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Promotional Umbrellas – Something for Everyone

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Umbrellas continue to be one of the most popular promotional gifts, and with good reason. They are so incredibly useful and widely used, that they appeal to large parts of the population, particularly here in the UK where we do experience a high incidence of rain! This means that if you are considering your options for promotional merchandise to support your advertising campaign, custom-printed umbrellas would be a good choice for most demographics.

You can fine tune your choice somewhat if you have a specific target market. Promotional Golf Umbrellas are definitely the most popular choice of umbrella for marketing and advertising purposes. They are repeatedly useful in so many situations and are highly acceptable gifts which will be kept handily at the ready. You will find them in probably every car boot, home, office, hotel lobby, corporate reception area or club house. Wherever there are people, you are likely to find and umbrella. Other choices include telescopic umbrellas for both men and women, which are useful to keep handy when out and about, whatever the time of year.

Whatever type of umbrella you choose for your marketing exercise, they all have several valuable factors in common which make them perfect marketing tools:

1) They are used by practically everyone which means they will appeal to large demographics
2) They are used repeatedly so your company gets maximum exposure for your investment
3) They have great longevity, particularly if you choose a good quality umbrella, which means they will deliver your marketing messages over a prolonged period of time
4) They are highly visible in use, ensuring your brand is seen as widely as possible
5) The large size of the possible print area, together with the huge range of colour choices, means that your custom-printed umbrella will display your bespoke artwork to its best advantage and fit extremely well with your corporate identity
6) Your eye-catching promotional umbrella may well be coveted – it’s a known fact that umbrellas often change hands, thus reaching beyond your initial chosen group to spread your marketing messages even further

All these great attributes make promotional umbrellas a valuable marketing tool, which can work for companies large and small and within your given budget. They are great value-for-money promotional items which definitely get you noticed.

Don’t just save them for a rainy day! Choose promotional umbrellas all year round and make hay while the sun shines.

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Reach the Parts That Others Don’t with Promotional Drinks.

Friday, June 19th, 2009

At every event, large and small, everyone needs and appreciates a drink, so why not transfer that gratification and appreciation to your company and products by providing corporate beverages?

It is well accepted that if you can appeal to as many of the five senses as possible in your advertising, the more successful will be your campaign. The more your customer becomes involved with your promotional gifts, the bigger and more intense their experience and the better the resulting recall. Promotional drinks will appeal to their sense of sight, touch, taste, smell, and (particularly in the case of fizzy drinks cans) also sound. Job done!

Promotional drinks will take you everywhere. At corporate events and conferences, festivals and fairs, in-house events and public meetings, indoors or outside, they will always be well received and appreciated, especially if you have some means of providing them chilled. For you, a big feature of these products is the large print area which is perfect for displaying your artwork. Your branded drinks are bound to make a splash!

Canned drinks represent a stylish and colourful option available from PG Branding. They are presented in a silver can with a full colour label as standard which is protected with a high gloss coating. Your choice of contents is from Energy Drinks, Sugar-free Energy Drinks, Sports Drinks or Multi-Vitamin Drinks, whichever you consider most appropriate for the occasion.

Our Promotional Bottled Water is bottled at source to the highest standards set for spring water. As a great value-for money option it still offers the large, full colour custom-printed label to imprint your branding artwork and messages. The bottles also eco-friendly as they are manufactured from recyclable PET.

Another quality product offered by PG Branding is our 100% natural Fruit Smoothies. They are supplied in bottles which can be stored without refrigeration, making them very easy to handle and suitable for every occasion, no matter what your circumstances. Full branding is available on the digitally printed sleeve to make the most impact with your bespoke artwork.

Appeal to your customers senses and be remembered with promotional drinks.

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Promotional Bell Mugs – a First Rate Choice

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Mugs are without doubt one of the most popular promotional products available. As a genre, they offer a plethora of reasons why they are a perfect promotional product, such as…

1. They are inexpensive, which spreads your budget further. You can afford to make sure you deliver your promotional gifts far and wide to maximise impact and bring in the business.
2. They can be used by everyone. Such a universally useful promotional gift overcomes problems concerning acceptance within the receiving group. A well-chosen and executed promotional mug will be appreciated and retained by your customers and colleagues.
3. They sit on desks, coffee tables, kitchens, shelves…anywhere there are people – perfect positioning!
4. They offer a good sized printing area to display your logo, slogans and branding messages. Artwork can be imprinted in a very eye-catching way, which ensures your company credentials are seen easily.
5. They are long-lived (usually!). This means you get your marketing messages across again and again to lots of different people for the one-off investment.
6. A range of styles, colours and materials are available to compliment your artwork and create the ‘look’ you require. Plastic mugs have an enduring quality and there are many attractive options now available. Ceramic mugs are the mainstay and are presented in many different shapes, sizes and colours. China mugs have a timeless elegance which exhibits a high quality feel to your promotion.
7. Everyone loves a cuppa!

The promotional Bell Mug offered by PG Branding displays all these assets. It is an attractive, more unusual style of earthenware mug with a good sized imprint area. Available in a range of colours such as Black, Process Yellow, Midnight Blue and the standard White so you can choose a colour to compliment your artwork and make the most of your advertising opportunities.

Bell Mugs are also available as part of our special offer Promotional Gifts Bundles, which also include the ever-popular Super-Hit Ballpen and A5 Deskmates pads. Whatever the size of your business, these great packages will help your budget go further with promotional gifts that hit the spot every time.

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Super-Hit Promotional Pens

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Promotional pens are one of the most popular promotional items available. They are so universally useful and inexpensive that they lend themselves to marketing campaigns great and small. It is possible to produce a very unique promotional product with the vast range of pens available: something to get your company noticed and remembered.

One of the most well-liked and cost-effective promotional pens available is the Super-Hit range. These come in slightly different versions, such as the Super Hit Metallic, Super Hit Basic, Super-Hit Icy, Super-Hit Icy Mix ‘n’ Match and now a Super-Hit ECO, which offer such choices that you will be able to identify the perfect style for your required image and artwork. All Super-Hit pens are retractable push-button ballpens. They also have a big volume barrel and large clip which offer good sized print areas to two positions.

The Super-Hit Metallic is available in three metallic colours; dark blue, anthracite and silver, which deliver a subtle and stylish look with your added artwork. The Super-Hit Basic is a good all-rounder. It is available with a white barrel and a good choice of clip colours to compliment your logo. The Super-Hit Icy is available in an attractive range of translucent colours to choose from. With the Super-Hit Icy Mix ‘n’ Match you have the opportunity to select different translucent barrel and solid clip colours to totally reflect and compliment your corporate colours.

The Super-Hit ECO pen is now available in response to the increasing requests for eco-friendly promotional products. It is produced from recylcled plastic pen parts. Available with a black barrel and large range of colours for the clip, it is an eye catching and ‘green’ choice for those wanting to suport their ethical approach.

When your bespoke artwork is then added the result will be a unique promotional pen which will be very well received and is sure to be proved a great asset for your marketing campaign.

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Promotional Flip-Flops are Cool!

Friday, June 12th, 2009

The sun is shining at long last and our thoughts turn again to hoping we’ll get some decent summer weather this year after all; a chance to air our feet a little. If you’re looking for some novelty promotional items for your summer events, either at home or abroad, maybe promotional flip-flops could fit the bill. They are inexpensive and would be an unusual promotional gift for your clients or colleagues. Suitable for men and women and available in a choice of colours to compliment or contrast your bespoke artwork, they would make a great splash and get you noticed at your next promotional event. You might find that they will continue delivering your marketing messages all summer long.

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Why Promotional Chopping Boards Could be your Secret Weapon

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

A chopping board may not be the first promotional product to spring to mind, but they do offer several brilliant features as a promotional gift:

Firstly, everybody has to eat and therefore prepare food (though maybe some more than others!), and would have a kitchen to do so. This could apply both at home and in the workplace. A well-designed heat-resistant chopping board would provide a well-used everyday item that would deliver your marketing messages and display your logo every mealtime. Essentially, it will appeal to all demographics, which is a feature of perfect promotional merchandise.

Secondly, as a promotional chopping board would be an unusual promotional gift, its uniqueness and novelty value would score high points when it comes to impact and recall, and its’ additional usefulness would mean that it would be kept and used repeatedly.

Thirdly, and quite importantly, a melamine chopping board offers a brilliant printing area along with pantone matched colour printing, while special shapes as well as standard shapes are also available. Consequently you have the options to produce a very unique, appealing and representative piece of merchandise with which to boldly promote your business.

Be different and cut up your competitors when you choose promotional Chopping Boards from PG Branding for your next marketing campaign.

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Promotional Conference Bags – Making the Right Choice

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Conference bags can be a very useful promotional item. They lend themselves to all kinds of different situations; not merely conferences. Conference bags can provide the perfect promotional gift for a whole range of meetings, conferences, exhibitions, trade fairs, product launches, or as loyalty gifts for customers or corporate everyday use items for employees and colleagues. The way you will use your promotional conference bags and the demographics of their recipients will influence the options which will make the most suitable bag for your needs.

If you are planning to hand out bags at a trade fair, exhibition or product launch, there will be a large cross-section of recipients. The main purpose here will be to get your marketing messages across succinctly but loudly. You are not giving these bags away as an act of charity; you need a return on your investment. Make sure the bag you choose is of a design suitable for the kinds of items attendees are likely to collect in terms of give-aways, information and souvenirs. Include any such items you would also like your established and prospective customers to have for future reference. Most of all ensure that the print or embroidery you commission for your promotional bags is easy to see and identify, as these will be your walking advertisements throughout the particular event, and hopefully for a long time afterwards.

For conferences, corporate use and loyalty gifts, you can be less generalised in your choice of branded conference bags. In such cases you will have a much clearer understanding of the specific requirements of the occasion and the recipients as this is a more tightly targeted audience. For your loyal customers you will have a good idea of the kind of business they have and therefore what may constitute an appropriate style of bag for their needs. You will also have an idea of the kind of message and image you wish to portray, which will also influence whether you spend more on a bag with a higher specification, or something more middle-of-the-road. Your given budget will no doubt be an additional inbuilt factor here too. When choosing the perfect bag for conferences, there will probably be plenty of information to be imparted, so your choice of bag will reflect those needs. You may also want to include other useful promotional items such as pads and pens which will also enhance the conference experience for the recipient, whilst further supporting your brand and marketing messages. Your perfect promotional conference bag then becomes part of a whole package and experience, which will surely be used many times after the event and continue marketing your company.

If your bags are to be used by your company colleagues and employees during the course of their work, the bags will need to be of a good quality to both withstand the everyday wear and tear whilst conveying the right corporate image. They need to be designed with the user’s needs in mind in terms of the equipment they need to carry and ease of use. Displaying your corporate logo and image is also an important consideration, as your branded bags will identify who your employees are and what they represent.

There are so many factors to consider when selecting the perfect promotional conference bag for your needs. Making the right choices will determine the success of your chosen bag as a means of marketing your company, and whether or not it is continually used or just a one-hit wonder. With the great range of promotional conference bags offered by PG Branding for all budgets and styles, you should be able to make the perfect choice.

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The High Marketing Value of Low-cost Promotional Keyrings

Friday, June 5th, 2009

When you’re looking for low-cost promotional gifts that have impact, usefulness and longevity, and which will be well received by your target customers and clients, promotional keyrings are one of the best choices you could make. These everyday items can go anywhere and everywhere, exposing your brand and marketing messages far and wide, and for a prolonged period of time. It is an item that is constantly in the possession of the receiver because none of us can escape the necessity for keys, and therefore keyrings are a fact of life.

Very popular choices of promotional keyring are those from our acrylic ranges. These offer great value for money and can be colour printed to both sides, resulting in a very eye-catching promotional gift – no matter which way you look at it. The range of acrylic keyrings offered by PG Branding includes plenty of regular shapes to choose from, but also a good range of special shapes to link in with your promotional messages and corporate image. You can choose from such shapes as a bottle, heart, van, phone house, t-shirt or key. The novelty value will make your promotional keyring innovative, attractive and popular. The low cost of these particular keyrings makes them suitable for mass distribution at trade fairs, exhibitions, road shows or even as a mailing item.

Alternatively, you may want to present a more exclusive type of promotional gift. Keyrings will still fit the bill in an economical way. Compared to other executive gifts, keyrings are low-cost but can still deliver the right image. PG Branding offer a great range of metal keyrings, ready to be discreetly engraved or printed to your specification. These are a very stylish option for your discerning clients and customers, and reflect the aspirations of your company, whilst keeping your brand in focus.

There are many more styles of keyrings available. You are sure to find the perfect match for your marketing brief.

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Promotional Sunglasses for Your Summer Events

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

It could be that you would never have considered sunglasses as a promotional gift. But maybe neither has anyone else. Which means you can get in there first with a new idea that will get your company noticed.

If you are hosting a summer event or overseas conference, promotional sunglasses would be a perfect and considerate item to include in your choices of marketing merchandise. PG Branding offer some stylish options, available with UV400 protection, which you can have printed to your specifications with your unique artwork. You will find they are a cost-effective option and suitable for even small budgets.

Get your company in focus with your unique promotional sunglasses.

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Present a Professional Image with Promotional Folders for all Your Conferences and Events.

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Many businesses, large and small have occasions when they need to disseminate information. Conferences, seminars, exhibitions and meetings, both in-house and with clients, generally all involve an exchange of information and materials. These are perfect opportunities to develop brand awareness and support your marketing messages with a careful and considered selection of promotional materials. The best choices will be useful for the event itself, but which will also continue to be useful afterwards. This means that you have immediate impact with your promotional items when they are presented to the recipients, provide them with a means to record and retain information given, and to act as a source of referral and continued use thereafter.

Promotional folders are pivotal to good conference or meeting planning. The quality or design you choose will make the initial impact and set a standard instantly for the event. From high quality leather and recycled options to colourful polypropylene folders and ring binders, there will be a style to suit your requirements from the huge range PG Branding. The artwork you choose to print will also be crucial in terms of your brand image and the ongoing propagation of information. Your promotional folder will be taken away and provide future contact and recall, thus adding longevity to your budget spend.

Your promotional folders also provide the wherewithal to include corporate and promotional literature and brochures, DVDs and CDs as well as other supporting promotional gifts such as pads, pens, rulers, calculators, letter openers to mention a few. They will be perceived as a useful, considerate and valuable gift to add gravitas to the occasion and a continued positive association with your company. The right choice of folder will also encourage your recipients to add to the content which will add value and endurance to your promotional gift.

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