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Here you will find a treasure trove of articles about the promotional and recognition market. There are articles featured here about corporate identity badges, name badges, ID badges, window badges, promotional coasters, advertising coasters, corporate awards wall plaques, acrylic & aluminium awards, round glass paperweights, crystal paperweights, desktop corporate gifts, desk name plates and metal labels. Just click on any of the headings and read more.

• ID The Schizophrenic Identity Badge
  The family history of me an identity badge and my sisters and brothers name badge, conference badge and staff name badge. More relations such as company badge, employee badge, engraved badge, domed badge, personalised name badge and window badge; but that’s another story
  
  
• Advertising gifts
  The difference between advertising gifts and desktop gifts is not very much but for many people, there's a distinction between advertising gifts, business gifts, corporate gifts and executive gifts.
  
  
• Business gifts are popular promotional products
  Business gifts are extremely popular when used as promotional products and provide a distinctive opportunity for a company to show its appreciation
  
  
• Calendar coasters are an effective desktop promotion
  If you’re looking for an effective desktop promotional gift you could do worse than check out the range of promotional calendar coasters that are appearing on office desks throughout the country.
  
  
• Cheap advertising giveaways
  Get good publicity mileage by using cheap advertising giveaways for under £1 sterling - the choice is large for fund-raising or simple advertising giveaways and especially desktop promotional gifts .
  
  
• Desktop Gifts
  Unquestionably, desktop gifts of promotional items, corporate gifts, advertising gifts and corporate merchandise are among the more successful and cost-effective ways to highlight your company
  
  
• Desktop promotional gifts
  Business gifts are extremely popular when used as promotional products and provide a distinctive opportunity for a company to show its appreciation of clients or employees
  
  
• Fun advertising giveaways
  Fun advertising giveaways mean more in the promotional gift business than just cheap promotional giveaways. Advertising giveaways are very cost effective advertising and part of the marketing mix.
  
  
• Magnetic conference badges
  Magnetic conference badges for delegate are lightweight and easy to fasten and do not damage expensive outfits like antequated pins and crocodile clips.
  
  
• Personalisation of promotional gifts
  Personalisation of promotional gifts is a mystery to many buyers and even more difficult for an occasional buyer to understand what is meant by personalization, origination and artwork.
  
  
• Practical advertising giveaways
  Practical advertising giveaways are everyday products such as shoeshine kits, toothbrush sets and sewing kits whose makers didn't expect advertising giveaways to be part of their marketing plan.
  
  
• Promotional desk clocks
  Desktop promotional clocks a timely promotional gift an extremely popular desktop promotional gift and occupy many pages in promotional merchandise catalogues
  
  
• Promotional gifts need not be extravagant
  Promotional gifts need not be extravagant as office consumables like coasters, paperweights, desk name plates, calendar coasters, clocks, desk calendars and diaries are appreciated promotional gifts.
  
  
• Promotional mugs
  Promotional mugs are one of those simple desktop business gift ideas that are well tried and trusted. And one of that select band of successful desktop promotional items.
  
  
• Slimline aluminum calendar coasters
  Slimline aluminum calendar coasters are made in materials including aluminium, leather, vinyl, melamine…and, as always, it depends on your budget and how you plan to use the calendar coasters.
  
  
• Personalisation methods
  It's frustrating that there are no single Personalisation methods for identity badges, conference badges, promotional coasters, advertising coasters, award plaques, paperweights, desk name plates,
  
  
• Digital printing
  Digital printing has revolutionised the personalisation process on identity badges, name badges,,conference badges, promotional coasters, award plaques, paperweights & desk nameplates.
  
  
• Die stamping
  die stamping on identity badges is one of the more popular methods of personalising recognition material and is also effective on leather, PU (simulated leather) and PVC
  
  
• Embroidery
  Embroidery disc instructs the embroidery equipment what to embroider and in how many colours as embroidery is a multi-colour operation for Shirts, Jackets, Overalls, Polos, Caps and Uniforms.
  
  
• Engraving
  Laser engraving handles intricate designs comparatively inexpensively on identity name badges, conference badges, promotional advertising coasters, award plaques, paperweights, desk nameplates
  
  
• Etching
  Etching as used in the business gift trade is machine or chemical. Machine etching uses inscriptions produced by electrolyte and electric current but chemical etching acid eats out the motif...
  
  
• Off-set litho printing
  General stationery printed by the local printer or quick print shop traditionally used the off-set litho printing method.
  
  
• Pad printing
  Pad printing, sometimes referred to as tampo, uses a silicone rubber pad to transfer ink from an engraved steel block on to mostly curved surfaces such as golf balls...
  
  
• Screen printing
  Screen printing is one of the most used of all the branding techniques in the promotional and business gift market particularly on fabrics, metal, plastic pens and PU (simulated leather).
  
  
• Sublimation printing
  Single or multi-colour sublimation printing transfers are produced on a digital printer attached to a computer. Alternatively, short-run transfers are created on an offset litho machine ...
  
  
• Transfer printing
  Transfer printing is not quite the same as sublimation transfers which produce a sub-surface print but other transfer printing methods print onto the surface of the item.
  
  
• Weaving
  Weaving is essentially crossed threads interlaced on a loom to form a woven cloth and most often used in the promotional industry for ties and scarves...although not exclusely so.
  
  
• Acrylic badges
  Clear acrylic badges with an off-set litho printed insert are an attractive option for many occasions...off-set litho means you can have quality coloured prints without comprising presentation.
  
  
• Plastic badges
  There's an amazing variety of plastic badges including window badges, label badges and shaped badges with a custom relief moulded logo or star motif.