Promotional Marketing ROI
Promotional
marketing is a valuable strategy that helps organizations stay top-of-mind
within their target markets. Every time a customer
picks up a pen embossed with your logo, takes a drink from one of your
branded coffee mugs or throws on a t-shirt imprinted with your company
name, that customer thinks about your organization. Promotional
marketing can generate widespread brand awareness as well as deep customer
loyalty.
Choosing the right product can make all the difference. The Isle
of Consulting specializes in brand recognition strategies and will help
you select products that your target market will appreciate, keep and
use often. We utilize the Isle InitiativeSM to identify and recommend
products that will increase your organization’s brand awareness
and deliver a return on your marketing investment.
To help convey the value of promotional marketing and the tangible benefits
that can be achieved, we have compiled highlights from several industry
studies as well as provided 2006 results for the top product and program
categories. Contact us today to learn how you can achieve results
like these.
GOAL –Repeat Exposure & Impressions
• 73%
used the promotional product once a week
• 45.2% used it at least once per day
- 2004 study by L. J. Market Research
GOAL –Increasing Company Image & Goodwill
• 52.1% claimed to have a more favorable impression of the advertiser since
receiving the promotional product.
- 2004 study by L. J. Market Research
GOAL – Generating New Business
• 52% did business with the advertiser after receiving promotional product.
• Almost half of those who had not done business with the advertiser were
more likely to patronize in the future after receiving the branded item.
- 2004 study by L. J. Market Research
GOAL –Increasing Referral Business
• Offer of promo product incentive and/or eligibility in sweepstakes drew
500% more referrals than appeal letter alone
- 2005 study by LouisianaStateUniversity
• Those receiving promo product were 15% more likely to provide leads than
those who did not
• Salespeople using promotional products received 22% more
referrals than those who did not giveaway free gifts
- 1993 study by BaylorUniversity
GOAL – Recall
at Tradeshows
• 71% of the show attendees remembered the
name of company that gave them a branded product
- 2003 study by Georgia Southern University
Top
Product Categories
| 1. |
Wearables |
| 2. |
Writing Instruments |
| 3. |
Calendars |
| 4. |
Office Accessories |
| 5. |
Bags |
| 6. |
Drinkware |
| 7. |
Recognition |
| 8. |
Sporting Goods |
| 9. |
Housewares |
| 10. |
Stickers |
PPAI Research on Promotional Products:
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