Promotional Bottled Water has become a great promotional
gift but ordering it can bring the best of buyers out in a
cold sweat. These 5 easy tips will help you to sail through
any choppy seas and make sure you end up with exactly the
branded bottled water that you want.
1. Give yourself and your Promotional Merchandise Supplier
enough time to deliver.
Bottled promotional water does not sit on a shelf like a
printed pen or a T-shirt, it takes time to produce and
deliver so you must plan ahead. The number 2 reason for
late delivery is a few Promotional Merchandise suppliers
taking a chance that their supplier can pull off a miracle
and just hoping for the best. Clients can be excused
leaving things to the last minute because they often have
last minute requirements thrust upon them. There is a tiny
minority of Promotional Merchandise Suppliers who will
promise the earth to obtain the order then fail to delivery
on time. If you fine one of these creatures be sure to
banish him as fast as you possibly can.
It is essential right from the outset that realistic
time-lines and expectations are agreed between you and your
Promotional Bottled water supplier.
2. Sparkling or Still Bottled Water, make the right choice?
It is very important to consider the options of both types
of water and the choice is often made for you.If the event
is centered around young children or it involves a lot of
travel or movement then sparkling bottled water could be a
disaster. Bottled sparkling water is very volatile and the
last thing you need at your event is exploding bottles of
water with your logo all over it. If you are unsure then
always take the easy option and settle for the still
version.
3. Prepare your artwork for the label
Artwork can be the easiest or the most difficult part of
the order and once again the best way to approach this task
is for your Promotional Merchandise supplier to provide you
with a template of the label. Your art studio can then
layout the design in the full knowledge that there will be
no problem with sizing or the placement of logos. Unlike
flat promotional items such as conference folders, plastic
keyrings, or even printed T'shirts the cylindrical shape of
the bottle brings some visual challenges. The bottled water
manufacturer should be able to provide lots of examples of
how your artwork will appear and it is essential that a
full proof of the label is shown to you before the main run
is commenced.
4. Organize the delivery professionally
In many cases the final product will not be going to your
office or warehouse but rather it will be going direct to
the event venue. Water, unlike printed pens or promotional
clothing is very heavy and therefore transporting it more
than once is very expensive. It is essential that if your
event is in a hotel or exhibition center you make contact
with the event organizer to be sure that it is stored
safely and securely before your arrival.
5. Whoever said "If you fail to plan then you plan to fail"
could well have been a promotional merchandise supplier.
You must give yourself enough time to allow your supplier
to organize the production of the promotional bottled
water, the printed label and the delivery. If you don't you
could find yourself and your clients very thirsty!
There is no great difference between ordering promotional
bottled water and other promotional items but there are one
or two areas that require a little closer attention. I hope
that these areas have been covered off here and that when
you next purchase such an item this article will have been
of some assistance.
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take a video tour of our amazing facilities or to order
samples.
Francis Murphy is the Managing Director of BTC Group which
was established in 1977. His 30+ years of experience in the
Promotional Merchandise arena has helped him develop an
organisation that has grown to become the largest privately
owned Promotional Merchandise company in the UK.
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