Feb
4
2010

Top Four Fun Beer Glasses

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Beer glasses like wine glasses and other glassware items come in many different shapes and sizes to accommodate the type of beer and beer drinker. There are pint glasses, beer tankards, beer mugs, beer steins and Pilsner glasses all designed to cater to certain kinds of beer and beer drinkers. While Pilsner glasses and pint glasses are designed for certain beers, some beer glasses are designed simply for the sake of being fun.  From boot shaped beer glasses to over-sized glasses these drinkware items truly represent the fun and leisure that makes beer drinking so popular. Here is a list of the top four fun beer glass designs based on creativity and popularity.

# 1 Boot Glass Mugs – These are by far the most popular fun beer glasses. These beer glasses are shaped like a boot and have over-sized liquid storage capabilities that make them fun in any beer drinking setting. Bars and restaurants use these beer glasses frequently because of their unique design and fun appeal. The boot shape makes drinking beer fun and these glasses range in size from standard pint sized glasses to over-sized beer glasses.

#2 Over-sized Beer Mugs – The standard beer mug holds around a pint of beer which is sixteen ounces. A fun way to mix up any barware collection is to offer an incredibly large beer mug like the 34 ounce Libbey Sports Beer Mug. Thirty-four ounces is a good amount to serve being that you don’t want to serve customers too much beer and anything over 34 ounces may be difficult to carry and drink.

#3 Sports Beer Mugs – I know what you’re thinking, there’s nothing special about sports beer mugs. However, sports beer mugs like the 23 ounce Libbey Football Tumbler Beer Glasses and the 16 ounce Clubhouse Collection Baseball Pilsner Glass have designs and shapes like the balls in their respective sports. The 23 ounce Libbey Footabll Tumbler Beer Glass is shaped like a giant football with laces on the side and the 16 ounce Libbey Clubhouse Collection Baseball Pilsner Glass has a baseball  shape at the base of the glass.

#4 Beer Steins – Beer Steins are mostly made of ceramic or plastic but also come in glass. Glass beer steins have classic designs which is great for anyone who enjoys traditional beer drinking. Ceramic beer steins can have colorful designs and are great items to have at a bar or restaurant that serves foreign beer, especially from Germany.

Jan
25
2010

Personalized Glassware for Special Occasions

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Special occasions require specialized favors; weddings, birthdays and anniversaries are the main occasions in which people look for favors like cakes, presents and personalized glassware. The most popular events to acquire favors are weddings and the most popular favor is personalized glassware items.  But all occasions require favors and all occasions can use custom glassware to add a personal touch to their special event. Personalized glassware is a broad genre of glassware products and can include drinking glasses, wine glasses, champagne flutes, whiskey glasses, shot glasses, beer glasses and more. Glassware is considered elegant and looks great with custom printed logos on their translucent backgrounds.  Depending on the glassware product chosen for a special event further customization in the form of multicolor designs could also be available. Listed below are the ideal personalized glassware items for weddings, birthdays and anniversaries.

Wedding Glassware – Weddings require lots of elegant favors, especially when it comes to glassware items. One of the first items that come to mind is champagne flutes. Champagne flutes are used for ceremonial toasting and are traditional wedding favors. Additionally custom candle holders are very popular wedding favor items. Custom printed candle holders can really bring together any place setting and make it more personal and decorative. Lastly, one cannot forget wine glasses which are very popular drinks to have at weddings both white and red wine glasses.  Customizing these glassware products

Birthday Glassware – Birthday’s are popular celebratory occasions. They can be celebrated in very formal settings but are mostly casual events. Popular personalized glassware items for these occasions are beer glasses, shot glasses and wine glasses. Custom beer glasses are great gifts to remind friends and family of a great event and special birthday. These items are especially popular for milestone birthdays like thirtieth, fortieth, fiftieth and sixtieth birthdays.  Shot glasses are particularly popular and embody the fun and free spirited nature of birthday celebrations. Wine glasses are great birthday glassware items for wine aficionados.

Anniversary Glassware – Anniversaries are personal occasions but often shared by family members as a great moment. Milestone anniversaries are often celebrated by the married couple, their children and other important family and friends. Wine glasses are very popular for these occasions. Wine glasses symbolize a refined and special occasion. Wine glasses can also be used as a memento for husband, wife, children and friends to symbolize the bond and memories anniversaries represent.

Jan
21
2010

A Tote Bag for Every Occasion

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Collegiate Tote Bag

Tote bags are one of the fastest growing promotional products in terms of demand and production. It appears everyone can use a tote bag in some part of their lives. With the rapid popularity of these bags come new innovative designs that make these nifty portable bags even more convenient. A typical tote bag has a decent size storage area, long handles and an open main compartment that is open for easy access.  By adding specific features or modifying existing designs, tote bags can be made to fit specific situations. For instance, a tote bag that being taken to the beach should be waterproof, able to store multiple towels in its main compartment and have an additional pocket for suntan lotion and other miscellaneous items. These custom features are designed to fit specific situation while maintaining the versatile qualities of tote bags. Here are some specific examples of tote bags for any occasion.

Lunch Tote Bags – Lunch tote bags are smaller than traditional tote bags and are made to fit in small compartments like refrigerator drawers and shelves. While lunch tote bags maintain the same long handle, flat base designs that traditional tote bags have, that’s about where the similarities end. The biggest innovation in lunch tote bag technology is the insulated lining which allows perishable items to be stored in these customizable tote bags. And of course, to insulate a bag requires a sealable lid which is available in these unique tote bags.

Business Tote Bags – Business tote bags are particularly popular because they serve specific business functions. Some business tote bags are designed to perform a variety of tasks like carrying a lap top, pens and other miscellaneous items while other business tote bags are very specific like bags that carry files. Business tote bags are growing in popular because they are high quality, affordable and can be customized for promotional purposes.

School Tote Bags – School tote bags are perhaps the most multifaceted bags available. Tote bag designs are meant to be simple and have large amount of storage space, but these bags have multiple compartment s and are made of strong material to serve the many needs of the modern student. These bags are able to carry laptops and other portable electronic devises as well as books and traditional academic supplies.

Jan
20
2010

Crazy Pen Features

Ultra Light Promotioanl Pens

Pens are extremely popular promotional products – and for obvious reasons. Pens are used by many people on a variety of occasions in different locations, which gives them great exposure to a broad audience. Pens are also easy to store and distribute which makes them particularly sought-after for promotional purposes. A growing trend in pen technology is to create multifaceted pens with ground-breaking features. Though these designs are meant to increase the amount of functions promotional pens can perform, they also give the pens unique designs. Here are some pens that have crazy features and designs that help these promotional products stand out.

Promotional Light Pen – Check out these high quality Promotional Light Pens with the very unique feature of a grip area that illuminates.  These pens appear to be regular push top pens with sleek body designs, but upon clicking the pen into action, the grip area illuminates as the pen tip is exposed. This may seem like a purely aesthetic function but it also allows users to write in the dark. Even if one never finds themselves in a situation where a light is needed to write, these pens remain extremely stylish and certainly attract attention.

Springer Pens – This pen gets its namesake from its elastic body that is made up of a coiled spring. The spring allows this pen to be bent or wiggled. These promotional pens have a certain playful appeal and attract a lot of attention with their unique functions. Beyond the fun spring attraction of these pens, their spring designs allow for comfortable storage and a more ergonomic grip.

Multifunctional Keylight Pen – The Multifunctional Keylight Pen is an amazingly versatile item with quality features and designs. They have a pen, knife, light and bottle opener on one key chain. With so many features it’s amazing that the Multifunctional Keylight Pen is still fairly stylish. That’s because most of the features are concealed leaving these multifaceted pens with a sleek design.

Ultra Light Promotional Pens – These pens are similar in features to the Promotional Light Pen, but many find these Ultra Light Promotional Pens more appealing because of their quality designs. These Ultra Light Promotional Pens have translucent designs which create a fantastic show when the internal light is activated. Ultra Light Promotional Pens definitely attract attention and are the perfect fusion of form and function.

Jan
18
2010

The Three Different Kinds of Travel Mugs

Travel Mugs

Travel mugs are among the #1 selling promotional products in the country. But many would be surprised to see the wide variety of travel mugs available. At DiscountMugs.com alone we have nearly 100 travel mug products available and we get new products every week. While travel mugs, traditionally, have been characterized by an insulated body, sealed lid and handle, designs have changed massively for some products but remained true to original designs for other products. Those researching travel mugs will discover that there are only three types of travel mugs: hard plastic travel mugs, stainless steel travel mugs and ceramic travel mugs. Hard plastic mugs and stainless steel mugs are the most popular types of travel mugs while ceramic travel mugs are rare but high-quality products.

Hard Plastic Travel Mugs – The advantages of plastic travel mugs are numerous; plastic is a light-weight material that is incredibly durable and easy to clean. Plastic travel mugs are also extremely affordable and create an incredible consistency since the entire product will be made of plastic. The custom imprint area on these plastic travel mugs allows for high-resolution logos to be custom printed on these promotional products.  One of the more popular plastic travel mug items is the 16oz Fun Travelers Mug which has classic travel mug designs and has a standard amount of liquid storage space.

Stainless Steel Travel MugsStainless steel travel mugs are the most popular type of travel mug available. Stainless steel provides further insulation than plastic and has numerous advantageous. A stainless steel travel mug can keep a warm beverage like coffee warm for hours and hours; this makes them extremely valued as promotional products in the average workplace where coffee is the drink of choice. Stainless steel designs are often mixed with other material like plastic tops and rubber grips to add features and designs to these products. Stainless steel also allows for custom engraved logos which are considered more aesthetically pleasing than printed logos.

Ceramic Travel Mugs – Ceramics is the material of choice when it comes to standard coffee mugs, but it takes some unique features to change a coffee mug into a travel mug. Ceramic travel mugs use stainless steel or plastic lids to insulate their beverage. They also need to be a certain slender shape to fit into cup holders which is a necessity for a coffee mug on-the-go. Ceramic material is very smooth and looks great with custom logos printed on it. Ceramic travel mugs are the least well known of the three different kind of travel mugs but provide a unique vessel in which to carry warm beverages.

Jan
14
2010

Four Promotional Product Marketing Ideas

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Everyone knows that promotional product marketing is a great way to promote an organization or business and that DiscountMugs.com has the most affordable products in which to accomplish these goals. But how can these items be used specifically for promotional purposes and where are they best used? Promotional product marketing can be used for a variety of different goals whether it’s acquiring new customers or improving customer relations, promotional product marketing has a myriad of possible uses. This versatility allows companies and organizations that are looking to promote a product or idea to have a more comprehensive approach to marketing. Promotional marketing campaigns can be directed at gaining more clients and improving customer relations at the same time. However some methods of promotional product marketing are more effective than others and four quality ideas include trade show marketing, corporate giveaways, hosting events and promotional gift sets.

Trade shows – Trade Shows are extremely popular venues to give promotional products. As potential customers and people in related industries walk around they are given promotional products as a way for business to gain exposure and get potential clients, employees or partners. Items like promotional pens, notebooks, tote bags and drinking glasses are given with customized logos on them. These items serve as a constant reminder to their recipients of the company that gave them. Trade shows present great opportunities to see a boost in sales for a many companies and has even been the catalyst for success of some companies.

Corporate Giveaways – The corporate giveaway is a classic method of promotional product marketing. Some companies hold contests to win customized promotional products while others are freely given away in exchange for the contact information. The most popular corporate giveaway items are tote bags, t-shirts and travel mugs. These items have universal appeal and can draw attention to a promotional marketing campaign. Corporate giveaways can be hosted online or at popular venues like the airport, mall or sporting event.

Hosting Events – Hosting an event can be used to draw in new customers, treat for your current employees or both. Whether the event is being held at company headquarters, a banquet hall or and outside venue, custom drinkware items will be necessary.  Wine glasses, drinking glasses and coffee mugs can be used at these events and with custom logos they are ideal for promotional purposes. Giving away additional items like promotional pens, sports bottles, mouse pads and travel mugs can provide even more exposure for a company at an event.

Promotional Gift Set- A promotional gift set can have two main uses: promote a company to new customers or improve relationships with existing clients. Send a promotional gift set to existing clients and it may result in that client staying with the company longer or increasing their business. Send gift sets to potential clients and it may result in a higher conversion rate of potential customers to clients. A gift set requires some sort of theme so providing office supplies like promotional pens, notebooks, calculators and mouse pads would make a nice promotional gift set. Promotional gift sets should also share a theme through design so get different products with the same color scheme and custom logos.

Jan
13
2010

Custom Glassware for Bars and Restaurants

The service industry has taken a really big hit from the recession, but those establishments that remain find themselves in a position to really set a firm hold in their location. Though many establishments have folded, competition is still fierce in the service industry as new establishments are taking advantage of low lease rates on commercial property. New and existing bar and restaurants need an edge on the competition and that is why they should get custom glassware items. Customizable glassware items allow establishments like bars and restaurants to serve drinks in glasses that have custom printed logos on them. This adds legitimacy to your business and gives you the option of selling these glasses to avid customers.

Restaurants and bars require different kinds of drinkware items. Restaurants typically need drinking glasses, wine glasses and coffee mugs depending on what’s available on their menu. Bars require drinking glasses, beer mugs, pint glasses, cocktail glasses and much more depending on what types of drinks they serve. Customizing these items can really help when it comes to customer retention rates and customer satisfaction. Every restaurant and bar is also a brand with a logo, these custom glasses promote that brand and help get the word out about an establishment.

Restaurants and bars, especially those in the tourist industry, can gain huge profits from selling their glassware items. Selling custom items also serves as a promotional venture because it creates brand promotion and allows others to see your company logo outside of its location. Offer these custom items to customers at their table or by setting up a shop in a high traffic location in the bar or restaurant. Custom glassware items can also be offered as part of specials or deals (example: The daily special comes with a free custom drinking glass).

The legitimacy custom glassware items bring to a restaurant or bar cannot be understated. The most successful establishments have custom drinkware items and at the costs offered by DiscountMugs.com, it’s ill-advised not to get custom glassware items for your establishment. DiscountMugs.com is a web-based factory direct company that sells promotional products from wine glasses and cocktail glasses to beer mugs and shot glasses. They are a factory-direct so their prices are extremely competitive and are the number one distributors of drinkware items in the country so owners can rest assured DiscountMugs.com is a reliable company.

Jan
12
2010

Why Everyone Loves Custom T-Shirts

Digital Full Color Process T Shirts

Custom t-shirts have been a reoccurring fad over the last three decades. At times they have gone out of fashion but have returned seemingly stronger than before. For business purposes custom t-shirts are ideal items to get a company exposure. Their large imprint areas and high-exposure location on the front of someone’s clothing makes them great for promoting a business or organization. Promotional products are meant to create a symbiotic relationship of sorts; the recipient of a promotional product uses the item while simultaneously promoting the company. Therefore, the user gets the benefits of the product while the company that provided it receives the benefit of advertisement.

For promotional purposes t-shirts are basically walking billboards that promote a company everywhere that person goes. T-shirts are also welcomed promotional gifts because people usually have a variety of t-shirts and are willing to accept more. They allow businesses to target a demographic; for instance if they are looking to promote to the general public they can hand out regular t-shirts, if they are looking to promote to a more professional crowd they can have custom printed logos on collar or button-down shirts. This versatility allows for successful promotional marketing campaigns over wide target audiences.

T-shirts are meant to be casual and fun, therefore customization of t-shirts should represent that light-heartedness. Many companies choose to customize t-shirts with colorful designs and creative slogans to show that their company’s vibrant personality while remaining professional of course. Many slogans and brands have been successfully cultivated through custom t-shirts, whether selling a product or service, finding a creative way to deliver a message to a target audience can do wonders for a company brand.

Custom t-shirts also allow for greater freedom in terms of creativity because of their large custom imprint areas. Personalized t-shirts usually have color customization options as well, which basically gives complete creative control to the person or company interested in custom t-shirts. There’s a variety of different advertising methods that can be used with custom t-shirts from traditional advertising which just puts a company logo on the shirt with matching colors or users can choose a more unique approach by creating shirts with attractive designs or creative slogans. Either way a company or person decides to customize a t-shirt they should be looking to create a shirt that will draw attention to their message or company name. Using multiple colors helps accomplish as well as quality graphic designs.

Jan
11
2010

What are the Cheapest Promotional Products?

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In these recessionary times it’s often difficult for a company to find affordable promotional products. They usually scale back the amount of products they purchase or go without promotional product marketing at all and risk underexposure.  But there’s a third option, simply purchase affordable promotional products. Affordable promotional products allow companies to get an adequate amount of promotional products for their marketing campaigns without increasing their marketing budget. Listed below are the top four affordable promotional products that can be used by any company to promote their products or services:

# 1 Promotional Pens – Nothing beats promotional pens when it comes to affordable promotional products. Pens are often purchased in the thousands for pennies-per-pen. This bulk purchasing allows companies to distribute these promotional products over a large area of clients and potential customers. With large imprint areas for custom logos and the popular use of pens at home and in the workplace these promotional products stand out and have premium exposure. Custom pens are the most popular form of promotional marketing because of their consistent success and affordability.

#2 Tote Bags – One of the many reasons for the recent popularity of these promotional bags is their affordability. Tote bags are stylish, convenient, eco-friendly but most impaortantly extremely affordable.  While many people find these products extremely useful as a shopping bag, school bag, work bag, lunch bag and overnight bag, a custom printed bag can cost less than a dollar per bag. These tote bags have added value as promotional products because their imprint area is larger than on most items.

# 3 Shot Glasses – For many people glassware products are seen as high-end items, but shot glasses certainly do not reflect this in their price. Many shot glass items are available for less than a dollar-a-glass and are particularly useful for the restaurant and bar industry. Barware items are also effective promotional products because they are viewed as fun and outgoing products. Shot glasses also attract a lot of attention and look nice with custom printed logos. Shot glasses have the added benefit of being easily distributed because of their relatively small size.

#4 Key Chains – Key chains are promotional products that guarantee high amounts of exposure. After all what item does one carry around more than their keys? Key chains are with people for the majority of the day and every time they are used is an opportunity for promotion. Key chains are also very inexpensive being offered for less than a dollar-per-chain. Using key chains as a promotional product is nearly as popular as using pens, which shows how effective successful this product is in terms of promotion.

Jan
8
2010

Three Ways to Get Business from Promotional Products

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I’m sure you’ve heard of promotional products in business settings. You’ve seen pens with company names on them and all kinds of products with custom printed logos from tote bags to custom key chains. But how do promotional products generate business and why are they so popular? Promotional products can be considered direct marketing approaches to promotion. Direct marketing is when a product or service is advertised to someone directly in the form of a brochure, e-mail or other direct communication medium. Direct marketing is considered the most effective form of marketing because of its high returns in comparison to multimedia marketing. So what is the science behind promotional product marketing and how exactly does it generate profit. Listed below are three popularly used methods for marketing:

Traditional – Traditional promotional product marketing is the direct marketing approach which gets exposure to your brand. Promotional pens help people recognize a company logo when they are looking for a product or service. Companies need this kind of exposure to convince clients that they are a company that’s worth purchasing a product or service. Traditional promotional product marketing includes having custom printed or engraved logos on items like coffee mugs, promotional pens, notebooks and tote bags, these items are commonly used and will get a company’s logo large amount of exposure.

Selling and Incentivizing – Another way to make a profit on promotional products is simply to sell them. If you have a recognizable brand, people may want products with your logo on them. Companies sell tons of promotional products to customers and people who are just fans. This type of selling is very popular in the restaurant industry as well, popular restaurants can sell promotional products in their own store. Incentivizing is just a way to help sell your existing products. Promotional Product giveaways can help present better deals for product sales. An example of this is “Get a Free Tote Bag with Every Purchase” campaigns. Providing incentivizing products is a great way to boost sales and get a company exposure.

Client Up-sale – An up-sale refers to getting an existing client to buy more products or services from you. If you have a good client you want to do more business with, offer them free promotional products as a sign of your commitment to them. Clients appreciate personal attention and will either reward you with loyalty or more business. Being generous with clients makes them feel special and lets them know that you actually care about their business.

 
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