Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Promoting Your Business with Logo Pens



Logo pens are a popular vehicle for promoting a product or a business. It is such a good marketing medium that most all companies have, at a time or another commissioned a printer to print their logo on pens. These pens are given away to consumers to create awareness of the product being promoted.

As in any marketing or advertising, using pens to promote your company and brand would have to come with a well thought-out strategy. While using pens as a promotional item would probably be the simplest form of advertising any company can come up with, one could still come up with a poor campaign that will not have the desired effect.

Perhaps the first thing to consider is the purpose of the promotional campaign using pens with the company’s brand. A clear objective should be the foundation of a pen givaway campaign. The next thing that a business should consider is the advertising plan. In coming up with a campaign plan you an set the objective, the target market, the copy that will be printed on the pen, the vendor who will do the printing, the inclusive dates for launching the campaign and of course the advertising budget.

You also want to be able to measure the impact of your pen givaway. People in advertising usually have ways to gauge the impact of a pen giveaway campaign as related to product sales during the time the campaign was ongoing. While a pen giveaway campaign can be simple and straightforward, if you wish to get the most out of it then some planning should be done.

Author: Todd Johnson
Email: Todd@australianwebsitedevelopment.com.au
Mobile: 0449 041 815

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Personalised Pens are a Great Gift Option


When giving gifts for your loved ones there really are no rules. Gift giving has become nothing short of an art form. When you give a gift, especially for a loved one you always consider the person you are giving the gift to. You want them to respond to your gift in a good way and you want them to cherish your gift.

A good option for a memorable gift are personalised pens. It is simple, useful, and it has the name of your loved one. You can even squeeze in a little message to let them know you care. A pen is a good idea for a gift as it is something that can really be personal to the receiver. It is small so your loved one can carry it around everywhere they go. They will certainly use it all the time and everytime they use it, they are reminded of you.

If you are personalising a gift, you have to be sure that it is something that will last a long time. Keep this in mind when picking the brand and type of pen you will give to your loved one. A refillable pen would be a good idea as they only need to change the ink when it runs out. You should also consider how you want to personalise the pen. Will it bear the name of the recipient? Will it have a short personal message? Pens are ideal for both engraving and printing but as a print may chip away over time, engraving will never be erased.

Author: Todd Johnson
Email: Todd@australianwebsitedevelopment.com.au
Mobile: 0449 041 815

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Significance of Printed Pens


Will printed pens and all other writing materials become obsolete, as they are taken over by computers and electronic devices? Or will we never run out of uses for writing instruments? The trend today in businesses is the paper-less environment. This is a security measure that will prevent unscrupulous people from stealing documents or other printed matter. A paper-less environment also means a pen-less environment.

But what of documents that need signing like contracts and certificates. More importantly, what will happen to education if we stop using pens and other writing instruments. Writing is an integral part of education. Pens will still be very much in use for writing those compositions and solving those math problems. Pen manufacturers need not worry that they will go out of business someday.

People will always have an intimate relationship with pens. Pens are just like musical instruments, they are an extension of a person’s hand. There will always be something special about using the hands to create, to draw or to write. It is hard to think of a world without pens and other writing instruments. While businesses have reached some degree of success in phasing out papers and pens, people can never go through life without using a pen at one time or another.

Computers are here to stay and new technologies will emerge constantly but pens have been around for longer. Despite the emergence of technology that has lessened the use of pens, there are still a lot of activities and systems that can never be automized and will always be needing pens.

Author: Todd Johnson
Email: Todd@australianwebsitedevelopment.com.au
Mobile: 0449 041 815

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Promo Pens - What you Need to Know

Businesses have always relied on pens to get things done in the office. But there is another use for pens that can contribute significantly to the bottomline. Promo pens are a means to effectively create awareness for a company or a product. If you are in business then you would understand the importance of marketing and advertising your brand to people. You know too that the best way for people to remember your brand is if they see it often enough.

In come promotional items where companies can print their logos and give away to people. This tried and tested way of creating brand awareness has started a frenzy of branding, where every type of item is fair game as long as you have a place to squeeze in the company logo or even a short slogan. The items to be used as giveaway would have to be something that people uses constantly, such as a pen.

Many companies have made use of promotional pens as giveaways to customers. It is almost unthinkable for businesses not to have pens carrying their logo to give away to customers. Recall is also very strong when you do your branding in a pen as you can be sure it will be in use all the time. Another good thing about promotional pens is that you can put anything on it more than the company name and the compay logo. You can even come up with specialty pens for anniversaries, product launches, or any other event. Your public will definitely remember your company or your brand everytime they reach for that promotional pen you gave them.

Author: Todd Johnson
Email: Todd@australianwebsitedevelopment.com.au
Mobile: 0449 041 815

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Creating Awareness With Promotional Pens

A trade show is always a great opportunity to call attention to your brand or company. Many businesses maximize these events to showcase their companies with promotional pens or other promotional products. Trade shows are held a number of times a year for most all industries. Established companies use it to promote new products and the newer companies use it to create awareness for their business.

It is unthinkable to participate in a trade show and not have promotional items to give away. These events are golden opportunities for companies to attract new business. If you want to be remembered, then you must have merchandising items or swags to distribute to attendees.

While pens would be the natural choice for a promotional item, there are other appropriate items that can be given out in trade events. Other options include lanyards, umbrellas, pouches, messenger bags and more. Make sure you use an item with high usability and that your logo is prominently positioned in the item of course.

Trade shows are attended by businessmen, suppliers, contractors and the general public. If you can distribute promotional items to this huge cross section of people, then you increase your chances of attracting attention to your brand or company. The pen is the most common item to give away in these events because they are very portable and you can be sure that it will be used constantly not only by the person you give it to but to other people as well. Give a lot of thought on what you want printed in your promotional pen as it will be what will stay with the recipient.

Author: Todd Johnson
Email: Todd@australianwebsitedevelopment.com.au
Mobile: 0449 041 815

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Creating Brand Awareness Through Promotional Products


A way to create awareness for your company is coming up with promotional products. More popularly known as swags, these are merchandising items bearing your company’s logo. These are used in marketing programs and are given away to promote a brand, a company, a corporate image or an event. Swags have the company’s logo and sometimes their slogan as well and they are distributed at conferences, trade shows or used in marketing campaigns.

How do you determine the right promotional product for your company? The first thing to consider is the utility of the item. You want to give out promotional products that people will be using a lot. The more popular items include pens, coffee mugs, umbrellas, pouches, tote bags to name a few.

These days big companies come up with some really cool items to give to their salespeople or other employees during conferences, or to their clients at trade shows. These items include anything from alarm clocks to laptop computers. For marketing campaigns you should go for items that will attract attention, therefore creating awareness for your company or brand.

Most companies usually give out their swags during Christmas time. About a couple of months before the holidays, you should start planning your giveaways. You can look for various suppliers and ask for a presentation of the merchandising items they can make for you. You should be able to come up with the design that you want to see on the merchandising items. Make sure you finalize your order with enough lead time to be able to give out your items during the holidays. 

Author: Todd Johnson
Email: Todd@australianwebsitedevelopment.com.au
Mobile: 0449 041 815

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