Multi-Functional Pens For A Multi-Functional Business

By Gareth Parkin

Multi-functional pens are a good addition to your business, especially if you have multi-functional businesses. If you sell a variety of products or services, then a multi-functional pen could be used to explain how your business works.

The beauty of promotional pens is that you can have fun with them - they don't have to be serious. You can use some plays on words about multi-functionality and your business on a multi-functional pen.

The multi-functional pens have a variety of options that you can choose from. One of the styles has four colours of ink to select while another has both pen and pencil combined in one. For the technologically savvy business you can have a pen that has a stylus nub on the end for use on technological devices such as handhelds and PDAs. Another multi-functional pen option is one that has the time and a calendar on it that also has a scrolling message. These fun devices make great gifts for clients and staff.

There's a wide variety of pens to choose from in the way of promotional pens, but multi-functional pens provide the most functionality. You can get more bang for your buck with a personalized multi-functional pen - they are, in some ways, nicer to have than a regular ball point or click pen.

Multi-functional pens are a great addition to your promotional items - you can use them as gifts or as hand outs at trade fairs. You can also mail them out to clients and potential clients in envelopes with your mailers.

Thinking a little outside the box can have you ready and prepared for many different opportunities to hand out your pens to clients and potential clients. For example, having a 'lovely' message printed on your promotional pens makes them a good delivery for Valentines Day, or have thank you pens made so that you can send them to your business clients' receptionists on secretaries day. There are a lot of these 'days' that you can take advantage of - lesser known 'holidays' that are great ideas for a niche gift-giving time. A little forethought and planning can have you ready for different holidays that your competition hasn't yet thought of.

Multi-functional printed pens also allow for multi-functional advertising for your business. The promotional pen itself is an advertisement for your business. For just a few lira per pen, you can have hundreds or thousands of targeted advertisements working for you in a variety of places and businesses, in the hands of people who need your product or service. Besides that, your pens will be conversation starters with other people. The people holding your promotional pen may be asked by someone else about the business - this starts a new type of advertising - word of mouth advertising, which is one of the best, and cheapest, advertising types you could hope for.

With so much to choose from, take a look around and choose a great promotional pen for your business and get your customers writing new business for you.

Gareth Parkin is the co-founder of Ideasbynet, the UK's leading online supplier of promotional pens and printed pens.