Philadelphia, PA - When I first opened my store, a little clothing boutique featuring items from local designers, I knew that I had to promote myself to bring in customers – otherwise I might not even make it through my first year! In the week’s right before opening, I contacted the local media outlets to try and get announcements out both in print and online, but I was worried that my efforts would not be enough. Can you imagine opening your business and having no customers on the first day? That was my nightmare.Then two weeks before my opening day I found myself chatting with another store owner who had been in business for a little over a year, and I shared my fear that my current promotions weren’t enough. He suggested that I offer an incentive to get people into the door, and told me to check out a company that he used before for promotional products: IASpromotes.com. Later, I went online and checked out IASpromotes.com’s online store. There were so many different promotional items to choose from and customize that I was pretty overwhelmed after searching through for a few hours. I had a few ideas, but I wasn’t sure which one would work best.
I was so relieved to see that IASpromotes.com has live customer support! After telling the IASpromotes.com representative what I needed, they helped me find great and inexpensive promotional items to create a little gift bag that I would offer to the first 50 customers at my boutique. I was really excited that the reusable tote bag was made from eco-friendly promotional products, and I couldn’t wait to receive my order from IASpromotes.com. It had to be a rush order, but IASpromotes.com has so many promotional items that can be rushed I still had so many options. Plus they helped me design how my store’s name and little bird logo would be imprinted on each of my promotional items!
My opening week was really successful, thanks in no small part to my gift bags from IASpromotes.com. Customers delighted in the little keychain and lip balm, and commented on how lovely my logo looked on everything. My next step is to order t-shirts imprinted with my boutique’s name and logo, and then sell them to customers to earn a profit while continuing to market myself. This will be an exciting first year!
About the Company:
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