Now Introducing...

...our newest member of the marketing staff, Sandra!

Okay, so I am not a great new travel-size product available here at minimus.biz but, for our bloggers, I am someone you will be seeing a lot of in the future. I have recently become a member 0f the minimus.biz family and will be posting our "From the desk of Minimus.biz" blogs, creating new coupons and providing you with the latest news. I would love to hear from you so if you have any stories, suggestions or comments, send them to me at sandra@minimus.biz!

NEW PRODUCT: Mitchum Unscented Travel-Sized Deodorant

We've been getting a lot of requests for more choices in a travel-sized unscented deodorant, especially from campers. Thus, we have just launched the travel-sized unscented Mitchum brand deodorant. It is a travel-sized 0.7oz clear gel, and it sells for $1.38. For fun, here is a coupon for 5% for the next couple of weeks. Just use the code MITCHUM at checkout until 5-12-08.

Summer Road Trip - Get the Products You Need

We recently teamed up with the popular website The Bachelor Guy to create a series of kits. The first two in the series are the Road Trip Kit ($36.66) and the Ultimate Road Trip Kit ($83.15).

Not only do these kits supply all sorts of great items to have on hand for a road trip, they make excellent gifts / care packages for that family member or friend who is about to depart on a great adventure.

If you purchase one, let us know how it was used, and we'd love to report on it -- especially if there is a great story involved (road trips always have great stories).

NEW PRODUCT: Mineral Infused Pink Salt from the Himalayas

One of the things that Minimus does, beyond being a retailer and wholesaler of travel-sized and individual-sized products, is to manufacture private label travel-sized and individual-sized products for our customers. We were recently contacted by the people at Miracle Salt to create a sample one gram packet of their Himalayan Pink Salt. I had never heard of such a thing, so I did some quick online research and found that it is natural salt that occurs in the Himalayan mountains, and it gets its pink color from a variety of naturally occuring minerals that it absorbs (84 minerals, including calcium and magnesium). It seems that it is popular both as a gourmet table and cooking salt, but it is also used as a bath salt. It seemed so interesting that we decided to carry the product ourselves. Feel free to check it out for yourself. A packet sells for $.29.

Minimus Does Good

Sure, I realize the phrase 'Minimus Does Good' may not seem grammatically correct, but I'm hoping that I've grabbed your attention.

In this blog, I'm pleased to announce that Minimus.biz is now the exclusive U.S. distributor for Do Good, the manufacturer of a large line of quality travel-related products. These products range from complete travel kits (like the Flight Essentials Kit shown here) that include such things as inflatable neck pillows, eye covers, reflexology socks and ear plugs. Many of these items are also offered individually, and some are available in a choice of colors.

Additionally, they offer the Do Good Worldwide Travel Power Adaptor that enables you to use many of your portable electronic devices in other countries.

Minimus now carries a broad line of Do Good products. You can find them all by clicking on this link: Do Good Products at Minimus.biz.

We at Minimus are happy to carry the Do Good products, and we expect that you'll be equally happy to receive and use them.

Give an Impressive Welcome to your Out of Town (OOT) Guests

When guests come in from out of town, many thoughtful hosts have given them the Minimus Out of Towner Welcome Snacks. Although our basic kit was appreciated by the guests and their hosts, we knew that many of our customers wanted an even more special gift for their out of town guests.

So we created the Out Of Towner (OOT) Welcome Snacks Deluxe -- an even larger assortment of snack items, packaged in a glossy white box with an easily 'assembled' (pull the ends) gold bow. The Out of Towner (OOT) Welcome Snacks Deluxe includes a total of 25 items, including a plastic cutlery set. The items are listed below.

Whether it's a Sparrer Sliced Beef Salami sandwich on Ritz crackers that they make themselves, a Kellogg's® NutriGrain Apple Cinnamon Cereal Bar, or just a soothing cup of Land O Lakes Cocoa Classics® Supreme Chocolate, there are plenty of items in this deluxe kit that your guests will really enjoy.

If you're planning a wedding, the Out of Towner (OOT) Welcome Snacks Deluxe would be a great item to welcome your guests.

A few years ago, I used to attend an annual event in San Francisco, sponsored by a major electronics company. In addition to looking forward to the event itself, I also anticipated -- and appreciated -- the welcome snacks they delivered to my hotel room. Now, with the Out of Towner (OOT) Welcome Snacks Deluxe, it's easy for the planner of any event - big or small - to provide a memorable welcome gift.

The Out of Towner Welcome Snacks Deluxe contains:

• one Snyder's ® of Hanover Mini Pretzels


• one Kar's® Unsalted Trail Mix Original Blend


• one Nabisco® Mini Oreo Cookies


• one Welch's® Fruit Snacks


• one Justin's Natural Classic Almond Butter


• four Nabisco® Ritz Crackers - 2 packs.


• one Sparrer Sliced Beef Salami


• one Knott’s Berry Farm® Grape Jelly
  (jar)


• one Crystal Light® On the Go Raspberry Ice
  Drink Mix


• one Crystal Light® On the Go Iced Tea


• one Chex Mix®


• one Super Snax® Cinnamon Toast Bites


• one Keebler® Sugar Free Chocolate Chip Cookies


• One Lifesavers® 5 Flavor


• one Altoids® Peppermints Sugar-free Smalls


• one Wrigley's Doublemint® Chewing Gum


• one Heart of Wisconsin Cheddar Flavor
  Cheese


• One Kellogg’s® NutriGrain® Apple Cinnamon
  Cereal Bar


• one Nature Valley® Sweet & Salty
  Nut Granola Bar - Almond


• one Land O Lakes Cocoa Classics® Supreme
  Chocolate


• one Land O Lakes Cocoa Classics® Irish Creme
  & Chocolate


• One Generic Cutlery Set

Let your guests know how much you appreciate their visit. Give them an Out of Towner (OOT) Welcome Snacks Deluxe. Whether they're here for a wedding, bar or bat mitzvah, sweet sixteen or other event; or they've come for a business meeting, they're sure to appreciate the thoughfulness of an Out of Towner (OOT) Welcome Snacks Deluxe. And, remember, for this item, domestic shipping is free.

You Asked - We Listened. Travel Spray Starch Now Available

A few months ago, we asked our customers what product they would most like to see in a travel size. The answer was clear -- they wanted a travel-sized aerosol spray starch.

We asked our colleagues at Minimus Products to create a high quality aerosol travel starch, and they came up with a product that exceeded our expectations -- aMINIties Travel Starch. aMINIties Travel Starch, a 'Premium spray starch for the discerning traveler,' comes in a 2.0 ounce (56 gram) spray can - perfect for business or personal travel. Our price is $2.99.

Toss it in your suitcase or overnight bag, and give those wrinkled shirts, blouses or slacks a quick pressing in your hotel room.

As an occasional traveler myself, I certainly could have used this product many, many times.

It's a lot faster than a hotel's cleaning service, and a lot less expensive.

For wholesale/distributor inquiries, please see our wholesale page at: http://www.minimus.biz/wholesale.aspx

New to the Minimus Family

This post presents two news -- a new Marketing Manager, and an exciting new product for lovers

First:

I’m the new Marketing Manager at Minimus.biz, and I’ll be the person writing the blogs, creating the coupons, and keeping you up to date with Minimus.biz news. Please feel free to e-mail me your questions, comments, or suggestions. My address is mark@Minimus.biz.

My first blog introduces a product that would have been great when I got married years ago – but just may be what I need to take my wife on a nice, surprise weekend, one of these weeks….

And now the more exciting announcement:

Honeymoon in January?

Why not? I was married in June, but my wife and I were so busy, it took months until we took our honeymoon. So, regardless when you were married, our newly introduced Honeymoon Travel Kit will be just the thing to take along on your honeymoon. Or, if you’re giving it as a wedding present, it’ll be the one the bride and groom will remember long after the honeymoon is over.

The Honeymoon Travel Kit is really three kits in one – all packed in a handcrafted Lupis Gift box (from the abaca plant, which is indigenous to the Philippines). The first two kits, for him and her, come in the Minimus Carry-On Caddy™. The Carry-On Caddy™ is perfect for getting through airport security. The Carry-On Caddy™ attaches to your luggage. When you get to the airport security, simply open the Velcro at the top of the Carry-On Caddy™, remove the Ziploc® bag containing your travel-sized items, and put the bag on the X-Ray machine. It can’t be much simpler than this.

There’s a Carry-On Caddy™ for him, packed with items he’ll need at the honeymoon destination. For her, there’s a Carry-On Caddy™ packed with organic products, including Organic Lavender shampoo and conditioner, Lavender Body Lotion, and other essential items that she’ll appreciate having on her honeymoon.

And thirdly, just to make things even more interesting, there’s a Kama Sutra® Weekender Kit, containing Strawberry Love Oil, Strawberry Pleasure Balm, Strawberry Honey Dust, Sweet Almond Massage Oil, Love Liquid Sensual Lubricant and, if that’s not exciting enough, it also comes with a Love feather.

The Honeymoon Travel Kit is great for newlyweds, and also perfect for a second (or third or fourth or ??) honeymoon. It’s also great for a nice, romantic getaway. You don’t really need a reason, now, do you?

Even if it IS only January, the Honeymoon Travel Kit is perfect for those special weekends. And, guys, don’t forget – Valentine’s Day is just a few weeks away.