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Vanessa Eliosanco
by Vanessa Eliosanco

If you have been the recipient of many a logo merchandise, you have probably gotten your hands on promotional pens, adhesive notes, mugs, T-shirts, and lanyards-but what about personalized flashlights?

At first glance, customized flashlights may seem like industry-specific advertising tools that you cannot just give out to anyone. Unlike pens, screen-printed flashlights are not used every day-they don’t show a fashion statement, unlike customized T-shirts. They are not even pleasing, unlike keychains with Rubik’s cubes or puzzles. Right? Wrong. Give it some thought, and you’ll consider that promotional flashlights serve a greater purpose than you think. Here are some industries and campaigns where custom-printed flashlights will come in handy:

Logo flashlights are fitting logo merchandise for safety-awareness and disaster management campaigns. Nonprofit organizations can exploit promotional flashlights for their road safety campaigns. Flashlight-wielding persons will be on the ready for any emergency on the road.

IT companies will find that logo-bearing flashlights are recommended tools in instilling awareness in their customers about cyber safety or introducing a product that protects company data or property. Mini flashlights or key lights are perfect souvenir items for this type of market, so customers can hold these them wherever they go, so they have some light source when there is a need for it.

Battery manufacturers wanting to escalate their sales should consider offering flashlights as gifts for each pack of batteries sold. Similarly, flashlights are also suitable logo merchandise for groups that sell camping and adventure products and accessories. These promotional items may be given out upon the purchase of certain items or when a minimum order value is reached.

It’s easy to think that flashlights could get in the way one’s marketing campaign, but coming up with a good theme, angle, or thrust is not as challenging as it seems. With careful planning and good strategy, along with a deep understanding of the industry, a flourishing promotion is sure to be achieved.

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Author:
Vanessa Eliosanco
Time:
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Category:
Local Advertising
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