http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Gareth+Parkin Marketing Gareth Parkin Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=151941&ca=Marketing One of the most effective ways to launch a new product is to package it with a promotional gift. The something-for-nothing factor is always a great lure to get people to try a new product, and it’s one that is being exploited in a big way by many major manufacturers. If you’re launching a new produc... Marketing Gareth Parkin Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182886&ca=Marketing There are a lot of reasons to consider using promotional items to advertise and get people to use your business. Here are just a few of them: Promotional items are less expensive and longer lasting than newpaper or magazine advertising – In all reality, newspaper and magazine advertising is a wonder... Marketing Gareth Parkin Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182247&ca=Marketing This article will demonstrate to readers how versatile the uses for promotional pens can be. Often organizations, clubs, schools, churches, businesses and other associations look for ways to promote or advertise themselves in a way that will get the public’s attention. These groups are hoping to rea... Marketing Gareth Parkin Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182256&ca=Marketing Using your pen to write, or pen, the purchase order for buy promotional pens, is the first step to a successful marketing campaign. When all is said and done, using promotional pens as your marketing strategy is a good idea. Promotional pens are available with so many options it is a bit overwhelmin... Marketing Gareth Parkin Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182258&ca=Marketing Have you ever been in the situation where you were standing at the register and the cashier did not have a pen to loan you to write your check? Was there a line a half mile long behind you waiting for you to finish your transaction? Did you feel confident that when you looked in your purse or pocket... Marketing Gareth Parkin Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182263&ca=Marketing OK, come on and humor me - do this little experiment it won't take much of your time and could be an eye opener. Take a count of all the promotional pens in your office and all of the offices in your immediate area. While you are counting, take note of how many of those are promotional pens of one k... Marketing Gareth Parkin Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182265&ca=Marketing Plastic pens sometimes get a bad rap. They seem less valuable than other kinds of pens so people stick their noses up at them. They are absolutely perfect for trade show swags though. People who attend professional trade shows are always excited about what freebies they will get when they go through... Marketing Gareth Parkin Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182092&ca=Marketing In this world of extreme sports it seems that business and corporations are also in a world of extreme competition. New businesses open and quickly close just because of this competition. Business literature indicates that if a company or business is to survive in the jungle of competition they have... Marketing Gareth Parkin Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182086&ca=Marketing Are you thinking about buying some promotional items to market your business but just don’t know really how to go about it? Have no fear. This article is going to describe all of the ins and outs of buying promotional pens and for the sake of clarity, let’s use promotional pens as the point of refer... Marketing Gareth Parkin Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182064&ca=Marketing Nicholson Bake once was overhead to say - Rarely do pens go dry in restaurants. And, you ask – “What does that have to do with promotional pens”? The fact of the matter is that it has a lot to do with promotional pens because one of the most often “left behind” items is a pen. Pens are most often le...