Monday, February 2, 2009

Business Gifts For Brand Recognition

By Montgomery Preston

Brand promotion of the business is an important concept that business owners must always keep in mind. If your brand is recognised by customers in a positive way, they will be more likely to shop with you. The image you send out must be positive if your business is to grow, and promotional gifts can help with that.

The particular venue where you are planning to give away the gifts will likely have an effect on your gift choice. Larger tradeshows where thousands may be attending could get expensive, so you may want to choose something less expensive.

When deciding what promotional items to distribute, make sure they are functional. Useless items will be tossed aside and never looked at again. At a tradeshow, you may offer small functional gifts such as a keyring, a mouse mat, or even a pen as a business gift. These will be warmly received and likely will be used long after the tradeshow has ended.

Even inexpensive gifts must have a function if you want to get your money's worth on the investment. Items such as keyrings at conferences are always a big hit because they will definitely get used, and they can be distributed by the thousands for a relatively small cost.

An advantage to giving inexpensive gifts like pens or keyrings is that the customers can take several instead of one. That is something you should not discourage, because it shows that they like your product and have intent to use it. So choose wisely when you are planning your next tradeshow event and you'll likely see a positive result of your brand recognition efforts for a long time. - 17943

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