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People have been using promotional products since eons to promote their products and services. If ancient historical records are to be believed, when ancient Greek traders traveled to new cities, they showered their new customers with gifts and offerings. As they were strangers to the place, the traders had to quickly make a favorable impression and used free gifts to woo their new customers. This ancient tactic is still very much a part of the shrewd merchant’s business arsenal. Most people just love to receive free gifts, and this has been very effectively used by businessmen to generate newer sources of income. It’s a well understood fact that the initial financial burden of distributing free gifts soon brings rich dividends in the form of loyal customers. However, there is always a question that arises while choosing the type and kind of gifts that might work best with particular customers.
The answer, actually, is simple. Any gift that makes a person feel special, valued and appreciated is definitely a gift that works. Now there are basically two kinds of free gifts that businessmen give to their prospective customers – free coupons and promotional products. There are a number of company’s that distribute free redeemable coupons to customers during tradeshows and company promotions. The idea behind coupons is to get the person to visit the store in hope that apart from redeeming the coupon he/she will actually make a few purchases. However, the strategy of coupons has a number of flaws that renders it ineffective. Most people nowadays are too busy to redeem their coupons. Moreover, coupons keep getting lost, and so a huge percentage of them never get redeemed. It has also been noticed that people are often left feeling dissatisfied, because the product they got or ultimately purchased in exchange of a coupon wasn’t what they were expecting out of the free gift.
So the businessmen not only loose money on printing the coupons but also might not fare well in terms of meeting expectations of customers. However, promotional products have none of the flaws of coupons and are several times more effective. While coupons are more effective when it comes to an existing set of customers, promotional items are effective with most sections, including a prospective customer. Promotional items embossed with the name, logo and phone number of the serve a instant reminders of the company. Moreover, a thoughtful promotional item makes a person feel valued and appreciated. The choice of a promotional item is made carefully keeping the recipients nature in mind and it also has an element of surprise in its gifting.
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