The shape of available pens is incredible.  The one that stands out the most is a company called Bentcil.  They have the ability to bend pens and pencils into any shape you want.  These are very popular with kids in school who want one shaped like their school mascot.  You can search the entire line of Bentcil pens and pencils at www.PenDeal.com, just click on the “search other online catalogs”.  I’m sure people have seen the popular baseball bat pen, bone pen and other available shapes.

Mood pens are another “new” type of pen.  Based on the technology of the old mood rings, these pens change color to your touch.  It’s the body heat from your hand that actually makes the pen change color.  There are 5 different color combinations available at www.PenDeal.com.  Mood Pencils take the same technology and add it to pencils.  These items are very popular when looking for promotional items for kids.

Many imprinted items producers have had to raise their prices over the last few months.  Most producers import their items for imprinting from overseas.  The huge increase in fuel costs has made it much more expensive to ship items from Asia and other parts of the world to the United States.

Lucky for us BIC makes everything at their plant near Tampa, FL and doesn’t rely on imported material.  This allows them to keep their pricing low.

Please visit www.PenDeal.com to check out the 3rd Quarter BIC pen sales pricing.

Any type of promotional item or any other item that has your name on it gives a direct impression of your business. Do you want your business name linked to pen that quits writing after a month? or starts to skip? Or how about the worst possible thing that can happen?  A pen you give a customer explodes or leaks in their pocket or purse and ruins it.

Don’t try to find the cheapest imprinted pen that you can. I’m sure you can find some out there as cheap as maybe ten cents each. Why bother with giving a potential customer you are trying to convince to do business with you a pen you know is almost worthless. You are better off just giving them the dime that the pen cost. Another way to view it is: Would you do business with a company that gives you something that is worth a dime, and doesn’t even work? Be proud of your business name and don’t put it on a piece of junk.

There is a place for cheap imprinted pens. You usually see them in political campaigns because all they want to do is give out things with their name on it. They are just trying to build name recognition for about a month, they don’t care how long the pen lasts. Don’t get your business name compared to your local politicians.

The BIC company puts out an amazing quality pen at very very reasonable price. Custom imprinted pens by BIC are the largest selling item on our website. We run sales on BIC brand pens that put them at almost the same cost as the cheap pens that other people offer. BIC offers over 200 color combinations with various colors of barrels, caps, and trim. When you include the different colors available for the imprint there has to be a way to match the pen to your business colors with just a one color imprint. If you can keep your imprint to one color it will help you get the cheap imprinted pen that you want

The 2008 NFL football wallet schedules have finally arrived.

They are consistently a top seller on our www.TradeShowItems.com website. Right now we are running a BUY 2 GET 1 FREE SALE. That cuts the price down to less than 30 cents each, and down to 11 cents each at the highest quantity.

For those that aren’t familiar with these items they are credit card sized wallet calendars. They have a sliding insert that you use to line up the current weekend and the it will show all the football games scheduled for that weekend.

They are very popular with the sports crowd and can be used by almost any business because almost everybody likes football. Sports bars and construction companies are always our biggest buyers, but we also get orders from restaurants, civic groups and basically everybody. This is also one of our favorite promotional items.

Click on the sample above for more information.

The biggest hassle in ordering advertising specialties is getting the artwork “camera ready”.  With today’s digital lifestyle everything is handled by email these days.  Everyone thinks they can just email an attachment with a jpeg, gif or scan of their logo and it will be fine.  I really wish it was, it would make my life so much easier.  However, almost every factory now requires artwork to be “vector” drawings with fonts changed to curves and outlined, and other things that normal people don’t have the capability to do.  Most factories now only accept artwork created in Corel Draw or the more popular Adobe Illustrator.

The price tag for these 2 programs is pretty high, and the learning curve is even higher.  They are also upgraded every year or so which requires having to learn all the new features.  They are basically programs for artists and graphic designers, and most of my customers (including me) aren’t.

TradeShowItems.com will now convert anything you send them: jpeg, gif, scan or anything else and have it coverted to the correct artwork file.  This can be a huge time saver, unless you have a graphic artist on staff or can find one that will do the work for less than free.

Please visit www.TradeShowItems.com for more information.

They can be used to clip onto belt loops, purse handles, luggage, book bags, gym bags, tote bags and everything else that will has a loop.  They have also become a little bit of a fashion statement, they are actually considered cool.

We are also currently running a special on them at www.PenDeal.com and they are available in the following colors:  Green, Blue, Red Yellow and Orange. All with matching grip
& carabiner plus chrome accents and jazzy chrome carabiner clip.

Click over to www.PenDeal.com and take a look at the large sample pictures, and some of the other specials we are running on custom imprinted pens, pencils and markers.

Through a special deal with the Sharpie company we are now able to offer our readers special pricing on the Sharpie Mini Marker Pen.  The Sharpie mini marker offers the following 14 colors:

Colors: Black, lime, orange, blue, red, green, purple, berry, magenta, aqua, dandelion, lilac, slate grey or navy caps & matching ink with light grey barrels.

Please visit our site at www.PenDeal.com to find a great deal on Sharpie Pens and 1000’s of others, including special pricing on BIC pens.  We offer discount pricing on all the Sharpie models, please contact us at info@PenDeal.com if you would like a quote on a different Sharpie pen than the ones shown on the homepage.  We currently also offer special pricing on the Sharpie Micro, Twin-Tip, Fine Retractable and others.

Custom imprinted pens not only come in various colors, but they also come in various shapes and sizes.  Baseball bat pens are popular with local baseball teams, bone pens with doctors and chiropractors, syringe pens and syringe hi-liters have recently become very popular in the medical profession also.

We’ve even seen a rise lately in the amount of mood pencils and mood pens recently at our online store www.PenDeal.com  We constantly search for the newest and neatest pens and have unlimited research capabilites to help you find the right custom pen for your specific business.  We can’t list everything here, or all of our suppliers.  If you would like some ideas please contact us at info@PenDeal.com

BIC is world famous for their high quality pens.  BIC was established in 1969 under the name BIC Special Markets Division.  Although originally started as a custom pen maker they have branched out and now make mousepads, lighters, sticky notes, magnets, flashlights and have added the Solis Line and the Scheaffer Line of pens.

The BIC CLIC STIC is probably the largest selling pen in the world.  Offering 19 barrel and trim colors, the BIC CLIC STIC has a possible 300 color combinations.  Add the fact that you can also choose a different imprint color for your logo and you now have a 3 color item for the price of a one color imprint.  There are also 3 colors of writing ink available in medium point and 2 in fine point.  BIC also offers free art, set-up and screens.  For more information on ordering the BIC CLIC STIC please visit www.PenDeal.com

The BIC TRI STIC is also a very popular imprinted pen from BIC.  This pen is easily recognized by it’s triangle shaped barrel.  This triangle shape is a favorite of many people because it prevents the pen from rolling, especially on desks that have an angle.  Many people also like the feel of the three sides of the BIC TRI STIC in their hand.  One of the main benefits of this pen to advertisers is the ability to order a different imprint for each side (3 total) and each one can be a different color.  With the same barrel and trim options as the BIC CLIC STIC the possibilities are enormous.  For more information on ordering the BIC TRI STIC please visit www.PenDeal.com

Imprinted pens are one of the most popular advertising specialty items in the world. Everybody uses pens, and having custom imprinted pens with your logo is one sure way to get your business name out into the world.

You can get pens custom imprinted with any type of information that you want. You can get your logo, name, contact information, website address, slogan, or any combination of them imprinted on a pen. Custom imprinted pens are probably the most popular promotional item in the world. Most imprinted pens offer choices of barrel color, trim and clip color, which gives you over 200 possible color combinations for your custom imprinted pen. You can also choose what color the imprint will be on your custom pen.