Many retail businesses concentrate their marketing efforts on gaining new customers. Turn them into long-term customers and brand ambassadors with a custom reusable shopping bags designed with you messaging and branding.
One reusable shopping bag can lead to years and years of consistent use, providing a reliable bag option for all of your shopping needs. But why should the opportunity to use these bags stop with grocery shopping?
Going green means taking advantage of every opportunity you have to reuse materials and limit your carbon footprint along the way.
Let’s take a look at 8 other uses for your reusable shopping bags.
Single-use plastic bag bans are becoming more common and sought after by communities and states like California that want to protect our environment. Plastic bag bans allow communities to prevent litter, and the resulting harm and costs caused by litter and its clean up.
Even as some states are looking to limit or ban plastic bag bans, there is still a very strong movement and increased interest in plastic bag bans. Have you thought about starting a bag ban in your hometown? We’ve outlined the steps to starting a plastic ban ban in your community, but here are some more tips to help you implement plastic bag bans.
Earth Day is right around the corner, and if you are looking for an affordable and engaging promotional tool we are here to help. Get your order in today, April 7, on some amazing seed paper products and you can take advantage of 2016 pricing and have your finished items by April 22, Earth Day. Check out our Eco Special page for the full rundown.
Each year brings about new challenges for marketing departments across every industry. While they can shift based on buyer trends and other industry-specific factors, many of these challenges remain consistent from year to year.
The solutions that these challenges demand can be complex and may come with caveats, but with custom reusable bags, you can make progress towards overcoming them.
Let’s take a look at some of the common marketing challenges being faced and how custom reusable bags can help.
Seed paper can be used to create truly unique promotional products that will stick with your customers and leave an impression. Our seed paper features seeds embedded directly into the paper. This seeds are visible, creating a very textured surface, which in turn makes for an eye-catching and memorable marketing tool. Seed paper can be used for a variety of promotional items and as part of our current eco special if you place an order for any of our seed paper products by April 7 you will receive your order in time for Earth Day. Here are three ways to market your brand with seed paper this Earth Day.
Coral Gables is on the verge of becoming the first city in Florida to pass a ban on single-use plastic bags! The proposal already passed the first vote. A second and final vote was scheduled for March 28, but unfortunately, that vote did not happen. As of now the vote is on hold and the future of the bag ban in Coral Gables is still undecided. If approved, the ban would prevent the use of single-use plastic bags at city special events and by retailers.
A strong marketing investment isn’t something that has a cut and dry definition. It all depends on your key performance indicators (KPIs) and overall organizational goals.
If the investment in question is a promotional product, there’s a variety of questions that must be answered. For starters, are you investing in a product that lasts? When is the investment going to show a return and how will the return be quantified? How does it make your company look in both the near and distant future?
With wholesale custom bags, you’re investing in a product that has staying power. They will provide value to customers while your company plays their part in providing an alternative to single-use plastic bags that have a hand in crippling our environment. All of this is possible, while also increasing your company’s visibility. What’s not to like?
Let’s look at 3 reasons why wholesale custom bags could be a solid marketing investment.
Earth Day 2017 will be here before you know it (it’s April 22, by the way), but there is still time to get your order in for Earth Day promotional marketing! Eco-friendly promotional marketing shows your customers that are take your green goals seriously. Seed paper makes for great marketing tools that effectively engage with your customers and create a memorable and positive experience with your brand. Order by April 7 from our incredible, eco-friendly seed paper line. We have so many options to choose from!
The whole point of creating reusable shopping bags is not just to help our planet by reducing the use of single-use plastic bags. You also want to make reusable shopping bags work to market your brand. To do that, you want to take the time to design a bag that will be wanted and used by your target market. Here’s how to make reusable shopping bags work to market your brand or retail outlet.
Just because a store is smaller is no reason not to take advantage of the reusable grocery bag movement. Providing an alternative to plastic bags is a step in the right direction to meeting customers growing desire to be more eco-friendly and reducing their carbon footprint.
Try these tips to continue to build relationships long after the trade show ends. From follow-ups to ideas from promotional products that prospects will use when they are back home or at the office, like custom water bottles and messenger bags.
Making the switch to reusable bags can take some getting used to and forming the habit of grabbing your bags is a must. Until that habit is formed it can be frustrating when you find yourself at the checkout without your bags, but we are here to help with tips for creating a habit.
New research shows that is does not take just 21 days, as was previously thought, to create a new habit, but on average it takes 66 days to form a habit. The easy way to remember your reusable bags is to keep using these tips until grabbing your bags becomes habit.
Disposable plastic bag bans are gaining visibility in Minnesota and we think that’s great. In fact, Minneapolis passed a plastic bag ban that goes into action in June. Duluth is also considering implementing a bag ban of their own.
Still, some state lawmakers are not on board with this trend, and are discussing a bill to ban plastic bag bans. Although there is a lot of support to ban plastic bags due to the environmental impact, a new movement is forming in response to the state’s efforts to ban plastic bag bans. Read on to find out why Minnesota is working to put an end to plastic bag bans in their state.
By the nature of the beast, trade shows tend to be wasteful and they have a very negative environmental impact. Historically, there has been a very “disposable” culture surrounding trade shows. A lot of displays and items are intended to be used once and then thrown away. Add to that all of the freight and travel associated with trade shows, and you are driving up the carbon footprint even more. Things have definitely gotten better in recent years, but there is still room for improvement. Here are 5 ways to exhibit greener and reduce your environmental impact at your next trade show.
With so many choices out there, it can be difficult to find a dependable vendor for promotional products like custom bags and water bottles. They must have the ability to identify and anticipate your needs, but there must also be reliable avenues of communication between you and the vendor. As you prepare for your upcoming trade show or promotional event, keep these four qualities in mind when choosing a promotional products vendor…
If you need custom branded bags for your business consider using recycled kraft paper bags. These bags can be customized with your branding information and are eco-friendly marketing tools. Kraft recycled paper shopping bags are ideal for retail businesses, restaurants, spas, and more.
The wine you create is a labor of love. The bags you offer to your customers to carry your wine home with should be a reflection of your winery. Reusable wine bags are fantastic marketing tools for wineries because they not only are utilitarian, they also spread your branding message, deliver a great ROI, and help reduce plastic pollution on our planet.
Single-use plastic bags are expensive, from process of making them all the way down to the hidden charges that are worked into the cost of products you are buying. Since recycling is more costly than what it took to produce them originally, they often take their final form as trash that will pollute the earth for up to 1,000 years. This is why going reusable is so important.
The ocean is a beautiful, vast and awe-inspiring, invaluable resource. When the health of the ocean fails, the health of the entire planet and all of it’s inhabitants, will follow suit. In a recent article, Richard Branson breaks down the importance of the ocean and explains how protecting the ocean is everyone’s business.
His post, and the video he included in it, help to really bring home the idea that we are all responsible for protecting our oceans. Smart businesses are helping out and protecting the world’s oceans, while also getting their message seen by promoting their brand with eco-friendly bags.