Ordering, storing, tracking, and shipping swag can be stressful even when in the office. But swag management when working remotely is even more difficult. However, swag remains to be a remarkable ways to show your employees or customers you appreciate them, to break through the noise with prospects, to create more engaging and personal virtual events.
Unfortunately, some people lack the extra space to store swag in their house or apartment. Shipping from home presents all sorts of hurdles: boxing, printing labels, scheduling pick-ups or dropping at shipping locations. How do remote teams go about handling this?
Here are a few things to factor in when incorporating swag into your gifting or promotional efforts when not in a physical office or an office with limited space or resources.
Know Your Goal
When the vast majority of people think of swag, they think of tradeshow giveaway. But promotional products can be used for so much more. If you’re thinking of ordering swag now, it is important to first ask yourself what you are looking to achieve with the swag.
Do you want to raise brand awareness of your brand or get the attention of a prospect? Trying to send your employees a gift to show your appreciation of their hard work or for achieving a milestone. Perhaps you want to send a gift to a valued customer or partners?
Maintain a Swag Inventory
Numerous benefits accompany your decision to order swag in bulk. First, you get better pricing on items when ordering at higher quantities. Moreover, you can story you swag, pull from it when needed and not have to wait for new production time every time. If this is not enough, when having a swag management tool, you can easily send swag to where you need it. No more counting on notebooks to send to a sales meeting or tee-shirts to a community service event.
Swag can still be an important part establishing business connections or showing appreciation. No wonder you can never risk skimping on effective swag management when looking to drive business growth.