Posts Tagged ‘promotional campaigns’


Make your promotion special

 Friday, August 21st, 2009

Make your promotion special

Promotional campaigns come in all shapes and sizes. Quantities, target audience etc all vary; from hundreds of thousands of plastic pens at a few pence as give–aways, to a prestigious item for heads of state. When budgets are squeezed like now, there is always awareness that a “special” corporate gift for selected customers or staff can have a bigger impact and can be more cost effective than adapting a scattergun approach that is so often prevalent when times are better and budgets are more liberal. If you allocate the same budget but purchase fewer items coupled with a targeted approach, your promotional campaign can be cost effective with greater results
Segmentation of your database is key. You can slice your pie any number of ways (dependant on your goals and targets along with your particular market) from top spenders to key decision makers, or from most profitable customers to lapsed customers. Good data, of course, is essential, and put good use a series of highly targeted campaigns to defined customer groups will always be better than a blanket campaign to your whole database.
The Corporate Gifts Company
specialise in high – end business gifts and executive incentives ideal for targeted promotions. Engraving individual names onto a corporate gift such as a desk item adds little cost will have a huge impact. So, the next campaign you plan, try to segment into customer groups with different messages and choose your corporate gifts accordingly.
Make your promotion special


SAFE BET!

 Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Marketing budgets have shrunk – disappeared in a lot of cases; nobody in the marketing sector would dispute that. So is there any hope out there?

Well, there is some anecdotal evidence that there is a shift in marketing priorities. Expensive image campaigns that address potential customers in a scattergun, non-selective method are being sidelined in favour of a more selective, targeted approach.

Tangible, high perceived value promotional products such as add-ons, premiums, business gifts, on pack offers etc. provide this targeted medium. Items such as the superb desk set or the deco clock are a perfect means of advertising and brand building in these times, becoming even more effective and reinforcing their promotional impact. And you will find many more great ideas on www.corporate-gifts-co.com all of which can be engraved with a corporate logo or promotional message.

Companies who are positioned well, and really know their markets, and are capable of adapting to their customers needs are well advised to act anti-cyclically and promote themselves whilst their competitors are cutting back. Every downturn brings opportunities.

Companies who use promotional products to in a positive way to great effect will reap the rewards and steal a march on their competitors.

Call our hotline today on 0845 430 2902 to find out how the Corporate Gift Co can help get your company ahead with promotional products,