Know-How Exchange : Just for Fun

I received a plastic container with Mt. St. Helens ash in it once. I still have it.....

I had my picture taken with Miss South Dakota.. lost it

I recieved a picture of my home town taken from a satelite.. i still have it

I received a laser etched plaque with my name and the promoting companies logo.. I use it as a key chain at my summer house.

All of these no doubt cost less than fifty cents... I have thousands of pens, pocketknives, sticker, blah-blah.. that are basically dumped in my desk drawer or given to little kids in the neighborhood.

Those fold-up wire ones that come in a case are the best frisbees.
The best giveaway might be the light-up noise-making bouncey ball. They've been around for about 6 years, but everyone likes to bounce them.
Everyone likes t-shirts, especially the ones molded into a special shape.
Other cool things I still have around -- pedometers, toolkits, survival kit, compasses, lunchbags & CD cases.

Best Freebie Hummmm? Legal or Not. Well I got a little blackjack expert play card that I've made use of a couple of times. It has actually saved me a couple of times from making silly mistakes. We also bought and gave out little LED flashlights we got for less than $4 and people swear by them.... I don't recommend the little toolkits anymore because you certainly are going to lose it if you get on a plane with it. We gave them out at a technical event and nearly half the guys had to throw them away when they went through security ooops! Luggage tags sound good if they are interesting... Golf stuff is always good even though I do not golf. We get these little golf clips emblazoned with our logo and they are always popular... There is also a little golf ball washer thing that people really like: it is shaped like a softball and you put your logo on it. Made me smile give aways are things like photos with Ed McMahan, Hulk Hogan, and Playboy Bunnies. What they don't come to your tradeshows, then you probably are working in the wrong industry. I am sure somebody out there has more memorable giveaways, if you get some good ones I would like to know too. Phil

At a show for public administrators, a trash service handed out tiny, bright green trash cans that looked exactly like the trash cans their trucks picked up and dumped. I don't know why, but I loved that thing. Kept it on my desk for years even thought I wasn't in the public works department.