Sunday, January 2, 2011

Custom Magnets

Since the time business was started, advertising has also been going on. All the time owners keep looking for new ways to get their message across to the clients. E-mailing at mass level, pop-up windows and postings on Facebook are the latest varieties to advertise, but it does not mean these are the best ones. For all the effort and money that is spent on advertising it is amazing to realize that even now the most cost effective way to advertise is the good old custom magnets.


Explaining it is easy and involves very basic principles of sales: years of loyalty from the clients can  be gained by offering them something useful that they really need. It is same as personal relationships, that if a good-nature helpfulness is shown by one party then another would also want to reciprocate and the seeds of the trust is planted that leads to a solid foundation of healthy interaction. When the potential customer has thrown away the junk mails, has been avoiding sales pitches over e-mail and keeps surfing TV channels at split seconds, the magnet on the refrigerator that has their family pictures will continue to make a difference. It is going to be placed there for years because of its usefulness and over time it becomes a household fixture which results in the image of the business getting associated with the personal lives and family members. This type of better quality publicity is very difficult to achieve by other means.





In a mailing or at the point of sale, custom magnets are offered free for promotional purposes by most of the businesses. Recipients also like it well because it is a free gift without any obligations required. This being a useful tool, it becomes a part of their lives whereas it keeps reminding them subconsciously about a business that is still out there. There are a variety of magnets some of which make it easy to keep handy important numbers. By using refrigerator magnets people associated with appliance repair, pizza delivery, taxi companies, among many others keep getting business over long-duration.


Considering so many benefits involved with this, there are still cost effective advertising strategies associated with this. Placing orders for magnets is a simple process and requires nothing more than connecting to the internet. Its immediate delivery and reasonable rates are offered by many of the companies. Most of them have graphic designers who will turn any idea into attractive designs without any problem. The shipment cost for the custom magnets is a one-time spending similar to ordering calendars or business cards. But the true advantage is that compared to the other varieties of advertisement these are going to 'stick around' for many years to come.


Nowadays it is very easy to find custom shapes, brilliant colors and different types of extra features from the manufacturers. An appealing friendly design should be selected and distribution should be done on a wide scale. Custom magnets for the business will keep working year after year.