The Redbows Promotional Gifts Blog

The Promotional Pens you use say a lot about your company and also about the person or people involved in selecting them. Choosing the right promotional pens for any promotion involves a number of factors. Budget is obviously a key factor to consider and once a certain style of promotional pen is chosen, other factors come into play such as its colour and imprint area. These days our clients are also considering whether to opt for an ECO friendly pen i.e. one made from recycled materials. However the most important thing that needs to be considered is the end user. Will they want to use then pen? How does it feel to them? Some people prefer a chunky pen and some people prefer slim barrels. Some like black ink and some blue ink. Some ballpens and some rollerballs. When it comes to promotional gifts and especially promotional pens there are a few more factors to consider than just budget, colour and imprint area.  Alternative gift solutions are another area to consider. At Redbows we have also seen a rise in demand for promotional wooden pencils. These can be supplied with or without an eraser and the most popular are the matt black finished pencils. The best advice is to check out the types of promotional gifts and promotional pens found in your client’s offices. Conduct your a mini market survey to ensure you hit the mark when it comes to your own promotional pens.

Well just how easy can you make a website to navigate? Well we keep striving at Redbows to provide clients with the best possible and most accurate sources of information when it comes to Promotional Gifts. Our latest micro-website is dedicated to promotional pens, pencils, highlighters, crayons and marker pens. So far initial client reaction has been great because the website does exactly what we intended it to do – give clients the chance to browse our pen and pencil collections on-line before making contact to firm up an order. We just added some new dynamic collections based around lowest price. For example clients can look at pens priced from 10p upwards. We will add more features as we develop the technology behind our websites and just ask that clients keep on making their constructive comments.

In line with our commitment to give clients the best possible advice and product selection in the promotional gifts industry, we launched another micro website today – the Promotional Pens Store. Promotional pens and pencils are two of the best promotional products to sell because they fit the ‘ask’ – high volume, low prices, great value and plenty of imprint area and colour options. We are very excited by our latest micro website and have seen that promotional pens remain one of the most popular and sought after promotional products for campaigns and as use as general giveaways. This is just the start for Redbows as we will be adding more pens and suppliers to the Promotional Pens Store including Parker, BIC, Prodir and many other leading brand pen manufacturers. As with all types of promotional merchandise we also provide ECO friendly pens and pencils on the website made from recycled materials and managed sources.

I would like to bet that paper usage has increased over the last 30 years exponentially and at a rate aligned to our adoption of computer systems and IT in general. Off course at Redbows our environmental policy is to reduce waste and recycle where ever possible and it is nice to think that perhaps some of our shredded paper finds its way into other promotional products. Such items could generally include all manner of promotional paper pads and block mates. The important point is that we are recycling and trying to make sure that our paper wastage is as small as possible. On the other side of the paper supply chain off course we also offer promotional pens and pencils with an ECO bent. Our environmentally friendly pens and pencils are made from a mixture of sustainable materials like FSC certified wood, vegetable matter or recycled plastics and other materials.