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lundi 24 août 2009

Why We Cannot Do Away With Conference Bags

By Richard Joseph

When attending a conference it is typical to be provided with a conference bag by the organization hosting the conference. Many see these bags as an unnecessary expense, and wasteful spending by the host organization. Many of these bags never leave the conference, and are either left behind or put in the trash. For the organization hosting the conference, however, these bags are meant to provide additional marketing opportunities, after the conference is over.

The intent of the conference bag is that the attendees will take the bag, and use it while traveling to work, or out in public. This will help increase brand awareness for the organization, and provide additional marketing opportunities. If the bag is being used, it will have a positive impact for the organization, so it makes sense to continue the use of these bags.

Aside from these purposes, promotional conference bags are needed for the event itself. Whenever a company holds or sponsors an event there needs to be a place for all the important things it deemed the attendees should have. These are the programs, notes, biography of speakers, feedback forms, papers and other important items the company wants the attendee to review later on. In other words, these bags are media kits for the company. They hold all the additional promotional items of the company.

Often companies will overlook the marketing and branding aspects of the conference bag, since they only consider the functional use if the bag during the conference itself. Additionally, companies often do not think about future marketing possibilities for conference bags, they are only concerned with the conference attendee, who received the bag. A company can loose out on extra promotion and brand recognition when they have this narrow point of view. However, if a company is creative with their marketing, in terms of the conference bag, the promotion can reach out beyond the attendees of the conference.

Conference bags can serve many functions for the host of a conference. They are a great promotional tool, that will help reinforce brand recognition, and a tool for the conference attendees to store all of the other marketing materials they will receive. Conference bags are an excellent marketing tool, that should continue to be used.

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