Promoting Your Business With Promotional Gifts and Twitter

The way we promote our businesses has a lot to do with how we portray ourselves. It is all about standing out from the competition. With the current business environment as competitive as it is, this is becoming increasingly difficult. We all know and accept this as part of our ongoing struggle to be noticed by our target customers for all of the right reasons. Promotional gifts and Twitter can help you do just that!

Do you have a Twitter account? Have you spent much time on Twitter getting to know your followers? I have had an account for nearly one year but it was not until recently that I really started spending some quality time on the site getting to know the people who follow me. Most of these people are in business and could benefit from different types of products that are used in the office daily.

The one thing I like about Twitter is that it discourages the hard sale. People do tweet about their businesses and websites from time to time but for the most part it is a community of people going about their day to day business and letting others in on what they are doing or thinking. Getting to know these people could earn you knew customers over time and promotional gifts are the perfect tool, to help you really stand out. These gifts do not need to be nor should they be expensive. They are just another way of standing out form your competitors. Here are some of my favourite inexpensive gift ideas.

Promotional Pens

Pens are used by most people daily both at home and in the office. Printing your logo and details along with a message such as -'Looking forward to keeping in touch in the New Year on Twitter!' will do just fine. It will make them think of you when they read your tweets and perhaps when they need to purchase your products.

Highlighters

These are another very popular gift that are generally kept for a long time. Many people keep them in their desk drawers for years and bring them out when required.

Plastic Rulers

Inexpensive rulers can be purchased for pennies and offer a large print area for your logo and tweeting message. Again, your loyal Twitter followers are people who will probably be in contact with you daily. These inexpensive gift ideas are there just to reinforce your message and perhaps give them a little more information about you.

Adhesive Pads

These are inexpensive and can be printed up to full colour. They are the perfect way to get more information about your business in front of your followers. They are also quite useful around the office.

Plastic Mini Paper Clips

Everyone needs paper clips from time to time. Each clip only costs a few pennies and can be printed with your web address and other important details. They are so inexpensive you may want to send each of your Twitter followers a handful.

All of the inexpensive promotional gift ideas mentioned in this article can be viewed and purchased online at compugift.co.uk. Dan Toombs is Managing Director of CompuGift Limited, a leading UK based supplier of promotional gifts. FOLLOW DAN on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/compugift See original article