Welcome to Total Impressions. Total Impressions is a broker acting on behalf of manufacturers and service providers in the Ad Specialty and Printing Industries. It is our goal to service your needs with our upmost attention and care of detail. We are eager to provide you, our customer, with the same devotion that your customers come to expect from you. After all, you never get a second chance to make a first impression.

Are you opening a new business? Is your business expanding? Are you looking to reward employees, clients or associates? Is there an upcoming event you would like your customers to know about? Or are you just looking for alternative ways to budget your marketing expenditure and get the most out of your advertising dollar? If you replied "yes" to any of these questions, then you have come to the right place. Give us a call, Total Impressions can help.

So, if you are a large or small business, charitable or non-charitable organization, school or sports association, Promotional Products plays an important role in branding your identification. It allows you to attract and retain business, thank your customers and show employee appreciation for their dedication and support while building team spirit and unity. Ad specialties also distinguish you from your competition, so regardless of your business or association, promotional products can have a dramatic impact on your bottom line be it financial or public awareness and help with your creative marketing and advertising solutions. 

Here are a few questions to answer to yourself before you call.

• What is the purpose of my promotion?
• Who am I looking to impact with my promotion?
• What exactly would I like to communicate to my targeted audience?
• Where do I want to reach my audience? In their office? Car? Indoor or outdoor events?
• How will I get it to them?
• What is my budget?
• I need this order "in hand" by what date?

You can either browse our website and select what works for you or, let us know your event, it's message, your goals, when you need it by and supply the necessary artwork and we'll take it from there by providing you with the perfect solution for your needs. As well as leaving one less thing for you to worry about, but resting assured that your request is being well looked after.

We appreciate you stopping by and hope you have an enjoyable browsing experience. Please let us know how we may be of service. Thank-you.

Here is an article by the Better Business Bureau reiterating the value of Ad Specialties.

Ordering Specialty Advertising Items Can Be Good for Business

(courtesy of the Better Business Bureau)

If you look around your desk, right now, how many advertisements do you have sitting at your fingertips? They can be found on mouse pads, pens, mugs, notepads, and the like. You probably have quite a few ads, you just do not think of them as advertising.

"Specialty Advertising" or "Promotional Products" are usually the most affordable and often overlooked form of marketing. Since most small businesses have a limited amount of money to spend on advertising, they need to make their ad dollar work as hard as possible. Using this form of advertising can put your name, logo and phone number in front of potential customers every day. Studies show that it takes multiple exposures to an ad before a person notices it.

How can you make specialty ads work for your company?

Target Your Market

Is your audience young or old, male or female? Do they spend most of their time in the office, home or car? Choose items your customer will use and see.


 

Choose Your Items Carefully

Choose items that are useful, different or interesting. A lot of people get the same product promtion over and over again. Try something related to your business and appropriate for your customers. A key chain and calendar may work for a mechanic, a software company might want to give a mouse pad. 


 

Keep It Simple - Without Being Cheap


Simple messages are better, so keep your design uncluttered. Remember that customers often will keep higher quality, more thoughtful items longer, thus increasing the effectiveness of your ad.



Start With Your Current Customers

This is a primary rule of advertising. Since this group is relatively easy to identify, your advertising money can go directly where it produces the most results.



Bundle Promotional Items With Other Forms Of Advertising

 

Offering a free gift for new customers when you advertise in the newspaper or sending a small item in your direct mail piece can make customers pay more attention and make your ads more effective.



Give Them To Your Employees

 

Many companies give wearables (t-shirts, hats, windbreakers, etc.) to their employees to promote an internal company campaign or message, or to reinforce the company's image and logo.