What is your "WOW" giveaways

[Harry Radaza]

I will soon be joining a tradeshow for a certain industry that we are venturing into. I am preparing some cool acrylic calling cards. I will also be engraving stuff onto wood and make em into a key chain. I am trying to come up with items that I give away to potential clients. These items would also showcase the laser's capability.

I am wondering what you have made to "wow" your clients ?

[Mitchell Andrus]

If you can get a good idea of the companies expected to attend, come armed with keychains/etc. with their logos already on them.

[Craig Hogarth]

Don't forget power of your name tag. As an engraver, you should have the best name tag there. I wear a custom cut name tag and the last business expo I attended got us several orders. It shows creativity and the versatility of lasering.

Attached are some that I've done recently.

[Rodne Gold]

I use Rowmark Flexibrass to make engraved and die cut business cards for myself , never fails to wow
Ppl keep em and it demonstrates what the laser can do , instantly!!!!! Thats all you really need.
Acrylic is too thick to keep in a card folder etc , flexibrass is just right
Think about keytags : unless they are real high quality , ppl dump em , drawer em or use em for toilet keys , hardly ever on their main ring. If you do em small and ultra cool , like a small add on, you have more chance of em being used.

[Ron Thompson]

Could you post these again, but his time save the text as curves. I don't have 4 of the fonts you used.
Thanks

[Craig Hogarth]

oops, didn't think about that.

[Ron Thompson]

oops, didn't think about that.

Thank you .... These are great. Thanks for the idea's.

Ron Thompson

[Craig Hogarth]

We stole the idea from the sample that Signwarehouse gave us. We found it the easiest way to get nametag business since it's eye catching and always results in every employee getting new name tags if they order. We pitch that it allows them to use a much larger logo than normal without giving the appearance of an oversized name tag and people dig that.

[Stanley Waldrup]

I learned a neet way to embed the fonts in the drawing last year at the Indy show. Select save as from the file menu and at the bottom of the screen select Options then check the Embed Fonts using Truedoc. Works like a charm in version X3

Stanley

[Nancy Laird]

I am wondering what you have made to "wow" your clients ?

Harry, my "wow" things are our business cards--lasered and cut from 1/32" Finnish birch plywood - they are thin enough to fit into a card case or a wallet, are very sturdy, and can, if one is so inclined, be engraved on both sides.

I also make bookmarks from the same material, and people just love them.

I always wear my name tag when I'm out and about on company business--it's a great way to show off what I can do.

[Joe Pelonio]

I just sent a few to a potential new customer. I sent their logo engraved on oak, coaster size, and several business cards, some on laser thins, some on veneer.

[Brian J Rogalny]

Would it be possible for you guys to post some pictures or your work.

[David Fairfield]

Very impressed with the classy tag designs shown, and I 2nd Brian's request. Need to laser cut some business cards and maybe a name tag for myself and my helper for an upcoming scale models event.

I was going to just get some cards done up at Office Max, but after reading the posts in this thread and considering the technology we engravers have at our fingertips, I think it would be a bit odd to have a plain vanilla card!

Dave

[Nancy Laird]

You can find ours here: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=56735. It is the size of a regular business card, with the corners rounded about 5 degrees. The smallest type is 6 point. I run at 100% power, 50% speed, and cut at 7% speed on my ULS 40W machine. You'll get a little bit of soot from the laser; just clean off with floor wax or your cleaner of choice (the wax gives the card a nice sheen).

[Angus Hines]

I don't use any of those things as most of my work is word of mouth. But the one WOW factor I do use. Is each Sunday I sit down and hand write thank you cards to my customers of that week (repeat or new customers, everybody that spent money with me that week) gets a card (on nice company logo'd card stock obviously....LOL).

It's an old school kinda thing, but quite effective if you can make the time.