Posted by FlaNotary2 on 3/21/11 12:39pm
Msg #376886

Promotional materials

Does anyone give out promotional materials to clients, other than business cards? (Such as pens, folders, calendars, etc.)

Just thinking...

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 3/21/11 12:45pm
Msg #376888

I bought pens and small notebooks to hand out

keep forgetting to give them out though - so I have a boxful in my trunk!!...LOL

So, no...just my business cards.

Reply by jba/fl on 3/21/11 1:04pm
Msg #376898

Put those on your front seat! Give them to everyone.

If you went to the grocery store and handed thm out to everyone there, everytime you went, probably about the same percentage will call you for something as if you were targeting a specific audience....and that would be because they thave a "face" to put the the name and number. I would get some baggies, place a business card, you little pad of paper, the pen or pencil and a 3x6 sheet saying, "I'm Linda, I used to be a legal whiz gall in another life and now I stand ready to help you with your legal needs as a notary.....adoptions,......etc....because I am good at what I do and I, Linda, with my professional attitude can help you." Of course, I assume you would use your own words about your best qualities and why I should call you.

Thing is - if you don't get them out of your trunk, you are paying to haul these around. Why?

Sorry, didn't mean to butt in.

Reply by FlaNotary2 on 3/21/11 1:07pm
Msg #376899

Can I ask where you purchased the notebooks? I like the idea n/m

Reply by jba/fl on 3/21/11 1:12pm
Msg #376905

Me too! Small enough to fit is small purses or pockets. n/m

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 3/21/11 1:16pm
Msg #376910

National Pen.. n/m

Reply by FlaNotary2 on 3/21/11 1:20pm
Msg #376912

I love that idea, but I'm the same way - when I *do* get

materials made up, I forget to pass them out.

Reply by jba/fl on 3/21/11 1:23pm
Msg #376913

Then set a goal: Two a Day! If you do 5, still 2 next day. n/m

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 3/21/11 1:24pm
Msg #376914

I actually like your grocery store idea Julie..

at least for the notebooks - I'm not even sure the pens write any more..

Reply by jba/fl on 3/21/11 3:27pm
Msg #376952

Re: I actually like your grocery store idea Julie..

I don't think the pens matter - just get rid of them, or give golf pencills.

Just get your name/service out there!

Reply by James Dawson on 3/21/11 1:12pm
Msg #376904

Re: I bought pens and small notebooks to hand out

I have a bunch of main notepads that I also forget to hand out along with some mini glue sticks. Yesterday I gave away a "pen again" because she loved it and said she could write again. What could I do?

Reply by Shoshana/AZ on 3/21/11 1:14pm
Msg #376906

Re: I bought pens and small notebooks to hand out

Try to have your info printed on your "Pen again".

Reply by GOLDGIRL/CA on 3/21/11 1:49pm
Msg #376922

Re: I bought pens and small notebooks to hand out

Aaaaaah... you're so sweet. Those dang Pen Again(s) are expensive!

Reply by BrendaTx on 3/21/11 3:02pm
Msg #376943

The promo items that I actually keep around are highlighters, small datebooks, magnetic calendars for the fridge, sewing kits, post-it pads (which you can get reasonably priced on occasion at the site for printing that starts with V).

Seldom do I use gimme pens, unless they are higher quality pens, and I don't use pads with too much of an advertisement on it because they distract me.

I will always keep things to clean my computer screen with.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 3/21/11 3:16pm
Msg #376946

Mine just have my name, notary public and phone no...

not cluttered or anything...small top spiral notebook, blue cover, white lettering...same thing on the pens...

Reply by BrendaTx on 3/21/11 4:23pm
Msg #376964

Re: Mine just have my name, notary public and phone no...

I was thinking "medical" pads.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 3/21/11 4:30pm
Msg #376968

You mean like prescription pads? No...as I said

spiral top small flip notebook...and I think someone's shaking hands - a small logo..

Reply by BrendaTx on 3/21/11 6:59pm
Msg #376991

LOL...pads with medical treatments, labs, or pills with lots

of writing, logos, or pills on them.

I don't have many prescription pads on my desk any more. The %#@$ doctors lock them in a drawer these days, or have them printed off of a computer. Dang hard to get a pad without picking a lock. Nurse Ratchet will send the popo to pick up the pad, plus the cost of fixing the lock, and the lock picker.

I read your description in your previous post. Sounds neat. I was just making it clear that I was not talking about why you were giving out.

Reply by James Dawson on 3/21/11 4:42pm
Msg #376973

Re: Mine just have my name, notary public and phone no...

Same for only it says "a world of Thanks" and the background is a world map. Has name and tel #

Reply by ikando on 3/21/11 3:19pm
Msg #376948

I watch the National Pen promos. When they have their pens with the rubber grip and bigger barrel (I forget what they call them), I buy a large quantity. Haven't had any problems with the ink drying out. I always tell any signers that use those blue ink pens, "If you like them, you can keep them. They're part of my propaganda."

Those pens, along with my business cards, have been very inexpensive advertising for me. I leave cards on bulletin boards at restaurants, as well as with the tip on the table. I post them wherever I am allowed. I get a lot of vehicle title work from the cards I've passed out when doing something unrelated. That's why I always tell people that the business card is your best billboard, so be sure to put the right information on them.

I've considered getting the Post-It Note/flag notebook that NP is advertising in their catalogs. Not sure how that would work for my notary business, but for my other service, I think it would be handy.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 3/21/11 3:24pm
Msg #376950

I got that sample post-it notebook too

love it! I think that would be great if you have businesses to market to. I wouldn't give those to signers or just to general notary clients.

Reply by Susan Fischer on 3/21/11 11:45pm
Msg #377014

Hehe. Recent signing, Mr B was a Promotional Rep

who was on-the-road-alot, and Mrs B was an Elementary School Teacher - married about 35 years.

He gave me the coolest talking bobble-head, suction-cup-bottomed-pen, (and confided that he 'boo-hissed' it at the sales meeting, and it turned out to be a Bonanza.)

Nobody steals the 'signing pen,' and kids love 'em. Hehe.