportunity to participate in an event as wonderful as the Hospice Cup,” said John Booth, Quintain Marketing’s President. “The money raised by the Hospice Cup regatta makes a meaningful impact in peoples’ lives during a very difficult time, and Quintain Marketing is proud to play even a small part in this very important effort.”

About Hospice Cup Inc.
The Hospice Cup has been America’s largest charity regatta for the past 28 years and has raised over $7.5 million dollars for Hospice care. The annual event is held in Annapolis, Maryland and starts with a regatta during the day and closes with a shore party at night. The event benefits Hospices in Maryland, D.C, and Virginia.

About Quintain Marketing
Quintain Marketing is a promotional strategy consulting firm located in Annapolis, MD. They offer unique, creative and high quality branded products, dimensional marketing, social media optimization, and web-based employee and customer gifting and incentive programs.

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By Kathleen Booth

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Annapolis, MD July 8, 2009

In a combined effort, Skyline Technologies, Earth Security and ClearWave Solutions have recently selected Quintain Marketing to provide tradeshow design and marketing collateral.

For the trade show display, Quintain has designed graphics illustrating the capabilities of Skyline Technologies and Earth Security. The graphics have been produced on an 8 foot photomural panel display. Banner graphics outlining each company’s services were also created. The display and banners will be used at all upcoming tradeshows.

Quintain has chosen promotional give-a-ways such as micro-fiber cloths, earth shaped stress relievers, and eGrips to be handed out during tradeshows.

About Skyline Technologies
Skyline Network Engineering, LLC is a premier Information Technology Integrator serving the Mid-Atlantic region. Their core business areas include Network Engineering, Network Monitoring and Operations, Network Security and Systems Support. For more information, see http://skylinenet.net/

About Earth Security
Earth Security provides their customers with innovative and cost-effective solutions in the design, installation and maintenance of their video surveillance, access control and intercom systems. For more information, see http://www.earthsecurity.com/

About ClearWave Solutions
ClearWave Solutions is a premier communications cabling construction company, serving the Mid-Atlantic region. For more information, see http://www.clearwavesolutions.com/

About Quintain Marketing
Quintain Marketing is a promotional strategy consulting firm located in Annapolis, MD, offering unique, creative and high quality branded products, dimensional marketing, and web-based employee and customer gifting and incentive programs.

By Jessica Matase

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Annapolis, MD June 18, 2009-

Quintain Marketing announced today that it has subscribed to the Promotional Products Association International’s (PPAI) Code of Conduct. The Code is a comprehensive document that voluntarily commits PPAI members to operating in a responsible manner. It addresses such workplace issues as conditions, environment, labor, hours and wages, and product safety.

“When we started Quintain Marketing, we made a commitment to doing business in an environmentally and socially responsible manner,” explained Kathleen Booth, Quintain Marketing’s Owner and CEO. “We developed a Sustainability Policy last year, and now the PPAI Code of Conduct has helped us to spell out the policies and procedures we have put in place to ensure that both we and our clients comply with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act and California’s Proposition 65.”

About the Promotional Products Association International
Promotional Products Association International is the only international not-for-profit trade association for the promotional products industry. The Association offers education, technology, tradeshows, business products and services, mentoring, technology and legislative support to its more than 7,400 global member companies. For more information, see www.ppai.org.

About Quintain Marketing
Quintain Marketing is a promotional strategy consulting firm located in Annapolis, MD, and offering unique, creative and high quality branded products, dimensional marketing, and web-based employee and customer gifting and incentive programs.

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By Kathleen Booth

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Annapolis, MD June 3, 2009-

Quintain Marketing announced today that they have been selected to facilitate a service awards program for Blake Real Estate. The commercial real estate company has selected a program that recognizes employees for their service and dedication. Employees will receive the service awards based on the amount time have spent at Blake Real Estate.

Employees who have been with the company for five years will receive a Pedre watch. For 15 years of service employees will receive genuine leather wallets debossed with their initials. The women’s style is designed by Latico Leathers and the men’s style is from the Andrew Phillips Collection. Employees who have been with the company for 10 years are to receive personalized work bags embroidered with their names and years of service. Employees who have spent less than 5 years will receive or a multi-function mini tool engraved with Blake Real Estate. Those who have put in 20 or more years of service will be presented with company jackets by Storm Tech. And employees who have 25 years of service with Blake with be receiving a jacket and desk clock.

About Blake Real Estate
Blake Real Estate was founded over forty years ago by Jack I. Bender and has been an integral member of the Washington, D.C. area’s real estate community since that time. Today, David Bender, president of Blake Real Estate, Inc., brings a third generation of the Bender family’s leadership to the management of the company. For more information visit, www.blakereal.com.

About Quintain Marketing
Quintain Marketing is a promotional strategy consulting firm located in Annapolis, MD, and offering unique, creative and high quality branded products, dimensional marketing, and web-based employee and customer gifting and incentive programs.

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By Jessica Matase

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Annapolis, MD June 2, 2009 -

This year, the Washington, DC-based Apartment and Office Building Association (AOBA) is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the TOBY Awards. The TOBY Award is recognized as the most esteemed and comprehensive program of it’s kind in the commercial real estate industry, rewarding quality and excellence in office building management.

AOBA works annually with Quintain Marketing to produce the TOBY awards, and this year, recipients of a 2009-2010 TOBY will notice a slight change in the crystal’s aesthetics. The left sided vertical TOBY on the award will be etched and filled with silver.

“The TOBY awards are already stunning custom-designed crystals, but adding the silver color fill makes them true show pieces,” commented John Booth, President of Quintain Marketing. “At Quintain Marketing, we specialize in high quality, custom promotional products and the redesign of the TOBY Award really played to our strengths. I think the recipients will be impressed.”

About the Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington

The Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington (AOBA) is the leading membership organization representing commercial and multi-family residential real estate in the region. AOBA is the local federated chapter of the Building Owners and Managers Association International (BOMA), the National Apartment Association (NAA), and the National Multi-Housing Council (NMHC).

About Quintain Marketing

Quintain Marketing is a promotional strategy consulting firm located in Annapolis, MD. They offer unique, creative and high quality branded products, dimensional marketing, social media optimization, and web-based employee and customer gifting and incentive programs.

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By Kathleen Booth

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Annapolis, MD May 4, 2009-

Quintain Marketing announced today that they have been selected by Brookfield Properties (Washington D.C.) to provide marketing collateral for their building located at 1250 23^rd Street, NW.

The first promotion will be delivered during the third week in May. Recipients will receive a lime green/white striped cabana beach towel and mesh bag that contains sunscreen and lip balm. The mesh bags are branded with the property’s logo. “We love working with Brookfield and are very excited to roll out promotions for 1250 23^rd Street,” said Project Manager Jessica Matase.

About 1250 23^rd Street, NW

1250 23rd Street, NW is a mixed-use office and residential property located in the unique West End neighborhood. It is conveniently located close to Georgetown, the western edge of the downtown central business district, Rock Creek Park, and the Foggy Bottom and Dupont Circle Metro Stations.

About Brookfield Properties

Brookfield Properties Corporation (www.brookfieldproperties.com), one of North America’s largest commercial real estate companies, owns, develops and manages premier office properties. The portfolio comprises 58 commercial properties totaling 47 million square feet and ten development properties totaling eight million square feet in the downtown cores of New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Toronto, Calgary and Ottawa.

About Quintain Marketing

Quintain Marketing is a promotional strategy consulting firm located in Annapolis, MD, and offering unique, creative and high quality branded products, dimensional marketing, and web-based employee and customer gifting and incentive programs.

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By Kathleen Booth

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