Friday, December 12, 2008

Marketing Reach with Promotional Merchandise

Businesses need to cast a wide net in order to get consumers. There are some businesses that have a very specific target audience. For example, a jewellery store that offers high priced items is seeking the millionaire customer over the middle class. As a specific target audience their net is not as wide as a clothing shop might be. For a clothing shop, the more consumers you can get the better off you will be.

In other words you have to use several marketing tools to have a long reach. In fact clothing companies in the UK may have Internet sites to target the rest of the world. The point is that marketing is imperative to the success of your business. To help your marketing reach you can use promotional merchandise.

Promotional merchandise such as pens, bags, mugs, and anything else with your brand on it will help you extend your reach without having to do anything more than pass out the merchandise. Here is why:

When you give a customer a pen with your logo, chances are it will be kept in their purse or pocket. Then when they walk into another store or meet friends they may use the pen to make a note or sign something. When the pen appears in their hand the other person will make note of the brand. Then when the brand is seen again the second person may research what you sell or ask their friend about it. The point is more than one person sees that promotional merchandise.

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