Fund raising is many positive things. It brings about community,spirit, team building and most of all fun. All this for a good cause! It is with little wonder that almost every few days brings around a new event and new merchandise products to raise funds. One thing about fund raising merchandise though which needs to be mentioned though is above all else the aim is to raise money. Lots and lots of it for your cause in order to accomplish community and global aid objectives.
Over the years we have developed a good feel for fund raising merchandise as to what works well and what doesn't. You most definitely would want your products to be popular as it means you would have maximised your revenue and minimised excess product waste that do not sell. So with that in mind here are some top tips to keep your fund raising merchandise humming and buzzing along with success:
Promotional Caps are possibly the promotional product where many of our clients do not pay much attention to. Afterall a cap is a cap and its best to just get the cheapest one right? True! if you are on a tight budget then there is no escaping the fact that you can quickly have one branded with your logo that actually looks quite okay when worn a few times. However why look okay when you can look fabulous and in the process make your team members feel like a million dollars! Also keep in mind that higher quality caps will look newer for longer too!
The thing with caps is that they are more visible than you may think compared with a lot of other promotional products. In a tradeshow or if worn as part of a uniform it is true that a promotional shirt will be seen from a distance. However if anyone was to engage with you and your team about your product or your service they will be
A custom branded promotional mug with your logo is possibly the most popular promotional item in winter time. What makes it such an effective product for branding with your logo is that branding on a mug is both personal to the user yet public in its display at the same time. If you are like myself your mug is used everyday and no one else touches it! No exceptions! At the same time though a mug has a large branding area and realistically anyone within a 2 meter distance would be able to see the mug and the branding quite clearly. If you come up with a clever image or some smart text then the attention that your branding can get will be even more.
What are Promotion Mugs & Cups Made From?
For coffee and tea cups they are available in quite a few finishes. Here are the most popular materials used in making cups in order of general pricing:
Environmental promotional items used to be the hottest trending product a few years ago. This year so far though we cannot but help notice that their popularity is way down. Using environmentally promotional products in your events and marketing can really benefit you and your company or event. Other than the obvious benefit that eco friendly merchandise has to the environment there are also many other intangibles that using green promotional items brings to you that no other normal promotional product can do such as positioning your brand in your clients mind as a brand that is:
- thoughtful
- considerate
- progressive
& that is not to mention that a green promotional item simply looks distinctive and unique creating a strong visual appeal.
Promotional compendiums may possibly be the most personal type of corporate merchandise. It is an item that unlike other products is strictly either mine or not mine! They are never ever shared unlike other products like post it notes and they typically are used to contain private and personal business thoughts and information. This makes selecting a compendium that is right for you and your team or as a corporate gift very important. Some other products we recomend to clients would be to opt for perhaps a basic budget option so that you may affort more of the item for the same budget. Not for compendiums, where possible we do recomend going for a compendium option with the number of units that you need + a few spares just in case. No more and no less as that would allow you to allocate budget to the very best option. The differences between a budget compendium and a premium compendium is very very small. However it is in these small details that can make the compendium either
Choosing promotional products is fun simply because there is a huge amount of choice available. After choosing the product there is the style to be selected followed by the colour and then the type of branding to place on it. All this needs to be done in the context of your brand and your image. For many the array of options is like a kid in a candy store. However there are instances where you simpily need a product to be selected fast. Especially if you are running low on time or simply want a fuss free purchasing experience with a product that is guaranteed to appeal to all industries and all recipients. So is there a product that exists that is so universally appealing as a promotional product that you can virtually purchase for your conference with your eyes closed?
Internet users have developed many abbreviations over the years. Silly as they might be, we must admit all of us have grown accustomed to the online acronyms of internet use. Many people (especially teenagers) use the internet slang terms these days which seem like irregular or abstract words and claimed these are to ease communications, shorten text messages, and most importantly to save money and time.
Besides the abbreviations, emoticons are also generally used in instant messengers, online games and social networking such as Facebook or twitter. Two different versions that are culture specific dominate the emoticons / smileys messaging world, is the Japanese a version and the western version. The Japanese version focus on eyes expression for example the smiling face ^_^ as opposed to Western version =)
Some abbreviations have made it to the Oxford English Dictionary. “LOL” along with other acronyms. LOL means “laughing out loud” its a very common element of internet slang
Cold winters mean dry skin and chapped lips. Having a promotional lip balm or promotional chapsticks makes perfect sense as a promotional product in wintertime. Promotional lipbalms are not just an item for ladies though. It is used just as often by men too. Lipbalm has got me wondering! Why do we need it in the first place? Well lipbalm is used to moisturise the lips because the skin on your lips have no oil glands. This means unlike other parts of the body it has no natural protection. What makes it even worse is that the skin on lips are thinner than other normal skin. It is precisely these 2 factors that make lips dry out and crack easily and also explains why promotional lipbalms appeal to people of all ages. Promotional lipbalm is the easiest and most convenient way to protect lips and also to sooth cracks as well. So what does a custom branded lipbalm contain?
Eucalyptus Oil is amazing. I've recently become a bit of an addict and have started spraying everything! To say Eucalyptus Oil smells nice is an understatment. If there was a picture that needs to be used to describe refreshing then it should be a picture of a bottle of Eucalyptus Oil. Everything just smells so clean! So why am I raving on about a plantation extract on a website about promotional products? Well they work amazing things in making things that have been stored away smell amazing. So if you have ordered or are considering to order things like promotional caps or corporate shirts but don't need to use them straight away then I would recomend to keep a bottle of Eucalyptus Oil (they come in spray cans now too!) handy. (disclaimer: We dont sell eucalyptus oil nor do we own any shares in companies that do
Many corporate gift and tradeshow items can be delivered with custom packaging and boxing. I must admit its easily our least popular type of product...... that is packaging. Which is why you may ask why would you bother with gift boxing promotional gifts? Well 2 good reasons:
1) Presentation 2) Element of Surprise
Much like a birthday present or Christmas present a promotional gift is essentially a free gift. An added bonus which can really brighten someones day. Ultimately everyone loves receiving something for nothing. It makes us feel good and it makes us feel valued. The fact that its an item with a higher perceived value the better. This what makes promotional gifts so effective in promoting both you and your companies brand name. If your gift comes packaged neatly it creates several perceptions:
1) The product is presented neat and tidily. This perception will extend to both you and your companies
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