{"id":102,"date":"2023-10-24T11:18:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T15:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/?p=102"},"modified":"2025-12-04T12:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:51:01","slug":"branded-merch-is-social-proof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/branded-merch-is-social-proof\/","title":{"rendered":"Branded Merch is Social Proof"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you think you&#8217;re too small of a company to have branded merch, then now is the time to make merch.\u00a0That might sound backwards, but let me explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Branded merch is social proof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you see a company who is selling swag &#8212; and has a &#8220;team&#8221; (even if it&#8217;s just you) wearing their values &#8212; you look like a bigger, more established company.&nbsp;You look committed to your brand, committed to your values, and committed to your success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And customers want to invest their time and money in companies that are committed to and care about their success.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;re not too small to make merch for your brand. What&#8217;s holding you back?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you think you&#8217;re too small of a company to have branded merch, then now is the time to make merch.\u00a0That might sound backwards, but let me explain. Branded merch is social proof. When you see a company who is selling swag &#8212; and has a &#8220;team&#8221; (even if it&#8217;s just you) wearing their values [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hide_page_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[16,5,6,3,11],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-to-merch","category-print-on-demand","tag-branded-merch","tag-getting-started","tag-logo","tag-swag","tag-tips-and-tricks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}