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THE BAR NAPKIN GIMMICK!

By
Home Stager with THE ORIGINAL HOUSTON HOME STAGING

 

THIS LITTLE GIMMICK IS GREAT FOR VISIBILITY IN THE REALTOR'S BREAKROOM!

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We like to keep our company name visible by supporting a variety of charity events.  Golf Tournaments, Cocktail parties, Balls, and other special events all serve up some kind of liquid refreshment.   So to add another layer to our visibility program, we  provide bar napkins with our logo imprinted upon them.

Generally, we  make a donation so that our logo appears on the invitation or somewhere in the program (sometimes both).  After receiving approval from the hosts of the charity event, we then supply the caterer with bar napkins.   As anyone who's ever hosted one of these events knows, it's the little things that can chew up the profitability of these events, and bar napkins can be surprisingly expensive. For an event of about 700 people, I think we supplied about 2500 custom printed bar napkins (our logo).  The investment was about $250.  It's better to purchase these in bulk, so you'll always have them available.

These are also nice, for the Realtor's breakrooms, as gentle reminders that you're available!

 

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Happy Staging Y'all!

Comments(10)

* Rate A Home
Rate A Home - Saugatuck, MI
Tom, cool logo as well!!!!!
Mar 30, 2008 01:34 AM
Frank Rubi
Frank Rubi Real Estate, LLC - Metairie, LA
FrankRubiRealEstate.com
Tom, great idea. I like it better than pens or water bottles. Not to mention nice job.
Mar 30, 2008 01:36 AM
Gary McAdams
GMAC Schwartz Property Sales - Key West, FL
Great idea.  It works too.  We have one Title Company that comes by every week with something.  Usually even something small like a pen and sometimes larger items like a coffee cup.  Every holiday no matter how big or how small we get something.  The manager will dress up like Mrs Clause or The Easter Bunny, an American Flag, She has been a butterfly.  Silly but memorable and we all think of Mary in her Bumble Bea costume when we think of a closing.  Very smart marketing.
Mar 30, 2008 01:42 AM
Chip Jefferson
Advanced Building LLC - Lexington, SC
good stuff!
Mar 30, 2008 01:56 AM
Margaret Ann Innis
Decorate To Sell - Merrimack Valley Real Estate Staging - Andover, MA
Real Estate Staging - MA & NH

Great Tip - thank you Tom!  I have an event coming up and had concerned the usual such as pens!

However, the napkin will reinforce the drip drip drip effect of marketing!

Love Texas!

Mar 30, 2008 02:24 AM
Missy Caulk
Missy Caulk TEAM - Ann Arbor, MI
Savvy Realtor - Ann Arbor Real Estate
Tom, this is so cool, you just gave me a great idea for the golf outing, Thanks.
Mar 30, 2008 02:26 AM
Alicia Barrington
THE ORIGINAL HOUSTON HOME STAGING - Katy, TX
Houston Home Staging Presents Alicia Barrington

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments!

Adding private label bottled water (your logo on the bottle), or placing a sticker with your logo on the existing beverage, is another way to tie this all together.

Thanks to Frank Rubi, for reminding me!

Mar 30, 2008 04:03 AM
Alicia Barrington
THE ORIGINAL HOUSTON HOME STAGING - Katy, TX
Houston Home Staging Presents Alicia Barrington

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments!

Adding private label bottled water (your logo on the bottle), or placing a sticker with your logo on the existing beverage, is another way to tie this all together.

Thanks to Frank Rubi, for reminding me!

Mar 30, 2008 04:03 AM
Terry Haugen STAGE it RIGHT! 321-956-2495
Stage it Right! - Melbourne, FL
Tom, you just have all kinds of gimmicks up your sleeve dont you?  Thanks for sharing.
Mar 30, 2008 05:21 AM
Anonymous
Napkins-Only

Tom is right!  This is a very effective concept...

Custom napkin printing is all that we do and we do it very affordably:  www.Napkins-Only.com

In addition, we have developed a reveloutionary new product.  It is the worlds first "web enabled cocktail napkin".  No kidding!  What if your cocktail napkin ad could launch your online ad, blog, website or video?  Now it can!  We call it ScanNap.  Take a look: www.youtube.com/NapkinsOnly

Or:  www.Scan-Nap.com

Please tell your friends!  It's an advertising medium that all of us can afford...

Best Regards, Brock

Nov 18, 2009 09:57 AM
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