Promotional Bags have been used for many years as Business Gifts. They offer great value in more ways than one. As well as being a way to get your logo or message out on to the street they also get it onto buses, trains and aeroplanes. This article gives you 10 great ideas for using printed bags effectively and simply to help push your brand in the marketplace.
1. Schools Colleges and Universities are great places for you give away printed back with your logo clearly shown. The youth of today are the customers of tomorrow. Why do you think so many brands associated with sports produce promotional sports bags with their brands plastered all over them?
2. Exhibitions are wonderful places to give away promotional bags. Every visitor to an exhibition needs to have a bag to hold all their freebies and information. Most exhibitors get someone to sponsor them and they are usually given away at the entrance.
3. Supermarkets and local shops use literally billions of printed plastic bags every year. Despite most governments trying to ban them its an impossible task. Most shoppers forget to bring their own and if the shop cannot provide one then they wont be used again by that customer.
4. Rock concerts are an excellent pace to use promotional bags to advertise your brand. Most concert goers will need to have something to put their programmes or tickets etc into. Many companies also give out other products with the bags such as promotional bottled water or printed pens etc.
5. Conference Bags are a booming market these days. It has come to be expected that when you attend a conference then you will be provided with a printed bag detailing the event or sponsors logos. They are very useful for acting as carriers for conference notes etc.
6. Printed Laptop bags or Embroidered Lap Top Bags are now usually given away with the top end computer models. They are inexpensive to purchase in large quantities and manufacturers know that if you take your computer home in one you will probably continue to use it in the future.
7. Specialist sports bags have been created for most activities. You can even see enormous items like canoes snugly wrapped up in these enormous canvas bags. Slightly smaller version holding bowling balls or racquets are more the norm though.
8. Show bags are also very popular. They are used but everyone from Grid Iron Football players to ballerinas. Nobody really want to put a pair of sweaty shoes into a bag with other clothing. Also if your shoes are wet or muddy they would ruin the rest of your outfit or even the bag itself.
9. Printed Cotton Shoppers are perfect if you have any sort of green or environmental programme to promote. All supermarkets now offer these bags as part of their normal range. They even offer to replace them free of charge once you have purchased one and bring it back broken or worn out.
10. Travel companies of course use millions of printed bags around the globe. Visit any city and you will see hordes of visitors using printed drawstring bags printed with the travel operators details. They are also very useful for helping the tour guides to make sure nobody wanders off as very bright ones can be seen from afar.
These are just 10 ideas of how you can use printed bags to advertise your company. Im sure you can think of lots more and I wish you well in your quest.
Francis Murphy is the Founder and Managing Director of http://www.btcgroup.co.uk/ and has more than 30+ years of experience in the Promotional Merchandise Industry. BTC Group are not just an on-line trader but have a substantial production facility where they print thousands of bags every year. Why not take a video tour in the About Us Section of the website.
1. Schools Colleges and Universities are great places for you give away printed back with your logo clearly shown. The youth of today are the customers of tomorrow. Why do you think so many brands associated with sports produce promotional sports bags with their brands plastered all over them?
2. Exhibitions are wonderful places to give away promotional bags. Every visitor to an exhibition needs to have a bag to hold all their freebies and information. Most exhibitors get someone to sponsor them and they are usually given away at the entrance.
3. Supermarkets and local shops use literally billions of printed plastic bags every year. Despite most governments trying to ban them its an impossible task. Most shoppers forget to bring their own and if the shop cannot provide one then they wont be used again by that customer.
4. Rock concerts are an excellent pace to use promotional bags to advertise your brand. Most concert goers will need to have something to put their programmes or tickets etc into. Many companies also give out other products with the bags such as promotional bottled water or printed pens etc.
5. Conference Bags are a booming market these days. It has come to be expected that when you attend a conference then you will be provided with a printed bag detailing the event or sponsors logos. They are very useful for acting as carriers for conference notes etc.
6. Printed Laptop bags or Embroidered Lap Top Bags are now usually given away with the top end computer models. They are inexpensive to purchase in large quantities and manufacturers know that if you take your computer home in one you will probably continue to use it in the future.
7. Specialist sports bags have been created for most activities. You can even see enormous items like canoes snugly wrapped up in these enormous canvas bags. Slightly smaller version holding bowling balls or racquets are more the norm though.
8. Show bags are also very popular. They are used but everyone from Grid Iron Football players to ballerinas. Nobody really want to put a pair of sweaty shoes into a bag with other clothing. Also if your shoes are wet or muddy they would ruin the rest of your outfit or even the bag itself.
9. Printed Cotton Shoppers are perfect if you have any sort of green or environmental programme to promote. All supermarkets now offer these bags as part of their normal range. They even offer to replace them free of charge once you have purchased one and bring it back broken or worn out.
10. Travel companies of course use millions of printed bags around the globe. Visit any city and you will see hordes of visitors using printed drawstring bags printed with the travel operators details. They are also very useful for helping the tour guides to make sure nobody wanders off as very bright ones can be seen from afar.
These are just 10 ideas of how you can use printed bags to advertise your company. Im sure you can think of lots more and I wish you well in your quest.
Francis Murphy is the Founder and Managing Director of http://www.btcgroup.co.uk/ and has more than 30+ years of experience in the Promotional Merchandise Industry. BTC Group are not just an on-line trader but have a substantial production facility where they print thousands of bags every year. Why not take a video tour in the About Us Section of the website.
