Calendar as a marketing tool.

[fruit trees]

Has any member experience of using this perhaps 'old hat' method of keeping your name in front of the customer?

I am thinking of high quality images & card for a long lasting display, with a section for notes and a series of small articles each month with tips and advice on jobs to do etc. The customer will then keep it on display all year!

 

[profitxchange]

Calendars are an excellent way to promote a business.
Take look here at a mini article I wrote. http://www.profitxchange.co.uk/Forum/bbBoard.cgi?a=viewthread;fid=19;gtid=74
Print quality is key with unique images. Take a look at some of the professionals - one of the best is Allan & Bertram but there are others.

 

[Snippa]

I agree! I think it's a great idea. I've never used it, personally, but a banker we did business with several years ago STILL sends us a new magnetic calendar every year. And to this day, when I think of financing something, I think of her. It definitely works.

 

[printingcom]

Yes it works. So much so that we give our customers calendars in lots of different formats - some for their pocket, their desk, their kitchen wall at home and wallplanners for their office.

If you'd like some ideas and some free samples, just fill in the form at http://www.printing.com/contact/xmas and we'll send you some.

 

The pen pot desk style calendars are very good for this as they have a purpose - we used have these as our promotional gifts at the radio station and the amount of people who used to ask us for more was unbelievable.

 

[RoyaleGraphics]

We sell CD desktop calendars - www.cdcalendars.co.uk and have been for the last 5 years, there are lots of customer examples on our website. Many of our customers return year after year.

I would be happy to send you a sample if you require one.

 

[James1980]

This calendar caused us some momentary confusion in the office (the 'last month review' box is accidentally a duplicate of the August 'next month preview' box):

 

[Be Known PR]

Does anyone actually use desktop diaries anymore? Personally I haven't used anything but my outlook diary for years now.

 

[dan_1985]

I am just looking at a cd desk calendar that one of our suppliers sent us this year - it is really handy and I must notice their company name at least 100 times a day.

 

[Tej]

I am just looking at a cd desk calendar that one of our suppliers sent us this year - it is really handy and I must notice their company name at least 100 times a day.

I have heard of clock watchers... but calendar watchers?

 

[dottylou]

It definitely works. Everyone at some time of the day needs to look ahead for dates and its much easier looking at a desk calendar rather than opening a diary. Send them to your clients as gifts maybe?