Advertise new or existing company products, services or facilities
Promote traffic and awareness at events; trade-shows, golf tournaments, product launches, conferences, etc.
Generate leads for inside sales team
Enhance customer relationship
Appreciation gesture to customers and business partners
Employee performance recognition or to promote team building
Team incentives for meeting objectives
6 Steps to a Successful Promotion
Define your promotional objective
Determine what your goal is (see 9 Reasons To Use Promotional Products)
What do you want to achieve at the end of your promotion; are you trying to boost sales or increase awareness?
State exactly what it will take to make the program a success
What is the allocated budget
Identify your target audience
Determine who you wish to promote your company to; existing customer base, generate sales prospects, vendors, partners, employees, etc.
Will you promote to a specific industry, demographic (by age, income level, etc)
Internal departments as incentives
Plan the product use and distribution
How will you get your promotional products to your audience?
Present product directly at events such as a trade-show, golf tournament, conference, product launch, etc.
Create a direct mail campaign (check out our postcard design, print and mailing services)
Determine a theme (if appropriate to your campaign)
Create a message based on a theme to help brand your message in your target audience's mind
You can choose promotional products that are appropriate to your theme or industry
Develop a message to imprint
Company name and / or logo may be all you need to use as an imprint
Choose an appropriate promotional product
Choose a product that is appropriate for your business or that supports your theme or industry rather than one based on trends, price or perceived value.
Successful campaigns work best when you tie-in your theme / message by using a direct mail campaign (check out our postcard design, print and mailing services)
5 Main Categories for Promotional Products
Promotional products leave a lasting impression. Regardless of the type of business, size of target audience or allocated budget, promotional products are an effect tool in putting your company branding where it is seen often and remembered.
Business to business
Dealer incentives, business to business communicators, catalogue programs
Employee incentives
New hires, sales incentives, performance excellence, team milestones, employee and department rewards for meeting or exceeding objectives
Corporate gifts
Customer appreciation, holiday gifts, special occasions such as anniversary, moving, product launch, etc.)
Customer premiums
Gift with purchase and mail-in offers.
Non profit fund raisers
Prize, charitable events, etc.
3 Reasons to Use Bamboo Marketing Solutions
We’ll listen to your needs
Make suggestions to help reach your goals and help plan your campaign.
We are a one-stop shop.
We can help you with the design, printing and mailing of your direct marketing campaign
Provide you with quality products that best suit your needs and your budget
Assist you with ideas and timelines.
All of your needs handled at one place means a lot less worries about coordinating and executing your marketing plan.