Button Badges – Highly Effective Promotional Gifts

On February 8, 2010, In business, By Sheila Lang

Some examples of excellent corporate gifts or promotional items are button badges and clothing. These materials are effective because of the large exposure they receive, especially at big events. This makes them perfect corporate gifts to be given out at large company functions, sporting events, at the beach, or any other location where a lot of people will attend.

Company sponsored events go hand in hand with corporate gifts like button badges. If you are planning a big community event (such as a fun run, company picnic or big walk), it is important that there is enough button badges and promotional clothing to go around. It is usual that people who go to such events automatically expect that they will be given gifts such as button badges and other promotional products. They will most likely end up thinking badly of your company if they aren’t given such items.

Button badges & name tags play an important function. They draw attention to your logo while letting people at the event easily identify each other. If you create a button badge or name tag, put your logo on it. This not only gives you an opportunity to advertise your brand; it also makes everybody feel that they are part of the same event.

You should always think of the several different options you have for corporate gifts whenever you are planning or hosting any large event or function. These gifts may seem to give a dent in your budget for marketing or advertising, but it is very worth it. Your brand will be thought of positively, and every person at the event will appreciate your business.

The purpose of these corporate gifts is to improve & promote the image of the company. Nobody can say no to anything free, but often your company’s logo will be overlooked unless other efforts are done to make the receivers aware of your brand or company. When people are heavily targeted with a combination of corporate gifts and advertising, they will surely remember your company’s name whenever they need your merchandise.

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Pens – Basic Info

On February 1, 2010, In business, By Cherry Soto

Pens are small and fairly cheap. In respect to using them as gifts, they are well used. They don’t get thrown until they have been fully used. Depending on usage, they usually have a life span of one to two months.. Because of this versatility they are a perfect gift.

These days, black ballpoint pens are the most popular ink color; most pen producers would agree. When you are looking for advertising exposure the black ballpoint pen has the best dollar for dollar advertising and market exposure value. Your clients can be constantly reminded of your business each day when you add your branding or unique company features to the pen.

Black ballpoints are the most preferred amongst sales people & office workers but blue is next in line in popularity. Odd and interesting colours such as pink or orange can also be used, but are of little usability. They’re best for children’s wear businesses or party-hire companies. After all you are giving a very practical gift so it may be better to stick with blue of black ink.

Imagination is the only limit when it comes to the exterior body of a pen. As long as the pen is still usable practically as a pen, you would still achieve your exposure goals regardless of how it looks like.

On the pen’s body, you should first focus on company info you want to put, before considering the pen’s body design next. If you do not do this you may end up choosing a physical design that you cannot add the info you want which would defeat the original purpose.

Quality looking pens will be preferred by more people than cheap looking ones, so do not go too cheap when it comes to the body of the pen. Don’t use cheap pen interiors either. A lot of us has thrown away a pen in frustration because a pen does not work when we tried using it. If a person gets this experience from your pens, they can associate it easily with your company. They will end with a bad impression of your business.

Good suppliers of corporate gifts should be able to not only purchase the pens you want in the numbers you need, but also be able to consult you on some of the pen body design and quality aspects that we have covered.

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The Incredible Art Of Screen Printing

On February 1, 2010, In business, By Judy Wong

The term ‘printing’ may be explained as the procedure of creating lettering and pictures, usually using ink and paper via a printing press. The science of printing has really advanced and progressed over the years. Screen-printing, in all of its various forms, is a popular technique.

Screen-printing, also referred to as silk screening, is a method that is best for surfaces that are comparatively flat. In this process, fine mesh or a screen is tightly stretched over a rigid frame, with the screen masking areas which will not be printed. In order to make a print, the screen is placed atop the item that is to be printed; then a blob of thick ink is applied. Next the ink is pressed through the screen with the assistance of a squeegee. The ink sticks to the unmasked area, thereby creating the print, and the masked area is shielded from ink incursion. After this, the printed item goes through a heated tunnel that dries the ink so that items can be stacked or put into packages.

When more than one color is involved, the process is repeated, utilizing different screens. So, four screens would be necessary for a four-color print; they can be placed on a rotary press or done by hand, allowing each color to print in its proper place.

There are a number of methods for ‘masking’ a screen. The easiest technique is via application of masking fluid right onto the screen. This is the perfect procedure for dual-color graphics, while for multiple-color tasks, a photosensitive emulsion is the proper procedure.

If you are unsure what to request when ordering, remember that a screen printer’s t-shirt printed with ink with plastics will be hot and tacky afterwards. It might be wise to request water-based inks if you prefer a softer, vintage-look screen printed shirt. But if you are wanting a heavy laid print, you should request ink containing plastics to be applied with a hot press.

Inks containing plastics are used by many screen printers because sometimes they last longer, are brighter, heavier and more easily seen, not to mention being easier on the screen printing equipment. Within a short time frame, plastic inks can begin to crack up, though. Natural inks last longer and they look best too.

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Screen Printing

On January 20, 2010, In business, By Raymond Sung

Screen printing is a printing process that makes use of a woven mesh to hold an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil outlines the open areas of the mesh that transfer ink in the form of a sharp-edged image on the surface that is to be printed and this surface is called substrate. On the screen stencil, a squeegee or roller moves and pumps the ink on the open areas that are to be printed with that particular color.

Silk screening or serigraph also involves screen printing. In this, the stencil method of the print making imposes a design on the screen of silk or any other fine mesh and the empty areas are covered with an impermeable substance while the ink is put on the printing surface through the mesh. The silk printing was the traditional method but now it has been replaced with the polyester for screen painting.

The screen printing first appeared in China during the rule of Song dynasty. The Asian countries started using the screen printing process in thirteenth century and advanced it further by combining the screen painting with block printing and paints. In late 1700s, the Europe started using the screen printing process but it gained wider acceptance much later as the silk was not available in the Europe at that time.

The screen printing in the United Sates became popular when the artist Andy Warhol screen printed Marilyn Monroe in year ’62 in the garish colors. In year ’60, the American entrepreneur, inventor and artist Michael Vasiltone developed and patented a rotary multicolor garment screen printing machine. He used this rotary machine to manufacture and print information of bowling on different garments but soon he turned his attention on printing team logos and information on t-shirts. This soon led to led a boom in t-shirt screen printing business and many more manufacturers licensed from him in order to print on t-shirts. The rotary garment screen printing machine became the most popular device used in the screen printing industry.

The screen printing business flourished and became a profitable industry. It was adopted by the artists to express and they used it to duplicate their works and they have been using it before ’00s. Currently, it is popular both in the commercial printing and fine arts industry. It is commonly used print images on the T-shirts, CDs, DVDs, hats, glass, ceramics, polyethylene, paper, polypropylene, wood and metals.

The first industrial screen printing process was patented in’07 and many years later, John Pilsworth of San Francisco introduced the multi-color printing using the same screen. In this, the different screen areas were blocked for different color inks and a multi-colored image was produced. This technique is popular in printing signs and posters.

Large and small corporate give gifts to their employees and clients in appreciation of their work and also to motivate the employees to perform better. The Corporate gifts are usually screen printed with the company logo and some motivational sentiments. The corporate gifts are given at the time of holidays like Christmas and New Year. There are many different types of corporate gifts like t-shirts, bags, glasses and like. The screen printed t-shirts are also given to the employees during the annual events of the corporate.

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