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Usb Memory Sticks: the Benefit of Using Memory Sticks to Distribute Your Documents

Pamela Lund asked:

Your printer is always thirsty for ink and you eat through reams of paper for presentations. Why not take your presentation to the next level? Use customized USB flash drives imprinted with your company’s logo for your next presentation. Leave the personalized flash drive with the client so they can refer back to it at any time. You save on paper and printing, they get a lightweight, personalized USB presentation.

The benefits of using custom USB drives for presentations are numerous, both for you and for your client.

Benefits for you:

• Updates can be made at the last minute

• Much more complete information can be left with the client

• Printing costs plummet

Benefits for your client:

• All of your presentation information is at their fingertips

• They can easily email your presentation to others in their company

• They don’t have to carry one hundred pages to review your presentation

• If hard copies are needed, they can print their own

Bulk flash drives imprinted with your company’s logo can be loaded with all kinds of company information tailored to your client or prospective client. Imagine being able to leave your PowerPoint presentation with your voice narrating it. You can also leave an audio copy of the actual question and answer part of your presentation. Add a link to your company’s website. Include a one-click link to email you directly. These are just a few ways to make the most out of your personalized flash drive presentations.

Personalized USB drives can be completely tailor-made for each recipient. Of course, you can change the names in the documents on the custom USB flash drives. But you can also include all of the technical specifications for the Chief Engineering Officer or all of your company’s catalogs for the purchasing officer. The options are virtually endless.

Also, be sure to leave memory space on the custom USB flash drives for the client to use. The client will enjoy the ease of saving documents related to your company right on the personalized USB you gave them. This means leaving the client at least 500mb of memory on your custom USB presentations.

Your company can even email updated information with instructions on how to save to their personalized USB drive. By doing this, you can keep the client up-to-date on price changes, new items, special offers, and more. If you are dealing with a client who is not computer-literate enough to complete these updates, stop by their office and update their personalized USB drives yourself. This is also a great way to get regular face-time with your customers.

Custom USB flash drives that have been personalized to fit each individual client are a cost-effective, environmentally friendly way to leave a lasting presentation.

Usb Memory Sticks: How to Use Memory Sticks to Promote Your Business

Pamela Lund asked:

Buying promotional business giveaways and gifts for your clients and for your employees is often hard to do. The ubiquitous coffee mug remains popular because: 1) Almost everyone drinks coffee or tea or needs a penholder, 2). They are used often and your logo is remembered, and 3) They are cost effective for the information they contain and their longevity of use. A good coffee mug will remain in your clients’ offices and on your employees’ desks for years.

Today, USB flash drives are becoming the next “coffee mug” for certain businesses. Almost everyone uses them at work or at home, they are used until they break, and they are cost effective for the information they can contain.

If you already work in certain technical industries, you may have already received a USB flash drive as a promotional gift. Today, almost everyone uses or needs a USB memory stick or pen for something. Following are just a few examples of how custom USB flash drives can be used to promote your business.

Give personalized USB drives to your traveling employees. Pre-load the drive with basic company information or other information beneficial to your employees. Leave room for presentations and additional data. Each time your employee uses your memory stick, your company’s name is subtly visible.

If your company sponsors a golf tournament or similar event, consider giving each participant a promotional USB flash drive. Many of these events consist of primarily business-to-business marketing, so include your company’s basic information and catalog or other marketing information. Off-site data storage companies should consider this promotional gift a no-brainer. So should any company whose primary clientele consist of computer users who will make an initial purchase that will offset the cost of the custom USB drive. Men and women will equally use and appreciate their promotional USB drive.

Consider giving personalized USB drives as gifts or door prizes to employees who may not have a computer of their own, but who need to be able to store and transport data. Include the employee handbook or other relevant company information. Employment agencies and other businesses who are always hiring will benefit from their custom USB flash drives being seen in libraries and coffeehouses.

Promotional USB drives can be a great way to get your company’s name out there in a classy, user-friendly way. To make the most of your custom USB drives, do not scrimp on the size of the memory. Most users will not use a USB drive with less than 512mb of memory. And do not forget the size of your company’s information that you want to include on the promotional USB drives. This information can take up a sizeable amount of memory. Always leave enough memory on the promotional USB so that the recipient will use the drive.

You want to spend your company’s marketing dollars wisely. Custom USB flash drives may be a good way for your company to get the most bang for their buck. More and more companies and persons are using USB drives in their daily business. Consider your potential custom USB recipient and decide if custom USB flash drives are right for your company’s marketing needs.

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At what point does the use of technology dimish your humanity? Wood Ingham gets deep into the human- computer interface in his new novella Memory Sticks.

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The Memory of Feeling is Not Feeling: "Memory Sticks" Explores …