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Matt Franks

Matt Franks is director of Fluid Branding, the UK's largest supplier of Promotional Coasters and Branded Items. For Eco Friendly promotional products, including Recycled, Organic and Sustainable items visit Eco Incentives.
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Common Mistakes Made With Corporate Gifts at Trade Shows

When people are buying promotional business gifts to give away at trade shows, they sometimes make mistakes These mistakes can hurt a company more than they can help it

Rules Of Thumb For Corporate Gift Giving

Branded corporate gifts are an item that a lot of companies use for different reasons They use them to show a client that they are appreciated, they are used to commemorate an employees accomplishments, and other reasons

Questions To Help You Choose Promotional Items

When you choose to add printed promotional items to your advertising campaign, you want to know that you are using your promotional items effectively Here are some of the things that you can ask yourself to help you be sure that you are using the giveaways that you have effectively

Pros And Cons Of Promotional Items

When you are choosing printed promotional items for a company, each promotional item has a pro and a con We'll take a look at the different types of printed promotional items and see what the pros and the cons are of each of them

Promotional Items That Are Good For Trade Shows

When people are looking for printed promotional items to give out at trade shows, they are wondering what are the best printed promotional items are the best to give out to people who come to their booth They want to be able to compete with other companies, but they also want to give things out to people that they are going to use

More Questions To Ask When Choosing A Promotional Item

When you are looking for something to use to promote your business, there are a few things that you need to think about in order to figure out whether or not it will be effective These are going to help you to figure out whether or not you are choosing the right printed promotional items

Mistakes to Avoid With Trade Shows

Getting ready for a trade show takes a lot of work There is figuring out who is going to represent the company, what the booth is going to look like, and deciding what promotional business gifts are going to be taken out to give to people

Making Promotional Items Into Gift Bags

Are you going to trade shows and trying to think of different ways to get your company and objects noticed Are you trying to think of things that are going to make people look at your company and say wow

FAQ About Promotional Products

When someone is getting into business as a new person, they are inundated with information about printed promotional products There are a lot of people who get confused about choosing printed promotional products

Do's And Don'ts Of Promotional Gifts

When you are giving out printed promotional gifts, there are some things that you should remember There are a set of do's and don't's that you should keep in mind and use them as a guideline for when you give out printed promotional gifts

Travel Games can be an interesting concept to use as a promotional gift because not only can you have personalised travel games, but you could also have branded travel games and corporate travel games if you use the approach of designing your own board game and then instructing your promotional company to make it up

Brand Your Clients With Personalised Thesauruses

Using branded thesauruses is a lovely way to impress your clients if you gift box them with a dictionary as well The branded thesauruses could be bound in a lovely cover and your company name could be imprinted in gold lettering onto the branded thesauruses making it impossible for those using the branded thesauruses to miss the name of the company represented on the book

Turn the Temperature up on Your Next Marketing Campaign

Promotional temperature gauges work well as a gift in a variety of marketing situations Perhaps you are planning a trade show and your marketing team is looking for an item such as promotional temperature gauges to give away as a little gift to those that stop at your stand

Customized Sweat Bands For Your Sports Team

Are you looking for a great way to show your team spirit Maybe you want to be able to pick out your team members in a crowd

How Can Promotional Stress Toys Help Your Company?

Did you know that there are many companies that offer promotional stress toys In many forms and sizes these companies run the gamut of what you'd like to personalize your new and unique stress toys with

Waiters’ Knives as Promotional Items

A waiter’s knife is an elegant instrument that helps a waiter be of use to his customers at a moment’s notice They differ a bit, depending on the manufacturer and the quality, but most of them look like elegant Swiss army knives, with a blade, a bottle opener, and a corkscrew

Under it All: Promoting Your Business With Underwear

It might seem at first that using underwear as a promotional item is an area your company doesn’t want to get into After all there are many, many different kinds of apparel that could sport your company’s logo, and in most cases, that apparel won’t be hidden form public view

Tyre Pressure Gauges as Promotional Items

One of the most useful categories of promotional items is car accessories There are so many things that people can use for their cars, from large emergency kits in personalized cases to items small enough to slip into a glove compartment or even a person’s pocket

Branded Tumblers with your company logo and name on them can be a winner when it is time for your marketing team to plan yet another marketing campaign in the never ending cycle of promoting your business if the approach of branded tumblers that have been turned into personalised tumblers, is used This means having your company logo or business name on one side of the tumbler and the customers name on the other side

If you are a telecommunications company then maybe you would like to consider using branded telephones as a promotional tool when your sales team next visits businesses in their area to talk about the latest technological advancements on the market It is not uncommon to see branded telephones when purchasing mobile phones these days

Customized Polo Shirts: Fit You and Your Business

Are you looking for a great way to show off your personality Maybe you want something you can customize yourself to promote your business

Customized Pocket Jotter: A Handy Gift to Pass Around

Have your PDA ever ran out of batteries and you need to jot down something important Or maybe you just need to write down the phone number of a girl you met at the bar

Customized Plastic Bags For Your New Business

If you have a new business then more than likely you have a product that you are selling If this is the case then you will need plastic bags to put the product in for the customer to take with them

Plaques are a fantastic way to show appreciation and recognition for group or individual achievements Customized plaques can also boost your corporate image

Picturesque Marketing in a Promotional Photo Album

A photo album can be one of a family’s most treasured items To make a bold impression on consumers, a customized phot album is a sure-fire way to promote your services or product

Personalized pharmaceutical items are one of the best ways to promote your company because they are a necessity that people absolutely require If you provide consumers with customized pharmaceutical items, you are giving them something they need that they will appreciate

Almost everybody needs a personal alarm It doesn’t matter whether you’re using your personal alarm to make it to work in the morning or remind you to meet up with a friend, they are used world-wide

Pepper mills can be found everywhere, in a place that every person frequents: the dinner table Whether in a restaurant or on the table at home, promotional pepper mills can be put all over the place so that people will see them, notice your company’s name and remember it

Attention-grabbing Advertising With Pennants

Pennants are a display item, something that catches a person’s eye and makes them curious Customized pennants are therefore a fantastic way to promote your company, as they are sure to attract attention

Corporate Pen Trays: The Key to Branding Success

Personalized pen trays are the perfect way to promote a brand Pen trays are a very valuable promotional item because they are so versatile

PDAs are a sign of technological advancement People with PDAs are seen as smart, savvy, efficient and well-organized

Promotional Parasols Are a Bright Idea!

On hot and sunny days the sun can be blinding and parosols are the perfect way to cool down and shade yourself from the rays Many days, the streets abound with people using printed parasols in a wide variety of bold styles and vibrant colors

Lap Top Accessories

There are millions of customized lap top accessories you can buy for your personalized lap top computer What type of accessories you need depend largely on the model and make of your computer

Personalized Kids Clothing

Buying kids clothing is no easy task Kids sizing is somewhat ambiguous

Customized IPod Chargers

Customized iPods come with many accessories including customized iPod chargers If you leave home without a personalized iPod charger you are making a big mistake

Internet Phones: What Are They and Why Use Them?

What if your phone was not your cell but an internet phone It might be… internet phones are the latest and greatest technology

ID Card Holders

ID card holders are commonly used to identify employees working in government, health and private entities With security concerns’ mounting in every industry it is more important than ever that companies take measures to secure their intellectual property and their hard-working employees

Hole Punches: Sorting, Filing and Organizing Papers

Nothing is more valuable for sorting, filing and organizing paper documents than hole punches, otherwise known as paper punchers or perforators (by highly professional types anyway) Hole punches have not change much since their early inception

Headphones: Those Funny Things on Your Head

Headphones have been around for a while Headphones, known by many alias’ including earphones, headsets and earbuds come in many different shapes and sizes

Headcovers Unlimited is a great example of a company offering branded headcovers You can search online for hours to find promotional headcovers but they will not be of the same quality as the headcovers offered by a classy agency as this or other agencies committed to caring for people that have lost their hair and require flattering and affordable headcovers

Are you looking for promotional hand clappers or corporate hand clappers for you next big office party Maybe you want some personalized hand clappers for that reunion coming up or your next big pool party

Promotional Dictionaries Make the Grade

With the school year starting soon, companies are starting to think about promotional items that they can give to people and to kids who are going to be attending school soon A lot of times companies change their promotional items when the seasons change, because it doesn't make much sense to give out items for the beach when winter comes

Promotional Crystal Makes Your Message Crystal Clear

When a company is looking for something nice to give to people who mean a lot to a company, they look at different things They look at clocks and watches and other things that are valuable

Promotional CDs - So Many Choices

When you think of things that people enjoy, what is it that comes to mind They like t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, and other things like those

Not everything that a company gives out to people with their company name and logo on it has to be serious In fact, companies have found that people are looking for things that are different and fun

Promotional Conference Cases - What More Can You Ask For

A lot of companies are sending people to conferences in order to promote their businesses and their products When a company sends a person to a conference or a convention, they want to know that they are going to be noticed

Promotional Dental Floss - Not Just Stringing You Along

Companies are branching out with the different types of promotional items that are going to bear their company’s name Companies are offering first aid kits and other types of unusual items

There is a lot of talk these days about how important it is to protect your identity because identity theft is on the rise these days When you watch the news or read the newspaper, there seems to be more and more cases of identity theft in the news

For a company that is looking for an item to put their name and logo on, they want to be sure that it has certain qualities They want to know that it's something that people are going to use, that they are going to enjoy, and it's a plus if it's something that they can use in their own company's office to dress it up

There are certain qualities that a company looks for when they are searching for a promotional item They want it to be something that is inexpensive, they want it to be something that people are going to use, and they want it to be something that they can take with them easily when they sending representatives to conferences and conventions

Beautiful Baubles For Your Business

Baubles are often thought of as “Christmas baubles,” or even “Christmas ornaments,” and indeed, that is the best way to get an image of them in your mind Baubles originally hung from the end of the court jester’s mock scepter, and the word subsequently came to refer to an object that is silly, trivial, or worthless

One of the most important things your promotional item can do is make life easier for your customer or client Every time they glance at your item, they should be thinking how glad they are that they have made a connection with you or your business or service

A Perfect Pass: Promotional Basketballs

There is an almost infinite variety of promotional items that are connected to the sporting world There is sporting equipment itself, the things actually used in the games, and then there is a huge range of accessories that support the playing of the game

Bamboo Lanyards as Promotional Items

One of the concerns with buying large quantities of promotional items is the damage that so many plastic, metal, and other products made of non-renewable resources can do to the earth These materials are not sustainable and once they have been used they are gone