| Have you ever come across a work colleague or | | | | received but they are then tossed in the bin. When |
| friend who would not let you borrow their pen | | | | purchasing plastic pens, try to find pens you enjoy |
| because it was their favourite pen? People grow | | | | writing with as this will yield much better results and |
| attached to pens as they use them. They become | | | | give your business the respect it deserves. |
| un-separable in the work place and at home. This is | | | | Metal Gift Pens: Metal pens are available quite |
| the power that pens can have over us and it is | | | | inexpensively especially those that are generic brands. |
| exactly that which makes promotional pens such an | | | | There are also a lot of name brand pens such as |
| excellent investment for small businesses. They are | | | | Parker, Cross, Waterman and Lamy that are |
| great value for money because they are used often | | | | considerably more expensive. I often recommend |
| and promote your products, services and/or facilities | | | | purchasing a small quantities of good quality metal |
| each time they do! | | | | pens to give away to your top customers. Your big |
| Generally speaking, there are two types of pens to | | | | customers can also receive the odd plastic pen from |
| consider when you begin to look for pens to | | | | you but you want to ensure they also have a metal |
| promote your company. | | | | gift pen that they really enjoy using. It is worth |
| Plastic Pens: Cheap plastic pens are great for getting | | | | noting that people usually like to write with heavier |
| your name out and about with the general public and | | | | pens with black ink refills. There are a lot of light |
| large quantities of business people. The good quality | | | | weight aluminium pens on the market but you should |
| plastic pens can write for quite a while as many are | | | | test them before making a large purchase and |
| supplied with jumbo sized ink refills that write | | | | compare them to the heavier, more expensive |
| exceptionally well. These types of pens can be used | | | | models. At the end of the day, you need to |
| very successfully at trade shows, exhibitions, | | | | purchase gift pens that are within your budget and |
| conferences, point of sale and simply handed out to | | | | even the aluminium pens are better quality than most |
| your customers or clients when they visit you at | | | | plastic pen. |
| your offices. I usually recommend staying away from | | | | The good thing about metal pens is that you usually |
| the really cheap pens unless you are purchasing | | | | do not need to purchase them in large quantities so |
| hundreds of thousands for a large bank or insurance | | | | you will not need to break the bank to give your top |
| company etc. Really cheap pens are volume | | | | customers a nice gift that they will love, use often |
| promoters that people rarely use after a couple of | | | | and remember you by. |
| uses. They serve a purpose at the time they are | | | | |