Promotional Items Made for Your Industry

Feb 29
09:49

2008

Gareth Parkin

Gareth Parkin

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Promotional items and gifts are a great way to get extra mileage out of your marketing or advertising budget and maximise the potential.

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Promotional items are one way to get more mileage out of your promotional budget. They can serve as thank you items to your customers,Promotional Items Made for Your Industry Articles loyalty incentives to encourage more buying, introductions to new products and publicity for your brand. One of the tricks to using advertising items more effectively is to choose business gifts. Their graphic artists are specialists in working with the media and designing eye-catching and professional logos for all sorts of coffee travel mugs.

Breweries and Pubs

Promotional items are nothing new for breweries and pubs. Some of the oldest collectible advertising items are those that advertised ales and brews in taverns and pubs. Printed clocks and mirrors are still very popular advertising items that breweries and distributors give to pubs on their distribution lists. Pub owners caught on fairly early that advertising items could increase their custom. Pub t-shirts and jackets are among the most popular advertising items, often sold by a tavern so that their customers can show their loyalty. Glasses and mugs printed with the pub name run a close second.

Fitness Clubs

Tennis clubs, exercise studios and fitness clubs are all prime businesses that can benefit from selling advertising items and promotional items emblazoned with the name of the club. Members of fitness clubs and studios tend to be a very loyal bunch – close in fanaticism to the fans of a sporting club. They love a chance to show their allegiance to their club by wearing apparel with the club name on it. If you have a pro shop on site, you'll benefit greatly by including t-shirts and warm up jackets embroidered or silk-screened with your club's name or logo. Don't forget to include an assortment of fitness equipment like jump ropes, pedometers and wrist weights – all printed with your name, of course.

No matter what your business, there are ways to fit advertising items into your promotions. Whether you give them away with membership in a club, or sell them to customers, you'll get the added benefit of advertisement when your members and customers use your thoughtful thank you items.