Showing your customers that you value them is crucial to creating both new customers, and retaining the ones you already have. By giving customers a free promotional gift, you’re demonstrating your loyalty to them in a tangible fashion. By making this gift quirky and free, you’ll excite your target audience that much more. To help you charm your customer base, here are eight quirky promotional gifts that show your customers how much you care: 

1. Lighter 

When you find yourself without a lighter, an otherwise amazing moment can be ruined especially now that we’re entering into camping season. Many people do not have a lighter on them most of the time, or at home. This makes the gift of a promotional lighter more exciting for the customer. For customers that do use lighters, this free gift will be both exciting and incredibly useful. Each time they think of the promotional lighter you’ve given them, they’ll feel a greater sense of loyalty to your brand. 

2. Multi-Tool

There are plenty of situations where a multi-tool can save the day. For those that love to host people in their homes, for homeowners obsessed with home improvement projects, and for many others, a multi-tool is an essential part of their day-to-day life. Multi-tools are becoming more popular with the general public as well, which heightens the usefulness of being given a free multi-tool. Just make sure you emphasize your brand in a flashy, eye-catching manner when you’re designing your promotional multi-tool gifts. 

3. Coloring Books

Adults all over the nation are using coloring books (those that are targeted toward adults) to have fun and release stress. These coloring books allow you to meticulously craft and perfect a stunning picture. At the same time, you’re grabbing a taste of childhood joy that’s sure to excite you. By adding your brand to adult-targeted coloring books, and providing some free crayons to customers, you can make their relaxation time explicitly tied to their knowledge of your brand. Just make sure you pick a stunning coloring book to give out! Ask customers to post their coloring masterpieces on social media to integrate your promotional marketing efforts with social media/content marketing efforts. 

4. Personalized Candy

Who doesn’t love candy? Since it’s October, people are giddily excited about Halloween. Give them treats early by handing out personalized, branded candy. Doing so will thrill customers, especially if you’re giving them out before you try to sell them something. For tradeshows, giving out personalized candy gifts can help you become the talk of the show. The more your brand is out there, the more likely people are to use your brand’s products or services. 

5. Hoodie

With the Winter months just around the corner, people are desperate for affordable winter wear. By giving customers a fully free hoodie, you’re giving them the gift of warmth (and comfort). Knowing how to design your hoodies properly will be key if you go with this route, however. Making it stylish, comfortable, and durable will ensure customers will actually wear the hoodie out in public. Any time that a customer wears the hoodie out, they are becoming a walking billboard for your company.  

6. Bag Toss Games

Mini bag toss games are becoming hyper-popular in office and business-casual circles. If you need a quick break from meetings and work tasks, you can use bag toss games to release some endorphins and chill out. Because bag toss games are so simple to design, it’s easy to slap your brand on them effectively. And remember, if you buy bag toss games in bulk, you’ll save a ton of money.

7. A Healthy Snack

While candy is amazing, some people prefer healthier, more natural snacks. If your brand is associated with being eco-friendly, energy-efficient, or modern-minded, you may want to consider handing out healthy, but still branded, snacks to customers. For customers that are true health nuts, getting a free, healthy snack is a dream come true. With every time on this list, you should always consider the audience you’re targeting before choosing a promotional item for your marketing campaign. 

8. Stress Ball

Stress balls have come back in a huge way. It feels as though more office workers are using stress balls than ever. If you want to give out promo gifts to both customers and your employees, stress balls become especially attractive. And the amount of bulk you can buy when ordering promotionally-designed stress balls will prove useful for small businesses! 

Keep Your Brand Personal and Sincere

When giving out quirky promotional gifts, you must demonstrate how sincere and personal your brand can be. The more emotionally open you are with your audience, the more likely you’ll be to create campaigns that will increase customer loyalty and create returning customers.