
Plenty of questions arise whenever a company decides to go for marketing through the promotional product route.
The first question is the product to be used. Another is on how frequently the customer will use the product.
The first question is the product to be used. Another is on how frequently the customer will use the product. Yet another will be on how to place the business information like brand name, logo, contact information, etc. on the promotional item. The answers are dependent on the business needs, budget and other relevant factors. For instance, there are plenty of products that can be used as promotional products such as stationery items, key rings, carry bags, drinkware and more. This post shall look at the efficacy of personalised notepads as a promotional product.
A personalised notepad is one of the most popular marketing products employed by brands to help their customers do business with them.
Handing such a useful item – with the brand informational strategically placed on the product – helps the brand serve its customer and also remain at the top of their minds. This turns out to be favourable since the customer gets a positive experience by using the promotional notepad and starts trusting the brand. Gifting a personalised notepad is far more effective than directly promoting the services or products to the customer.
Here are some of the most prominent features of personalised notepads.

Brand Information Placement:
The biggest feature of personalised notepads is that it is very convenient to place the brand information on them. A company can get creative and design a beautiful cover page of the notepad. It is the most attention-grabbing part of the notepad and by placing all the important information here, a brand can be rest assured that the customers will notice it, thereby increasing the chances of brand recall in times of making purchase decisions.

Customization Options:
Notepads can come in different sizes such as A4, A5, A6 and more. You can also go for ruled or plain paper for the notepad. Another customization that can be applied to the notepad is the thickness of the board backing of the notepad. For a little extra money, you can also get your brand’s watermark on each page of the notepad. These items offer the most number of customisation options that help make them truly brand-specific and enable you to stand out from the crowd.

Cost-effective and Long Term:
Out of all promotional gift items that companies use, a notepad is the most cost-effective and long-lasting product. It is an evergreen product that can be used at any time when required by people of all ages. It is also something that people will carry around making others notice the notepad and thereby improve brand exposure without any extra cost or effort on your part.

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Colourflex transfers are a CMYK+W digital print process, used for branding apparel and fabrics.
Direct to product digital printing involves the transfer of ink directly from the print heads of an inkjet machine to the product and can be used to produce both spot colour and full colour branding on flat or slightly curved surfaces.
Screen printing is achieved by forcing ink through a fine mesh screen with a squeegee onto the product and is ideal for branding flat or cylindrical objects.
Resin coated finish is produced by printing the artwork onto a vinyl material with strong adhesive on the reverse. The branded area is coated with a crystal clear resin which is allowed to dry. Once dry, the finished decal is applied to the product and the adhesive forms a permanent bond.
Screen printing is achieved by forcing ink through a fine mesh screen with a squeegee onto the product and is ideal for branding flat or cylindrical objects.
This production method is used for printing media such as paper, vinyl and magnetic material used in the manufacture of labels, badges and fridge magnets etc.
Direct to product rotary digital printing involves the transfer of UV ink directly from inkjet print heads and can be used to produce both spot colour and full colour branding.
Debossing is produced by pressing a hot engraved metal plate into the surface of a product with a lot of pressure. This produces a permanent image below the surface of the product. Some products offer thermo debossing, which creates a stunning two-tone finish.
Sublimation print is used for branding products that have a special coating on them or fabrics suitable for the sublimation process. A transfer is produced by printing sublimation ink onto transfer paper and then heat pressing it onto the product.
Imitation etch is a special pad printing ink used for producing an etch like effect on glass products.
Pad printing uses a silicone pad to transfer an image to a product from a laser etched printing plate. It is one of the most popular and affordable ways of branding promotional products due to its ability to reproduce images on uneven or curved products and print multiple colours in a single pass.