Saturday, December 19, 2009

Boost your Marketing Campaign - Use Lanyards As Your Marketing Tool

By Carol Brown

Companies often end up spending a lot of money on their marketing strategy. At various events, they use their merchandise to create a feeling of belongingness for all the people present. There are many kinds of marketing materials but they all have the same aim of attracting people towards them and reinforcing the company's brand. Using lanyards is a very effective way of doing this.

One of the most popular and effective forms of marketing at corporate events has been T-shirts displaying the logo of the company. However, lanyards, the new entrant in the marketing toolkit is quickly gaining ground. Their use is quite prevalent nowadays and printed with the business' logo and tagline, they can be very attractive.

The utility of lanyards increases manifold at corporate events like conventions, symposiums, and trade exhibitions. The event can be made more interesting be giving out lanyards to the participants. The lanyard may also carry the name of the event along with the company name, and hence act as a souvenir for the recipients.

Lanyards, on account of being cheaper than printed t-shirts, can be a much more cost effective promotional tool. They generate a significant brand recall and leave a positive impression of the organization on potential customers.

Lanyards, apart from being very inexpensive and effective, also have other advantages as promotional items. Colourful lanyards are known to attract the interest of a viewer, therefore providing great exposure to the brand they are promoting. As they can be made use of for several purposes like displaying ID cards, they have a high functional value. Because of its versatility, potential clients can also take it with themselves and find various uses of it, which gets exposure to your company for a long time.

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