| The way we promote our businesses has a lot to do | | | | Pens are used by most people daily both at home |
| with how we portray ourselves. It is all about | | | | and in the office. Printing your logo and details along |
| standing out from the competition. With the current | | | | with a message such as -'Looking forward to keeping |
| business environment as competitive as it is, this is | | | | in touch in the New Year on Twitter!' will do just fine. |
| becoming increasingly difficult. We all know and | | | | It will make them think of you when they read your |
| accept this as part of our ongoing struggle to be | | | | tweets and perhaps when they need to purchase |
| noticed by our target customers for all of the right | | | | your products. |
| reasons. Promotional gifts and Twitter can help you | | | | Highlighters |
| do just that! | | | | These are another very popular gift that are |
| Do you have a Twitter account? Have you spent | | | | generally kept for a long time. Many people keep |
| much time on Twitter getting to know your | | | | them in their desk drawers for years and bring them |
| followers? I have had an account for nearly one year | | | | out when required. |
| but it was not until recently that I really started | | | | Plastic Rulers |
| spending some quality time on the site getting to | | | | Inexpensive rulers can be purchased for pennies and |
| know the people who follow me. Most of these | | | | offer a large print area for your logo and tweeting |
| people are in business and could benefit from | | | | message. Again, your loyal Twitter followers are |
| different types of products that are used in the | | | | people who will probably be in contact with you daily. |
| office daily. | | | | These inexpensive gift ideas are there just to |
| The one thing I like about Twitter is that it | | | | reinforce your message and perhaps give them a |
| discourages the hard sale. People do tweet about | | | | little more information about you. |
| their businesses and websites from time to time but | | | | Adhesive Pads |
| for the most part it is a community of people going | | | | These are inexpensive and can be printed up to full |
| about their day to day business and letting others in | | | | colour. They are the perfect way to get more |
| on what they are doing or thinking. Getting to know | | | | information about your business in front of your |
| these people could earn you knew customers over | | | | followers. They are also quite useful around the |
| time and promotional gifts are the perfect tool, to | | | | office. |
| help you really stand out. These gifts do not need to | | | | Plastic Mini Paper Clips |
| be nor should they be expensive. They are just | | | | Everyone needs paper clips from time to time. Each |
| another way of standing out form your competitors. | | | | clip only costs a few pennies and can be printed with |
| Here are some of my favourite inexpensive gift | | | | your web address and other important details. They |
| ideas. | | | | are so inexpensive you may want to send each of |
| Promotional Pens | | | | your Twitter followers a handful. |