The amount of promotional printed pens produced in the UK as a whole is mind-boggling and you culd be forgiven for wondering where they all end up.

I attend many exhibitions each year, some related to business and pens but most others are to do with graphics and digital imaging, such as photography and various collecting tradeshows. It never ceases to amaze me at the amount of promotional items that are used as exhibition giveaways.  Personalised pens seem to be one of the most popular items used as exhibition giveaways, probably because they are functional and relatively cheap. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes but printed plastic pens seem to be the most popular, again because of their price point.

We have never done any analysis on the percentage of pens that end up as Exhibition giveaways but it is probably a fair percentage. Increasingly, we find that recycled pens are finding favour as exhibition giveaways because everyone wants to demonstrate their stance on the environment. Here at The Pen Warehouse we have a huge range of  environmentally friendly pens and environmentally friendly pencils, many of which are available on our express pen printing service, some even within a 24 hour turnaround.

We can supply samples of any of our printed plastic pens free of charge, whether you want them as exhibition giveaways or geneal promotions if you let us know your requirements.

Here is a Hot Tip

Carry out a survey with your top 100 customers and ask them when they are doing their next exhibition or tradeshow.  Log it in your diary or CRM system and send a few of our mailers on promotional pens to them a few weeks before the event and then follow it up by phone. Be persistent and if you keep doing this on an ongoing basis you will find that after two or three years you will have a regular customer base of contacts that require exhibition giveaways.