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DiscountMugs.com has customers from all “walks of life”, but most are professionals.  Different industries require different types of promotional products. Lawyers prefer custom notebooks and pens and sportswear companies prefer water bottles and key chains. This wide range of demand is reflected in DiscountMugs.com’s diverse inventory of products. This is not implying that just because your industry is generally informal when it comes to business transactions that you shouldn’t consider using more professional items to promote a more formal representation of your company. So what types of products should you get if your business if you’re looking to impress your customers with your professionalism?  Here’s a list of products that are highly recommended for more professional industries like law, high-end retail or other particularly formal industries.

Promotional Pens – While pens are ubiquitous products items when it comes to promotional products, professional industries tend to lean toward types of pens that are considered executive pens. Executive pens are made of metal or stainless steel and have ballpoint tips or are twist-tops. These pens write smoothly and leave incredibly precise markings. Executive pens are a great way to promote your business to new customers or increase your relationship with existing customers.

Notebooks – Notebooks are some of the most valued promotional products available. They are built specially to handle the organizational needs of the modern business world. Find pockets in these notebooks for business cards, calculators and many other specialized items a professional may carry. Notebooks also have very professional designs and are fashionable enough to be taken into boardroom meetings or in sales meetings.

Mouse Pads – Though there are many different kinds of mouse pads, the type that are seen as the most professional are the Leatherette mouse pads. DiscountMugs.com has around half-a-dozen different kinds of Leatherette mouse pads with features like cushions for wrist support and even calculators. Leatherette mouse pads have quality designs that would enhance the aesthetic appeal of any corporate-style desk.

Stainless Steel Travel Mugs – In the corporate world ten-hour work days and fifty hour work weeks are commonplace. For that sort of endurance, coffee has become a popular form of fuel for hard working professionals. Stainless steel travel mugs not only insulate coffee better than most travel mugs, but they also have a distinct appeal when it comes to exterior design. Stainless steel coffee mugs are useful professional promotional products that will be appreciated at every level of the corporate ladder.

Kids Apparel

Promotional marketing toward children is a classic marketing strategy that hopes to build a relationship with a family and not just a single person.  Since children themselves aren’t part of the consumer market, it’s important to take into consideration the people who are purchasing products for them.  Children’s TV shows and Movies are designed to be both entertaining for kids and their parents.  Kids promotional products must be items they will enjoy and their parents will find practical. Here’s a list of five great promotional product ideas for children:

1. Youth t-shirts – Parents know that children require more and more apparel items as they get older and bigger. Providing youth t-shirts as a promotional gift is a nice way to help parents save on the cost of clothing. This gesture will certainly be appreciated by the parents and t-shirts are items that children really enjoy. When customizing a youth t-shirt, one must remember to reflect the playful and jubilant attitude of children in the design and custom printed logo.

2. Lunch Bags – Whether the child is going to school or a day camp, custom lunch bags definitely come in handy. Modern lunch bags are made of polyester and have zipper or Velcro insulation. Any parent or child will appreciate a quality lunch bag as they are extremely practical and can be used for several years and beyond.

3. Sports Bottles – Parents sign their children up for sports as a way to teach them about health and sportsmanship; sports teams also serve as a great place for children to socialize and meet friends. Custom sports bottles are ideal environmentally friendly gifts that serve the important purpose of keeping a child hydrated during physical activity. Personalized sports bottles can have fun designs and the added benefit of having child’s name custom printed on this promotional product.

4. Backpacks – Every child needs a backpack for school. They can also be used for sleepovers, hiking and many other scenarios which require transporting items. A quality backpack is important as an aid to help children stay organized in school. Many children are also fashion conscious and request stylish backpacks that meet modern requirements for features and design. Backpacks being used as promotional products must adhere to all of these standards to provide effective children’s promotional gifts.

5. Calculators – Okay, so calculators aren’t all that fun. But children need them for school and they can have designs which liven them up. Get colorful custom calculators with unique features like automatic flip-top or multi-functioning calculators, a particular favorite at DiscountMugs.com is the Flexible Big-Key Calculators which are almost completely made of rubber and can bend, twist or fold. Parents will appreciate these practical promotional gifts and kids will love having unique items to show off to their friends.

This article is a continuation of the previous article in an effort to include reviews about all of our products. Check out this list and previous list to find out which custom calculator is right for you.

Slim Pocket Calculator – This is a particularly stylish calculator which is designed to be small and portable. This item can fit in a shirt pocket and has colorful outline designs that further add to its appeal.

Popularity with Customers: Medium

Curvy Style Desktop Calculator – This is a great calculator for the workplace, its curvaceous design allows for the display window to protrude upwards making it easier to see and preventing glare.

Popularity with Customers: High

Fashionable Ruler Calculators – The fashionable ruler calculator is unique in that it’s the same dimensions as a normal ruler but with an embedded calculator. This item is sure to grab a lot of attention at trade shows and as corporate giveaway items.

Popularity with Customers: Medium

Black Automatic Flip Top Desktop Calculator – This item is relatively larger than most calculators making it perfect to be used as a desktop calculator. It has an automatic flip top which converts into a stand without using electricity.

Popularity with Customers: Very High

Fashionable Desktop Calculators – This item is very similar in design to the Slim Pocket Calculator listed above with the exception that it is much larger. This makes it the perfect size for a desktop calculator. It also has a small stand behind it to make it more visible, reduce glare and give it more value as a desktop calculator.

Popularity with Customers: Very High

Round Mouse Pad with Calcualtor – This item is particularly sought-after because of its multifunctionality. Calculators are often used on desktops as are mouse pads, fusing the item into one works seamlessly.

Popularity with Customers: Very High

Calculators have always been standout promotional products. They are useful, stylish and portable which allows them to be used at trade show events and as corporate giveaway items. But which calculator item is perfect for your company or organization? While DiscountMugs.com has around twenty calculator products, this product review will focus on twelve customizable calculators which are primarily calculators as opposed to our notebook products which have calculators as accessories.

Small Pocket Calculators – This is classic calculator with standard designs and functions. It’s portable and comes in multiple different colors. This products most outstanding feature is its price which allows people to buy personalized calculators for as little as a dollar-a-piece.

Popularity with Customers: High

Handheld Calculators – Hand Held Calculators also have classical designs though slightly more curvaceous to promote grip. They also have a rubber exterior lining which further enhances grip-ability.

Popularity with Customers: Medium

Flexible Big-Key Calculator – This unique calculator is thin and almost completely made of rubber which allows users to bend it “this way and that” making it a novel promotional product.

Popularity with Customers: Medium

Solar Power Business Calculator – This ultramodern calculator is solar powered and along with being a calculator also has a compartment for holding business cards.

Popularity with Customers: High

Handy Carabiner Calculators – These innovative calculators use carabiner technology to fasten on to key chains, clothing or bags. This makes this product extremely portable.

Popularity with Customer: Medium

Small Automatic Flip Top Calculator -This calculator uses sprint technology that makes its top cover convert into a stand with the click of a button. Its non-reliance on electricity makes it more affordable and easy portability adds to its appeal.

Popularity with Customers: Very High

Thanksgiving is a special holiday that honors unity and thankfulness. It’s also a holiday that involves getting together with family and friends and feasting. These types of gatherings can form unforgettable memories and are great opportunities to bring distant relationships together. That’s why many people choose to commemorate their festive Thanksgiving Day parties with customizable item that have custom printed logos like “Thanksgiving 2009” or simply “Happy Thanksgiving”. Whether you’re throwing a corporate Thanksgiving event or a personal one, you can use custom Thanksgiving party favors to liven it up and create unforgettable gifts for your guests. Here are some of our more popular Thanksgiving products.

Custom Drinking Glasses – Thanksgiving is a holiday that doesn’t have a particular drink to enjoy like eggnog for Christmas and Champagne for new years. Chances are you and your guests are going to be drinking a variety of beverages from water and beer to juice and soda. That’s why drinking glasses are particularly popular as promotional products for Thanksgiving parties. Their versatility allows every guest to enjoy these custom Thanksgiving party favors. Custom drinking glasses range in size but are generally larger than standard glassware items. This allows for more liquid storage and bigger imprint areas for custom logos.

Personalized Jars – A jar is an incredibly multifaceted product. It can be used to store candy and other perishable items and be used to create decorative settings. Storing candy and other food items at Thanksgiving parties allows guests to access these items with ease. Put candy in a custom Thanksgiving jar in places that get a lot of foot traffic, you’re guests will appreciate it and you will get exposure for your organization or business.  Personalized jars can also be used to create decorative settings. Many people store potpourri and other decorative items to create an aesthetically pleasing party setting. Because Thanksgiving is in the heart of fall, using brown and orange colors help reinforce the theme.

T-Shirts - T-shirts are always a popular party favor item. Their laid back undertones and usefulness have made them one of the leading promotional product items in the marketing industry.  T-shirts allow for incredible amounts of creativity. Create custom designs and pick whatever logo you’d like to promote your Thanksgiving. Many people use familiar Thanksgiving images like turkeys, pilgrims and cornucopias. T-shirts are a great way for you to give your guests something that will help them remember what was a very special day. Example: Thanksgiving 2009: A Day to be Thankful for.

Tote Bags - Tote bags make most lists about helpful promotional products; and that’s because tote bags are universally accepted as extremely useful items. Tote bags range in style and features from insulated tote bags to zipper tote bags. This Thanksgiving, use our Jute Tote Bags which are 100% organic and extremely environmentally friendly. Jute Tote bags also go along with the design theme of Thanksgiving because of their earthy fall colors.

Shot Glasses

Style statement is something that people are looking more at. All want to have their own way of having themselves in keeping up then other people around them. People usually tend to do something different then what others do and this is the reason why we have many new and different things coming up for every other time, occasion, situation.

People like to be trendy and think that they can create a style of their own. There are also people who try to make a style statement in glasses and glassware that they get in their house. One of the most recent and liked way is to make a creative personalized shot glass.

Let there be any occasion and you can make these shot glasses personalized so that you can make this occasion memorable for all especially for your family. You can personalize shot glass for any occasion like wedding, baby shower, birthdays, inaugurating house, and office or to promote business. Make sure that when you personalize shot glasses, you make it in certain way that it stands different then other peoples ideas and that they can remember the occasion for years or may be for their entire lifetime.

Each shot glass measures approx. 2 1/2″ in height and holds 2 ounces and hence there is enough of space to make a good design with something written on it. Couples can write their names on it or any kind of remembrance on it and gift; this would be a very precious gift to their partner.  You can also gift these mugs to someone for their birthday with their name and by drawing something on it that will be dearer and close to their heart.

During the wedding time you can honor each member with their very own Personalized Shot Glass. This will also make them feel most treated and special and a great personalized keepsake they can use with family and friends. Instead of spending huge amount on getting different kind of gifts for people during any occasion, its better that you get the personalized shot glasses with their names and if there is any close friend of yours then with some more addition writing on it making that day memorable. They will never forget that day in their life.

You can also gift straight shooter glass, this looks wonderful personalized gift to optimize the home bar. Shot glasses can be used for any occasion and hence you can get it done according to the theme of the occasion so that you can have a warm welcome of your friends.

The personalized shot glasses can be in any shape and you can always select the color and size that you want. As there are different shapes and sizes available it becomes easy for you to put your ideas on those shot glasses and be much more creative.

So what are you waiting for, get a personalized shot glass for you and your family.

Engraved Pens

A pen is used by all and is from one of the most used things in our life. There is a saying that pen has a power that even sword also does not have. One can write so many different things with the help of pen. There are also branded pens and having excellent pen looking elegant is one of the essential part of people who are in business and are at certain position.

It Reflects Your Business’s Personality and Style

The kind of pen that you use also reflects your personality. When you are in any board meeting or in any business conference it is essential that you have a good pen. Pen has so much of importance in our lives. Just imagine how would have people managed without pens. Life would have not been as simple and easy as we think.

Convey & Represent Your Motto

As pen is such an essential part in our life then why not use it for other reasons as well. Pens have become essential part for business to promote their businesses and hence make their presence feel in the market. Engraved pens are the pens with specific reason that convey or represent some motto. Engraved pens have company name printed and logo on it which is made especially for the promotion purpose.

Innovative Ideas Create Lasting Impressions

The engraved pens have proved successful in business as the logo of your company remains in peoples mind and hence this helps in increasing your business. There are many ways to promote business but this is one of the most effective ways to make your presence feel in the market. There are many ways and means to promote the business all that you need to do is have innovative and creative ideas because anything new that happens leaves a longer effect on peoples mind and this makes things easier for your business.

Makes Your Business Stand Out

Making things different and putting them in a different way is always good for companies as this makes them stand different then other companies. You need to have a unique way to get into market. This not only shows your interest but also the potential to convenience people and in this way attract people making maximum profit.

To run any kind of business you need to have presence of mind and you need to be innovative without that you will not be able to be successful. The method of promoting business with the help of engraved pens is very effective and has been adopted by many businesses. These pens are distributed during seminars, conferences or meetings. The companies usually tend to hold seminars and during that time they distribute engraved pens.

You can always make the engraved pens more attractive by using bright colors and printing company logo or may be some eye catching design. In business whatever you do has to be effective so that you may be able to get potential customers. There are different tactics to get hold of customers in business and this is one of the best ways to increase business.

Logo Mug

Business is something that needs creative and attentive mind. For this reason one has to constantly think of all the different alternatives so that they can promote their business. There are many different ways to promote business such as through hoardings, billboards, radio, TV, distributing pamphlets, handouts and many other things.

Make a Difference for Your Business

Apart from this one of the most effective ways to promote the business is by making logo travel mugs. These mugs have more impact on peoples mind as they see something different. This remains in their mind for longer time and hence there are more chances of your business being promoted rapidly. More then words pictures speak more and leave a longer impact on peoples mind hence it is also essential that you have a meaningful logo on your mug.

When you hand over the logo mugs to people, as they will find it different then other mugs they will have a better look at it, promoting your business. This is one of the best ways of promoting your business and one also does not need to do more investment. If you plan to get something really unique logo mug then you will have to think of some effective and presentable logo that will have good impact on people and hence you will be able to make a place in the market.

It’s Your Company’s Travelling Advertisement

The logo mugs that you distribute are taken by people and whenever they make use of that mug they will remember your company and this will keep people reminding about your company and as a result the company name will be rotating in the market. The company can distribute these mugs during any occasion or also when someone is visiting their office so that they can keep them reminded about the company and its services.

It’s Your Company’s Traveling 24/7 Spokesperson

We use mugs daily and hence this is the best way to make people remind of your company whenever they are sipping tea or coffee in the morning or in any time of the day. Making your company more stable and famous with the help of the logo mugs is a good idea as this is not much expensive and also as you give something to people they will feel good about it. You are not only gifting them something but also you are promoting your company. If you see something frequently that creates an impact on the other persons mind and that they remember it for long time. At times presenting things in a different way may attract someone so much that for their entire life they will not forget and hence this increases the creditability of the company.

Customize mug with a company logo, name and some slogan. Printing a slogan on the mug will make it look more attractive. Usually people use the normal size mugs but you can always use the tall mugs with different shapes depending on your choice.

Create a difference and promote your business leaving greater impact on peoples mind so that they may have your company always on their mind.

Custom Glassware

We all try to do something different in our day to day life so that people can come to know that we are different then others. Especially when it comes to work or showing specialization in a particular field we put all our efforts and resources in making our stand in the business. There are many ways and means that the businesses use so that they can be promoted and that more and more people can come to know about them.

Get Your Business on the Most Used DrinkWare

In the recent times, businesses have adopted the method of customizing things so that there brand can be known. One of the best examples is customizing glassware or writing company name on pens and t-shirts and distributing. By doing this the company name remains in peoples mind as they can read that name frequently in the form of the thing that is laying in-front of them.

Print it for a Longer Impact

While we are running any kind of business we do try to get some or the other way to set it in peoples mind so that their brand may be able to make good profit. One of the best ways is to customize glassware as this will have longer impact on peoples mind. Whenever they will look at the glassware they will remember your brand. This helps in creating a huge network and hence keeps your company alive in the market.

Advertise Your Business With Glassware

Customizing glassware is one of the most effective ways of advertising the company. Usually people make a billboards, hoardings, advertise on TV, radio etc, but there are not many companies that use the method of customizing glassware. This method has been effective and slowly and steadily many companies have started using this method.

Customize to Make it Appealing

Customizing glassware is not only the part of business but it is also something that is considered very important in weddings or any kind of celebrations. We try to make things look as beautiful as it can especially for the big day i.e. the wedding day. Customizing glassware is very important to make the entire place look elegant. For this you need to look people who are experts in this area so that they can make the occasion more memorable.

You need to look for the proper color and shape of the glassware and also use it in a proper manner so that it may look attractive. We all take care of minute things while there is some special occasion as we want that occasion to be memorable. You need to take into consideration as to what color and kind of glassware you are making use off and how you are going to decorate it.

Even in your wedding or the celebration that you have organized if you make use of customized glass this creates a different impact on peoples mind as they get to see something different. In human beings, whatever different they see it creates an impact on their mind helping them to remember it for longer duration.

So if you want to make things look different and have a greater impact on peoples mind then customizing glassware is one of the best ways whether it is your wedding day or you want your business to be promoted.

The Ambassador Portfolio

If you’re looking to get custom promotional office items, you’re probably aware of what sort of items are available like pens, notebooks, calculators, mouse pads and sticky notes; but in this article I’d like to recommend some promotional products that will really stick out and reinforce any promotional marketing campaign. These items are top selling promotional products that have a proven record of bringing in customers.  While some of these items are relatively new to the market they have such high-quality and potential that they earned a spot on this list of recommended promotional products. All of these items come with the option of custom printed logos and designs with the option of laser engraving on select items.

Item # 1 The Leather Pen – Promotional pens are particularly sought-after customizable products because of how useful they are. Everyone could use another pen and they typically get premium exposure either on someone’s desk or even on their person. The Leather Pen stands out because of its all-around quality design which includes its sleek stainless steel body and fine leather grip. This pen is made of high-quality material which makes it more valuable to the recipient than a plastic pen with a rubber grip. People use these Leather Pens as gifts to their current customers to show their appreciation. As an item in a trade show these pens attract a lot of attention and with you custom logo printed in high resolution on stainless steel, this promotional product reflects well on your company.

Item #2 The Ambassador Portfolio – This portfolio notebook is probably the finest promotional item you can get at DiscountMugs.com. Its smooth leatherette material and many quality features make this Ambassador Portfolio a premium promotional product. Upon openings its magnet-sealed flap you’ll see a notepad and pockets galore. The Ambassador Portfolio has a pocket for paper, a pocket for business cards and a compartment to hold a calculator. The Ambassador Portfolio also has a business card holder with clear plastic display so you can further advertise your business when giving this promotional gift. Custom printed logos on this item look incredibly professional and further advertise your business.

Item #3 The Square Leatherette Mouse Pad with Calculator – This multifunctional promotional product is great for grabbing attention at promotional events like business parties and trade shows. It’s a quality mouse pad made of leatherette material with fine exterior stitching. The Square Leatherette Mouse Pad with Calculator also has a calculator built into it with handy ruler measurements on the top and bottom of the calculator. This item is incredibly useful in the office where mouse pads, rulers and calculators can all be used with the same multifaceted office tool. This item gets premium exposure fixed on people’s desks at work or at home. The best part about this it attracts a lot of attention for its innovative features and designs.

Item #4 Flexible Big Key Calculators – This is a novel promotional product. While it doesn’t boast the luxurious style of the previous recommended items, it has a creative appeal. Flexible Big Key Calculators has almost surreal features like the fact that the entire item is made of flexible thin rubber. Customers can bend, twist and fold these calculators and have big buttons that protrude from the pad. Its flexibility has an undeniable appeal in terms of design but it also helps when carrying this item in your pocket as it won’t break and will bend with your movement.