dkmc
Diamond
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2002
Careful. We've gotten the sample pens in the mail from the promotion companies that DON'T WORK.
There's nothing worse than handing them a pen, and maybe it writes once or twice (you'd test it before handing it over) then quits. Then they chuck it in the garbage and grumble about your cheap junky pen a bit. I hand them a business card, and a note pad. I have 4 x 5-1/2" 50 sheet note pads printed with company logo & contact info. I say "here's these, and when you loose the business card, there's 50 more of 'em". Good for a chuckle, and they won't quit working shortly. In fact they work for years. Proof of that is the time I sent same to a prospect.. 15 years later the person called looking to get cnc lathe work done. She said "I had this notepad on my desk you must have sent one time". They became a good customer that paid COD and it was an 8 year run, till the retirement auction.
There's nothing worse than handing them a pen, and maybe it writes once or twice (you'd test it before handing it over) then quits. Then they chuck it in the garbage and grumble about your cheap junky pen a bit. I hand them a business card, and a note pad. I have 4 x 5-1/2" 50 sheet note pads printed with company logo & contact info. I say "here's these, and when you loose the business card, there's 50 more of 'em". Good for a chuckle, and they won't quit working shortly. In fact they work for years. Proof of that is the time I sent same to a prospect.. 15 years later the person called looking to get cnc lathe work done. She said "I had this notepad on my desk you must have sent one time". They became a good customer that paid COD and it was an 8 year run, till the retirement auction.
And take the company letterhead paper with you, and leave handwritten notes. Let's them know that 1- you're a real person, 2- not just some lazy sales turd that leaves a linecard & gets lots. Leave an ink-pen & business card as well, as a minimum.