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Protect their investments with security promotional products

Trying to pick some fresh promotional products? Need a little inspiration? Our #SwaggingRights page is filled with hundreds of customer stories, each detailing how to use top promotional products to welcome employees, make customers smile, and spread brand awareness at community events and trade shows. Take a look and see if some of their best promotional products will be your next favorite!

		Great bags get rave reviews Bags are one of the top promotional products for a reason—they get used and seen! Every time a customer heads out with your bag, they become a walking billboard for your brand.

				“We run a foundation in my daughter's memory that donates art supplies to kids in cancer treatment. Here is a group of 7th graders at her school showing off their Lucy Belle's Rainbow swag bags.” – Beverly at Lucy Belle's Rainbow

				“PayneWest Insurance used these great totes as swag bags to hand out all of our Palm Springs event guest's fun registration items. This was a sturdy canvas bag that guests will be happy to take home and reuse. The quality, price and ease of ordering printing made this 4imprint order a success and started off a fun event with an impressive set of giveaways!” – Brandy from PayneWest Insurance

				“PAWS got branded grocery bags for our Pet Food Bank program—we collect donations of dog and cat food in community food drives, consolidate and package them in sizes useful to our local food banks and then distribute to five local partner food banks. So far in 2018, we have provided over 2,400 pounds of dog and cat food to hungry family pets. Having re-useable bags saves us from having to purchase brown paper grocery bags for deliveries.” – Marylou from PAWS

		Pens and pencils Writing instruments will always keep your brand at hand, whether you’re making connections or putting smiles on faces.

				“We needed a way to get our name in front of contractors and found that a carpenter pencil was extremely popular with the demographic. Since receiving our pencils, we have attended several trade shows and have found that the pencils are extremely popular at each one!” – Dustin at Superior Aluminum Products Inc.

				“Being an eye bank, we hear so many sad stories from devastated families all day, every day. But for some relief, we give these pens to the nurses and nurse administrators we encounter, just to relieve some of the sadness they feel as well. They love that the pens have four colors of ink—and of course the googly eyes bring at least a smile! Eye bank humor, you know?” – Valerie at Central Ohio Lions Eye Bank

				“Accurate Door & Hardware is using these excellent pens to provide to our customers with e-commerce orders. Our regular staff loved them so much we had to give some out for in-office use, too! Thanks 4imprint!” – Jackie at Accurate Door & Hardware

		Drinkware quenches customer thirst for great promo products Cups, mugs, tumblers and every other style of beverage container are perpetual favorite promotional products. Everyone uses them—and loves them!

				“We pass out the tumbler at various marketing events during the winter months. Our residents really love them because they can take their coffee to go in style!” – LaToya at Nine East 33rd

				“For Teacher Appreciation I surprised the teachers and served drinks to each of them in their monogrammed school tumbler from the Woot Woot Wagon. It was a lot of fun and the teachers loved it!” – Staci from Sunflower Elementary

				“We are introducing a new logo and were happy to find a mug with a glaze that matches the new logo colors! We filled each mug with instant cocoa or latte mix and a couple of candies and will be giving them to participants of our next training event in July.” – Gabrielle from Active Parenting Publishers

		Practical items make life a little better Sometimes items become top promotional products because they make life a little better. The little things—like protecting clothing, taking notes or keeping computer documents within easy reach—can make all the difference.

				“We decided to customize our aprons with two spots of artwork. Our logo was on the front of the bib and a then we added a cute pun on the pocket. Our volunteers looked great in their logo aprons, and many guests of the California Artisan Cheese Festival asked about how they could buy the aprons! Thanks 4imprint.” – Michelle from California Artisan Cheese Festival

				“We handed these out at an educational conference/industry trade show we had. The hotel already provided pads of paper and pens at each seat, so we put one at each seat to further help them take notes. People LOVED them! Now we have our group's name on hundreds of people's desks (I assume, I know everyone at the office has them on their desk, front and center). Very affordable, too!” – Andrea from the Association of Communication Engineers

				“These lanyard USBs are given to student participants so that they may be used to save material that may be needed for school projects. I love that they are easily accessible when needed.” – Joann from TSTC Educational Talent Search

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“Every year for National Teacher Appreciation we take the entire week and celebrate our district wide staff appreciation. This year for the staff gift we decided to order umbrellas and have our athletic school logo (Augusta Beavers) printed on them. Since our appreciation week is in May, and the spring can be rainy in Wisconsin, this was the perfect gift. When we handed out the umbrellas staff LOVED them! One of the teachers even named it a "Beavbrella"! I am sending in a picture that I received from our 3rd grade teachers showing their gratitude and excitement for these wonderful umbrellas. Thank you for providing a high quality product that our staff enjoys.” – Audrey Hakes District Administrative Assistant School District of Augusta

		“We ordered 1000 level screwdriver keychains in preparation for the HIMSS Conference in Vegas. They were a hit! Everyone that visited loved that we had something original (and useful) at the conference that they wouldn't just give away to someone else. Our staff even has them in case we need a flashlight or screwdriver - at a moment's notice, we'll be ready. Thanks, 4imprint for your customer service and products. Those blue boxes really help, since that's how we found out about the keychains. We have about half our inventory left, but we'll definitely keep our eye out for new products to keep our customers and visitors happy!” – Tatianna from Cybrary, Inc.

“Shirts separate supervisors from teachers and parents. On our surveillance system it allows parents who are viewing away from daycare to distinguish the difference. Ladies love the shirts!" – Margarer from Momma Bears Daycare

		“I've ordered many, many products from 4imprint when I was working in Milwaukee for a nonprofit but have since moved to Maryland to pursue real estate! This time around, I ordered the 6' tablecloth, sticky notes, pens, and sunglasses for a local neighborhood festival called Honfest that our team was sponsoring (flamingos and beehive 'dos are huge here in Hampden, Baltimore!). The designers at 4imprint were impressively quick at turning around artwork for us and had our (1000s!) of items shipped to us in under a week. Hugs and thank yous to you all! ” – Callai from The Blue Key Team

“We love our new pull-up banner! We originally ordered it for special event outside of the office but it has been the perfect addition to our lobby. I can't wait to get it out into community and let everyone know the services we have to offer! ” – Mary from Indiana Heartland Federal Credit Union

		“Using these Utility Totes for give-aways. Filling with Car Care Essentials, Brochures for our Auto Repair Shop, a Coffee Mug ( Also from 4Imprint), and a Gift Certificate for our shop as well. These gift baskets go to local churches, schools, sports groups, bands, etc in our community to support our local community and bring business back to our shop. The Tote is sturdy and can be used in a vehicle, in a child's toy room, in a pantry, in a living room, anywhere to contain loose items.” – Linda from Drenth's Highway Garage