Hi Elyse,  

April is proving to be an extremely busy month and so we have lots to get through in this newsletter.   

New Premises:

The team at JEM Promotional Products is busy preparing for our big move which is coming up on this Thursday the 21st of April. It has been 5 years since our last move but because we love this area so much we won't be moving far. Our brand new offices are receiving the final touches as we speak so it will be lovely to move in and make it our new 'home'. Our new address is Unit 10, 7-9 Progress Circuit, Prestons NSW 2170. All other details will remain the same. We will be open on Thursday but ask you to be patient with us as we try and move plus settle into the office all on the same day.  

Biggest Morning Tea:

May is definitely going to be a busy month for the team at JEM Promotional Products. Not only will we be probably still unpacking from our move but we also will hold our annual Biggest Morning Tea on Friday the 27th. We all feel very strongly about doing whatever we can to support the Cancer Council so we look forward to sharing a 'cuppa' with our clients, family and friends.

Mother's Day 

One other thing that we must not forget is Mother's Day on the 8th of May. Many will be looking to buy Mum a small gift or to take her out for a nice meal on the day. Many industries such as restaurants and beauty industries will have a welcome boost to their business. Many marketers are busy right now creating packages that will be pomoted heavily on the lead up to the big day. Branded promotional items will be used in many ways such a Gift with Purchase campaigns or as inecentives for bookings. The great thing is that Mum's will be acknowleged for their great contribution to so many people's lives so let's all do our best to spoil her on the day! View our Mother's Day products online.   

Cheap Promotional Products:

In our industry we are often asked for cheap promotional products and often we avoid recommending that our clients go down that path. Quality is always the best way to go as far having long lasting products that continue to promote your business or services for years to come. However, we now acknowledge that in some circumstances cheap promotional products have a place in the market place. Sometimes marketing budgets are limited so cheap promotional products is the way to go. In this month's newsletter we have focused on value for money and even included an article that makes for interesting reading. Considering that the End of the Financial Year is just around the corner maybe cheap promotional products is a way to use up the last of those marketing budgets. So make sure your company or division claims it's last minute promotional products purchases as an expense in this year's taxes. Our suggestion is use your budget and don't run the risking losing it, as is often the case when organisations review the promotional marketing budget for the following year.

Please do not hesiate to contact the team at JEM Promotional Products on (02) 8205 1334 or enquiries@jempp.com.au if you would like to discuss any product mentioned in our Newsletter.

From,

The Team at JEM Promotional Products

www.jempp.com.au  

(02) 8205 1334

As part of our 10 Year Celebration we are going to do a feature in our newsletter each month with a focus on the number 10. This month we continue with... 

 
10 inexpensive yet effective promotional products:

1. Button Badges

Button Badges are a great product to have on hand. Print your company logo, product, service or simply a message and give them out either in 'goody bags' or at various events throughout the year.

2. Stress Balls

Stress Balls are ideal and inexpenisve way to represent your company's products and services, in a visual way that lasts and lasts. Your clients will happily hang on to it for years to come so your small investment will more than pay for itself.

3. Clear Banner Pen Banner Pens  

are considered by many to be a very versatile promotional item. They are not only usefull but can include lots and lots of information and will more than likely spend a long time in your clients hands. Include your company's details or even a calendar which is useful all year around.

4.  Tattoo Stickers  

A perfect and cheap product ideal for mass marketing. Great for festivals, concerts and charities. 

5.  Desktop Calendar-Photoframe

An inexpensive promotional product that is ideal to post, making it easy to distribute on a large scale to client data-bases. Not only is it a useful item but also a very appealing as a desk item. Your clients will appreaciate it and use it to frame photos of their loved ones.

6.  Playing Cards

A great product ideal for any marketing purpose requiring to engage and connect with youtr clients on a personal level. Turn you message into a game and reach your target market the fun way! 

7.  Aluminium Economic Pop Top Keytags

Keytags are some of the most economical promotional products. They are popular with most people especially if they serve more than one function as is the case with these keytags that are also serve as a bottle opener. 

8. Promo Business Card Holder

Tradeshows, Conferences and Products lauches are a great time to be ready with business cards and busniess card holders. Be ready to network with our inexpensive Business Card Holders.

9. Non Woven Bag

Tote Bags are inexpensive but very useful promotional items which are used in a variety of ways such as goody bags at product launch days or to hold conference materials. Made from recycled material, 80gsm with woven webbing straps this tote bag ticks all the boxes.

  

10. Jupiter Stainless Steel Thermo Mug 

A great product that seems to grow in popularity from year to year is our 500ml Double walled stainless steel quality thermo mug. Ideal to have a few branded and kept for those special occasions. Ideal for company rep's out on the road!   

 Having spent so long in this industry crusading against the grotesque misconception that promotional products are all on a swift journey from consumer to land fill, I have obviously become accustomed to loathing the words "cheap promotional products".  I have never seen the value of placing your logo on a "cheap promotional product" because what does that say about your brand and your company?  It's like getting ready to go out on the town, paying $400 to have your hair styled and then whacking on a lycra get-up from Supre to complete the 'look'.  It just doesn't mesh.

But alas I am finding more and more - particularly in today's infamous "global economic crisis" - the sad truth is that most people really are in need of cheap promotional products.  Lately every request I get for promotional products, even from my most marketing-savvy and brand-aware clients, is a request for a cheap promotional pen, a cheap promotional keyring, or pretty much just a cheap promotional product in general.

Thus, I have sadly succumbed.  I will of course continue my everyday quest for innovation, uniqueness and quality when it comes to sourcing products for new promotional campaigns; but I will now expand my search.  I will now surrender to the dreaded "economic crisis" and will concede that cheap promotional products do actually have their place in the market.

In times like these it's important to get your brand out to the consumer in the least expensive way.  It's kind of like the "which came first, the chicken or the egg" syndrome.  With everyone tightening their budgets the first place to cop the shave is normally the advertising and marketing sector.  But if you don't get your company name and your products exposed, then surely the sales will slow down and the income will be further affected?  So the only answer is to keep on promoting your company or your brand, but to find a clever and less expensive (cheap) way to do so.

So here is my answer.  Cheap mailers, cheap brand reminders, cheap giveaways, cheap gifts.  Basically cheap promotional products in general.  And here's my advice.  Flood the market with these products - get your logo out there, remind people that you are still there.  It takes much less time for people to forget you than it does for them to recall who you are and why they should buy from you.

showcases new promotional products, promotional marketing tips, promotional industry news, merchandise campaigns from all over the World and will keep you up to the latest with JEM Promotional Products news.

Introducing Chocolate with Zero Calories! 

Chocolate with Zero Calories!

 Our lip balm, lotion, bath crystals and salts ranges are known for their gorgeous scents and mouthwatering flavours.  JEM Promotional Products is excited to announce the release and introduction of chocolate as a stock option into these already popular ranges, and at no additional charge.  Too good to be true?  Think of the all possibilities chocolate now brings - choc/peppermint, jaffa, choc/banana and mocha.

Read the full blog post online. 

 Bio-degradeable Bullet Drink Bottles

The JEM Promotional Products team has been busy finding new enviromentally friendly products and are happy to say that we have found a great drink bottle. New to our range of specially moulded plastic products that break down in landfill.

Bio-Degradable Bullet Drink Bottles

 Read the full blog post. 

Biggest Morning Tea

Contact us on (02) 8205 1334 or reply to this email if you can make it. You can also

contact  

elyse.daniels@jempp.com.au  

if you would like to check any details regarding our Biggest Morning Tea.

The Exodus Team were happy to catch up with students at the Bring it On Festival! held at Fairfield Showground on Sunday the 10th of April.

Our custom made hoodies & jackets continue to evolve and grow in popularity so it was great to receive such positive feedback from everyone who visited our stall. 

Bring it On Festival

JEM Promotional Products was happy to be able to provide the Dymock's Children's Charities with Golf Umbrellas on their recent Golf Day. The Golf Umbrellas were used as Prizes on the day and by all accounts were very well received.

Starting from the 1st of May we are going to be offering all clients who spend over $1000 + GST in the month of May 100 FREE Metal Pens engraved with your logo in 1 position. 

We are encouraging all clients to finish off their yearly budgets by stocking up on branded cupboard fillers so to help you stock your cupboard even further we will be giving away the metal pens to all customers (Maximum of 1 per client).