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Author: Gareth Parkin | Total views: 5 Comments: 0
Word Count: 614 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 11:48 AM

The Benefits Of A Promotional Mug

Exposure has to be the biggest benefit of a promotional mug. Your corporate logo or business name are immortalized on a mug that can go anywhere at anytime. It is an easy form of advertising. All you have to do is design a valuable mug that will speak for your business all the time, and get it into your customers’ hands. The customer at the office will use the mug. The business person in meetings all day will use the mug. The customer who just likes to enjoy a nice quiet cup of coffee at home will use the mug. Even the secretary who needs a place to put her pens will use your mugs. Imagine the places your business can go. Having your business name, or corporate logo out in the world, reminds your customers that you are always there, and ready to be of service.

Using promotional mugs as promotional items allows your business to advertise without being aggressive. You do not have to knock on doors, or make cold calls. The beauty is you can give the printed mugs away with some kind of business promotion. Your customer is happy to receive something free. At the same time, that person and everybody they associate with will know your business. Customers like to make their own choices. They may come to you for a service, but they chose you. A mug works as a gentle nudge to a customer. It says I have a product or service you need, and I am here for you when you are ready.

A promotional mug is a practical gift or giveaway, and can provide comfort to your customers. When a person feels comfort or joy, they try to hold on to that feeling, or recreate it as much as possible. If a customer finds comfort in a hot cup of tea of coffee, every time they use your mug, that feeling will return, thus associating your business with comfort and joy. Your clients will also appreciate how practical your gift of a mug is. Every person can use a mug, and is happy to receive something for free or next to nothing. They are even more satisfied if it is something they can use.

You want your business to be the only one a person thinks of when using the same product or service, and a mug would do that. If a customer needs a shipping service, and on their desk sits a mug with the name of a shipping service on it, whom do you think they are going to call? A promotional mug puts your business in the forefront. It keeps your business from being out of sight, out of mind. A mug is a walking billboard in the palm of a hand.

A mug allows your business to expose a different side. Imagine being in the funeral business. Every customer that you deal with is grieving. It is not the best of circumstances for them. Now imagine two months prior to this, in a time when they did not need your service. A mug sits on the desk of one of their coworkers with a funny cartoon on it. It makes them laugh. They notice that the mug is from a funeral business. Two months later, they need to plan a funeral, and they remember that mug. The mug made them laugh, without being inappropriate.

The benefits of promotional mugs are plenty, with the risk being minuscule. There is a mug to fit any budget, with rich rewards. Your business will be seen, heard, and remembered, that is benefit enough.

About the Author

Gareth Parkin is the co-founder of Ideasbynet.com, the UK's leading online promotional mugs and printed mugs supplier based in the north of England. Ideasbynet was estab




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