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Promotional Clocks - Learn Why They Make Such Excellent Promotional Gifts

By Francis Murphy

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Published: 20Mar2010
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Promotional clocks make marvelous corporate gifts for one reason. Name another promotional item that will stay right in front of your target audience All day and get looked at on numerous occasions You won't get the same view per penny value from for example leather conference folders or promotional bottled water. Promotional clothing for example printed T-shirts or embroidered polo shirts may be worn only a few times and then be forgotten. On the other hand printed wall clocks or even metal clocks left on a desk would be a totally different proposition. They will certainly still be there at the end of the day and again first thing the next day. How many alternative promotional products that can provide that degree of advertising.

The usefulness of giving away timepieces as promotional items should not be confined to the client's offices. Promotional travel alarm clocks are another example of how one can give clients corporate gifts that go where they go. They then remind them of your company and its services. Alternative arenas out of the office might include retail stores. Take a look at the free publicity you might obtain were you to give a major client promotional wall clocks for every one of their retail stores? Branded clocks left at reception get viewed by each and every visitor to the office. Maybe put a couple of smart promotional metal clocks positioned in an employee kitchen or restaurant. The opportunities for utilising these very very effective promotional products really is endless.

There are numerous types of branded clocks out there. Whilst printed wall clocks are possibly the most popular there are lots more available to pick from. Manufacturers have been extremely clever in merging lots of alternative promotional items with metal clocks. For example picture frames, climate stations and temperature indicators. Plastic promotional clocks can naturally enough be found at the cheaper end of the price bracket. On the other hand these also can be paired with other clever gadgets as radios. The following list gives you the most popular models.

Printed Wall Clocks

Custom printed wall clocks are the favourite selection for promotional merchandise buyers who are looking for maximum visibility. The faces on these great business gifts can now be branded in full colour. This provides the creatives with tons of room to really go to town with the artwork.

Promotional Metal Clocks

A stylishly created and well made promotional metal clock will never fail to deliver the goods. They will usually feel heavy and look very classy consequently the perceived cost of corporate merchandise like this is very high. Laser engraving ones logo or message completes the job..

Promotional Plastic Clocks

It would be too easy to blank promotional plastic clocks just because you feel they may be seen as a cheap alternative. But they also have a job to perform in this wonderful arena of corporate merchandise. They are ideal to give away as business gifts at exhibitions or trade gatherings. And you can rest assured that they will be kept well after the promotional bottled water has been washed down the sink, the leather conference folder is put into the cupboard or the printed T-shirt used to check the oil.

I can only hope that I've been able to demonstrate to you that branded clocks make superb corporate promotional products. By this time you should have been convinced that they are much better than promotional clothing, when did you last look at an embroidered polo shirt to check what time it was? They are definitely more durable than many other corporate merchandise and that includes promotional mugs or mousemats. And from a budgetary perspective with metal promotional clocks starting as low as £3.50 and promotional plastic clocks under a £1 they represent unbelievable value.

Francis Murphy is the Managing Director of BTC Group which was established in 1977 and currently runs more than 25 Promotional Merchandise Programmes for clients that include AA,BBC, HMV,Tesco and Nomura Bank. His 30+ years of experience in the Promotional Merchandise arena has helped him develop an organisation that has grown to become the largest privately owned company of its type in the UK.

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