Rain has been absolutely bombarding the east coast of Australia these past couple of weeks and we've seen some truly heartbreaking flooding events across several states. While umbrellas can't do much for the flood-affected areas. with showers predicted well into next week, we've seen a lot of inquiries from organisations keen to get custom umbrellas for their employees and clients in less drastically impacted regions. So today on the Cubic Promote blog we're looking at what makes a good corporate umbrella.

This year more than any other that I can recall has been one that we have done a lot of products specifically for T.V shows. Our products can now be regularly seen on the desks of presenters and morning shows as well as a few reality shows this year much to our pride. Despite the fact that computers and tablet has taken up a lot of our leisure time the humble T.V is still a huge medium that has a reach of millions on any given day. If you are hosting a conference or perhaps you are a charity or a sporting organisation then chances are you will be facing a television camera. The coverage may be an impromptu interview or it may be a carefully staged television appearance. Either way branded merchandise in an age where corporate sponsorship for events that can be worth millions it makes sense to have a range of promotional products on the ready for the individual to wear to really maximise your marketing value.

I know i have harped on for a while on this blog about promotional products and how they are fantastic as items for corporate gifts or as leave behinds during tradeshows. However there are certain categories of products that can get lost easily. However in some instances losing the product is not neccessarily a bad thing. There are many reasons why custom branded products get lost easily some reasons include:

- A promotional highlighter getting stolen by a colleague (on purpose or by accident)
- A meeting presentation where a notepad or a post it note is left behind by accident
- The product gets dropped by accident when you are with a client.

Those are just some of the main reasons I have misplaced a promotional product. I am sure that there are literally dozens of other reasons why a promotional product can get lost. However there are some products that can get misplaced a lot easier than others. The top 5 categories of products that do get lost easily are: