Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Let Me Check My Coin Sorter

I have jars of change all over my house. There’s one in my bedroom for when I need to unload pockets of dimes and pennies. Another one is on my dryer in the laundry room – I’ve found enough change in the washer over the years to buy myself a treat or two at the mall. There’s a jar filled with change in the kitchen as well which is in the perfect locale for when the kids need money for the ice cream man. Yet, my problem is that the pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters are all mixed together in all of these containers. The coin sorter amazingly solves this problem, and that’s why I’m suggesting it for your business as a giveaway item. There are compartments for each denomination of change including a spot for bills. And as you fill up the sorter, it shows you how much money you have in it. Fantastic! No more wasted time counting pennies! This is an idea promotional item for banks and other financial organizations. Any financial planners out there? This is for you! Get your clients saving today with the coin sorter and they will be thanking you tomorrow.

Lighten Up this Halloween and Keep the Masses Safe, Too

That big pumpkin and candy holiday is rapidly approaching now that the weather has cooled, football is back on the tube, and the sweaters have emerged from the closets. Halloween will be here before we know it and while most of us are stockpiling candy bars and lollipops, scary masks and light-up jack o'lanterns, businesses aren’t always apt to take a front seat to this holiday. Sure, they will hang a fall wreath on the office door or add a pumpkin for decoration in the reception area along with a bowl of candy corn. However, a great option for businesses of all sizes and in all industries is the Halloween Active Band. This small, inexpensive, and yet very effective safety item makes both children and adults easily visible at night. And here’s a reason for your business to hand them out: the Centers for Disease Control have reported that children are four times more likely to be in fatal pedestrian accidents on Halloween than on any other night of the year.” Sounds like a good enough reason for you to hand out these bracelets and receive some marketing incentive at the same time. And there’s no trick in that.

Oh, How You Make Me Smile

If there is something we could all use first thing in the morning, it’s a big smiling face to help us greet the day. The alarm clock goes off, our feet hit the floor, and we’re off and running to make the most of each day even when we know we have an early meeting or must take the baby to the doctor or have to have a conference with our third grader’s teacher. So much to do, so little time. And wouldn’t a smile help start the day off a little bit better? It sure would, but at times, even our family members or fellow employees don’t have the energy to give us a smile at 6:30 AM. That’s no problem. Check out the Logo Toaster-Smile Face. It’s fun, silly, and so darn cute that even before you’ve had that first cup of coffee, you too will be grinning. Now, add your logo to the toaster and you’ve got a smile-faced gift that puts your customers in a good mood the moment they see it. And each time they toast a bagel or cinnamon bread, they have you to thank for that smile. Like I said, it’s a great way to begin the day!

Have iPad, Need Cover

I just received the new iPad as a gift from my husband on my birthday a few weeks ago. It was a huge surprise and I simply love my new toy. What’s the first thing I did when I got it? I immediately put an iPad silicone cover on it. Now, think about what I just did. Are you seeing a great promotional product to market your business? You call or email Gimmees and order a bunch of these covers with your company’s name and logo on them. Now, ask yourself, who’s using iPads? Everyone! Who are you now marketing your business to? Everyone who owns an iPad, you say. That’s right but you’re missing something. You’re also marketing your business to everyone else who sees those iPad people working, playing, Facebooking, surfing, and reading the news on their iPads. Ah, yes. It’s a lightbulb moment all around! You’ve taken a great gadget – the iPad – and taken advantage of an accessory for it. Nifty, huh? It sure is. Now, get yourself online and place that order with Gimmees. You’ve got potential customers to market to.

A Little Lip Balm Goes a Long Way to Market YOU

You need to market your business, right? You don’t have a lot of money to do it, correct? Yet, you need your name out there just like your competition. Okay, here’s what you do. You find a marketing item that is appealing many different demographics but that is also cost-effective so it won’t leave your wallet bleeding. I’ve said this before and I will say it again. You need to make a buck to earn a buck. It’s sometimes hard to make one-person companies and large corporations understand that. So, start small. Start with something like fruity SPF15 lip balm. Does it sound silly? It’s not. I have a bunch of these tubes from my brother’s law firm. That’s right – I said, law firm. Everyone who has ever gotten one of these sealed tubes of lip balms has loved them. I have so
many of them that I started doling them out to people. I’ve handed them out at soccer tournaments (a mom had chapped lips), to my friend’s son (he was heading to the beach for the day), and to my neighbor when we stopped to chat at her mailbox (another chapped lip case). Look at all that marketing for the law firm that happened by me. Oh, and I don’t work at the firm. I just happen to really like the lip balm. Free marketing all because of a few people who have sore lips.

A Pill Box for Your Customers

A recent visit to my pharmacy to pick up a prescription left me a bit baffled. When I checked the bag with my receipt and medicine inside, I was surprised to find a 7-day pill box as a token gift. I was stunned. Did I look old? Heck, I’m proud to say that I don’t even have gray hairs yet and that nightly firming cream is doing wonders on my non-existent wrinkles (at least that’s what I tell myself). But a pill box? Had I become an old lady with glasses hanging off a chain, counting out pills for the week already? Actually, the pill box has been quite handy. When I was on vacation a few weeks ago, my daily vitamins fit nicely in there, and I didn’t have to pack the bulky bottle in my suitcase. So, even though not all of your clients are on daily medicines just yet, they can find uses for the pill box. Any pill will fit even if it’s a Vitamin C tablet or soft gels that relieve headaches. It’s an inexpensive way to market your business and trust me they won’t forget you. I doubt I’ll ever forget the pharmacy tech who slipped that pill box into my bag.

Why a Simple Backsack Markets You

A recent trip to the beach with my sons got me thinking. As the small biplanes flew over the ocean pulling banner messages behind them touting the best beer specials on the island or where to shop for fudge and salt water taffy, I realized that marketing and advertising doesn’t need to be expensive. Instead, it can be low key and reasonable. How do I know this? Take a look inside your gym locker room, watch the mother pushing the stroller at the mall, have a gander at the couple taking a Sunday stroll through the park. Something as simple as the Aero Non-Woven Backsack is a marketing item that meets the needs of the masses – singles, couples, parents, kids, college students, those with active lifestyles, those who partake in fitness activities, educators, business people. Who couldn’t use one of these sacks to tote around their sneakers, books, magazines, water bottles, sunscreen, and the like? Really, this is an item that gets YOU noticed because it gets used all the time. Why waste your money on a banner ad flying over the ocean? Stick with a tool – or in this case, a backsack – that gets the attention of everyone.