Promotional items for kids may seemingly be easy! Afterall kids love everything. If its for free then they will love it even more. (so will the parents incidentally) However there are some things (good and bad) that you may want to consider before considering using promotional items to make them appealing and to make them safe at the same time such as:
# Opt for primary colours. Simple greens reds blues and yellows always work really well. Colours which are pastel in colour may not appeal as instantly to kids.
# Make the product fun! Conservative products are definitely out of the question. So swap things like:
-Metal pens for colourful plastic pens
-Round Stressballs for Football shaped stressballs
-Cerramic Branded mugs for Bright Printed Bottles
# Keep in mind kids drop things and also like to put things in mouths. So safety is definitely something that should be considered. So once again swap things like:
-Promotional Pens with a Cap for Retractable Promotional Pens
-Capped Promotional Flashdrives for Capless promotional Flashdrives
-Metal Printed Keyrings for Plastic Printed Keyrings (so they dont scratch so easily)
-Spring Loaded Auto Open Umbrellas for Manual Branded UMbrellas
# An item that is useful is an item that will be kept. With that in mind consider that a child spends a lot of time at school so something that can go into their bag would be a great idea. So things like a fun printed keyring, or a silicone wristband may be a good idea. Pens and stationary will also come in handy.
# Kids are more tech savvy. Promotional earphones or branded headphones or mousemats or printed usb keys will definitely be more popular
# A fool proof promotional item would be custom branded candy & chocolate. For something that lasts a longer time consider a promotional school bag!
# Most of kids spend their time either at home or at school. If at home then these products are worth considering. Money banks. Post it notes for them to jot down homework notes.
Promotional items for kids are definitely a great way to get people talking about you and your brand name. Just make sure the product is fun, attractive, useful and above all safe! For more ideas on branded items just for kids please give us a call!
Some promotional items are by their nature destined for the draw. Some unfortunate products may end up on the bottom very last draw and neglected for a long time. Definitely not a good idea if you wanted your precious advertising dollar to go further. Things like promotional pens, and business cards nowadays tend to have a higher than normal probability. In general though products that are really popular tend to end up forgotton quite quickly as the recipient will typically receive too many of the same item. Having a promotional item that is on top of a persons work desk is definitely a good place to be as not only does it remind the recipient of your brand or your service or event but it also advertises that message to all passerbys too.
So what type of products will have a higher chance of being in the prime spot of being on top of the recipients desk? Well typically products that exhibit these features will tend to have a good chance:
- Fun Design Promotional items
- Interesting Promotional items
- High perceived quality promotional items
- Promotional items with high functionality
With this in mind here are some top ideas for desk top promotional items that will sure to be a hit with your recipient and be on the top of their desk day in day out!
A Jute bag is made from a plantation fibre (classified as a vegetable) that is made from the plantation family called Tiliaceae or Malvaceae. This fibre is spun much like a heavy duty rope to create strands of thread. Its typically rough and course in feel and commonly you can see them in their untreated brown form. Its a very low cost material similar to calico bags (cotton) as well as Non Woven Bags (PVC plastic material).
Jute Bags are our 4th best selling type of promotional bag behind:
To create a Jute Bag the first thing that is needed is the stem of a Jute plant. Only the outer skin is used. This type of plant is mainly exported from Bangladesh and the crop is quite durable and easy to grow even with limited fertilizer and insectisides. Generally just natural rain sunshine and common soil is required. This plant is then processed and used to create the material.
The good thing about Jute bags compared to other fabrics is that it is extremely durable. It will take an enourmous amount of stress pressure to tear a Jute Bag which makes it very durable and resistant to “stretching,” which effects the aesthetic of a bag and how durable it is. Best of all the production process required means that it is very sustainable and less resource intensive when producing the fabric.
Today Jute bags can be found as:
1) Super market Eco Bags
2) Conference bags
3) Expo bags
They are a great promotional item because they are not only eco friendly but they also retain their shape a lot better than other bags leading to a typically longer use lifespan. The Jute fabric is also quite flexible in creating both a course fabric as well as a very fine fabric which is so smooth that it has been used as a substitute for silk. This allows the Jute bag to be created in many different variations in both quality and aesthetics to suit a wide range of use.
Our recommendation if opting for the popular middle of the range brown jute bag is to brand in Reflex Pantone Red Green or Black for maximum clarity. Other colours work but arent as nice on a brown surface. The typical promotional jute bag gives a lovely finish which is quite earthy and very appealing compared to the sometimes “plastic,” look and feel of a non woven bag or the flopy nature of a calico bag. When a Jute bag eventually reaches the end of its useable life the promotional bag becomes 100% bio degradable and simply dissolves harmlessly within landfill. A custom branded jute bag is not water proof though. In fact it is not even splash proof as the fibre is much more loose than both non woven and calico cotton fabric. So for events with an anticipated rainy day it is definitely a bag to avoid as it absorbs and leaks water very very easily.
Mugs will get stains, weather its a premium promotional mug from our range or a budget branded mug or one of our funky cool mock takeaway coffee cerramic mugs.
Stains occur quite easily especially with tea as their is a compound within the tea leaves which react to unfiltered tap water which causes and creates a brown glunk on the surface of your mug. In fact from experience the staining can even occur on glasses too. So how to remove them? Well here are 2 great ideas. I have tried them myself personally and yes they really do work!
1) Coca Cola! Other than being my beverage of choice at lunch it also makes for a great unstainer. Simply pour Coke and let sit for 1 day. Follow this up by then lightly rubbing the dirty surface after you poured it out and presto your cup will be squeeky clean. If not then a slightly more drastic action needs to be taken in step 2!
2) Bi Carbonate Soda! We eat this stuff? Its in bread. But as a cleaner I have not found anything better. Simply mix 50% Bi Carb Soda (available in supermarkets + 50% water. Mix. Then using a cloth dab this compound onto your mug generously and rub. It is amazingly effective and will remove literally all stains!
These 2 methods work incredibly. If they dont work on your mug then its probably time for you to get a new one!
Promotional pedometers are a fantastic way to promote your event. Pedometers in case you didnt realise are little contraptions which normally hang around your waist on a belt. It then counts the number of steps you take by registering each of movement. For a healthy lifestyle it is recomended you walk 10,000 steps a day.
If you are wishing to promote a healthy theme to associate with your company then printed pedometers are easy and economical. Our range of budget brandable pedometers feature 1 touch operation for easy use.
Other than budget customisable pedometers we have ones that are a little higher in the price range. The key difference with the difference is price is:
A) Functionality
B) Accuracy
Some of our pedometers can come with a radio or even an alarm siren. Whilst budget pedometers although relatively accurate can have variances of up to 10%. Its still a good indication to overall daily activity but with the more expensive brandable pedometers they can provide a even more precise reading.
Our most popular pedometer is the marathon shown below. For more information please give us a call today!
Distributing promotional products effectively can be quite resource intensive in both staff hours as well as cost. If you are lucky enough you may be in a company that has multiple branches and heaps of staff which can distribute marketing material or little tip on gifts to new and potential customers. In a tradeshow setting you have the advantage of a huge people flow which also makes distribution easy. Ditto for conferences too!
There is another way to distribute promotional products, this is via mail outs. From experience using this method can be very costly. From the research I have done distributing promotional products which cannot be flat packed into large or small envelopes immediately increases the delivery cost by up to 200%. If you are planning to mail out promotional products we have a range of items just for you. These products can be sent flat to allow you to mail out the product economically (as sometimes postage costs more than the item) yet still have enough appeal to make it a worthwhile marketing tool.
Promotional items are a great way to market your company or your event. If your promotional item is fun then it makes your product and your company or event even more memorable. It will be more memorable for both before and after the event. To make promotional item fun the easiest would be to opt for promotional toys. However they are just for kids right? Absolutely not! On many many occassions I have seen grown men in sharp 3 piece suits around the city and in our office play around in glee like kids with things like promotional footy balls as well as custom printed yo yo’s. In fact from observation they seem to have a better time with promotional toys than kids or students as Im guessing kids would have all the toys they need anyway.
With this in mind I have compiled a list of top 5 promotional toys (based on popularity, client feedback & general observation)
Did you know that one of our hottest selling products last year was unbelievably custom branded earphones? Thats right in particular this style was amazingly popular and we were constantly short in stock.
This particular style features:
- Huge Branding Area on Packaging
- 3 sizes moulded silicone cups
- Ergonomic cable wind up box
- Great bass sound quality
- Sound isolation
Its a really great product! Its very light in weight so it makes distributing them a breeze and kids and adults alike will love them. Considering the popularity of Iphones, Ipads and Ipds these make a perfect partner to gadgets in general. To find out more about Printed earphones customised with your logo just follow the link.
You can also check out our YouTube presentation of this product here:
These can shaped fridges are amazing. We recently did a few for our client Sportsgirl. You can check them out at many of their shops. These are electric powered fridges and they absolutely yell out F.U.N. They stand out and they really attract customers BIG TIME. Better still they add to the ambience of a shop and really makes things better all round! The graphic applied is a gorgeous full colour wrap which goes write around the fridge! Check out more about our range of custom branded mini fridges. They work great as Point of Sale products as well in store promotions or as fridges to contain cold sampling products.
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