Promotional Desk Accessories
It is an accepted fact that the best place for your Company name to be is on your customers’ desk – where else is better? Getting it there is the problem. Leaving room in Marketing Budget for Promotional Products is the obvious solution.
The list of products able to be personalised is extensive:
Computer-related Products, Executive Desk Items, Paper Clips, Clocks and Weather Centres, Letter Openers, Erasers and Pencil Sharpeners, Pen Pots and Paperclip Dispensers, Desk Calendars, Highlighters and Paper Products, Rulers and Calculators, Mugs and Coasters, Pens, Pens and more Pens.
The range of Computer-related Products includes Mouse Mats, USB Flashdrives, USB Accessories, and the Computer Mouse. These items have become the most utilised in the Market Place along with Paper Products.
USB flash drives have, like many other products, have reduced in price as demand has increased. Initially available with 32 or 64mb memories newly developed versions with 1 GB capacity are now considerably cheaper than those originally produced.
Mouse Mats are now produced in a number of styles, including mats with built-in wrist rests and calculators.
Examples of higher-priced Executive Gifts for targeted customers are Digital Picture Frames, Silver-plated Clocks and Executive Games. These are generally suitable for open days, special events and at Christmas time. Paper Clips and Letter Openers are manufactured in both stainless steel and plastic and can be easily printed.
Erasers and Pencil Sharpeners, Pen Pots and Paperclip Dispensers add inexpensive yet useful products to the list.
Clocks and Calculators have a broad price range making them suitable for most budgetary requirements. Some clocks now include “Weather Stations” – previously known as Barometers and Hygrometers!
Desk Calendars add a welcome note of colour and interest to the mix and are now available totally personalised to an individual customer. Subject matters are usually scenic but also include motor sport, sailing, and wildlife.
Highlighters come in various shapes and sizes as do Rulers which range from the functional inexpensive Plastic in 150 and 300mm sizes, through quality plastic draughtsman’s to the specially designed architect and engineers’ Scale Rulers, again in 150 and 300 mm.
The Paper Pad is a perennial, but has been joined by a number of other Paper Products. These include Paper Blocks printed to their sides and Plastic Memo Dispensers.
A later and most popular development has been the Post-it Note partly self-adhesive Pads.
Promotional Mugs, in both earthenware and bone china, are much used. Able to be printed in wrap-around fashion they offer a large print area which can be utilised togreat effect with skilful graphic design.
Drinks Coasters always prove themselves to be useful “reminders”. Mostly produced in round or square versions they are manufactured in a wide variety of materials.
These include glass, acrylic, melamine, bonded leather, flexible plastic, stainless steel and aluminium – offering a good range of price points.
Pens, Pens and more Pens. You can never have too many – they seem to have a life of their own. And the quality at any price point is first class. Starting at £0.20/0.25, representing great value for money, they rise in price according to quality and reach
£40/50.00 each for brands such as Waterman,
Parker, Mont Blonc and Cross
.
So the choice is extensive to match the price range. These two elements combine to ensure that there is a product available for any Marketing Opportunity.
For a wide range of promotional desk accessories visit Steel City Marketing.
About the Author:James Biggin is MD of Steel City Marketing, the UK's leading supplier of Promotional Gifts and business incentives. SCM supply and brand all items available for Promotional Use
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