One of the best ways to spread the word about your business is by giving away promotional items that has your business logo and name on it. One of the most common freebies that I get from a business is a pen, and those are all well and good (and I use them) but I also tend to get a lot of promotional bags given to me.

My favorite freebie bags are the canvas ones that are sturdy enough to be used to carry groceries home from the grocery store. I’ve been trying to cut down on the amount of plastic bags that I bring home from stores, and sometimes a store will give me a five cent credit for bringing my own bag to use. Using the bags as often as I do keeps the advertiser’s company name in my line of vision several times a week, and I think that is a good advertising procedure!

Another one of my favorite freebies is a water bottle. I especially like the kind that are insulated, so it helps to keep your water cold. I like to buy the individual packets of Crystal Light or some other brand of ice tea like the Arizona brand of green tea with ginger and use them to flavor plain water. The packets are easy to slip into my purse and the water bottles get a lot of use. I used to just buy bottled water and put the flavor in those bottles, but I have heard so much publicity about how bad plastic water bottles are for the environment that I really prefer to get something that is re-usable. My sister re-uses the plastic ones and fills them with water, freezes them and then takes them out of the freezer and lets them thaw so she can drink ice water, but I’ve read that doing that is actually unhealthy for you to do.