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Promotional Caps- Who Are The Ideal Recipients?

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Promotional Caps Get Your Brand Right In Front Of Your Target Audience!

Promotional caps - Bespoke design

Promotional caps can be personalised in many different ways!

There are promotional gifts that are made for almost everyone and there are those that are better targeted at the right people. You can feel quite safe giving away pens, mugs, notepads etc. to your whole target customer base but when you have exceptional customers you really want to impress, it’s often best to really home in on what will make them happy. Products such as promotional caps are such products. Here we will look at who will most likely wear your printed or embroidered headwear and help you build your brand.

Employees are often a great place to start

People are usually proud of where they work. Printed garments such as jacket, shirts, scarves and promotional caps are excellent incentives for employees to perform better at work. The great thing is, promotional caps have a high perceived value even though they aren’t very expensive.

Branded caps are also regularly used as part of a staff uniform. We’ve all seen people working for a host of different companies wearing promotional headwear. Sometimes the promotional caps they are wearing do more than promote the company they work for but protect them from the sun or in industries such as the food industry keep a person’s hair out of the soup.

PROMOTIONAL CAPS for clubs and organisations

In a similar way to employees, members of clubs and organisations will like wearing the branded products of the associations that are important to them. Often the two overlap with organisation employees receiving branded merchandise first and offering the same of similar merchandise to members.

Depending on the association, members may even be prepared to put their hands in their pockets to show their support by purchasing your branded promotional caps and other merchandise.

Your customers may also choose to wear your logo and details

If you are like me – and I’ll assume you are – I can think of several suppliers I really like to do business with. I can also think of a lot of brands I like to use. If I were to receive a branded cap from one of the companies I would wear it and be happy to do so. Admittedly, I wear caps often so given a nice new embroidered cap, I would consider it a nice gift.

Obviously not everyone would be excited about receiving a new cap.

If you are exhibiting and want to offer your customers promotional merchandise they will want to own and use, it would be prudent to order a small quantity of several different types of like-valued gifts.

Let your trade show visitors choose from a range of promotional gifts. Remember, if your promotional caps are just put into a drawer and never worn they can’t do their job.

This is why promotional caps are often targeted at customers through incentive schemes or given away face to face to those you know will wear them.

So you see, promotional caps can be excellent promotional tools if you guide them into the right hands. If given to people who love to wear them, you could enjoy months if not years of continuous brand promotion while keeping your customers, members and employees happy with the person behind the brand.

In my next post, we will look at using promotional caps in team building. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01642 782455 if you have any questions about our range of stock and bespoke promotional caps.

Promotional Caps- The Next Big Thing In UK Business Branding

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Promotional caps - Special Design

Check out this amazing bespoke design! Would you like your design on a cap?

Growing up in the US as I did, I know very well just how effective promotional caps can be in building brand awareness. Americans love their baseball caps and wear them everywhere. From the golf course to the drive in movie, from the burger joint to the university, promotional caps are worn and seen by millions of people every day. Over the past few years the UK promotional gifts industry has seen a definite rise in the popularity of these head-turning business gifts.

Can you see how promotional caps could help promote your business?

Let’s look at a few ways.

promotional caps- Special made to order fastener

You can even have your logo on the back strap!

Many people will want to wear your branded caps

Let’s face it… there are a lot of promotional products out there that are nothing short of rubbish. If you want to make the right impression with your customers, it is wise to target them with merchandise they will use and want to own. Promotional caps are not for everyone but many people here in the UK would love and wear a good quality well designed cap. These are the same people who could take your brand with them everywhere they go.

Sound good? Well read on…

Promotional Caps can be made to order with stunning designs

It is always nice when the promotional products you choose also happen to look great. One of my suppliers Sharon Lee Limited has been supplying top quality promotional caps for over 65 years. Some of their eye-catching work can be viewed right here in this post.

If you are in a hurry you could choose from a large range of off the shelf caps but if time allows you could take advantage of Sharon Lee’s expertise in bespoke design. Sharon Lee Limited does not sell direct to the end user but any good promotional gift supplier will be able to supply you with samples and the information you need to make a lasting impression on your top customers.

Promotional hat and scarf set

Ever thought about promoting your brand with a matching hat and scarf set?

Promotional Caps need not be expensive

You may be surprised to learn that promotional caps are not as expensive as you may have been led to believe. This is especially so if you target the right customers with these take-anywhere gifts. Given to the right people, your caps could be seen by millions over the years.

The cost per impression will be pennies if not far less!

If this appeals to you, you won’t want to miss my next post.

I will be showing you how promotional caps have been used in the past and how you can best target the best recipients for your branded promotional caps.

In the meantime, please contact us if you want to begin looking deeper into the possibilities that promotional caps can offer your business on 01642 782455.

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