Have You Got The Balls

If your business is lucky enough to have a corporate golf day coming up soon, then Gift Selection can be your one stop shop, for all your promotional needs. One promotional item that they specialise in is printed Golf balls.

One of the most popular printed balls for corporate golf days is the Callaway Warbird. Callaway Warbird is a high quality two piece golf ball available in white only. This promotional golf ball will promote your business discreetly but effectively at your next corporate golf day.

If your in the market for a promotional golf ball, that is a little more expensive then another popular choice is the Titleist PTS Roll. Of course Giftselection has access to any promotional golf ball you could wish for – just ask their friendly team for more information.  

Whats In A Logo?

If you take the swoosh away from Nike, what are you left with? What would happen if Apple lost their apple and Shell misplaced their Shell? If your business doesn’t have a logo at the moment, then you’re missing out on that instant recognition - which every large business needs.

Your logo will be your business’ hardest worker – your employee of the month all year round. Your logo provides the essential service of communicating in a moment the whole philosophy of your business.

Something this magnitude shouldn’t be taken lightly. A great logo is something that every business should have. Often with logos - less is defiantly more. However resisting the temptation not to over complicate things is a challenge. Remember a picture says a thousand words. You need to think which are the thousand words that will best match your business’ ethos.

It is always worth taking considerable time to get your logo perfect, because once it is set in place - it is not advisable to change. Certainly one should never change their business’ logo just for the sake of it. Marlborough has been associated with cowboys for as long as anyone can remember - and the business is still as popular as it has ever been.

Thinking of the right theme to associate your logo with can be crucial. Certain brands lend themselves to certain topics – while others are less obvious. Nike for example, predictable relates itself to sporting excellence. Obviously sports may not relate to your business – but this isn’t a problem. Let’s take coca cola for example…a simple fizzy drink.

Coke’s stroke of genius was creating their association with Christmas, by creating the red Santa that we all know and love. Could you imagine seeing the original green Santa now? Would you want to sit on his knee, and tell him what a good boy you’ve been all year? No I’d want to know who this impostor was – posing in a damn green suit! I’d be pulling his beard – convinced that I had been fobbed off with a stooge. It’s incredible to think, that all this was down to marketing from a simple drinks business.

Printing your logo on promotional merchandise is a smart move for any business - no matter what their size. When ordering promotional gifts from an expert like gift selection, we will be more than happy to create or develop a logo to print on your products. If your thinking of some ideas for your new logo here are a few pointers we would always recommend:

☻ A logo that is simple and sophisticated will stay in people’s minds rather than a loud and vulgar one.

☻ A logo needs to be original and distinguishable - with a bold and striking design that is easily recognisable from everyone else. 

☻ A logo needs to summon a mental image that matches perfectly with the ethos of your business.

☻A logo shouldn’t be extremely tall or wide for practical reasons – and shouldn’t be associated with any current fads. Timelessness is the key to any successful logo.

Coupons Aren’t Brown Bread

Hovis is to launch a nationwide door-drop and coupon campaign, targeting a massive 1.2m mums with their ‘Best of Both’ loaf.

The novel campaign, which was created by Chemistry who used their loaf to come up with idea of, using illustrations based on a Hovis advertisement from the 20s, to highlight how children and adults typically like different types of bread.

Research has shown many Mothers or Fathers buy one type of bread for themselves, and another for their children, (usually white bread which ain’t as good for you).  Hovis have tried to revolutionize the market with their ‘Best of Both’ bread.

Hovis plan to marketing themselves by in-store point of sale, press and radio advertising, but sadly no promotional items at this stage.

Cheap Metal Pens

If your in the market for a promotional pen that will give your brand a really quality feel, then choosing a metal promotional pen is the way to go. The problem is that the price of imported metal has shot up, leaving many metal pens out of budget for alot of businesses.

However for a limited time pens2order are able to offer a promotional Paper Mate Metal pen for just one pound! Now your business can have a stylish printed metal pen, for a lot less then you thought. What’s more, this quality branded pen is from a name you can trust - Paper Mate.

For just one pound you can have your Papermate Metal pen printed with your business logo, however if you need your corporate pen engraved - that will cost just an extra 20p.

For more information on printed Paper mate pens, get in contact with the friendly team over at pens2order.

We Have Lift Off

This week saw the Space Shuttle Atlantis lift off from the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The seven member crew’s mission is to repair and deliver new instruments to the Hubble Space Telescope.

If you think you could be part of Nasa’s team, but your boring promotional pen is holding you back, what you need is the promotional Fisher Space pen instead!

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery in April 1990, and is named after the American astronomer Edwin Hubble.

The Fisher Space pens range was designed for use in Space, when astronauts began to explore the reaches of outer space, Paul Fisher realized that there was no existing pen which could perform in its freezing cold, boiling hot vacuum.

Countless experiments and a common sense approach to findings resulted in the invention of the sealed and pressurized Fisher Space Pens cartridges (Fisher Space pen refill) and in 1967, after 18 months of rigorous testing by NASA, the Space Pen was selected for use by astronauts.

For more information about the Fisher Space Pen or any other printed pen, get in contact with the friendly team at pens2order.com today.

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Prodir Pen News

In recognition of their commitment to social responsibility, the Spanish Prodir branch office was honoured with the Solidarity Award of the Iberian promotional article association FYVAR, recently in Madrid.

Those friendly Swiss chaps at Prodir gladly provided the ‘NGOs Cintra and Manos Unidas’, with 10,000 ballpoint pens and pen books, for its school and educational projects free of charge.

If you would like to have some printed promotional Prodir pens, then ring the friendly team at Gift Selection who have the complete range available. This includes the new Prodir DS2, with new colours and great materials!

Cheap Prado Mugs

Printed promotional mugs have always been a popular marketing tool, with a wide range being available. One of my favourites is the promotional Prado mug, which combines both style and function. This unique ceramic Prado mug is specially designed to fit into coffee machines. You can stand back and admire your quality printed ceramic mug as your favourite hot drink pours in.

With branded Prado mugs, you can put an end to mountains of plastic drink cups building up around you. This is great from an environmental point of view – and saves a lot of clutter!

If your pride and joy is your coffee maker, the Prado mug is the perfect match. This stylish promotional mug, will look right at home in even the smartest of contemporary kitchens or offices. If your really looking to impress clients, have you considered matching promotional tea,coffee or sweetner to compliment your printed Prado mug?

The leading supplier of  printed Prado mugs is The Mugstore, so phone them today for their latest low prices.

New Eco Mugs

If your business is looking for an eco friendly promotional mug, then up until recently the choice has been fairly limited. However the printed mug experts at The Mugstore, are slowly but surely producing new environmentally friendly mugs.

The Mugstore is one of the few people producing bright white promotional eco mugs, and achieve this by using biodegradable corn plastic. This eco friendly material is being seen more and more in the world of stationary - and is now available in mug form! If you’re looking for an alternative to a traditionally acrylic mug, then contact the friendly team at The Mugstore.

Liquid Flashdrives

Promotional USB flashdrives are available in all shapes and sizes, but the latest novelty addition is the Liquid Flashdrive. Gadgets2order are leading the way in supplying liquid printed USB sticks, which make for eye catching promotional items.

Novelty printed USBs are everywhere, but one great fact about liquid USBs is that you can choose what little character floats inside them. These lovable little floating characters are a great way to help market your brand in a fun way.

A useful point to note about these printed flashdrives is that the minimum order quantity is only 100 pieces. This quality promotional liquid USB drive has a high speed USB 2.0 as standard, and is available in every memory size from 128mb to 8gb.

Call the friendly team at gadgets2order today for a quote, visual or sample of the new promotional Liquid USB!