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Customized Kits For Promotional Marketing

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If you’ve ever seen someone wearing a button while you’re walking down the street, at the park, on the subway or any public setting, you’ve probably wondered what the button is for or what it says. Despite the constant migration of advertising and marketing efforts from door-to-door efforts to the digital world, the benefits of promotional marketing though wearable custom buttons remains a cost-effective, efficient marketing strategy for companies, political campaigns and more. Customized buttons stand out from the norm, and if someone is wearing a custom button pin, you know they have something to say to the world. 

In this era of digital marketing, something personalized and tangible such as a button pin can go a long way to make you more memorable to a customer or client. An ideal way to optimize actual in-person marketing efforts is through a fully customized marketing kits.

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What Are Marketing Kits

A marketing kit is a convenient and cost-efficient strategy for promoting awareness, showcasing your products or services and creating a narrative or slogan that allows you to make an impression on your target audience. Marketing kits allow you optimize your marketing efforts by creating a variety of exciting, tangible, customized products that allow you to showcase your company offering to a broader audience. These kits can include buttons, magnets, pins, and additional pamphlets about your complete list of products or services. This array of unique products can be customized to emphasize your brand messaging, differentiate you from your competition or outline your product or service.

Benefits of Button Marketing Kits

Marketing kits allow you to expand on your marketing efforts in a variety of ways. Marketing kits offer several unique advantages to help launch your marketing efforts or complement your existing advertising methods, including:

  • Increasing brand awareness
  • Promoting a specific product
  • Launch a political campaign
  • Reinforcing messaging
  • Creating new & exciting slogans
  • Aligning your messaging with imagery
  • Providing additional information & more!

Tips on Creating Your Buttons & Kits

A fun, vivacious company will want a button design that really pops with bright colors and images, even steering away from the traditional round button and choosing a square or rectangle one can help you say: we stand out.

A company that is more traditional, and perhaps even subdued, can use a branded logo or imagery they feel represents them well, along with basic or neutral colors. Just because your button doesn’t have bright colors and loud images, doesn’t mean you’re boring. You’re telling people that you’re professional and want to be seen that way. Buttons are a voice A button or custom pin gives a company the opportunity to tell people who you are in a few short words or with a picture. A simple mantra like Carpe Diem, or a strong word like Believe, can make a strong statement to everyone who sees your button. A short company or campaign slogan is something that can go a long way as well.

What Goes in a Custom Buttons Marketing Kit

While every marketing kit that we design is unique to your specific needs, we are proud to be your trusted supplier of single or bulk custom promotional buttons, magnetic back buttons, novelty fridge button magnets, zipper pulls®, stickers / decals, lanyards and more. Featured items include event boxes and swag bags for large-volume production opportunities.

Event Boxes & Swag Bags

Swag bags and event boxes are personal, customized packs that allow you to combine all your favorite aspects of your brand into a single, personalized kit. Popular even box and swag bag uses include:

  • Event or convention attendee giveaway
  • Employee appreciation or new-hire onboarding
  • Thank you and seasonal gifts
  • High-profile business-to-client promotion

Please reach out to a Custom Buttons expert at 623-445-9975 and let us start creating marketing kits customized to your needs.

How Custom Buttons Can Be Used for Marketing

There is a plethora of ways to use buttons as part of your marketing strategy, some ways you can use buttons are more basic, but others will help you stand out from the rest.

  • Give away a button

Give button pins away at a trade show, while walking down the street, at schools, anywhere you can to get your message or your information out there.

  • Use buttons for a prize drawing

Include a code or number on your button pins and have a drawing for button-holders to win a prize. This will ensure that they hold on to them for at least a short time.

  • Use a button as a business card

Print your business card on a button and hand it out in meetings or conferences. People will never forget who you are.

  • Send a button in the mail

Send your button with any correspondence or products that you mail out. An attractive pin will get its way into the hands of many who are probably not expecting it, but will enjoy it.

  • Wear your button

Wearing your button will raise questions about you and why you are displaying the logo or slogan. You never know who will approach you to ask about it. When you think of custom buttons and pins, you might think of political campaigns or even Jennifer Anniston in Office Space sporting buttons on her suspenders. Whatever comes to mind, personalized buttons stand out and are a unique way to market yourself, your company, or a cause to the world.

 

Contact Custom Buttons For Marketing Kits

Whether you’re looking for custom bulk buttons, novelty custom button magnets (new 2.5 x 3.5″ rd. or sq. corner rectangle magnets), custom button packs or custom button pin boxes we can produce your custom button items that will turn turn heads and turn fast at the register. For more information regarding bulk and large sized custom retail button product options, Contact Us, reach us by phone at 623-445-9975 or fill out our Hassle FREE Quote form and one of our legendary customer support specialists will provide you with a free and detailed consultation to assist in exceeding your expectations.

How To Wear Your Custom Buttons and Other Backing Options

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This blog features different way your can wear your custom buttons and our other button backing options.

When you are creating or designing your custom button, most business owners don’t think about one crucial detail…how is anyone going to wear or show off their buttons? Most people choose the pin-back style buttons because that might be what they are the most familiar with. There are however, more than just that one way to wear a button or even display a button.

Benefits of Making Your Own Custom Buttons

While standard wearable buttons have been used to advertise products, brands and more for over a century, customizable buttons are back, and advertisers small and large are taking notice. Small batch custom button orders have been climbing due to a shift in popular culture and the versatility they offer independent businesses and large corporations alike. Custom Buttons offers state-of-the-art digital print press technology for brighter images with quick turnaround times so that you can market, celebrate or showcase your brands for a number of applications, such as:

  • Business Promotions
  • Political Campaigns
  • Souvenirs
  • Tradeshow Events
  • Independent Artists & More

Custom buttons remain a cost-effective method for advertising, celebrating, or just showing off. Find a solution for any occasion by visiting our product information page today.

How to Wear Custom Button Products

Whether your business marketing acumen is more geared towards button pins, button magnets, stickers or another custom tangible button promotional product, CustomButtons.com has what it takes to promote your brand or image. 

Custom Buttons can easily be fastened to:

  • Collars
  • Suit Jackets
  • Ties
  • Hats
  • Backpacks
  • Scarfs
  • Hair Ties & More!

Custom Buttons offers the opportunity to add a flare of wearable expression to any outfit. Custom Buttons provides personalized, small to large batch solutions to benefit vendors and sellers of all sizes.

Why Choose Custom Buttons?

At Custom Buttons, we have established ourselves as a premium collector for custom buttons that last a lifetime. We are trusted by both independent artists and major brands nationwide for our customizable buttons, magnets, zipper pulls and more. Our unique array of benefits include:

  • Serving Orders of All Sizes
  • Guaranteed Delivery Dates
  • Competitive Prices
  • New Matte Finishes & More

If you would like further information, please Contact Us or call 623-445-9975 and one of our Custom Button specialists will assist you.

Custom Button Styles

Our Traditional Pin Back Buttons can be fastened to shirts, hats, backpacks and most common wearable fabrics.

Clothing Magnets and Bulldog Clips function in a similar method to our Traditional Pin Back Buttons but use a clip instead of creating a pin hole for ID,s Labels and more.

Zipper Pulls attach to the zipper component of backpacks and suitcases and are a great way to promote brand awareness for sports organizations, schools and more.

Mirror Backs and Bottle Openers provide you with the ability to promote your brand or celebrate special occasions through our functional novelty items.

Learn more about our unique product offering by reading our product descriptions by following the links or reading the product descriptions below.

Traditional Pin-Back Button

The standard backing choice is the pin-back button style, which allows you to wear your custom buttons with the clip of a jewelers pin.

A pin-back button can simply be fastened to a shirt, hat, or bag using the jeweler’s safety pin mechanism. Cool fact, the first design for a pin-back button was patented in 1896. Modern buttons are modeled after that patent in very much the same way! Patent holders, Whitehead and Hoag said, “My present invention has reference to improvements in badges for use as lapel pins or buttons, or other like uses, and has for its primary object to provide…a novel means for connecting the ornamental shell or button to the bar or pin for securing the badge to the lapel of the coat.”

While pin-back buttons may not seem like much of an invention, in 1896, zippers hadn’t even been invented! Early campaign buttons had to be sewn onto the lapel or worn as a pendant. So the pin-back button was quite the revolutionary product.

Today, the pin-back buttons is the most cost effective option for those who are on a budget. From sizes starting at 7/8” all the way to 6” with rectangles, squares, and ovals in between, there is a button size and shape for every need! To order standard pin-back buttons, click here!

Clothing Magnet

If you’d rather your buttons not poke holes in your clothes, the bar magnet is a great choice! This small, powerful magnet is a fantastic backing option for larger buttons that might stretch clothes if they were attached with a pin. This back is also a great option for places that want to reuse their custom buttons amongst employees, or have a lot of buttons to choose from.

For instance, a fast food restaurant might order their custom buttons with a bar magnet, and just keep them all in a drawer in the main office. Employees can easily swap out the buttons each shift without poking dozens of holes in their uniforms. Our clothing magnets come in two different sizes, a small round magnet and a bar magnet.

Depending on the size of the buttons that you order is what size clothing magnet will be used for your order. Both are powerful magnets and even stick to magnetic or metal surfaces like refrigerators! To order clothing magnets, click here!

Bulldog Clips

Bulldog clip backs look a lot like badge clips. The bulldog clip is attached to the back of the button and can easily be clipped onto a lapel or pocket so you don’t have to push a pin through your shirt. Bulldog clips are also great for attaching ID tags to lanyards. To order bulldog clips, click here!

When choosing how your employees or customers are going to wear your buttons you have to figure out how they will be wearing them. If they will constantly be removing and putting the button back on, a bar magnet or bulldog clip fastener is probably a better choice because those won’t poke holes in their clothes. However the downside to those types of backings is, they can be a little more expensive, so if you are designing your custom buttons on a budget the traditional pin-back button style might be a better choice.

Other Backing Options

Other than the standard pin-back buttons, clothing magnets, and bulldog clip backing options, we also have Zipper Pulls®, Fridge Magnets, Bottle Openers, and Mirror Backs. These backing types have some limited size options due to how they are made.

Zipper Pulls®

Zipper Pulls® are a 1” or 1.25” button that has a backing that allows it to be clipped to a zipper. They are an advertising tool for a variety of industries including sports teams, ski resorts, schools, trade shows, and more! They are a great way to show off your brand or create awareness. To order Zipper Pulls®, click here!

Fridge Magnets

Fridge magnets are a way to show off your custom button designs on the refrigerator or a metal surface. The custom button magnets are made using the same production process, however the backing type parts are different. Fridge magnets use a flat back metal part or an unpinned back (depending on the size of the magnet button). This type of magnet is stronger and longer lasting than the flexible fridge magnets you would normally see. To order fridge magnets, click here!

Bottle Openers

Bottle Openers come in one size currently, the 2.25” round. The backing is a black polypropylene plastic with a metal bottle opener. It also has a magnet to either hang your bottle opener up while it’s not in use or catch the bottle cap when opening the bottle! Bottle openers are great for breweries, gifts, or even advertisements for beverage companies! To place an order for bottle openers, click here!

Mirror Backs

Mirror Backs, like the bottle openers, come in one size the 2.25” round. They have a mirror on the back and your custom design on the front! They are great for people on the go.  It is compact enough to carry it in your purse or your makeup bag. So, you will never be without a mirror again. You can order mirror backs here!

Whether you, or your customers are planning on wearing your custom buttons or displaying your custom buttons with one of our other backing types, we are here to help! We can be reached by phone (623-445-9975) or by email (sales@custombuttons.com) or even by chat on our website Monday – Friday, 8 AM – 5PM Arizona Time. Our team of button specialists can help you with quoting your project and determining the best options for you.

We are prepared to help every step of the way! As our Founder and President, Maura Statman, likes to say, “We’re in this business because Everyone Loves Buttons®!”

Contact Custom Buttons Today

Custom Buttons has experience working with vendors from a variety of industries. Get in touch with our sales team online or call us at 623-445-9975 and let us bring your design to life.

How much does it cost to make custom buttons?

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Custom Buttons are an inexpensive investment to get your message out or promote a product, cause or business.

Employees who wear promotional button pins to advertise a product or promotion really do increase retail store sales so the answer is a resounding YES!. Back to the question of how much it costs to have custom buttons made. Ordering just one pin-back button can be $4.99 whereas ordering 25,000 custom buttons come in as little as $0.16 each, making pin-back buttons one of the most cost-effective choices for getting your message across. This type of advertisement typically costs pennies and compared to other marketing costs is also very effective it’s what we call the “Silent Salesperson”.

Can wearing a button pin increase awareness and sales?

What choices do you have if you don’t want a pin & how much do these options cost?

Choice #1 Custom Button Pins

Why custom button pins? Custom Buttons have been around since the 1800’s and are still universally accepted today as a major form of advertising, expression, pride. In addition they are very collectable. We know that your custom button pins will look smashingly good anytime and for any purpose. They will look even better on the folks who are going to “Pin One On”.  Ordering buttons can range from $4.99 for one button to $0.16 for 10’s of thousands of buttons.  We have even manufactured over 1 million button pins for the US Government, so yes we can do large orders. To get a quote for large quantity pricing and production time  – click here.

Choice #2 Wearable Clothing Buttons

Custom Button pins are an inexpensive investment but some people don’t want holes in their dress shirts but still want to get the message across. How do they do it? We sell a lot of ultra premium wearable clothing magnets for those who want no holes. Ordering as few as 1 custom wearable magnetic button can be as low as $4.99 each whereas 5,000 custom wearable magnetic buttons would be as little as $0.61 each. 

For the people who love buttons but don’t want to deal with a steel pin poking a hole in their shirt, custom wearable clothing magnetic buttons are the solution! These magnets are awesome and offer the same great quality and reliability our pin back buttons offer with a magnetic backing. Our magnets are extremely strong and will hold to any shirt, lapel or jacket. We simply replace the pin on a standard pin-back button with a strong, wearable clothing magnet.

Clothing Magnetic Buttons Create No Holes

Clothing magnets are the ultra-premium choice for buttons that stick when you want but leave no trace when you remove them.  Our wearable clothing magnetic buttons are the most durable wearable magnet buttons in the industry.  As always, we feature fast turnaround times with Fast-Track production available.  Our clothing magnetic buttons feature a durable glossy and weather-resistant finish, an ultra strong magnetic backing and the industry’s best print quality.  We print on brilliant white paper which provides outstanding color brightness that pops.

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Ways To Use Buttons In The Fall

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A button with a animated truck and pumpkins in the back. One the tailgate the phrase "Happy Fall Y'all" is shown.

As summer starts to come to an end this year, let’s talk about ways to use buttons in the fall. Many events happen in this season such as; school back in session, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and so much more. 

School Back in Session

With fall that means it’s time to get back to school. In the classroom, you can use buttons for celebrating the students on their achievements and birthdays. For younger kids, achievements could look like moving up to a higher reading level or doing good on their math tables. It’s good to acknowledge improvement for the younger age group to help encourage them to keep up the good work they’re doing.

When it comes to birthdays, it can be fun to having something special for the kid that day. An idea on how to use buttons for birthdays could be getting a button that says “It’s My Birthday” and leave a space at the bottom open to use a dry erase marker to write in the name of the birthday kid. To learn more about how you can use buttons in a school setting click HERE to read one of our previous blog posts. 

Halloween 

Halloween season comes with lots of fun activities that you can do and fun ways to use buttons in the fall. Some of those activities include; Halloween fairs, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, hayrides, and of course the main event Halloween. All of these events would be made even better with buttons or button packs. Buttons can help with advertising to the public about your pumpkin patch or corn maze. Buttons can be handed out to visitors to help spread the word. Selling them at the pay stand to enter the event can help with gaining profit for your maze or patch the next year. At Halloween fairs, buttons can be used as name tags for the workers, or decorate their uniform to get more into the Halloween spirit. 

Thanksgiving

For many, this holiday is used to remember to be thankful for what you have. Some spend time helping at food banks and other places to donate their time and hard work to help others. Buttons can be used to help identify the volunteers or even a way to raise money. The volunteers could go around to friends and family selling buttons to help raise money for supplies the food banks and shelters need. 

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School is Back: Using Buttons For School

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Summer is sadly coming to an end, but this means it’s time to start thinking about the up and coming school year. Elementary, middle, high school, and college will be in the full swing of things this year after being away from fully in-person school for so long. Now is the perfect time to get custom-made buttons for school. 

A dark blue button that says "Educating is my superpower"

Schools can have many uses for customized buttons, they can be used for fundraisers, spirit gear, name tags, keepsakes, and so much more. There are many fun events in the school year with that comes many opportunities to create some awesome customized buttons!

Buttons for School Clubs

When school starts back up there are normally club fairs where all the clubs set up a booth and try to get people to join. Buttons are perfect for events like this. When someone signs up for the club they get a button to put on their backpack or person. It’s a fun way to show off what club you are a part of and the club could get more recognition around the school. 

Buttons aren’t always small, they can come in a size that is perfect for tabling. A 6-inch button with an easel backing can get involved when at club fairs. Using the 6-inch button for tabling at a school fair makes the information that will be on the button to be more readable. Also using a button will make your table stand out for having a unique way of displaying information. 

Clubs could also use buttons for fundraisers. If a club is wanting to take a trip they’ll have to come up with the funds to do so. Selling button pins to the rest of the students is an easy way to come up with the money they need. 

Getting the Students Involved

Clempson paw print logo with text saying "Class of 2024"

Buttons are a good way to get the students involved as well. Having a design contest among students, where they submit designs and their peers vote on their favorites, is one way to them involved at the school. Whichever design wins can go on buttons, or multiple designs could win. Having an event that encourages students to be creative is a way to keep them interested.

Sports Team Buttons

Sports can be an exciting event for schools. Many school sports teams do fundraisers to raise the money they need for extra costs. Something they could do is sell buttons to families and fans, not only will this raise money but it will also be fun for the fans. For parents, it’s fun to get a button with their child’s face on it to wear to their games and show their support.

With sports, you can use buttons for many different things such as rival school games, championships, team accomplishments, and more! Buttons will help promote team pride whether it be for middle school, high school, or college level. These buttons can also be a good keepsake, to look back on and remember the fun and greatness of this time in the player’s life.

Buttons for School Graduation

Graduation is a big deal for any grade especially high school and college graduation. What better way to commemorate this accomplishment than with a button or magnet. You could put your student’s senior pictures on the button and wear them with pride as you support your student getting their diploma. Schools can also get involved in this by creating special buttons for that year’s graduating class. 

Class reunions allow old classmates to reunite and catch up on what is happening in life after graduating. Creating a special alumni button to commemorate the event that can be sold or given out is a good keepsake for those attending.  

Graduation announcements for high school and college are usually sent out to friends and family before the ceremony. Instead of sending printed graduation pictures, you could send magnets with the graduate’s senior pictures on them. This is unique and creates more of a purpose for the pictures you are sending out. 

A purple button with text saying "My kid is a legacy HSU Alumni & Parent"

Orientation/ Welcome Week

High school and colleges will often have a few days that are focused on welcoming the new students and get the returning ones back into school. There are normally lots of fun activities or even free give-aways for the students to get some spirit gear. Something that can be included in this giveaway is custom-made buttons that represent the school. These buttons can be used throughout the years attending the school and even after. 

Another way to use buttons during your school’s orientation or welcome week is with name tags. During this time of the year, the students are meeting so many new people. With meeting all the new people it can be difficult to remember everyone’s name. Having name tags is an easy way for at least the leaders and staff at the orientation groups to be recognized and remembered.

Spirit Gear

a button with a school crest and the school name with dad

School pride is something that makes school fun. Pep rallies, being in the student stands at a sporting game, and homecoming events are all fun things that students get involved in. For many students having cool spirit gear elevates the fun they have. Creating buttons for school after so much time of not being able to fully experience school would be a good thing. Buttons are fun and can be pinned on many different places such as backpacks, shirts, hats, lanyards, stick it to lockers, and more. 

Parents also love spirit gear, as many enjoy supporting and trying to be a part of what their child is doing and where they are going to school. Making a spirit gear line targeted to the parents would help keep the parent interest and have more people wearing the products that the schools design. 

We have a wide variety of button sizes to offer those who are interested in making buttons for an event. For those interested in creating their own buttons for a school event, our website has more information on the creation and ordering process. We also have examples of buttons that schools have used in the past available located on our website. Click HERE to see them. 

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Using Buttons At A Trade Show

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A graphic of people going up to a booth at a trade show.

Trade shows have been around for quite some time. This past year we have seen many changes in how things are done in the trade show world, but they’re finally getting back to normal. Trade shows are good for sharing your companies products to the market that would be interesting in buying them. With this event being back to in-person using your promotional products it much simpler again. When you are picking your promotional products it’s good to think of them as an investment. Giving out something small and easy like a button can help attract customers to come back and buy what are you selling. Using buttons at a trade show helps with getting your name out to the public and leaving them with something helps them remember you. 

Handing Out Buttons

80% of attendees believe audience engagement and free samples significantly help define their purchasing decision. This statement is good to keep in mind when preparing for a trade show. It’s safe to say that the majority of people enjoy getting free things, no matter what it is. When using buttons at trade shows, they are the perfect size to not overwhelm the recipients of the buttons. Part of the trade show culture is walking around all day to see the booths each person wants to see. If your promotional item is too big it can become annoying for the people to carry around all day. If the promotional product is too small then it could get lost in the pile of other promotional items from the other vendors. 

Different Button Tactics

A tactic to compete with the other vendor’s promotional items is to make your standout as much as possible. Buttons have a space big enough to create a design or logo that will catch a person’s eye. Adding a little flair to your promotional product could do good things for your company when trying to get customers to remember you. 

Now that we have moved back to in-person, it is important to make those face-to-face interactions count. A friendly smile, a good conversation starter, and being interactive with the audience are all good things to keep in mind when working a booth at a trade show. Besides using buttons as a promotional product to hand out, you can all have the members of the booth wear buttons. This can act as an eye-catcher and a conversation starter. “Ask me about” buttons are a great tactic to get someone walking by to talk to you. This type of button makes a person curious and want to learn more about what is said on the button. 

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The New Trade Shows: Using Buttons At A Hybrid Trade Show

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A graphic of someone working a booth at a trade show with a small crowd around them.

Trade shows have been around for quite some time. This past year, we have seen many changes in how things are done, including trade shows. Virtual events have become the new in-person. As we work towards getting back to normal life, hybrid events have started becoming more popular as well. With hybrid events, there are many positives that can come out of them. Using buttons at a hybrid trade show is helpful in getting and keeping visitors’ attention to your booth. For those visiting your booth online, it can be a little more tricky

Reaching A Large Audience

When trade shows were all in-person, there would be an issue with the number of people that would be able to attend. If it was necessary for an attendee to travel to the event, that can be very time-consuming. Some people don’t have the time to travel to all the trade shows. With hybrid shows, this gives those unable to make it in-person a chance to still attend the event from wherever they are located. 

Buttons are a product that can help you reach that large audience you would be dealing with. Handing out buttons with your product or a specific design on them will help pull people into your booth. They also can continue pulling people in after sending the online attendees their very own button. The button is also a low-cost promotional product, handing them out to a large group of people won’t put a big dent in your pockets. 

Crowd Control

Even though more events are starting back up again, not everyone is comfortable being around big groups of people quite yet. Having the hybrid option allows a sense of control in that area. Being able to split up a group of people as big as the group that would normally attend a trade show makes the event easier to handle for those running it and would create ease for those uncomfortable.

Creating buttons to display to those coming to your booth that you have been vaccinated or are still trying to social distance is a good use for them. Keeping the audience up to date on how you and your other booth members are handling this situation. Buttons are something that is easy but can have a big impact in this way

Promotional Products

Promotional products are big in the world of trade shows. Every booth you would go to has some kind of product with the company name. Having a smaller in-person crowd can help ensure that everyone who comes to your booth or walks by gets one. Buttons stand out more than a pen and have the capability of being bigger and easier to read.

Using buttons at a hybrid trade show can work for both the in-person and online crowd. For those attending the event online, they too can get a button. Collecting a mailing list of the attendees and sending them your button can help continue the interaction after the trade show to remind the visitor of your business or products. 

Face To Face Interaction

With a hybrid event, you are still getting some face-to-face interaction with those attending in person. This type of interaction is more impactful than over a screen. Even though you still will be having guests attend via computer, the small group of individuals that choose to attend will be able to make those connections again.

It’s easier to have a conversation in person about something you are trying to sell to others. A hybrid event takes some of the pressure of getting your product across to people by being able to show them the product in real life. With that being said it is still important to devise a plan on including the online group and make their experience as similar to the in-person group as possible.

With hybrid events on the rise, it’s important to have your game plan figured out. Knowing who will be monitoring the online group of people and who will be speaking with those who are in-person. It is also important to plan out how the people attending online will be able to receive their promotional button. Keeping both crowds engaged and interested can be done by using buttons at a hybrid trade show. To learn more about using buttons in an event setting click HERE for our “Event Marketing Tips for Success” Blog post. 

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10 Ways To Use Custom Buttons

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Buttons are known for being a promotional tactic, but there are so many other uses for them. Getting creative with your uses only makes having buttons more fun! You can put pretty much anything you want on a button to have it displayed for whatever the reason or occasion might be. This list might only include 10 ideas of ways to use custom buttons, but there are countless other uses for them. 

A variety of buttons with different designs showing the potential buttons have.

1. Display Art

Artists display their art in many different ways; sculptures, pictures, drawings, paintings, and many more. They sell their work to people to make a profit. What if they put their work on a button? Placing art on a button could increase the number of people who get to see their work. People could walk around displaying the artists’ work for the public to see and admire. 

2. Bachelor/Bachelorette Party

During a bachelor or bachelorette party, there is normally a purchasing of some type of product to show what the group is celebrating. Getting buttons would work great! Imagine putting the significant other on the button or a funny saying on it to show that you are celebrating.

3. Chore Chart

Chores are a regular thing in a household but they also have a tendency to be forgotten about. A fun and creative way to remind yourself of chores are button magnets. Since they would have a magnet backing they can be placed on a fridge. A visual representation of what to do around the home in a location that the entire household can see will help hold accountability. This method would also be satisfying to be able to move the button from the “Do” spot to the “Done” spot. 

4. Name Tags

Using buttons for name tags gives you the freedom to personalize them. Adding a design or a specific font for the name tag will make them unique. Name tag buttons can be used in more places other than the workplace. Places such as large group gatherings, reunions, trade shows, and many more. 

5. Family/Group Trips

For some family or group trips, people like to get a matching product, sometimes that could be a shirt or a hat, but what about buttons? Buttons are small and easy to pack in a bag to take with you. They are also customizable, you can put whatever you want on the button. Making buttons for a trip is a good memorable item of the trip. Ways to use custom buttons for this event is putting the year and location on the button is a good idea to remember all the fun that will be had. 

6. Birthdays

You only turn an age once, right? So why not celebrate! Having birthday buttons is a fun and creative way of showing everyone around you that today is your day. Being able to design it specifically for you or the person whose birthday it is, is special. 

7. Baby Shower

Baby showers are normally filled with cute games and activities. One of which could be guessing the gender or the name. For this activity having buttons that people can wear that have their guess on them is a good way to use custom buttons. Buttons could also be used as party favors in this case. Making a design for the event for everyone to take home with them to remember your shower. 

8. Fridge Magnets

A fridge without magnets is like toast without jam, it’s not as exciting! Making magnets that show off things you’ve done or places you have been, showing the people that come to your home that you are proud of these things. Putting kid’s pictures from school, family pictures, or a favorite quote are all things that could go on a fridge magnet.

9. Parades

Parades are the perfect location for buttons. If you are handing them out or showing your pride, buttons are a good choice. Putting a logo or putting what the parade you are attending is a good idea of how to utilize customizing your buttons. 

10. Decorate Clothing

Buttons are back in style! Adding buttons to a jacket or bag makes the item more unique and personalized to your style. Creating buttons that fit you and what you like, for example, a quote or image that you enjoy is a good thing to put on your button.

Buttons are fun and don’t have to be all about business promotion. Using buttons for an event and personal use is what makes buttons special and versatile! To learn more about making your own buttons click HERE.

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How Custom Buttons Can Be Used for Marketing

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If you have ever seen someone walking down the street wearing a custom button pin, you have probably wondered what it’s for and what it says. Being able to Express Yourself is the biggest appeal of buttons, and what better way than by customizing your own! They stand out from the rest, and when someone wears a custom button pin, you know they have something to say to the world.

We are Hard at Work Making Custom Button Pins and Magnetic Buttons!

What is a A “pin-back button”, “pin button”, “ button pin”, “tin pin” or “button badge”?  It is a metal shape with a jewelers pin or magnet attached that can be temporarily fastened to the surface of a garment.  When you order your custom buttons from Everyone Loves Buttons® you will receive stunning buttons that are made with the highest quality parts.

What Can a Button Do?

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“Your Silent Salesman”

Custom button pins are the perfect way to get your message out from a safe distance of 6 feet or more.

In this era of digital marketing, something personalized and tangible such as a button pin, can go a long way to make you more memorable to a customer or client.

Buttons are visual – A custom button worn by staff or supporters gives a company the opportunity to engage anyone they come across. A fun, vivacious company will want a button design that really pops with bright colors and images. Even steering away from the traditional round button and choosing a square or rectangle shape can help you say: “we stand out.”

A company that is more traditional, and perhaps even subdued, can use a branded logo or imagery they feel represents them well, along with basic or neutral colors. Not using bright colors and loud images does not mean the company is “boring”, but instead helps give the visual impression of being professional.

Custom Buttons are a voice! A button or custom pin gives a company the opportunity to tell people who they are in a few short words or with a picture. A simple mantra like “Carpe Diem,” or a strong word like “Believe,” can make a strong statement to everyone who sees your button. A short company or campaign slogan is something that can go a long way as well. A strong image or a slogan that stands out will keep people talking about you and your button pin. They may think about it and laugh, or it may cause them to go deep into thought, or simply jog a happy memory.

Where and How Can I Use Buttons?

There is a plethora of ways to use buttons as part of your marketing strategy, some ways you can use buttons are more basic, but others will help you stand out from the rest.

Button Pile showing different designs

Give Away a Button

Give button pins away at a trade show, while walking down the street, at schools, anywhere you can to get your message or your information out there.

Use Buttons for a Prize Drawing

Include a code or number on your button pins and have a drawing for button-holders to win a prize. This will ensure that they hold on to them for at least a short time.

Use a Button Magnet as a Business Card

Print your business card on a button magnet and hand it out in meetings or conferences. People will never forget who you are and they can attach them to any metal surface.

Wear Your Button

Wearing your button pin will raise questions about you and why you are displaying the logo or slogan. You never know who will approach you to ask about it.

When you think of custom buttons and pins, you might think of political campaigns, or even Jennifer Anniston in Office Space sporting buttons on her suspenders. Whatever comes to mind, personalized custom buttons stand out and are a unique way to market yourself, your company, or a cause to the world.

You Have Choices, Why Choose Us?

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Legendary Service & Quality You Can Trust!   

It’s the little things that we pay attention to, that makes a BIG difference when ordering from us. Our buttons are topped with the most durable and highest quality mylar finish available. They will not scratch like the laminated coatings offered by most other companies, and our button pins on the back are straight making a huge difference in quality over our competitors. When choosing us to produce your custom button pins, we feel it should come down to the little things we do that makes a big difference, while also setting us apart from the competition.       

We use the latest in digital printing press technology. Our print quality is consistently ranked as the best in the industry.

We use 100% made in the USA 2-piece button parts and machinery. Each one is printed and produced in Phoenix, Arizona.

Never fear a deadline! We offer the fastest turnaround time in the industry. Standard production time of 5 days after proof approval, with Fast-Track 1-3 day service and same-day shipping available. You get to pick your guaranteed delivery date at checkout, so you know the exact date of delivery. NO one else offers this option, our competitors offer rush service and expedited shipping options, but not an EXACT date of delivery.

There are no orders that are too small or large, from 1 button to 1.2 million. You can count on us a we produce over 5 million per year, and never miss a deadline. “We Are On Time All The Time”

Our experienced graphics team will make sure your order comes out perfectly every time!

Unlimited artwork proofs provided with every order, making sure your order is perfect before it’s sent to production.

Our pinback buttons are trusted by major brands including: The US Government, Six Flags Amusement Parks, Victoria’s Secret, McDonald’s, Fry’s, Chevrolet, Costco, Wal-Mart, Professional Sports Teams, Universities, Churches, Synagogues, Presidential Candidates, Wholesalers and many more!

Best of all, ordering from us you are buying American products and supporting American jobs from our family owned, Nationally Certified Women Owned Business (WBENC) manufacturing right here in the USA.

Buttons with USA designs

You can reach us by phone at 623-445-9975 or fill out our Hassle Free Quote form, where one of our legendary customer specialists will provide you with a free and detailed consultation to meet every requirement you have for your custom button project.

Customer Spotlight: Veterans Home of California-Yountville’s Buttons

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The Veterans Home of California-Yountville (VHC-Yountville) was founded in 1884 and is located in Napa Valley, CA. They are home to the largest veterans home in the country. VHC-Yountville hosts over 1,000 disabled or aged men and women who have served on various fronts in the military. There are many resources for residents for personal care and support to ensure that the health care needs of the veterans are met.

VHC-Yountville offers many different kinds of activities for the residents regardless of the level of care needed. They have a theater, executive golf course, bowling lanes, and a resident operated television station just to mention a few of the many facilities available to residents.

Lately, VHC-Yountville has been using customized buttons in the last few weeks to highlight the message that their health care workers and residents are vitally instrumental in getting through the health crisis together. They have been able to add a little light to a situation that may feel grim at times. Everyone Loves Buttons® has found that custom buttons have morale-boosting properties. These buttons are certainly playing an important role during this health care crisis in nursing homes and other health care institutions throughout the country.

Photo of The Veterans Home of California Yountville

The most recent buttons they have requested say “You Are Important”. These buttons can give their residents more than just a smile but a feeling. Feelings can be created by just reading something positive. That is what we try to do every day at Everyone Loves Buttons®. We want to give an outlet for companies to convey feelings with others as it is especially important during a crisis to create strength together.

Institutions like VHC-Yountville are truly the backbone of our country. They allow men and women who have served our great country to be able to receive treatment and live out their days in a wonderful, supportive community. As a button provider, we are proud to be able to donate buttons to their organization and provide a morale boost during this time of uncertainty, and hope to continue making their custom buttons for years to come.

Vital businesses like VHC-Yountville have undergone such an extreme change in a short time. Here at Everyone Loves Buttons®, it has been enlightening to see how and where custom buttons are now being used. We are happy to be able to make custom buttons that allow companies like VHC-Yountville to encourage safe and stronger connections between their employees and their residents.

Thank you Veterans Home of California-Yountville for allowing us to fill your button needs!

Buttons reading You are Important Veterans Home Yountville

Can I order pin-back buttons for my staff?

As a manufacturer and distributor to those industries deemed essential, like VHC-Yountville, we are continuing at full production. The scope of work ordered and produced through us includes, but is not limited to, these vital businesses:

  • Healthcare Providers
  • Hospitals, Clinics, and Urgent Care Facilities
  • Medical Equipment Suppliers and Manufacturers
  • State, County, and Municipal Government Agencies
  • Food and Beverage Suppliers
  • Bars and Restaurants
  • Financial Institutions, Banks, and Credit Unions
  • Agricultural Suppliers and Producers
  • Communications and IT Providers
  • Mailing and Packaging Services

We are adhering to the COVID-19 health and safety protocols deemed necessary by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention such as social distancing, wiping down work stations often, and regular hand washing.

Social Distancing button designs

Currently, we have no in-person or on-site transactions taking place on our premises with the public. We will inform you when this policy is lifted, but for now, we are not permitting walk-in ordering or local-pickup of orders until further notice. If you are wanting to get in contact with us please send an email or call us at 623-445-9975 during regular business hours.

During this time, we are working to provide the safest possible environment for our employees and their families while we continue to serve your promotional item needs. Organizations like VHC-Yountville need to be able to get out morale-boosting buttons to their workers because attitudes can change everything. We are also currently producing buttons for those that want to focus on topics like hand washing and social distancing. If you would like a sample or digital example, send us an email at sales@custombuttons.com or give us a call at 623-445-9975.

What can I use buttons for during COVID-19?

At this time buttons can be used to give messages to your customers, residents, or employees. These can range from moral boosting slogans like VHC-Yountville’s buttons to reminding others to stay six feet away from each other. For retailers and restaurants, buttons can also be used to display your current promotions from a safe distance. That way, your message can be seen on many different fronts when your employees safely interact with your customers.

Do you only make pin-back buttons?

While pin-back buttons are our specialty, we also offer other wearable options including clothing magnet buttons and bulldog clip buttons. We also have non-traditional options that include Zipper Pulls® and fridge magnets. Promotional items do not just have to be limited to an individual wearing it, you can show it off in creative ways too!

Different types of button backings, showing an American flag design

How many buttons should I order?

It truly does depend on the use. If the button is going to be used for your employees, order just over the number of employees you have. That way, if a button gets lost it can be replaced and your employees do not have to share with each other. If you are giving buttons out to others, use your discretion on how many people will take and wear the buttons.

How long will it take to get my order?

We still are maintaining a full staff during this time and we will be able to produce and ship your orders like normal. Depending on the size of the order, we offer a FAST-TRACK 1- 4 business day production time for custom button orders needing quick turnaround times.

Questions?

If you have any questions about your custom button order or the ordering process, you can always give us a call at 623-445-9975, or send us an email at sales@custombuttons.com. You can also reach us through the chat feature on our website during business hours (8am-5pm Arizona Time). We are here to help in every step of your button ordering process, from beginning your order to shipping your buttons for delivery.

As always, we are in this business because Everyone Loves Buttons®!

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