Other than being BPA free and looking cool, these Funk It Up Drink Bottles also come with 3 different delivery leadtime options. A 24 hour rush production time and 3 day turnaround (both especially useful if you forgot that promotional campaign deadline your boss assigned you), or 10 weeks delivery (if you are a super organised person and have time to kill for your bulk order promotional campaigns, you’ll have dollars to save). These bottles are made from hard plastic so they are extremely durable. Toss em and chuck em around and they’ll still be fine.

In addition, they each come with a complimentary freezer bar. Never used a freezer bar in a drink bottle? Have no clue what it does? Well, essentially, you can put the freezer bar in the freezer then once they’re frozen, just pop them into your funk it up drink bottles. They’ll keep your water cool through your workout.

Minimum order for these promotional bottles is just 100 units. But why stop at just a 100 of these awesome bottles. I’m sure you can think of more than 100 people who could use these bottles and get your branding out there such as family, friends, staff, current customers and prospects. They even come with an easy pull leak resistant spout so you don’t look silly trying to drink water from your standard drink bottle while running on the treadmill and spilling it all over your tee when you’re trying to impress that hot guy in your gym.

So what sort of branding would look good on these bottles? I believe less is more so I personally would go for a 1 colour white print on both sides on the translucent red and translucent blue bottles and a black print on the clear bottles as these are excellent contrasting colours on the different coloured bottles so this will ensure that your branding stands out.

Silicone Wristbands are a useful promotional item that can be used for event participants as identification. Custom printed wristbands can be colour coded to identify guests, staff and performers. For clubs or music festivals where alcohol should not be served to underage guests, printed wristbands can be used to identify guests who have been verified as of legal drinking age. This will greatly speed up service at the bar. Silicone bracelets also make your event participants really feel part of the event. Make your VIP guests feel even more special by having a VIP print on their silicone bracelets.

Reflective Silicone Wristbands are also available for safety uses. These are ideal for school and safety programs. Adults and kids alike can use light up reflective silicone bracelets for walking and running at night. Light up reflective silicone wristbands are also popular with cyclists riding at night as these wristbands make the traffic aware that there’s a cyclist on the road in the dark.  

Silicone Wristbands can also be used to promote your brand at events. If you’re sponsoring or hosting an event, guests wearing silicone bracelets with your organisation brand will let others know who is sponsoring or hosting the event. This will create a favourable impression for your company as guests associate your company with having a great time at the event.

In addition to the standard wristbands, you can get usb wristbands, slap on wristbands, custom keyring wristbands and even silicone ring bands. So the next time you have an event on your calendar, think about the event participants and how you’d like each group to stand out using silicone wristbands. You can see how custom wristbands are a must have at any event or party.

With our promotional merchandise sourcing office in Shanghai, China, we have direct access to A grade products for small orders to large bulk orders. Whether you’re a small business looking to save money or a large organisation looking to meet your allocated budget, we can help.

Apart from the standard promotional merchandise on our site such as promotional clothing, embroidered caps, logo mugs, printed lanyards and custom flash drives, we can also source unique branded products at factory direct prices for your marketing campaigns. What’s more, our talented graphic designers can come up with innovative designs for your advertising campaign.  We do all things promotional from design through to delivery so you don’t have to go to several different promotional providers.

Minimum orders for factory direct prices vary according to the type of product you’re ordering. To give you an idea, minimum orders start from only 50 units for custom flash drives and 100 units for personalised printed pens. Delivery lead times range from 2-3 weeks to 10-12 weeks depending on the quantity and type of product you’re ordering.

Promotional Merchandise at factory direct prices from our offshore factories can save you up to 50% on your next promotional campaign. Remember our quoted prices to you include the product and imprint, import duties and delivery to your door. In addition, with our quality assurance, you can sit back and concentrate on your promotional event.

Have an international event in Asia, America or UK? Why lug your promotional products around when we can deliver your custom products to your selected destination for you at factory direct prices? Just inform us of the product you’re after, the imprint details required and the delivery address and we’ll give you an all inclusive wholesale quote.

So when you’re looking to save money and have a longer delivery lead time to spare, ask about our factory direct promotional products and prices. You’ll be glad you asked.

Mental Brand Association   

Ever heard an advertisement jingle that you just couldn’t get off your head and even found yourself embarrassingly humming to? Well, that’s the power of repeated advertisements; it actually conditions your prospects or consumers’ minds to recall your brand. In terms of tangible products with your brand, the more prospects and consumers see your brand name in front of them on a promotional products, the stronger the mental association with your brand.

Expands Brand Exposure 

When it comes to advertising, don’t expect results just from a one off marketing effort. Many businesses particularly small business owners make the mistake of relying on a one hit wonder. Instead, your promotional message on promotional products on a repeated cycle will get you more brand exposure. The more your brand exposure, the more saturated the market will get with your brand. 

Creates a Viral Buzz 

Repeated branding on promotional products is ideal as it creates a viral buzz by arousing the curiosity of others. Go a step further by promoting a thought provoking message on a unique promotional product to create a greater buzz. The possibilities are endless with custom made promotional merchandise. 

Image Reinforcement 

Having your promotional message consistently in front of your prospects and consumers gives you an opportunity to strongly reinforce what your brand stands for. For example, if you wish to promote that you are an environmentally friendly company, consistently promote this message on a range of green promotional merchandise to strongly instil this in the minds of your target market. 

Market Credibility 

The more your brand is seen everywhere, the more people get familiar with your brand. In this way, your brand becomes more credible. Prospects will start to take notice of your brand, trust you and become a customer of yours. 

Due to the 5 reasons above, you need to ensure repeated and consistent reinforcement of your brand or you risk falling short of making the impression you want in the minds of others.

• Longer production lead times
• Higher prices

There are a number of factors which have increased prices and production lead times of promotional merchandise from China.

Movement of Labour

During the 2008 global financial crisis, many workers in factories on the coast were laid off and went back to their homes. Many workers have still not gone back to the factories on the coast due to bleak prospects. Due to the low supply in labour, labour costs have gone up, in turn raising the cost of materials. This has resulted in price increases in promotional products. Analysts believe that this trend may be a long term one.

Government policies

China’s large investment in the development of hi tech companies, automotive and the service industry and staff incentives provided in these industries has left the manufacturing industry which the promotional products industry relies on to be understaffed.  

Another area China has concentrated on is in making China the “food bowl” of the world. In line with this, China has invested heavily into farming on a large industrial scale. Farm wages have doubled in the last eight years leaving little incentive for people to leave the farms to work in the factories.  

The government’s strict policy on birth control has also resulted in an aging population with a shortage in labour.

The Changing Face of China

The new generation born in the 90s differ from their parents due to higher education and access to the internet. Working in factories is no longer regarded favourably as compared to the past when it was the only option for many. The new generation of youths are unwilling to work as hard as their parents did choosing to be content with earning enough to only cover their expenses. They now prefer to be in the service industry where they can earn more compared to working in the manufacturing industry.

Better income and working conditions in China have also put pressure on prices as labour costs increase. With an increase in the middle class, Chinese consumers’ demand has also increased causing prices of products to rise.

The above factors will continue to affect the prices of promotional products and promotional merchandise. As China transforms into an advanced economy like Japan, other emerging countries like Vietnam, India and Bangladesh are expected to take its place.

Promotional Lollies and Promotional Confectionery can win you clients and put you in good light with prospects. Ensure you make use of the festive period to cement relationships with your business contacts by using custom branded confectionery as part of your promotional products campaign. As your recipient savours the sweet, they will think about your brand name.

You will be spoilt for choice when it comes to Promotional Lollies and Promotional Confectionery gifts for Christmas and New Year with a range of mints, candy, jelly beans, chocolates, lollies and sweets available. Custom confectionery products also come in a range of packaging from canisters, shakers, cups, noodle boxes, pillow packs, buckets and drums for the lolly crazy, to premium gift boxes.

Remember to leave sufficient time for your custom confectionery to be branded and sent to your recipients as it gets extremely busy during the festive season as people rush to put in their branded confectionery orders. The lead time for promotional confectionery is usually 2-3 weeks from art approval. For the best results for your promotional campaign, consult your promotional products consultant regarding the branding you wish to put on the sweets and your target recipients.

Tis’ the Season be “Lolly” so give the best gift that everyone will enjoy – Promotional Lollies and Promotional Confectionery.

 We can help you choose the best branding options on promotional baseball caps and headwear and one which would be suitable. Embroidery and digital transfer are the two most common branding methods on custom branded caps. You will find that there are suppliers who do screen printing on promotional caps and hats, however, we do not find this cost effective to you as screen printing is based on the number of colours in your logo and so set ups alone can be rather expensive.

Our most recommended branding technique on promotional caps and hats  is digital transfer. This is because there is no set up cost and your logo will look picture perfect. What you see on your computer screen is basically how your design will look on the branded caps. In addition, there are no limitations to the colours you can have in a digital transfer.

Other than digital transfer, we also offer embroidered caps. If you have a simple logo, then embroidery is cheaper than digital transfer on caps. However, there are limitations. Embroidery is not able to achieve shadings and small letters are not recommended whereas with digital transfer this is not a problem.

Send us your artwork and one of our promotional products consultants can advise you on the best custom branding on promotional caps and headwear.

When comparing quotes, it’s only right to compare apples with apples. Here are a few good reasons why you’re risking your brand when you source promotional products directly from developing countries.

Cost of labour is much lower in developing countries and sweatshops with children working are common. This is in contrast to labour cost in Australia with human rights laws in place. I am sure you wouldn’t want people to associate your brand name with sweatshops.

The difference in language makes it harder to communicate with offshore suppliers. Communication is paramount when organising your custom promotional products. To get the job done right, you need to understand each other well. Imagine getting a load of thousands of custom printed tees shipped to you, only to find that the offshore supplier had misunderstood your order and misprinted the tees. Any chance of seeing your money back? I think not. Besides, are you willing to pay for freight to ship the wrong order back to the supplier? Yes, I didn’t think so.

End consumers do not have knowledge or expertise in the promotional merchandise industry and direct offshore sourcing like promotional products professionals do so they become vulnerable targets for these offshore suppliers. I remember a friend telling me how his dad was cheated by an offshore supplier in a developing country. His dad actually went to the country to see the manufacturer’s factory to check if all was legitimate after which he made payment for a $100k bulk order. The order never reached him and he could not contact the offshore supplier over the phone or email so he flew back to the same location. He found that the factory was deserted. He asked the locals there where the staff and the business had moved to and he eventually found out that the whole thing was a scam. The offshore supplier had hired pretend staff and the factory to scam a number of vulnerable foreigners. Don’t become that vulnerable foreigner. Local Australian legislation won’t be of much help for you in such situations.

When you source promotional products directly from China, for instance, the products are generic and are not backed by renowned brand names. This increases the likelihood of poor quality products.

Timelines for production and delivery from offshore suppliers are also much longer. Local promotional companies can turnaround and deliver your products faster.

So what’s the moral of the story?

Leave it up to local expert promotional merchandise professionals to source offshore products for you. You’ll be better off this way. By trying to save some dollars here and there, you might end up ripped off and deserted by offshore suppliers,which is too often the case.

The local Australian economy needs a boost to get back to surplus in our budget especially after the GFC. By purchasing from 100% wholly owned companies like PromosXchange, you’re keeping our profits in Australia.

Be Australian. Give Australia a fair go. Support local Australian businesses.

Not just strictly visual or ornamental, many forms of promotional headwear are actually functional, and depending on the type of local clime, such headwear can prove to be quite handy.  In countries where the sunshine can be quite harsh and blinding, having a wide-brimmed headwear or a cap with an ample bill to shield the face and eyes from the rays of the sun can be something that people wish they had.  Having already elicited an initial interest in people due to functionality of the promotional headwear, the goal of brand recall steps into play, since people will remember the perceived convenience of the promotional headwear seen, as well as the brand that was emblazoned on the item.  Should the promotional headwear be marketing an everyday brand that people have immediate access to, the entire goal of promotion is achieved all the more faster, since the hooked consumer will make the earliest attempt to purchase the same item, or at the very least buy the products of the brand seen on the item to receive their own promotional headwear as well.