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According to Wikipedia, the free internet encyclopedia: "A
promotional item is merchandise given away free of charge to the
public in an effort to promote a business or increase interest in,
or sales of, a product. These items are also referred to by the
slang terms schwag and tchotchke. (The latter is derived from a
Yiddish word meaning "trinket".) Promotional items are also used in
politics to promote candidates and causes. Examples of promotional
items include logo-branded t-shirts, caps, keychains, bumper
stickers , pens, mints, etc. Collection of certain types of
promotional items is a popular hobby."
Promotional items have the power to be understood
universally.
According to the Promotional Products Association International,
corporations spend close to $17.5 billion a year on this type of
advertising - that's more than one-third of what's spent on TV.
A survey conducted for Promotional Products Association
International (PPAI) by LJ Market Research reveals the power of
promotional products by measuring how end users respond to
organizations that use promotional products as part of their
marketing mix. The survey, Promotional Products - Impact, Exposure
and Influence: A Survey of Business Travelers at Dallas/Fort Worth
Airport , was conducted by interviewing business travelers at DFW
Airport. More than 71 percent of travelers indicated they had
received at least one promotional product in the last 12 months.
The study also showed that respondents' ability to recall the name
of an advertiser on a promotional product they had received (76
percent) was much better than their ability to recall the name of
an advertiser from a print publication they had read in the past
week (53.5 percent).
Recipients of promotional products do remember the advertiser's
name.
Business to business gifts are a good way to maintain a positive
presence within your client base. They can build brand awareness
within the professional community as well as amongst the general
public. The next time you launch a new product or service, try
introducing it with an imprinted business item. When gifting to
clients within your industry, it is particularly important to
choose a promotional item that relates to your field. For example,
if your new service will save the public time and effort, introduce
it with a customized clock or calendar.
By introducing a new product or service to clients with a clever
business gift, you maintain a strong industry awareness of your
company. It is also important to choose a quality method on the
imprinted business items. Stick to laser engraved pens, debossed
leather and vinyl items, and embroidered wearables.
Break away from the promotional item pack.
People tend to copy each other and assume that if most people do
things a certain way, it&#8217;s the way to follow. Don&#8217;t
follow, be a leader instead. People love pens, but the truth is,
everyone of us has at least a dozen promotional pens right now with
different company names and logos inscribed on them, and if yours
is one of them, the next person most likely couldn't find it to
call you if she searched all day and night. But if she had, say, a
branded clock or a branded calculator on her desk, with your name
and address on it, well, that she could definitely put her eyes and
hands on - which means she would be able to call you. Bottom line,
don't be afraid to do something different. Do a quick research, see
what's trendy, look for novelties. If your budget permits, get
something people will not throw away, like a USB flash pen, a
promotional MP3 player, an imprinted watch, etc.
Try to deliver your promotional products in different, creative
ways.
For instance, instead of mailing 1,000 mouse pads with your
company logo on them, have 300 or so hand delivered. Hand
delivering promo items will earn you enough business so that you
can afford to hand deliver the next 300 and so on.
Let the professionals handle it.
Hire someone specialized to advise you and develop your
promotions and promotional ideas for you. Let a design company
create your promotion and print it for you. Yes, you'll spend a
little more money upfront, but you'll have a promotion where all
the pieces and parts work together to get your message and call to
action across to your customers - which means your customers will
be more likely to call you instead of the other guy.
Remember that there is more to an effective promotion than
handing out one item.
There are pieces and parts to it. It takes a consumer an average
of six to seven times of seeing and/or hearing your promotional
message before they &#8220;get&#8221; it and take action of any
kind - even saying "no thank you". No, it's not because your target
audience is dumb, it is because they're constantly being bombarded
with marketing promotions from all sorts of businesses. Know your
target audience. If your promotion is for teens and young adults,
for example, don't give them refrigerator magnets-they don't
usually have refrigerators! At least not of their own yet. Give
them a cool key chain or CD holder, give them something electronic,
something trendy and colorful. If your target audience is leaders
of corporate America, don't give them lottery scratchers or
highlighter keychains, don't even give them a calculator, since
they have accountants dealing with their numbers. Give them instead
a nice writing set for their desks, give them some nice executive
accessory that you know they will not be ashamed to display on
their mahogany desks. And if you are really on a budget, a nice
luggage tag, a passport holder with your company name, logo and
address, or even a promotional golf ball will do. No matter how
wonderful and unique a promotional item is, if it's given to the
wrong target audience that has no use for it, they will have no use
for you.

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that specializes in web design, hosting, promotional items,
printing, tradeshow displays, logos, CD presentations, SEO and
more</a>. Andrei has amassed an extensive technical knowledge and
experience through his career as the CIO for a major travel
management company and through his past careers in military
research, data acquisition and airspace engineering. He also
consults for 
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