Articles by Phil Battison
Royal Wedding Promotional Gifts – Will USB Flash Drives Feature -
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Phil Battison
One of the more interesting trends is how USB flash drives are being used to celebrate weddings and other memorable personal events. For weddings it's not unusual for the bride and groom to give personalised "favours" to the guests to say thank you for sharing...
Organising A Seminar or Conference – Get Some USB Pens -
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Phil Battison
If you're been tasked to organise a seminar or conference then on your "to-do" list is going to be incredibly long and will no doubt include much of the following: Identify and book venue making sure it's the right size for the expected audience, it's...
Why Colour Match Printed USB Memory Sticks -
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Phil Battison
With so many standard colours available why would you choose to pay a little extra for a pantone matched body shell, particularly if its going to add a couple of days to the lead time? Pantone matching the body shell is a process that allows...
Recruitment Drive Aided By USB Flash Drives -
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Phil Battison
Just how do you attract the brightest and best university candidates to your business or at the very least to your stand or booth at employment fairs at university campuses so that you can enter into a dialogue with them? Although there is huge competition...
Boxes, Pretty Boxes -
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Phil Battison
There's more than one way to make an impact with a USB flash drive printed with your logo on and one of the more popular options is to give them away in a printed presentation box. There are lots of different presentation box options including...
USB Writing Pens – A Novel Idea -
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Phil Battison
Of course there are very few people that write novels with pens these days with most authors seeming to prefer PC's or Mac's. So, apologies for the pun but USB writing pens really are a cracking idea, particularly for seminars, conferences and press events and...
Data Loading Customised USB Flash Drive -
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Phil Battison
The use USB Flash drives printed with a company logo or brand and possibly a contact phone number or web address is very popular at the moment with millions being produced every year. Typical uses for the printed USB flash drives include: Trade shows and...
Lanyard USB Flash Drives With A Military History -
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Phil Battison
Lanyards, also referred to today as neck-straps, are ropes or cords that are typically worn around the neck (hence the reference to neck-straps) to secure to you something of value or importance. Historically the "something" would most likely have been a whistle, sword or pistol,...
New USB Credit Card Unveiled -
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Phil Battison
The first credit cards hit the UK back in 1966 when Barclaycard launched their fist Blue, White and Gold Visa card. In those days it was very much a trailblazer and was only available as a Visa card. Credit card usage in the mid 1960's...
Unlock Your Sales Potential With USB Keys -
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Phil Battison
If you've got a new product or service you're launching then one of the best ways to grab people's attention and build awareness of it is to give them something for free. Ideally this "something" needs to be relevant, it needs to have a perceived...
Metal USB Carabiners Could Be The Answer -
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Phil Battison
A Carabiner or if you prefer a Karabiner is a stainless steel carbine hook with an integral sprung gate that is commonly used in climbing, caving, sailing and canoeing. In additional to recreational sports, carabiners are also used to connect to and secure people working...
Custom USB Flash Drives – Making Trench Heaters Exciting -
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Phil Battison
When you've got a product called a "Trench Heater" you know you're facing an uphill struggle at the start to make it look and sound exciting and to get prospective customers interested in it. After all "Trench" is not a phrase that really conjures up...
Got A Product Launch – Make An Impact With A Custom USB Flash Drive -
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Phil Battison
If you've got a product launch coming up and you need to make a bit of a splash about it then, in addition to all of the regular "fanfare" activities that you're no doubt planning, its worthwhile considering supporting your product launch with a fully...
Drink Companies Embrace Branded Flash Drives -
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Phil Battison
There's lots of discussion at the moment within the drinks industry and society in general about the pricing of alcoholic drinks and whether minimum-pricing thresholds should be introduced and whether some of the heavily discounted promotions in supermarkets should be banned or restricted. Clearly it's...
Planes Trains and Automobiles - Custom Flash Drives -
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Phil Battison
If you're looking for promotional giveaways or gifts for speakers at a seminar or conference or perhaps you just want to something to liven up a press event or product launch then you can't really go wrong with a custom USB flash drive. Flash drives...
Dome Stickers On USB Memory Sticks – Do They Work -
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Phil Battison
Mention the word "sticker" in the context of promotional flash drives and you don't always get a positive reaction. For some reason peoples perception of stickers is that they will look cheap and nasty and that they're just a poor relation to memory sticks where...
Is It Sensible To Pre-Load Data On Promotional Flash Drives -
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Phil Battison
There seems to be no end to the current appetite for promotional flash drives and given their popularity by the attendees at shows, exhibitions and other sales events it's no surprise. Memory sticks that are branded with your company logo are not cheap, even if...
Its Not Just Flash Drives Suppliers - Everyone Is Chasing Flash Memory Chips -
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Phil Battison
The business to be in this year seems to be the manufacture of flash memory chips. We're only into the first few day of March 2010 but already there is talk of a worldwide shortage of flash memory chips. Why? Well, several events have come...
Weakness Of Sterling Drives Up Usb Flash Drive Prices -
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Phil Battison
Over the last 3 months the pound (GBP) has fallen around 11% against the US dollar (USD) and at the moment the trend looks like continuing downwards. Sterling today fell to a 10-month low against the dollar with many analysts now predicting a continuation of...
Looking For Inspiration – Consider Promotional Usb Flash Drives -
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Phil Battison
Lets face it; if you've been tasked with coming up with a promotional giveaway for a forthcoming event, campaign or conference it's never easy. After all trying to come up with something a little bit different that is relevant to the audience and more importantly...
