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Pens imprinted with your logo or website address can be a powerful advertising technique. Try leaving them anywhere there is a community 'pen cup' for customers. 

This can include checkout lines at stores, doctor or dentist offices, bars and restaurants and more.

A good place to shop for inexpensive promotional pens (which doesn't require massive orders) is eBay.

These are umbrellas that can be imprinted with your advertising test or graphics.

If there are restaurants or bars in your area with outdoor patios that are in dire need of some new patio umbrellas, why not approach the owner with an offer? You will supply new umbrellas (with your ad on them of course) for free in return for the advertising!

Smaller beach or personal umbrellas can also be imprinted. A cheap way to display your product or website address on a crowded beach or during a stroll in the rain.

Promotional bookmarks are essentially business cards in bookmark form. If your customers are heavy readers, the bookmark will keep your product, service, or cause details right in front of their eyes, unlike a standard business card.

Since the cost of basic bookmarks is only slightly more than business cards, they are one of the least expensive promotional items available.

Bookmarks can be standard paper, or more expensive products like magnetic bookmarks, rulers, or magnifying bookmarks.

Some ideas for using bookmarks include:

Place the bookmarks in books at your local library. Select books that users of your product might read.

Inquire at your local bookstore about letting you place your bookmarks in their books or on their checkout counter. Small bookstores will probably be more receptive to this than the large chains.

Leave bookmarks around universities and college hangouts in your area.

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