Any company with a product or service to sell to customers in the community will find that they can expand and augment their overall sales, using a balanced marketing and advertising program, featuring promotional items. Often, promotional items are more effective than direct mailers, because they tend to be saved by customers for their inherent utility. For instance, a letter opener with a company name and address imprinted on the handle is much more valuable to a customer than a card in their mailbox displaying the same information. Let’s face it, ninety-nine percent of the time the letter opener finds its way into a desk and the direct mail card is tossed into the trash. Over and over again, the utility of the letter opener is demonstrated by the customer. When it comes time to buy more product, the customer knows right where to find it because she is reminded of your company every day through the use of the letter opener.
Organizations also find promotional items especially effective when calling attention to a particular sale, discount, event, or other specific conversation or interaction. A salesperson who visits a customer’s location will usually drop off a business card when the meeting and sales presentation is concluded. Business cards may be filed away in a Rolodex or similar card file and forgotten. However, if the salesman also drops off a personalized, promotional item, such as a desk clock or personalized pocket calendar, reminding the customer that it’s time to order more product, the customer doesn’t miss an order, the salesman maximizes his company’s revenue, the promotional item has done its job and everyone is happy.
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