Trade shows and conferences are a great opportunities for your company to boost brand awareness and acquire new clients. Insert: the need to make a lasting impression on exhibition attendees so they’re more likely to connect with you after the event wraps. Takeaway gifts are an easy way to go home with your target market. This is your chance to give something with a wow factor- memorable, useful, and impactful. From our vantage point as a corporate gifting company, business cards or generic pens are most likely to get tossed in the trash. Below, we’ve rounded up five different items that will capture the attention of potential business connections and lead to follow-up in the future.
5 Unique Trade Show or Conference Takeaway Gift Ideas
- Customized Tote Bags: Practical and useful (when are you not in the need for a spacious carryall?!), tote bags are walking billboards for your brand. Attendees will appreciate having a stylish bag to carry their essentials. Your logo prominently displayed ensures widespread visibility throughout the event and beyond.
- Reusable Water Bottles: Encourage sustainability while promoting your brand with high-quality reusable water bottles. Attendees will appreciate the eco-friendly gesture, and your logo on the bottle ensures continuous brand exposure every time it’s used.
- Portable Phone Chargers or Charging Cables: Keep attendees charged up and connected with portable phone chargers. These practical gifts are lifesavers in today’s smartphone-dependent world and offer a prime opportunity to showcase your brand prominently.
- Customized Notebooks: Help attendees stay organized and inspired with branded notebooks. Whether for jotting down notes during seminars or brainstorming ideas post-event, customized notebooks ensure your brand is always close at hand.
- Mini Bluetooth Speakers: This luxury takeaway item is one of the most popular pieces of branded tech at the moment. They’re compact, rechargeable, and produce high quality tunes on the go.
Trade Shows to Boost Brand Awareness
Trade shows and conferences are events where your ideal customers gather in concentrated masses. Nothing beats the face-to-face interaction and networking, especially if your booth or table is equipped with your products + services ready to demonstrate. Do your market research ahead of time and focus on who will be there and what solutions you can provide to their problems. From there, head directly into lead generation by following-up promptly post-event to nurture your leads into conversions and long-term relationships.
We’ll see you at Chicago SHRM 2024!
Team Bundled is getting ready for an amazing weekend at Chicago SHRM 2024 from June 23rd through June 26th! If you’ll be there, come see Team Bundled at booth 1724! If you’d like to set up a specific meeting time in advance, email: jessicabrattina@bundledgifting.com
