Number crunching during the current economic climate is a vitally important task. Whether companies are doing this to ensure they have the best price in front of new or existing clients as possible, or if they are looking at reducing overheads to cope with a drop in sales. A promotional calculator would be a fantastic business gift or promotional giveaway idea to get the message out to your target audience that you understand their situation and that you are providing an item that may assist. Given the tough times, it is very likely that a gift of a promotional calculator will be kept, used over a long period and give a lasting reminder to your company.

There is plenty of choice of calculators in the promotional desktop range of business gift ideas and most budgets can be catered for. At the lower end are the credit card sized models that can slip neatly into a folder, pocket or even a wallet. A great variation on this is the pocket calculator with integrated business card holder and pens, a fantastic low cost dual function product. Moving up in the price range, and there is a good choice of small calculators that act either as a desktop item or one that can be used on the move whether that be during travel or at a client visit. Most have a good print area just above the display screen.

Towards the top end of the price spectrum are some really good quality desk top calculators, either in heavyweight metal or combination metallic and plastic finish. The contemporary designs would compliment any office environment and due to the larger overall size, the print area is bigger as well.

The Eco angle is also something to consider when looking for a promotional calculator. There are of course the solar powered models, but more recent additions have been water powered calculators along with dynamo versions that require a shake to power up, making the user conscious of the non use of battery power and giving a greener appeal.

At Steel City Marketing, the sales team is knowledgeable on all aspects of promotional gifts, not just calculators. Should you be considering reviewing your spend on promotional merchandise, please don’t hesitate to call on 0114 2754150 and we will advise, quote competitively, provide samples and visuals as required to ensure you make the right decision for your company’s brand.

It is not surprising that the most common request when a client is deciding how to spend their next marketing budget is that they are looking for a good value product and therefore make a request for a cheap promotional pen. The choice of pens within the budget price range has always been considerable and this has not changed in recent years. In fact the competitiveness of producers has increased with most products frozen in price or even aggressively reduced in an attempt to chase the volume sales or encourage the end users to switch to a rival promotional pen.

Many of the brand names have some serious presence in the cheap promotional pen range with Senator, Bic, Papermate as well as a huge amount of choice in non-branded products that provide some excellent designs and a wide selection of trim colours. All fit in well with the price points that matter to the purchaser and will also be received well by the intended recipient.

Senator pens have one of the original budget promotional pens with the Super Hit now available in frosted, mix and match colours, a part recycled option as well as a model with an ergonomic rubber grip. Other pens have done well to establish themselves in this market. Bic have always had an exceptional retail presence, arguably the market leader, and they have some great lines in the promotional pen market and have a flagship product themselves in the Bic Media Clic ballpen that now also comes as a part recycled product.  Papermate have in more recent years made an aggressive move into the cheap promotional pen market to compliment the more expensive products they have Papermate, Parker and Waterman.

Unbranded budget promotional pens are also incredibly popular and due to the improvements in design, these site very well against any brand names. Examples of these are the Espace, the Rhin ballpen and the Baron colour, with high volume sales year on year.

There is definitely a cheap promotional pen to suit all tastes and budgets and you can be sure that once you start searching around, you will find one that will also meet your branding needs.  Steel City Marketing has been in the industy for over 28 years and is one of the leading promotional gifts distributors in the UK. Call one of the sales team now on 0114 2754150 and we will ensure you get the right pen for your campaign.

A fantastic business gift idea that is seeing a great amount of interest is a small promotional digital photo frame keyring. This is of course a more executive gift idea, but certainly something that is now becoming a lot more affordable as the price on basic flash memory continues to fall.

With digital cameras, gone are the days when every photo taken would be printed out, saved in packs or placed in a photo album. These days all our photographs are stored on our PC’s, transferred from memory cards. They are carried around on iPods, mobile phones, portable flashdrives or hard disk drives. The digital photo frame keyring is another method of having your favorite photos to hand, showing them to family and friends and having a perfect reminder of a loved one or that holiday of a lifetime.

Although there are several variations in this type of product (and all of these can be sourced by Steel City Marketing), this particular one is on at a great offer price. It has a 1.5inch screen, up to 16MB of internal memory allowing up to 140 images to be stored. It is a true plug and play digital photo frame keyring and supports jpeg, gif and bmp files. Based on a 1 colour print to 1 position, 100 would usually be priced at £10.05 each. This current offer has the unit cost at £8.95 each (excluding screens, carriage and VAT).

Stocks are held in the UK, but these can quickly be taken up, meaning a restocking time of around 12 weeks.  Should this item be something that any company is considering as a business gift idea, an early order is recommended.

The sales team of Steel City Marketing can be contacted on 0114 2754150 about this or any other promotional or business gift. With a huge amount of experience, the flexibility on pricing and the keenness to build lasting client relationships, you can be assured you are dealing with the right promotional gift distributor.