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Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, is celebrated in numerous countries across the world. Most of the time, the celebration starts at the end of January or the first few weeks of February, lasting sixteen days. For Asian countries, this festival is considered one of the most significant. Schools and businesses are closed. People return to their provinces to see their families and celebrate there for a week. Lunar New Year is a festival that symbolizes new luck, fortune, and a fresh start.

Is there a gift-giving activity in the Lunar New Year? Definitely, Yes! There are actually plenty of gifts being handed out during this time of the year. Gifts that are given in this festival centers in ensuring good fortune and prosperity throughout the year. They also signify respect and love.

Gifts To Give This Lunar New Year

Several gifts hold great significance this Lunar New Year. Here are some gift ideas that you can choose from.

Red Envelopes

The most famous gift in the Lunar New Year is the Lucky Red Packet which contains money. New fresh and crisp bills are given to unmarried adults and children or adults to their parents. This gift shows appreciation to the receiver and well wishes too.

Red Scarf

Red is considered an auspicious colour, and wearing it during Lunar New Year is highly encouraged. Your giftee can stay cozy with a red scarf as they celebrate the festive season. This red scarf can also be custom branded with special messages to warm the hearts of your receiver.

Money Tree Plant

Since gifts in the Lunar New Year center on wishing for fortune and abundance, a money tree plant is something that will spread good luck when placed in a living space. Money trees are said to bring luck and prosperity to the one who has them. Aside from that, money trees are known to generate positive energy. You’ll especially have good luck if you find seven leaves on their stem.

Homeware

Nobody dislikes homeware especially if your receiver is transferring to a new home this Lunar New Year. They are handy and easy to find. Even simple, customised red mugs will surely leave a good impression on the receiver.

Food Hampers

A food hamper containing different delicious food is considered a good gift for this festival. You can purchase a food hamper from your local store or customise it on your own. If you give it to your family and relatives, you can add foods that they like, something that they can enjoy in the coming days and weeks.

If you are looking for customised gifts this Lunar New Year, Promotional Items provide you with an array of options to choose from. We are one of Australia’s most reliable suppliers of personalised items perfect for all occasions. We give value to your money. Contact us today!

The plunging temperatures and icy weather should never halt your quest to search for winter promotional product ideas. People may be on winter vacation, but you can take advantage of this by giving away useful branded things that make them feel warm and fuzzy about your brand. However, keep in mind that the promotional products you should acquire should be something your customers would keep at their homes and utilise during the winter.

Here is our list of the valuable winter promotional products your customers would truly appreciate:

Custom Thermal Mugs

Who among us could say no to a piping hot mug of chocolate or coffee on a brisk winter morning? Custom thermal mugs are one promotional product for the winter that your recipients won't be able to resist. We have thermal drink gift sets consisting of two mugs and a thermal flask packaged in a trendy bag. These are specially made for the outdoors to keep your drinks hot as you travel with the family early on a winter holiday.

Promotional Hand Mitten Ice Scrapers

Snowfall is a beautiful sight, but only until you are stranded in the bitter cold trying to scrape the ice off your car. In situations like these, promotional ice scrapers with mittens are essential and provide the ideal space for showing your brand. They have four heavy-duty ice scraper blades with ice chippers and pile lining that keeps hands warm and dry.

Logo Decorated Beanies

Custom beanies are affordable apparel items that can keep your recipients extra warm. It also offers a highly visible branding space for your logo or message. These are also universally worn by young and older people, so giving them away for free or as gifts wouldn't be a problem. Moreover, beanies can be fashioned in a variety of ways because of the type of styles and colours available.

Personalised Jackets

Let's throw some promotional jackets on the list to complete the winter outfit. With a logo-printed jacket as a final touch, your employees are making a striking statement about your company's image. If you want to quickly alter your staff's winter attire, jackets personalised with your company logo could make a huge difference.

Custom Branded Hand Sanitisers

Coughs and colds are also more common in the winter. So provide your customers or employees with personalised hand sanitisers that they can always take with them. Today, sanitisers are not only kept on desks. Additionally, there are tiny hand sanitisers with spray pumps that you can keep in your pocket or purse and antibacterial sprays with keychains. No matter how mundane the product is, hand sanitisers that bear your logo will leave a lasting impression on people who use them.

Promoting your brand can often be a difficult task. Practical items may be too small or not noticeable enough. For this reason, we believe wearing your brand is the number one way of getting people to consciously and subconsciously take note of your name. Here are the best ways to wear your brand.

1. Promotional Caps and Visors

Logo branded caps and visors are the staples for brand recognition. Headwear is worn throughout virtually every season of the year, meaning it is a regular form of marketing. More importantly, when talking with someone, your face/head is the first thing that people see meaning your brand or logo will instantly come to their attention!

2. Custom Branded Sunglasses and Eyewear

What better way to complement your promotional cap than with some branded eyeglasses? Eyewear has the same applicability as headwear but is lightweight and puts a trendy tweak on promotion. These are great for indoor, outdoor, sporting and work-related activities. You would be remised if you did not pair your promotional caps with sunglasses.

3. Casual and Workwear Apparel

The last and most obvious means of promotion is through shirts and jackets. Strapping your name across a jacket is a great way to get noticed. Similarly, neatly placing your logo on a business shirt is also bound to get people talking. One of our most popular options is a classically embroidered promotional polo shirt. The permutations here are endless and wearing your brand is certainly the most effective means of promotion.

Summer is a great time to grab some promotional items. People are out of the house more and the social calendar is busier than ever with Christmas parties, Holidays and New Year celebrations. Whether you’re hosting an event this summer or just attending the many invites you’ve received, this is a great opportunity to get your brand out there and there’s no better time than the present so get your orders in now! If you need some inspiration, look no further, these are all amazing items for the summer!

Best Selling Summer Promotional Products

Personalised Stubby Holders: essential at any bbqs, picnics and festivals. Not only do these keep your can cool, they also keep you looking cool. There’s so many great printing options available for these from a basic 1 colour logo, to a fully customised colour print.

Promotional Cooler Bags: these are sure to turn heads at beaches and parks this summer! Great for drinks and food and always handy to have in the house. Pick a premium, durable style to maximise the reuse potential of these!

Logo Printed Bucket Hats: simple, useful and effective. Perfect to hand out at large events they are always appreciated. Get creative by choosing a fun Straw Hat design to add some novelty and fun to whatever event you’re hosting!

Corporate Diaries for 2019: the start of summer means the new year is on its way! Promotional diaries make a great Christmas present and will, in turn, benefit your business by keeping staff organised throughout the new year. And on weekends they’ll be used for scheduling catch-ups with old friends over a few drinks in the garden.

Cheap Custom Event Sunglasses: essential protection and a bold fashion statement. No one should be leaving the house with their skinnies this summer so why not take it as an opportunity to get some great brand promotion out of them! Make it a bold statement with bright colours and prints available, as always, the sales team are on hand to help make your design a reality. Hand them out at festivals and events for those silly people who forgot theirs and you’ll be deemed a life saver!

Author: Samantha Rodwell

Thirst. What better way to refresh that thirst than an ice-cold beverage. This is no problem when you have a promotional stubby holder. Promotional stubby holders, keep your drink cool and prevent you from getting the dreaded icy and wet hand that can occur with this.

So you have your perfect Promotional Stubby Holder, and now you need a drink, no problem!

My Top 5 Beverages for Stubbies

1. Sparkling Water. Yes, posh water is on my top list. It’s refreshing, natural, sugar-free and with the bonus of being calorie free. I like it best really cold, which is where my promotional stubby comes in. My favourite combination is sparkling water and avocado on toast from a local café.
   
   
2. Kombucha. I am a newbie to Australia and have seen Kombucha everywhere. My first sip and I was hooked. It has great benefits for the body, and I love how popular it is, not only in cafes but in almost every supermarket that I have been in. I love this in the morning before I head to work to start my day.
   
   
3. Guinness. Being Irish, I love a Guinness, and we all know that the best Guinness can only be bought in Ireland. They have studied this, I read the research paper, and Guinness doesn’t travel that well. However, when I need an iron boost or a taste of home, I like a can of Guinness, nice and cold in my promotional stubby holder. This is perfect when I am at a gig or festival along with a big veggie burger
   
   
4. San Pellegrino. This is my go-to drink when I need a sugar kick and want to sit back relax on my balcony with my favourite sarnie. It’s Italian and has an original taste that I love.
   
   
5. Iced coffee. Coffee gets me through the day. Every. Day. When the days are hot, I like to go for an iced coffee, while walking along the beach or a local park. The caffeine hits the spot and being iced, cools me instantly.

If you want more ideas related to stubby coolers or any other product, contact our sales team for more information.

Autumn is here already, so can winter be far behind? Better put those branded beach towels and stubby holders back in the cupboard for a few months. But don't let the cold weather cool off your next promotion. There's a whole range of possibilities for you to get your brand out there and visible all through the colder months.

Umbrellas

Once it starts raining, all the umbrellas go up. Is your logo going to be on any of them? Branded umbrellas are great as giveaways, prizes or promotional sales items. Everyone needs them -- but they're always constantly losing them. Umbrellas are the fourth most commonly lost item on public transport, so no wonder there's an insatiable demand for more. Save your customers from the torrential Autumn rains, and earn their gratitude.

Travel Mugs

There's nothing like a warm beverage on a cold day -- assuming that it's still warm by the time you walk back from the coffee shop. Insulated travel mugs are a great way to keep hot drinks hot, and we provide a wide range of these handy items, ready to be printed or engraved with your brand artwork.

Jackets

Branded T-shirts make great promotional items in the summer, but they're hard to see under winter jackets. So why not just put your logo right onto a jacket? If you have staff who work outdoors in the winter, have your logo printed or embroidered on their jacket. Order matching jackets to help your sporting team warm up before their morning run. And while jackets are a little pricey for giveaways, they make great promotional sales items.

Flashlights and Torches

Daylight saving is over. Better be prepared for dark evenings. Pocket flashlights are great in those months when people arrive at home in the dark. Why fumble with your front door or letterbox when you have a pocket torch to help you see. And if your business or organisation services rural or outer suburban areas, your customers will be grateful to have these fun, eco-friendly wind-up flashlights in case of a power failure.

Do you want to get your team their own compendium with your company branding but worried about costs? Well, worry won't get you anything cheap either but surely a couple of budget friendly options will do!

Style and quality doesn't have to be sacrificed  when getting a budget priced compendiums. These options are made from non-leather materials such as Koskin and Ultrahyde which are some of the most popular type of artifical leather that gives the compendium the leather-like look and finish. 

These non-leather alternatives gives the same stylish look and feel of genuine leather without paying the "price". Take this Custom Printed  Zippered A4 Compendium as an example. It is made from Koskin with white stitching and grey EVA interior contrast panels. It features internal gussested pocket, pen and business card holders as well as a lined pad which inserts from the top. 

There are also alternatives made from nylon with leather-look accents.

Apart from the material used, these are also Australian made, of high quality and made to last. They are available as pad covers and zippered compendiums in A4 and A5 sizes.Branding options are the same as the genuine leather compendiums such as screen or pad printing and debossing.

So who can tell that your stylish compendium is budget friendly?

Long hot Australian summers are my absolute favourite. I know that I am not alone and that many Aussies feel the same way too. So what better way to maximise your brand value (or your event) with merchandise that is tailor made to suit our Summer Aussie way of life. So what are my suggestions for products that will really be a hit with your guests this hot summer of 2016? Check them out here below.

Personalised Items for BBQ's

Throw a Shrimp on the Barbie. Where on earth did that phrase come from? Australians love a BBQ, but Aussies do not use the word shrimp (we call them prawns), and realistically most Australian BBQ's are with Steak, Snags and Burgers. Here are some great promotional item ideas that are perfect for BBQ's.

• Barbeque Grilling Set (fork, spatula, tongs etc)
• Custom Branded Aprons
• Cooler Box
• Camping Chairs
• Picnic Rugs

Personalised Gear for the Beach

Getting to the Beach on hot summer days is where most Australians will want to be. I have compiled some great items which will surely enhance your guests day out on the beach. 

• Sunglasses
• Frisbees
• Sunscreen
• Printed Bags of Candy

Promo Products to Help Stay Cool

Staying cool in Summer will be on the mind of most people on most days. Having a custom branded product, that will aid your guest, or potential customer in staying cool will definitely make your brand name or logo stand out. I have compiled a great list of products which I think will be an absolute hit for people trying to stay cool this Summer:

• Hand Fans
• Water Bottles
• Chiller Bags
• Caps & Visors
• Cool Dry Shirts

Customised Items for Kids

Summer is a great time for kids as there are heaps of school holidays. If you have a custom branded product for kids that are fun and interactive, not only will they be entertained and happy, but also their parents will be very thankful to you too. A win win for everyone, especially for your brand name that will be recognised by both parent and child. So here are my top picks for promotional products for kids.

• Bubble Blowers
• Printed Tile Puzzles
• YoYo's
• Colour in Sheets
• Putty Tubs (like play-doh, but these actually bounce)
• Bouncing Balls
• Colour In Pencils

I think this list of products will suit virtually any Australian business wishing to giveaway a corporate gift, or a general promotional item gift for their team members, existing clients or potential new clients. Take advantage of our fine Aussie Summers and take the opportunity to market your brand name with merchandise.

Create strong brand awareness by constant and consistent exposure of your brand to your target audience. They should see your brand as they sip morning coffee (logo on coffee mug); as they charge mobile phone in the car (printed car charger); as they open their drawer (branded key ring); or whenever they make phone call (logo on mobile phone case) etc.

All these can be achieved with inexpensive but useful and sensible merchandise that are part of our everyday live. If you are new player remember the old adage "first impression lasts" still holds true.

Improve Your Marketing Campaign with Brandable Items

Once you have establised your brand in the hearts and minds of market, dont be lulled into thinking that you will hold that position forever, without continuous effort.

Be a prominent name during public events by supporting local charities, sponsoring sports community or donating items at school affairs etc. More than creating brand awareness, you will establish your brand in the eyes of public. Promotional items are way more affordable than broadcast media ads and are just as effective in building and sustaining recognition of your business.

There are practically hundreds of materials used in the manufacture of promotional items

ABS plastic - ABS stands for acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. It is a lightweight yet though material highly resistant to impact and heat. Manufacturing modifications can be made to improve its physical properties, making it an ideal material for manucafture of mobile phone cases, small kitchen appliances, toys, luggage, and other household goods.

PU Leather - made from split leather with coating of polyurethane to give it a smooth, shiny finish. It is highly pliable and stretches like spandex. Waterproof and very easly to clean and maintain, most commonly used on executive planners such as compendiums, table covers, card holders, document holders etc.

PP - stands for polypropylene, a plastic polymer that can be used as structural plastic or fiber. This material is found in almost everything we use today. Very resistant to repetitive stress, making it an ideal material for containers that are diswasher safe, water bottles, tumblers, notebooks, bags, etc.

Polyester - plastic priduct invented in early 1940s in Britain that became popular as textile material as it is versatile, quick drying, mildew resistant, and easy maintenance. Products made from polyester include lanyards, visor, caps, conference tote bags, trade show bags, apparel, backpacks etc.

Promotional products provide businesses with an affordable way to advertise their brand by directly reaching out to their target customers. It is possible largely because the materials used in manufacturing these are inexpensive for mass production.