Charity Wristbands (also known as silicon wristbands) are one of the most popular promotional products that charities use to raise money or campaign awareness. They were first made popular by the Livestrong campaign, which was supported by Lance Armstrong and Nike. Most charities will consider using these when they are looking for an awareness boost.

The Offer

Steel City Marketing are giving ONE UK Charity the chance to raise money or campaign awareness by giving them 100 silicon wristbands debossed or printed with their details, FREE OF CHARGE.

The 100 silicon wristbands :
· Will be pantone matched to your charity brand / colour.
· Are inclusive of either 1 colour print or 1 position debossing.
· Can carry any message you choose.
· Are individually poly bagged.
· Come in two sizes. Adult (203mm) or child (180mm) – the order cannot be split.
· Are available on a 3-4 week lead-time. All costs included.

Should you win this set of promotional wristbands for your charity, they could make a perfect giveaway at an event if “campaign awareness” is the priority. However if you are looking at raising money, you could sell these 100 Free Wristbands for between £1 and £2.50 depending on your supporters.

To Qualify

If you know of a charity that would like to be considered for this offer, let them know what they need to do to quality. Simply ask them to follow @scmgifts on Twitter & send us a tweet including : #CharityWristbandOffer

The competition closes on Monday 17th October at 5pm. We will draw the name lucky charity out of a hat after this and advise the winner. Good luck!

The pop up reusable vase is an innovative promotional item that allows you to say “it” with more than just flowers! This is a clear plastic portable vase that can be used over and over again and is unbreakable.

The interest in this brand new item has been incredible as it allows you to consider a branded item that can be given out to encourage the buying of flowers or indeed to compliment the gift of giving flowers. The pop up reusable vase has so many applications.

The pop up vase is supplied flat, which allows it to be considered seriously as a fantastic direct mail piece. It has a great print area, and although this promotional item can only be printed in one colour, you can print a different message to both sides at an extra cost.

In order to use the pop up reusable vase, all the recipient has to do is (video below shows this in action):
· Fill with warm water, in order to shape the vase and then,
· Refill with cold water to set that shape.
· It is then instantly ready to take the flowers and like with any other, it will keep flowers alive for days.

As soon as the user wants to store away the pop up vase:
· Simply fill with warm water,
· Then flatten and smooth.

In order to assist your clients, there is no reason why you shouldn’t insert a simple printed instruction sheet highlighting the “how to use” instructions listed above.

There are three products in this “reusable family”. There are two sizes of pop up vases as well as a larger vessel that can be used as a wine bottle or drinks cooler / carrier. All are made from the same “unbreakable” pvc and function in the same way to mould, shape and reuse. Each of the products comes with either a red, green, blue or yellow trim.

There is simply no restriction as to what the pop up reusable vase can be used for in your marketing campaign. It is perfect for direct mail as stated above. It is a brilliant promotional item to consider for an event giveaway. It certainly has a great application in the office, home, restaurants, cafes, hotels, hospitals, travelling (such as caravans) and obviously florists. A key consideration is that if flowers are put anywhere where a smashing vase could be a big hazard (children, elderly), the pop up reusable vase is a perfect solution.

Finally the price point of the pop up reusable vase is a huge factor to consider. The unit cost for 250 is just £1.50. The cost per impression is so incredibly low when taking into account this is a vase that will be used over and over again for a great many years. Samples of this product are available and our studio would happily mock up a visual if you send your artwork to your sales account manager.

We can officially confirm that people just love promotional notepads and paper products! Following an online survey, we found that 59% of respondents could’nt do without a “notepad” on their desk at work! Promotional Notepads are now considered one of the staple promotional giveaway items to consider. The value lies in the following facts:

• They are a vital and necessary item in a busy working day
• They are used on a daily basis
• They are the perfect constant reminder – billboard advertising for the desktop.

Recent research by Source-e indicates that 52% of people purchased from companies who had branded merchandise on their desk. Promotional Notepads and paper products offer tremendous value for money, create brand awareness, build brand identity and influence purchases! They are cost effective options to offer customers as a way to reach out and connect with both existing and potential customers.

A clear best seller in the promotional notepad range is that of sticky notes. If you want a product that is low cost, lightweight to mail, useful, effective and value for money then look no further than the humble sticky note. They may not be High Tec or flashy but they do the job – they make any promotional message stick!

If you are looking for a smart, eye-catching promotional notepad product, then you should ‘take note’ of wiro-bound pads. Through a surge in popularity in high street stores such as Paperchase, this product has quickly become a top selling item. The great attraction lies in the versatility of this functional and fun product.  Further, wiro-bound notepads offer real value for money; they are really useful, durable and very effective. Not only a contemporary choice in the promotional gift marketplace; they also work well in the world of education and as a souvenir item too.

Promotional Notepads are a strong choice to consider when planning a campaign where you are looking for brand recall and campaign recognition. For a relatively low unit cost spend, you are putting something useful and function onto prime real estate space – your target audience’s desktop!