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Return To Pen Article Archive   Search the Article Archives Seven Rules for Choosing Promotional Items that Motivate By Tina Rinaudo One of the most important uses for promotional items in your business is to motivate your employees. Promotional incentives can help increase productivity, inspire sales and create a team work environment that drives your business to higher levels than you ever imagined possible. Here are ten golden rules for choosing promotional items as professional motivators. 1. Be sure to plan first. Jumping into a motivation plan without thinking can lead to unexpected mistakes and consequences. Decide what your goals are and then design your plan accordingly. 2. Choose promotional items that your employees want. That seems like a given, but you would be surprised how many companies choose promo items that fit the company budget without considering employee wants. 3. Make the items that you choose mean something. Just handing out a free gift to an employee may be nice, but it is not motivating. Let employees know that they are working toward something and make earning it mean something special. 4. Give recognition along with the gift. As a corollary to #3, keep in mind that recognition is a powerful motivator. The promotional items that you choose should be a tangible sign of achievement, not just a randomly chosen gift. For example, employees who work for three months without taking a sick day may be rewarded with a team shirt bearing the company logo. 5. Use promotional items to inspire a team mentality. Teams work well together. You can build teams with outside events - sponsor a team for a charity walk, perhaps, or volunteer together at a youth center. A logo t-shirt or visor means something special when it identifies an employee as a member of the 'Team'. 6. Have annual or seasonal company events and include promotional items in the 'goodie bags'. The same principle as above applies. Buy Frisbees with the company logo on them for the annual employee picnic. Hand out t-shirts at the annual fun walk. Give away imprinted goblets at the staff Christmas party or coffee mugs at the staff recognition breakfast. 7. Plan special events for high achievers. Those special events can be as informal as ordering pizza for the workroom staff who stayed late to finish a project last night or as elaborate as a full weekend getaway for the companys top earners. For the more planned events, a promotional item that commemorates their attendance will be a treasured memento. For more information on promotional gifts, items, corporate products or corporate items check out some of the leading online suppliers or promotional products today where you can search through their online catalogues to ensure that your next marketing campaign is well targeted and sets off on the right footing. Many online suppliers provide many promotional products you may not have even thought of. There is an abundance of promotional products and you will definitely find the perfect promotional item for your business. Be sure to request a 1hr quote from YesGifts to find out how easily and inexpensively you can advertise your business today. Tina Rinaudo is one of the leading lights in the UK promotional products industry. Tina is a key member of YesGifts, the UKs fastest growing online promotional items resource specialising in promotional pens, mugs, mouse mats, umbrellas, conference items and much more. For more information please visit www.yesgifts.co.uk. About the Author: Tina Rinaudo is one of the leading lights in the UK promotional products industry. Tina is a key member of YesGifts, the UKs fastest growing online promotional items resource specialising in promotional pens, mugs, mouse mats, umbrellas, conference items and much more. For more information please visit www.yesgifts.co.uk Cartier Pens

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