Promotional giveaway items are perfect for trying to attract new students to your university or college, or to give at the start of term to welcome the new students. Students love free gifts, especially if they are useful! For universities and colleges (and other businesses too!) this is the perfect opportunity to get your brand across to a receptive group of people with open minds. Young people will form their opinions quickly and on first impressions, so your promotional products need to be good quality and well presented to ensure your brand has a positive influence on them.
If you are a university or college looking to entice new students, then attending a university fair is the perfect way to do so. For this you will need lots of promotional merchandise sure to get the attention of the people there. Most universities use pens and bags, which are useful for prospective students and will be used regularly. However if you use these particular promotional products, make sure they stand out from others and have an attractive design otherwise other universities may catch their eye with a more colourful pen or a more attractive bag.
For new students at the start of term, items such as notebooks and sticky notes make great promotional gifts to welcome them to the university. Using promotional gifts branded with the university logo immediately promotes a sense of belonging for the students and will allow them to feel like they have a connection with the university, with a sense of pride. Sticky notes make brilliant promotional products for students as they are always in use – whether they are used in textbooks, for to do lists or leaving messages for their housemates.
Sports bottles can be good promotional products for universities as many students are involved with sports and they can help to promote sports within the university. They are easy to transport whether it is to a lecture or a football game, and will be used again and again. They could be printed with the university logo, or with a certain university team logo to promote either the university team, or the university as a whole.
Some more unique promotional giveaway items for universities or colleges are products such as USB sticks or plastic mugs. Students are renowned for drinking lots of tea and coffee; by giving them plastic mugs branded with the university logo it is a promotional gift that will be greatly appreciated and can even save them some money too. USB flash drives are useful for any student or staff member, and are essential for everyday university life.
