Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Selecting Promotional Products For Use

By Sam Middleton


A company is only profitable for as long as it is able to keep selling goods and services. The sale of goods and services is heavily reliant on marketing activities. Among the techniques that are commonly employed is the use of promotional products. Unlike other techniques, custom promotional items can be very effective if properly selected.

Before selection can begin, a team should be put in place to redesign the company logo. Redesigning the company logo involves looking at colors that can be used during the promotion. Colors are very important as they influence whether the image will be visible or not.

Apart from the company image, the team will also have to come up with a catch phrase to be used. Catch phrase makes it easy to remember a product. The catchier a phrase is deemed to be, the higher the likelihood that the firm will experience an increase in sales.

Selection of items should not be left to a single person. A firm should seek to use items that it has not used in previous promotions. The individuals tasked with this duty can look at different items including custom t-shirts, cups, plates, branded pens and folders and also notepads that can be handed out during meetings.

Once the selection team has completed its work, the items should be presented to another team for screening. This is the team that will evaluate whether the items that have been chosen will be effective or not. When doing so, it must look at cost as well as long term viability.

As soon as the final items to be used have been settled on, the search for a printing firm can now begin. Printing firms will have an impact on the quality of merchandise produced. These are the individuals who will be responsible for branding all the items that were chosen by the screening team.

To ensure that only the best firm is selected, all identified firms can be asked to present samples of previous works. By looking at such samples, one is able to establish the type and quality of work provided by the firms in question. This can then be used in choosing the printing firm to award the tender.

Promotional products ideas can also be sourced online. From the many ideas collected, a firm can then ask its followers on social media and other platforms to help choose the best. The ideas with the most votes can then be used in promoting the business goods.




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