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With summer coming on fast, people will be drinking lots more water. Why not personalize the water bottles you hand out at your open houses or other occasions? It's easy, fast, and inexpensive.

There are two basic approaches: Buy self-sticking labels of the right size in a variety of colors and styles, or use plain paper (any color) and glue-stick or tape the labels to the bottles. The advantage of the first plan is that it can look a bit more professional and clean (but it costs more and goofs cannot easily be fixed). The advantage of the second method is that it is very inexpensive, and the bottles can be relabeled as necessary if you don't give them all away at one open house.

A good source of labels in a huge assortment of colors, styles, and paper quality is:

http://www.worldlabel.com/Pages/water-bottle-labels.htm

As a price example, 100 sheets of glossy white labels, self-adhesive, seven labels per page, is $49.95 plus $4.95 shipping. Share with several agents and save even more! You can get gold or silver foil, plus numerous regular colors. (This price does not include printing.)

At the foot of that page is a free template for you to use in designing your labels. Also download and use this template if you want to print your labels on paper you supply.

If you print on your own nonstick paper, use a small piece of tape to attach the label to the bottle by overlapping the edges and taping them together. Then, should you need to reuse the bottle for another event, just take an X-acto knife and slit the label along the taped edge. Just attach a new label as needed!

Here's a recent sample. I used plain paper and printed in color, but I could have used stick-on labels, or plain paper in a color or pattern.

 

 

Sonsie Conroy             
CA Lic. No. 01839596
Coldwell Banker Premier Real Estate

San Luis Obispo, CA
Cell: 805-235-2351
Email: sconroy@slonet.org
Website:www.sloliferealestate.com

 
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11 Comments on Easy Advertising: Personalized Water Bottle Labels for Your Open House

MAY
25
2010
Called Shot Master

What a godd idea, thank you for sharing.

4:53pm • #1

Excellent Idea and I am going to implement at my open house on Sunday.

6:06pm • #2
619,322 Points 2 Featured Posts Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Wow Sonsie, I love this idea! I can use this soon because I am going to walk my farm, I will be pulling an ice chest I think!  Wouldn't this be great to leave at the neighbors home when you first list or sell a property in the neighborhood?

9:09pm • #3
109,453 Points 2 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

I'm glad you liked this idea. My sales manager suggested it, and I've found it really fun to do as well as being very memorable. You can also find wine and beer labels at the site I mentioned, and probably other drink labels as well. And of course with a little creativity, you could label almost anything as a give-away. IMO getting your name out there is vital, especially if it is attached to something clever and useful.

9:31pm • #4
JUN
01
2010
463,763 Points 41 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

I'm curious, Sonsie, have you ever had a buyer or seller call you off of one of these?  Cute idea.

12:50am • #5
109,453 Points 2 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Tammie, I'm sorry to say that I have not asked specifically about this when I get calls, but the people who pick up the bottles always remark about the labels. I did an open house yesterday with a colleague, and we had over 50 people come through. Since it was about 85 degrees outside, I handed out a LOT of water! I'll ask when I get calls this week, to find out how they heard about us.

3:28am • #6
JUN
07
2010
619,322 Points 2 Featured Posts Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

I went to the website and saw the labels I just couldn't figure out how to print the template.  Help?

11:58pm • #7
JUN
08
2010
109,453 Points 2 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Evelyn, use this link to get to the downloading page, then scroll down until you find the template that produces 5 labels per page (2" x 7"). That's the one that works perfectly on an 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. Click on DOWNLOAD. It will save the template to your computer, and then you can use Word to open it and design the labels to suit yourself.

You don't actually print from the template at that website...you use it in a word processing or publishing program then print the resulting document from your own computer.

I'd suggest designing the top label, then grouping it and copying it four more times, to be pasted into each blank label. That's how I did mine, and it's really quick and easy. You can insert a photo of the listing, or of yourself, plus your contact information, etc.

Please come back if you have more questions!

12:12am • #8
AUG
05
2010
150,954 Points 2 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Thanks for the information. I am going to do this for an Open House I have this weekend. BTW- I was looking for the correct dimensions for the labels on Google and you came up number 1.

7:49am • #9
109,453 Points 2 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Thanks for letting me know how this post did on the search engines! I love these because they actually fit several bottle sizes AND they work with 8.5x11 paper. No waste!

10:13pm • #10
DEC
08
2010
not only a great advertising tool but what a great <a href="http://www.personalizedgifts.org">personalized gift</a> idea for my children I've been waiting to find something perfect for them thank you :) 
kyla
10:38am • #11

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