Wednesday, August 24, 2016

7 Promotional Products to Help People "Think Pink" This October


According to the American Cancer Society, "Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States (other than skin cancer). But millions of women are surviving the disease thanks in part to early detection and improvements in treatment." October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and pink products can help raise awareness as health organizations work to find a cure and combat this disease. For many companies, building campaigns around "Think Pink" shows their commitment to their customers and community causes. 

Hand out the following 7 products this October to help people "Think Pink."



Wednesday, August 10, 2016

You’ll Display a Winning Hand With Promotional Playing Cards

From poker to bridge to Go Fish with the kids, playing cards provide hours of entertainment for all ages. With games that can last up to an hour or more, a customized imprint on a deck of cards will make a long-lasting impression with your most valued clients, prospects, and employees. And with a set of 52 playing cards (54 if you count the Jokers!) you have 52 or 54 blank canvases for your personally branded message.

Here are some unique ways you can utilize this customized giveaway for maximum impact:


PRODUCT OR SERVICE PROMOTIONS 

  • Use the card faces to introduce a new line of products. 
  • Highlight 54 of your best selling products. 
  • Show the various holes of a golf course to solicit new members.
  • List technical product specifications on each card for separate components.
  • Show the different ways to use your products, like 54 uses for Morton's salt or 10 ways to dress up your best selling skirts. 
  • List 54 reasons to buy from you vs. the competition
  • At conferences, write tweets on the backside of cards you want people to share on social media.
  • Park Districts can highlight all of the events and activities they hosted the previous year.
  • Resorts or Summer Camps can highlight all of the different activities available.

PORTFOLIO

  • Depict various construction, architectural or landscaping projects that your company has completed.
  • Marketing Communications firms can show off their graphic design projects. 
  • Any business can highlight short case stories on each card.

INTERNAL TRAINING

  • Use cards to list various skills and organizational values. 
  • Present industry information and trivia to enhance knowledge or train new hires.
  • Share photographs of nationwide or worldwide locations and facilities.


RECOGNITION/ COMMEMORATION 

  • Show photos of your team members or Alumni.
  • Company anniversaries can be celebrated by showing advertising campaigns throughout the years.
  • Show photos of the construction of a new facility as it was built.


FUND RAISING 

  • Sell advertising on each of the 54 face cards to different organizations while imprinting your group name on the card back. The total funds raised are from both selling the individual ads plus the sale of the decks themselves. An order of 500 decks can yield over $6000.00 in funds for your non-profit, chamber or charity group!

The minimum quantities for full custom faces is 500 decks; but we have have semi-custom options for as few as 50 decks with our stock face designs on the subjects of SAFETY, HEALTH, GO GREEN TIPS and GOLFING TIPS.

Playing card advertising is the "real deal." Contact me today at 847-398-5500 or dona.blunt@newportpros.com to ask about customizing playing card decks to highlight information about your company/organization.