I’m sure you’ve seen them, they are a favorite of advertising companies everywhere. They give you a freebie or cheap promotional product to lure you in, then hook you on it and you end up paying far more for their use from there on it.

Certainly come of my favorite shampoos and perfumes got me that way!

I can see why companies like them as well. If the quality of the product is good enough then I’m going to want more. Of course the other side of the coin is that if it is a rubbish product then I have no interest in getting more – so companies need to be careful what promotional products they use if they don’t want me costing them money!

But I freely admit I am a sucker for Promotional Products. A good freebie is almost impossible to say no to, right? I mean, who doesn’t want free stuff?

I’ve had loads of free stuff through magazines, people giving stuff away on the street, online stuff such as promotional offers or competitions. Things like

And loads, loads more. Which is nice as they are some of my favorite things!

I admit they work on me too. Looking around my bathroom I can see plenty of products that I first got as a freebie that I still buy now. Guess I’m a marketers dream like that, I am the person they’re selling to when giving away promotional products.

Wonder if its possible to live off free products and competition prizes?

Anyway, that’s just an idle thought… I’m more interested in you guys. Who here has had freebie promotional products? If so have they worked on you? Have you ended up buying the products for money after the freebie ran out?

Surely I’m not the only person in the world promotional products work on!