Call them flash drives, pen drives, USB drives, or memory sticks.
In any case it’s a whole lot easier to have a user manual, conference information, or catalog on a memory stick small enough to put in your pocket.
Not so long ago our conference and tradeshow clients would order three ring binders with printed tabs and then have someone collate all materials printed at the copy center.
The trend now is memory sticks. For $10-$20 you can have a memory stick printed with your conference logo, or a custom imprinted USB drive printed with a sponsor’s advertising message or web address. On this little bugger, not much larger than a pack of juicy fruit gum, you can fit the whole conference program. You can also offer plenty of space for attendees to store their own conference notes.
These custom printed pen drives are all the rage.
Many people have one, but everyone welcomes another. They are much easier to carry than a conference bag full of brochures, conference schedules, and maps.
At first the price tag may seem high, but think again.
ImprintItems.com offers many styles and memory sizes.
Here is a comparison from just 10 years ago.
This is what a client of ours ordered for a conference:
500 3-ring binders printed with conference logo on the front and a map on the back: cost $4.90/each
500 sets of printed tabs x $1.45/set
500 sets of printed material 200 pages each =$3.50 set
500 programs showing many advertiser’s logos and products @ .90/each
Then they hand-collated brochures for local restaurants, museums etc and added those.
For this price they could now put the conference logo and website and all materials on a memory stick to be handed to all attendees at registration.
We can accommodate all of your information needs on one small memory stick. You can put all of the above information on these and more. Some of our clients offer sponsors a chance to offer their complete catalog on the pen drives. Imagine how much more value this holds for an advertiser than simply listing a name and phone number in a directory.
Also, after the tradeshow, many sponsors would take the attendees list and mail each of them a catalog.
Catalog cost $2 x 500 people = $1000
Postage cost 500 mailings x $3 /each = $1500.
Assembly of mailing = $??
These sponsors typically may have paid $200 for a directory listing.
The same could be accomplished more easily, and potentially for less cost, by utilizing flash drives to their full potential.
This is an “Everyone Wins” situation.
The attendees no longer need to pay to ship a box of catalogs back to the office. For the advertiser or sponsor, it’s better yet. Why? Because many attendees facing the hassle of packing this information back to the shop with them would simply throw bags of materials in the garbage before leaving the hotel on their way to the airport.
No one, and I mean almost nobody will through away a memory stick!
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Best Computer Related Promotional Product of the Year.
Top of the Top 100 in IT related gifts.
Best Trade show give away item Ever.
Ok, this may be a bit much. But, you can give out mints and people will appreciate it, or you can hand out a product
with your logo and a butt-load of utility and be sure they will use and appreciate it.
After 20 years in this industry, maybe only 1 in 1,000 new advertising specialty products excite me.
What if you need to charge your cellphone at the conference…need to log on to your laptop at the airport…
Or, like me, you spend so much time waiting for the kids’ sporting events to start, your laptop, iPod or whatever else runs out of batteries between ball games?
Here is the solution –and you can put your logo smack dab on top of it.
You can share one outlet with the guy you previously considered to be an “outlet hog.” Simply go over to your electricity competitor and pull one of these gadgets out of your pocket: walla, instant fix.
If you see someone else that you may want share a java with looking frustrated by not being able to plug in their gadget, invite them to join.
Check out the newest schwag on the market. Some call this stuff trash and trinkets, but if you are the one hogging an outlet, if you are the one needing an A/C source, if you are the one promoting your company by giving these to clients…you are going to be voted most popular, highest traffic, and best sales.
This A/C outlet adaptor allows you to plug 3 items into one outlet. This item is so new that it does not even appear on our website.
You can buy 288 for just $2.50/each which includes your custom imprint in one color.
These will fit neatly into any laptop case.
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Veterans Day:
Source: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ImprintItems.com started making and stocking United States Flag pins in 1991. This was long before many other companies jumped on the bandwagon after 9-11. The terrorist attacks gave many opportunists a chance to make a bunch
of cash in a short period of time. Ironically, when the windfall died down, most of these companies went out of business. For awhile I could buy American flag pins on closeout, cheaper through Ebay that I could have them made myself. (Owner, ImprintItems.com)
At ImprintItems.com we make the best United States flag pin on the market.
We offer a full refund, less shipping costs, if you order our lapel pins and do not think they are up to par.
We produce large volumes for bulk orders; we try to always have 20,000 American flag pins in stock at one time.
Some say wearing a U.S. Flag pin any time is a way to falsely profess your patriotism.
Honestly, I do not care why you wear the pin. No matter who wears it and why it is worn, the Stars and Stripes raise questions. What does the flag mean to me? to you? to us?
We sell at prices that allow VFW’s , American Legions, and other patriots to hand these out without breaking their budgets.
I assure you, if you are not proud of your country, you should be. The odds are that one of your grandparents or uncles served this country; it is very likely one of them died for the United States of America.
Maybe I am in the minority…but when I hear the national anthem, it makes me tingle down my neck. When they sing, “the home of the brave” I often have tears in my eyes.
God Bless the United States of America.
~Imprint Ed.
Wear the Red, White and Blue on Veterans Day. Show your support not only for those who gave their lives for our freedom, but also for those who are willing to do so today.
At www.ImprintItems.com we have a full line of promotional products.
When we started out, our clients were mainly colleges and universities throughout the country.
Thus the parent company name: Collegiate Concepts Custom Decorated Products.
The web site www.CollegiateConcepts.com is still on-line, it has the same content as ImprintItems.com
We work with residence halls, alumni associations, campus activities, orientation, new student programs, security, admissions, health services and other departments on campus.
We can tell you what the latest promotional item is that would meet your budget or project needs.
We can accept university purchase orders or credit cards for your convenience.
One hot item on campuses –especially in the chemistry and science departments are beaker mugs
Some alcohol awareness campaigns also use the lab beaker glasses by marking them with line that
shows marking the level of a legal DWI and another higher line marking the level at which death by alcohol poisoning can occur.
www.imprintitems.com/drinkware/beakerandflaskmugs
~Imprint Ed
Every day we seem to get more smart cards in our wallets and purses.
Colleges and universities as well as businesses use these to allow students and employees to gain access to buildings, check out computer equipment, buy lunch, or even to register for classes and seminars.
The more convoluted (or advanced) these cards become, the more George Orwell’s 1984 predictions become true. Love them or hate them (Big Brother may be watching), swipe and gripe cards are becoming more and more a part of our lives.
If you want to assure your magnetic strip does not wear off or if you work in a card office or HR department and wish to limit the number of cards you replace, we have a great product for you.
Our clients are thrilled with our card holders after coming to the realization that these cards are expensive and replacing them and even more so managing the distribution and replacement of smart cards is expensive.
You can protect your students’ or employees’ cards and minimize card loss by using some sort of card protector. Ranging from cardstock-style envelopes, to vinyl and even leather card wallets, a small investment in preventative maintenance may reduce your burden.
Does anyone get this joke?
Why did the frog cross the road?
Because he was stapled to a chicken!
I am guessing this is one a kid made up and then started laughing hysterically.
Then the parents probably laughed at the kid’s laughter, rather than at the joke.
From there the joke was retold as “the one that cracked up mom and dad.”
But really…why wasn’t the frog just riding on the chicken?
While we don’t recommend our staplers for connecting frogs and chickens, they work really well for all those papers you have hanging around.
www.imprintitems.com/stapler.htm
♪ ♫ Gee, our lollipops are Great!
Many good things in life start with the letter “C”…the Chordettes, cheese (my husband’s favorite snack), and Chocolate Lollipops!
ImprintItems.com offers many different kinds of candy and edibles with chocolate lollipops being some of the neatest.
You can have your logo, message, or even a picture printed on the actual chocolate using a super-thin layer of icing and 100% FDA approved food coloring “ink.”
Ok, this a bit of an insult to guys, but it is kind of funny.
What Men Really Mean:
And you all thought women were hard to understand!
*see our great ice scrapers at www.imprintitems.com/icescrapers.htm
~Imprint Ed
A frog is outgrowing his lily pad and decides to make some home improvements. He doesn’t have the money, so he hops to the bank to borrow some.
At the bank, he takes a seat at loan officer Patricia Black’s desk and explains his dilemma.
“I want to upgrade my lily pad, maybe add another window, but I don’t have the cash. Can you lend me the money?”
“Maybe. What can you offer as collateral?”
“Well,” says the frog. “All I have is this paperweight. You shake it up, and it snows on the little village. Cute, huh?”
“Hmm . . . I’ll have to speak to my manager.” She enters her manager’s office.
“Mr. Bitterby, I’ve got a frog at my desk who wants to borrow money for lily pad improvements. But all he can offer for collateral is this glass paperweight.”
Mr. Bitterby takes the paperweight, hefts it in his hand, looks at her and says, “It’s a knick-knack, Patty Black, give the frog a loan.”
See Paperweights that can be engraved with your logo or printed with your message.
http://www.imprintitems.com/custom/7690634
~Imprint Ed
