Have you noticed there are changes afoot in the metal promotional pens business? They’re sleeker, lighter and brighter than ever before! Well it’s all down to an old electro-chemical process called anodising (Anodizing U.S.) using aluminium as a base metal.

Anodized aluminium pens have a distinctive look in that they appear peculiarly metallic with a high-gloss translucent finish. The only exception to this is when the colour is black because the base metal is obliterated by the dyed anodised coating. However, in black it still retains its unique anodised finish.

Metal Promotional pen styles have changed to reflect the contemporary finish that anodising produces and this has breathed new life into this genre of the promotional merchandise market. There is no better example of this than the Electra Ballpen. Anodised aluminium pens are here to stay!

Hot Tip

Emailshot your top 100 customers that require prestigious promotional gifts with the image and specifications of our Electra Ballpen, take on extra staff to man the phones and get busy!

Well, we knocked up a really fun video on the Robotic pen.

We had so much fun making the video and we think it is a new take on selling such a unique promotional pen. After you have watched it give our sales team a call and we will send you a sample.

Hot Tip

Why not show your top 20 customers the video of this great gadget pen and if you don’t get an order the next time they require personalised promotional pens  I will find someone to eat my hat!

Important Features

• Category: Plastic Promotional Pens
• Sprung loaded. Press the button and out it pops.
• Great as exhibition giveaways
• Can be printed with your logo or message in up to 5 colours
• It is available on an express pen printing service

We are all very familiar with printed pens by the screen printing or pad printing methods. However, there is an increasing tendency towards executive Laser Engraved Pens because production speeds have improved and also the materials currently pens are made from these days are easier to engrave.

A very good example of this is the latest fashion Anodised aluminium pens. These not only look fresh and stylish you can now have them laser engraved at little more cost than conventional printing. The base metal is silver and offers a very good contrast against coloured barrels and of course the image is more permanent than screen printing.

Here is a top tip to increase your sales. Look at the last 10 customers you sold metal pens to and them send them a sample of our Electra Ballpen with engraving on. We will be amazed if at least one of those customers place an order with you the next time they run out of metal pens.

So many orders are lost because distributors are not aware that we can offer multicolour printing on many of our promotional pencils. Peripheral screen printing in up to 3 colours in close registration is available on both sharpened and unsharpened pencils.

It represents a unique opportunity for our distributors to sell more promotional pencils without compromising profit margins because the consumer has been conditioned to believe it is not possible.

Here is a great tip. Contact the last 10 customers that bought printed pencils from you and let them know you can now print up to 3 colours. We will be very surprised if you do not get at least one promise of an order next time they need to reorder pencils. Samples are available on a next day service to be sent straight to your customer. Just give us a call.

When looking at eco-friendly promotional items  FSC wooden pencils are often overlooked because it is a very niche product…yet they are one of the most environmentally friendly promotional products because they are made from sustainable sources and biodegradable.

The Pen Warehouse has FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) accreditation and consequently we can prove chain of custody from forest sources through every stage in the manufacturing  process. Annual audits are strictly enforced by FSC to ensure we comply with regulations and we can provide full certification for all our FSC promotional products.

Next time your customer asks for advice on the correct choice of eco friendly promotional products why not consider pencils made from FSC wood. They tick all the right boxes!

It is a little known fact that Printed Carpenters Pencils are a very popular promotional item. We noticed that there has been an increasing interest in them since we launched our full colour printing service on either of the flat sides. The print area is almost the length of the pencil so the advertising potential is massive.

We have recently launched and FSC carpenters pencil made from sustainable wood. These promotional pencils are fantasic quality and are a perfect solution for those promotions that consider the environment.

Since making our earlier posts about Robotic pens we have had many enquiries asking if they can be printed in full colour for bulk pens orders. The answer is ‘yes’ but only with a small print area. Just send us your artwork and we will tell you what we can do.  The limiting factor with this range of great promotional pens is its curved teardrop print area. However, line printing is possible over a very large area using either screen printing or pad-printing.

Watch the Robotic Pens animation.

The recession seems to have affected the amount of bulk pen orders floating about at the moment. As the public sector makes severe cutbacks we have noticed a trend towards smaller orders over the last six months for promotional pens in general. Oddball products that would be considered gimmicky in design such as robotic pens seem to be holding their own with the more expensive pens proving to be less favourable. We do not see that trend changing significantly over the coming months but take heart from the fact that printed pens are less affected than other promotional items because of their low cost.

You can now place bulk pen orders for robotic pens, The Transformer Pen and The Reflex Pen. They are the perfect promotional pens because of their gimmick appeal.

Robotic pens are the latest craze as advertisers look for eye-catching media to gain an advantage in a very crowded promotions market.

The reflex pen is available in silver and the transformer pen is available in white. Both can be printed in 4 colours and operate on a sprung loaded mechanism. These sprung-loaded pens spring into action at the touch of a button. We can deliver within 5 working days using an overnight carrier. Call us now or browse the website for our latest range of printed business gifts.