Top ten promotional gifts

With the economy showing signs of recovery and the conference event season waking from its winter slumber we take a look at the top ten most popular and useful promotional items available.

1) Umbrellas. Yes that's right. You've gone to all that trouble organising an event the last thing you want is the bad weather to put a dampened on things. So promotional umbrellas will go down a treat if it rains. And don’t forget your colleagues and customers alike will be impressed with your planning. These umbrellas will of course come with your company message or logo printed on them. So long after the event the gift will live on along with your company name.

2) Conference bags. A great seller and superb finishing touch for any conference. Whether its a conference, meeting, product launch you may want to give your attendees a meeting bag to hold all of your leaflets, brochure or other information that they would need. The last thing you want is your visitors walking around all day holding piles of documents in their hands. These bags should be branded with your conference message or logo.

3) Conference folders. It's important that if you are delivering information that you expect people to make notes on that you supply them with something to write on. This can be as simple as a note pad or you may want to push the boat out with impressive PU or leather conference folders.

4) Pens and pencils. Yes its unbelievable how many people attend conferences and seminars without something to write with?

5) Mugs. A good old faithful promotional gift. Always well received, as we all like a cuppa. These mugs are available in many styles Cambridge, Sparta, Durham, bell, Lincoln. And can be printed in any colour combination including full colour. Some people have full colour pictures printed on them.

6) Travel mugs. These are a modern innovation of a ceramic mug. They are made of plastic or stainless steel and are double walled with a lid therefore are thermally insulated and keep your beverage hotter for longer. These are perfect for people driving, outdoor events, or simply keeping a drink warmer for longer therefore stopping the never ending parade to the coffee machine delivering more productivity.

These products are also known as thermal mugs and thermo mugs.

7) Cotton bags. These are fast becoming the exhibitions favourite bag giveaway replacing the Varigauge carrier bags.

Being cotton they are very environmentally friendly and as they are low in price it's a great opportunity to show your clients that you care about the environment. These bags can be printed spot colour or full colour using a transfer print technique.

They are also known as Cotton Shoppers, and Cotton Shopping bags. They can be supplied with short or long handles the latter being the most popular.

8) Drawstring bags. A great seller to schools, colleges, universities and sports clubs. A cost effective product which can be bought by Parent Teacher Associations (PTA’s) and sold to parents to make a profit. These bags are also called Drawstring Backpacks, Drawstring Rucksacks or Rucksack Backpacks.

9) Sports bottles. Once again perfect for schools, universities, sports clubs, college’s even the office. They come in many different styles and sizes so there are bound to be a bottle for the thirstiest of people. These items are also great for fundraising.

10) Paper products. It might sound like the most obvious promotional product ever but printed paper products are universally useful. From note pads to sticky notes, through to block pads and memo holders. They come in all manner of sizes from all the standards a6, a5, a4, a3 etc and can be produced to specialist sizes to your client’s requirements.

Most of these products will sit on a desk top and should be printed with your logo or message so that when your customers needs to remember your name and contact details they will Be right in front of them.

The above gifts are the most useful and bestselling items at present.

Their beauty is that they are inexpensive and can be branded and personalised to your needs.

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