Read this article to discover why you may have been wasting most of your marketing budget on TV, Radio and classified advertising. Promotional Gifts are directed exactly at your target audience so not a penny is wasted. They are used and kept by almost everyone who receives them which is why they work. All areas of leisure, home and the workplace can be catered for in addition to both sexes and all ages.How many advertising mediums can do that for you?
Paper promotional products cover a diverse range of items from sticky notes or A4 jotter pads to memo block and note books. Because these are used in everyday life they are extremely useful both in the office and at home.
Plastic also plays a big part with entire ranges of outdoor play items such as Frisbees or Boomerangs. Promotional Pens are also made of plastics as are budget keyrings. These two products are estimated to be the biggest sellers in the promotional merchandise market and account for almost 25% of all sales
Metal is used in the manufacture of keyrings and pens as well as many other promotional gifts. The look, feel and weight of these promotional items have a higher perceived value and are used in the more up market promotions. A combination of metal and plastic is used for many IT products such as promotional USBs or clocks etc.
Textiles offer a massive range of promotional gifts also with one of the most popular items being the ubiquitous printed T-shirt. Following on very closely are promotional jackets, polos and other sorts of apparell. The Promotional Fleece has grown to be extremely popular and is very well accepted. Promotional Baseball Caps, Beanie Hats and Sun Visors are right at the top of the Promotional Gifts tree year after year.
Other popular types of materials include leather which is used in the manufacture of promotional folders, promotional bags and some the more upmarket types of clothing. Leather substitutes such as PVC, leatherette and E.leather are evn more popular. Recent advances by manufacturers have made these fabrics almost indistinguisable from the real thing.
As with most forms of advertising there are numerous ways to measure the return on your investment. If for example you were advertising on TV you could check the RAJAR figures which tell you how many people were watching TV whilst your advertisement was showing. However posters placed at the side of the road can be measured in terms of how many people pass them by. If it is positioned at a sports ground, how many people attend the events or watch them on TV.
With Promotional Merchandise the number of views per click are almost impossible to estimate. The reason is that many promotional gifts such as ceramic mugs or mousemats remain on view for years and not just a week or two. So when you compare the different sorts of advertising available whilst promotional products may not be massively visible immediately they do remain with consumers much longer. The fact that are also useful or fun adds greatly to the overall client experience and increases the recall and fondness for the brand.
Author Resource:-
Francis Murphy is the Managing Director of BTC Group which was established in 1977. His 30+ years of experience in the Promotional Merchandise arena has helped him develop an organisation that has grown to become the largest privately owned Promotional Merchandise company in the UK.
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