Hopefully I have enlightened some of you of the reasons for choosing custom made lapel pins and buttons to promote your small or medium size business. I have yet to determine whether I should start promoting some of the lapel pin companies that are producing nice quality custom made lapel pins. I am still in the mood of telling you the advantages of promoting the business using custom made pins therefore please fasten your seatbelt. We may be going at a very low speed and trust me, it is going to be a very long journey. For some who have just visited this very blog of mine, I’m trying to discuss about using promotional items such as custom made lapel enamel pins or customized buttons.
In the past, I have mentioned how your competitors will spy on you in their efforts to get the upper hand in the business. Well, at least now you know that you are not alone in the business, think of the bright side, you have enemies that you can turn as friends. Foes they are, maybe, but they are essential in your business to determine whether you are running business the right way or going the other way round. What do you think of having pedestrians on the streets of the New York wearing your custom made lapel pins? Do you feel proud or what? Some may think, what gives and some may think that that is awesome. Well, it is awesome, to me at least.
How to ensure that people love to wear your customized pins and at the same time they can also talk about it? Well the very first thing you need to prepare is the awesomeness of your business and service. Every single time they come and visit your business, do take the effort to talk to them and praise them for choosing the right merchant in the town to serve their needs. Let your customers know that you are grateful to have them as customers and the same time they will return the favor by promoting your business through word mouth advertising and of course by wearing your beautiful custom made lapel pin.
Custom pins are not just simple forgettable promotional items like other items. They are unique in its way since they represent your company and the same time act as a fashionable item. If you are promoting a cause for something such as breast cancer awareness program, your breast cancer awareness custom made pin should look really nice and stand out amongst other custom pins. That way people will turn and look at you twice to take a thorough look at your pin and eventually you have the time and chance to tell them about your objective and agenda. If you don’t take it seriously by simply ordering ready made buttons, they would look unexceptionally very dull and ugly and absolutely no one would take a look at it. Learn to capture human’s eyes and how their react to colors and shapes.
Easiest example would be the difference between a black and white ready made pin and a vast colored custom made lapel pin. Even a little toddler would easily identify which one would be more attractive in terms of looks. How about the value of the pin? Of course, the value for the colored custom made one would be higher; in fact the value is way higher that the black and white pin. This is a very simple and classic example on how colors can change our life. Colors can change how people react to something they are not familiar with. People will usually try their best to avoid touching unusual and ugly colored things but at the same time they love to touch and play with nice and beautiful colored things. Children love to play colored balls and marbles. Women on the other hand love to buy colorful clothing and garments.
Bright colors such as red and yellow are best examples of colors you should utilize whenever you want to order pins that are custom made. I am in no position of advising you what color you should use when creating your company logo or board but I do believe that using the right color at the right time is as much as essential as choosing your shop location and what racks to use in your grocery shop. Take some time to browse all available of company logos on the internet and you will get some idea on which color to use and what shape to use. Spend some time to do that and don’t feel regret of doing so. You are spending a few minutes or hours of your time doing the right thing and not something that is wasting your time. You are deciding at least 30% of what will your company be in the next 10 to 20 years.
If you are not in the mood of choosing colors, or perhaps you are color blind, then it is time for you to hire someone to choose what color to use to create your custom made pin. You can hire a freelance which you can look up on the internet. There are a massive number of them available not just in the United States but also all over the world. Allow me to give you a simple tip. Get into a design forum and hire someone who reside in countries with lower currency than US Dollars and you might end up paying a very cheap cost in returns of a high quality company log to be printed on custom enamel pins!
Now that you already have a company logo, it’s about time to get it printed on the pins. Now what type of pin you should choose? Well, first of all we have to determine what would be the shape of your custom made pin. Do you want a typical round shape pin? Or do you prefer to have the pin to follow the shape of your company logo? If your company logo is in round shape, then it is best to just order the typical round shape pin as that suits your needs. Besides, a round shape logo always looks nice in a round shape area. If your logo is more to rectangle shape, well there are choices you can choose for that too. The important part here is to choose a shape that matches your company logo. Don’t haste and trust me, something that looks good may not look good on something else if they don’t match. A perfect clothing such as a tuxedo may not look good on a fat boy, if you know what I mean.
In other words, this is only part of what you need to know to choose and determine what you should print on that custom made lapel pin before you can start ordering. Remember, stay focus on your business first and plan your decision wisely and you will eventually end up with great stuffs. I’ve seen people come and go in businesses and most of those who fail share one common problem; they rushed at a very high speed without thinking much. They forgot that they have enemies in their businesses and they also forgot to plan their great ideas wisely and thoughtfully.
We will continue in the next post as I have to stop now (I’ve got some personal matters to arrange). If you have any question, please do not shilly-shally to leave your comment. Thanks a lot for visiting.
Custom Made Lapel Pins
Perhaps one of the most beautiful aspects of the cruel world of business is the marketing strategy and advertising methods used by companies to amplify the public awareness of the existence of each and every single respective company. Day after day we see all sorts of tactical weapons and armor being utilized by companies in order to ensure their very survival and eventually succeed in their business. Millions were spent and still are everyday around the world. Today we are going to take a look at how powerful merchandizes can strengthen your marketing strategy; preferably using custom made lapel pins as well as other custom made merchandizes.
Some people may not be able to understand the power harnesses from these so-called small materials yet what they don’t realize is the miracle and the magic behind it. For example, if you are venturing into a business that offers service such as babysitting or house cleaning service, you might be wondering why in the heck would you offer your customers or clients a custom made lapel pin. How in the world it is going to help to expand your small babysitting business? If I really do need it, what should be put on those pins? What should I write on the custom pins?
All these questions and inquiries are best answered by first looking at the basic idea of a business. Why would you want to open up a business? Are you trying to make fast money by selling things? Are you trying to get rid of things and stuffs that you don’t want anymore? Those are just some answers, but the main reason is, you want to generate money out of it. Nobody would set up a business to lose some money. Not even a penny. Now that you have already known the main reason why you open a business, you should also know that you are competing with others out there. If you are selling fruits, you are competing with other fruit sellers. If you open up a phone company, you are competing with AT&T and other giant companies. If you are selling custom made lapel pins, you are competing with The Pin People and other companies that make customize made pins.
How are you going to make yourself shine and well-known by the people? If you open up a barber shop in Rhode Island, you may stand a chance by promoting your business through friends and relatives. You tell them that you are now a barber and they are welcome to visit your small shop. You then ensure that each time they come you will give away some discounts so that they will be pleased and possibly keep coming back to your shop. You will probably ensure that the service you provided is top notch to wow the customers where then you expect them to start the word of mouth marketing.
That if you were in Rhode Island.
But you are not, and even if you are, those steps taken are not good enough to be the most successful businessman in Rhode Island. Other barbers would do the same and think the same thing. They will keep themselves updated with your progress and possibly find methods to undermine your business. If you charge customers $5 for a haircut, they would start charging at lower price, maybe just $4.50 per haircut. Since they have been in business for quite some time, they may have kept a sum of money for this very purpose; to kill any new competition so they can stay in business. Since you happen to be in business for just a few weeks, you may not realize this sort of ‘dirty tactic’ and by the time you are about to realize this, you have lost your customers.
Like I said in the first paragraph of this article, business is cruel. Period. If you want to get the upper hand, you have to learn the hanky-panky of the world. You need to get your hands dirty and full all the time. Of course, I am not suggesting here that you go and start sabotaging your competitors businesses. No, that is not what I mean.
What I mean is, you have to muster all possible knowledge of marketing your small business and then do extensive research on everything. Everything here means details. Every single detail. None should be left out of sight. Once you have master all the basics, then I can guarantee you that you are good to go. But hey, what are those marketing strategies that you need to know? Where do I get all these information then? Do I need to go for formal education to gain such knowledge? You don’t have to dear. Spell this word loud and clear; I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T. Internet is the most powerful method these days to gain knowledge at extremely quick rate. Going for courses may make you the best, yet it takes times and pretty much effort to came out with a degree or something.
What you need is just a considerable amount of time of your own to do some research online about the business you are going to set up. List down all of the companies available online and look at how they run their businesses thoroughly. In no time, you will begin to gather all necessary knowledge to know where you could begin and how you should begin. However, it is essential for you to know that what you are doing right now is just part of the plan; kind of a short term plan. You do not have the time to go and get a bachelor in business administration or marketing management. So this is the only way yet the best way. To some extent, you can beat a lot of people or businesses using this method. What matters is, the vast knowledge you need. Don’t worry about understanding each of the business terms used. You can always ask when the time comes to use the knowledge.
Once you have setup your business, it is time for you to think about marketing it. There are of course numerous ways of promoting a business. Ask yourself this question; how do you want people to know about your company? If that is the question, then I can tell you a number of basic ways of promoting your business to kick start your baby business. We can start with advertising first. Yes, start ordering a number of signs and posters to be put around the city. Get yourself familiar with getting license and that small little but important things that you need to know to be able to show off your company information all over the city. Talk to people on the street and pass around some brochures and pamphlets. All that helps, you can trust me on that.
So when can I start using custom made lapel pins as part of promoting my business? Oh well, now you know that custom made lapel pins are actually part of promoting your little business. Pins, buttons, pens, caps, and all other tiny stuffs are actually called promotional items. They are small, but their power is outstanding. Think about it, you have a custom made pin with your company logo and your friendly tagline on it. You give it away to your customers and at the same time you say good and nice words to them. How would they feel about receiving it? They would feel very happy and most probably it was their first token ever received from a shop they go in their entire life! Yeah, that sounds a bit preposterous but hey, that can happen and what is more important, you have just started creating an invisible connection between you and your customer. You let them feel as if they are part of the company by having the custom pin in their car, in their house, in school, or on their shirts!
Simple things sometimes let to bigger things. A small cute token of appreciation from you as a business owner is sometimes a big thing to someone who had just became your customer. They like it, if not love it. Yes, a pin is a just a pin, but your first step of building unbreakable relationship with your customer has been pioneered in a correct way. The next time the customer comes to your shop, he or she would expect your kind and excellent service. They may even wear the pin to show you that they are your loyal customer and some of them may even expect to get discounts. If you have calculated the profit and loss of doing so, go ahead and don’t hesitate to give away discounts to your customers.
A custom made lapel pin to your humble customer builds a long everlasting relationship between you and your customer. It’s a journey that is paved with pride and joy and after a while, you will notice that your business is booming tremendously, thanks again to the pins. This is where you should start to appreciate the power of little things such as pins; custom made lapel pins. Now, at this point, your competitors would start to play with their minds what are actually causing you to become a recognizable business man in such a short period. They would start investigating and perhaps send some spies. You may even notice Bonds lingering at your premise or in the shop. They can never guess that the pins are the culprits here, sort of lol. They will concentrate more on finding out if you are actually given out discounts or extra service to the customers. They may find some, but again, they can never guess that the custom made lapel pins are the ones who are doing the magical works.
Before you jump into conclusion by starting to look for companies that can customized a pin for your business, I would like to remind you that these types of companies are scattered everywhere around the cities. There are small ones, and they are also medium size ones. What matters is the quality and that is definitely something you should be looking for. Price may differ but relatively it never goes too expensive. There is a limitation though, you cannot order pins at small quantity. Yes, there are pin companies that offer custom pins with no minimum order required, but they may not be the best companies to go to. Think quality, not quantity. We will look further into that in the next article as I will go deeper into the makings and the workarounds.
There you go; I have explained a bit about the importance of promoting your business using custom made lapel pins or other promotional items. Maybe it is not much, but for now that’s what in my mind. From time to time I will toss here and there about what I think about the benefits of utilizing promotional items to promote and advertise your business efficiently and effectively. Remember, if you feel good about visiting a shop due to the exceptional service and what gifts they give you, your customers would feel the same whenever they visit your shop or business.
If I have the time, I will list down a number of services available online that offer custom made lapel pins. If you do have suggestions, please let me know by putting down comments. Maybe you know a shop somewhere in your location; be it in New York or California or down in Texas. As long as they provide good service and produce nice quality custom made pins, they are worth enough to be listed here in this small blog of mine. Don’t worry, no bias here guys. People these days are looking for good and wonderful services, not anymore at branded things. Branded products may be overrated, but not to small shops with lower profits but yet make products that are exceptional in quality. Forgive me for any mistake or understatement available in this article of mine, but like I said earlier, if you have any suggestion or even want to criticize me, you are always welcome to do so.
Some people may not be able to understand the power harnesses from these so-called small materials yet what they don’t realize is the miracle and the magic behind it. For example, if you are venturing into a business that offers service such as babysitting or house cleaning service, you might be wondering why in the heck would you offer your customers or clients a custom made lapel pin. How in the world it is going to help to expand your small babysitting business? If I really do need it, what should be put on those pins? What should I write on the custom pins?
All these questions and inquiries are best answered by first looking at the basic idea of a business. Why would you want to open up a business? Are you trying to make fast money by selling things? Are you trying to get rid of things and stuffs that you don’t want anymore? Those are just some answers, but the main reason is, you want to generate money out of it. Nobody would set up a business to lose some money. Not even a penny. Now that you have already known the main reason why you open a business, you should also know that you are competing with others out there. If you are selling fruits, you are competing with other fruit sellers. If you open up a phone company, you are competing with AT&T and other giant companies. If you are selling custom made lapel pins, you are competing with The Pin People and other companies that make customize made pins.
How are you going to make yourself shine and well-known by the people? If you open up a barber shop in Rhode Island, you may stand a chance by promoting your business through friends and relatives. You tell them that you are now a barber and they are welcome to visit your small shop. You then ensure that each time they come you will give away some discounts so that they will be pleased and possibly keep coming back to your shop. You will probably ensure that the service you provided is top notch to wow the customers where then you expect them to start the word of mouth marketing.
That if you were in Rhode Island.
But you are not, and even if you are, those steps taken are not good enough to be the most successful businessman in Rhode Island. Other barbers would do the same and think the same thing. They will keep themselves updated with your progress and possibly find methods to undermine your business. If you charge customers $5 for a haircut, they would start charging at lower price, maybe just $4.50 per haircut. Since they have been in business for quite some time, they may have kept a sum of money for this very purpose; to kill any new competition so they can stay in business. Since you happen to be in business for just a few weeks, you may not realize this sort of ‘dirty tactic’ and by the time you are about to realize this, you have lost your customers.
Like I said in the first paragraph of this article, business is cruel. Period. If you want to get the upper hand, you have to learn the hanky-panky of the world. You need to get your hands dirty and full all the time. Of course, I am not suggesting here that you go and start sabotaging your competitors businesses. No, that is not what I mean.
What I mean is, you have to muster all possible knowledge of marketing your small business and then do extensive research on everything. Everything here means details. Every single detail. None should be left out of sight. Once you have master all the basics, then I can guarantee you that you are good to go. But hey, what are those marketing strategies that you need to know? Where do I get all these information then? Do I need to go for formal education to gain such knowledge? You don’t have to dear. Spell this word loud and clear; I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T. Internet is the most powerful method these days to gain knowledge at extremely quick rate. Going for courses may make you the best, yet it takes times and pretty much effort to came out with a degree or something.
What you need is just a considerable amount of time of your own to do some research online about the business you are going to set up. List down all of the companies available online and look at how they run their businesses thoroughly. In no time, you will begin to gather all necessary knowledge to know where you could begin and how you should begin. However, it is essential for you to know that what you are doing right now is just part of the plan; kind of a short term plan. You do not have the time to go and get a bachelor in business administration or marketing management. So this is the only way yet the best way. To some extent, you can beat a lot of people or businesses using this method. What matters is, the vast knowledge you need. Don’t worry about understanding each of the business terms used. You can always ask when the time comes to use the knowledge.
Once you have setup your business, it is time for you to think about marketing it. There are of course numerous ways of promoting a business. Ask yourself this question; how do you want people to know about your company? If that is the question, then I can tell you a number of basic ways of promoting your business to kick start your baby business. We can start with advertising first. Yes, start ordering a number of signs and posters to be put around the city. Get yourself familiar with getting license and that small little but important things that you need to know to be able to show off your company information all over the city. Talk to people on the street and pass around some brochures and pamphlets. All that helps, you can trust me on that.
So when can I start using custom made lapel pins as part of promoting my business? Oh well, now you know that custom made lapel pins are actually part of promoting your little business. Pins, buttons, pens, caps, and all other tiny stuffs are actually called promotional items. They are small, but their power is outstanding. Think about it, you have a custom made pin with your company logo and your friendly tagline on it. You give it away to your customers and at the same time you say good and nice words to them. How would they feel about receiving it? They would feel very happy and most probably it was their first token ever received from a shop they go in their entire life! Yeah, that sounds a bit preposterous but hey, that can happen and what is more important, you have just started creating an invisible connection between you and your customer. You let them feel as if they are part of the company by having the custom pin in their car, in their house, in school, or on their shirts!
Simple things sometimes let to bigger things. A small cute token of appreciation from you as a business owner is sometimes a big thing to someone who had just became your customer. They like it, if not love it. Yes, a pin is a just a pin, but your first step of building unbreakable relationship with your customer has been pioneered in a correct way. The next time the customer comes to your shop, he or she would expect your kind and excellent service. They may even wear the pin to show you that they are your loyal customer and some of them may even expect to get discounts. If you have calculated the profit and loss of doing so, go ahead and don’t hesitate to give away discounts to your customers.
A custom made lapel pin to your humble customer builds a long everlasting relationship between you and your customer. It’s a journey that is paved with pride and joy and after a while, you will notice that your business is booming tremendously, thanks again to the pins. This is where you should start to appreciate the power of little things such as pins; custom made lapel pins. Now, at this point, your competitors would start to play with their minds what are actually causing you to become a recognizable business man in such a short period. They would start investigating and perhaps send some spies. You may even notice Bonds lingering at your premise or in the shop. They can never guess that the pins are the culprits here, sort of lol. They will concentrate more on finding out if you are actually given out discounts or extra service to the customers. They may find some, but again, they can never guess that the custom made lapel pins are the ones who are doing the magical works.
Before you jump into conclusion by starting to look for companies that can customized a pin for your business, I would like to remind you that these types of companies are scattered everywhere around the cities. There are small ones, and they are also medium size ones. What matters is the quality and that is definitely something you should be looking for. Price may differ but relatively it never goes too expensive. There is a limitation though, you cannot order pins at small quantity. Yes, there are pin companies that offer custom pins with no minimum order required, but they may not be the best companies to go to. Think quality, not quantity. We will look further into that in the next article as I will go deeper into the makings and the workarounds.
There you go; I have explained a bit about the importance of promoting your business using custom made lapel pins or other promotional items. Maybe it is not much, but for now that’s what in my mind. From time to time I will toss here and there about what I think about the benefits of utilizing promotional items to promote and advertise your business efficiently and effectively. Remember, if you feel good about visiting a shop due to the exceptional service and what gifts they give you, your customers would feel the same whenever they visit your shop or business.
If I have the time, I will list down a number of services available online that offer custom made lapel pins. If you do have suggestions, please let me know by putting down comments. Maybe you know a shop somewhere in your location; be it in New York or California or down in Texas. As long as they provide good service and produce nice quality custom made pins, they are worth enough to be listed here in this small blog of mine. Don’t worry, no bias here guys. People these days are looking for good and wonderful services, not anymore at branded things. Branded products may be overrated, but not to small shops with lower profits but yet make products that are exceptional in quality. Forgive me for any mistake or understatement available in this article of mine, but like I said earlier, if you have any suggestion or even want to criticize me, you are always welcome to do so.
Personalized Custom Pins
Dear visitors, first of all I would like to say my thanks to all of you for the time you are going to spend on my small and humble blog about personalized custom pins. I can assure you that you will get a lot of wonderful information from this website. To be honest with you, I'm going to discuss more about the pros and cons of buying and ordering custom pins. I will not spend my time promoting something I do not like and instead I will be more focusing on which custom pin is best and which is not. I have no intention to educate anyone nor do I want to patronize anyone about selecting the correct customized pins. My real intention is only to guide you so you will at least have some basic knowledge about what are personalized custom pins.
If you have any inquiries or questions about Personalized Custom Pins blog, please do not hesitate to leave them in the comment section and I will do my very best to answer you. If you don't have any, you are also welcome to leave any comment or feedback. However, I will never tolerate spammers and spams. So be nice and I will be nicer to you...;-)
From time to time I will update this blog with more information about personalized pins. I may not be able to update and come up with any post on a daily basis, but I will definitely spend some time to ensure that this pin blog is active. There's also a chance that I will not simply post another article; I may update any post(s) that I have created. This is my vow to keep all posted posts about custom pins are up-to-date.
~Valarie Benami
If you have any inquiries or questions about Personalized Custom Pins blog, please do not hesitate to leave them in the comment section and I will do my very best to answer you. If you don't have any, you are also welcome to leave any comment or feedback. However, I will never tolerate spammers and spams. So be nice and I will be nicer to you...;-)
From time to time I will update this blog with more information about personalized pins. I may not be able to update and come up with any post on a daily basis, but I will definitely spend some time to ensure that this pin blog is active. There's also a chance that I will not simply post another article; I may update any post(s) that I have created. This is my vow to keep all posted posts about custom pins are up-to-date.
~Valarie Benami
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