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Promotional USB People Memory Sticks
Posted by in USB Sticks on October 15, 2010
Promotional USB People Memory Sticks
Have you heard about the latest craze in USB memory sticks, USB People? These USB memory sticks may be new to the market but they are already proving to be a hit! Just like promotional stress balls and logo bugs before them, they can be manufactured to look like a person or animal. For example, if you are trying to promote a football team, the USB sticks can be made so that they look like a footballer wearing his team’s colours and holding a football.
Each USB memory stick person has movable arms and legs. They can be colour coordinated and Pantone matched to your corporate colours. Everything can be bespoke designed right down to the colour of the trouser, shirt, shoes, hairstyle and facial features. The facial feature can be a real bonus depending on the message you are trying to promote.
There is already a very large stock of standard figures if you cannot be bothered to design your own. Doctors, nurses, business men and women, students, firemen and teachers, for example are all available. The stock figure list is long and well worth having a look at. Your promotional gift supplier should be able to show you pictures and even provide samples of the USB People that are available from stock.
If you have a bespoke requirement, it is no problem at all. Any professional business gift supplier should be able to offer you a free design service. If you do not have a picture of what it is you require, simply send a brief of what you are trying to accomplish and they should be able to provide bespoke USB People visuals. Whether you are trying to promote a cartoon figure or you want the memory stick to be dressed in your company uniform, the sky really is the limit.
USB people have are available with a memory capacity of 512Mb to 8g. They are available for corporate gifts from all major UK promotional gift supplier.
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Pantone Matched USB Memory Sticks
Posted by in USB Sticks on October 14, 2010
Pantone Matched USB Memory Sticks
If you’re in the market for some branded USB memory sticks for your company and you want your logo printed on the sticks then one option is to get the body of the USB stick pantone matched to a primary colour from your logo.
Pantone matching is simply a way to define a particular colour and reproduce that same colour time and time again to the same level of accuracy (albeit the material the colour is printed onto can have a bearing on the finished result). It’s a technique that is commonly used across the design and print industry and the use of “pantone matched” printing is a way to ensure consistency of a company’s brand irrespective of who is producing the printed product.
Pantone matching is commonly used in two distinctly different ways when customised USB memory sticks are produced:
The colours of any logo, brand or design that is printed onto the USB sticks are typically defined by the customer(s) in terms of pantone colour. This ensures a high degree of accuracy when the sticks are printed in the factory. Where pantone colours can’t be supplied the colours are matched on a “best match” basis and the accuracy of the finished article is very much in the hands of the printer. Whilst most printers have years of experience to draw upon and will typically produced good results on a “best match” basis there is always an element of risk when working (printing) this way.
Rather than buy USB flash drives in the standard colours (typically black, white, red, blue or silver) it’s possible to get them manufactured so that the body shell of the USB drives is an exact pantone match to any colour you want. This option involves mixing inks with the plastic when the fabrication is done to achieve an exact pantone matched body shell. The end results look stunning albeit the trick is to ensure you choose the colour of the body shell well so that it contrasts or works well with the logo printed onto the USB stick. On the Twister models where the logo is printed onto the “clip” that “twists” around it’s usual to match the body of the twister to one of the primary colours from the printed logo.
Pantone matching not only ensures accurate reproduction of colours but when it is used to produce a customised body shell the results lift the finished product from a “standard” USB flash drive to something that is unique. Whilst these “pantone matched” USB sticks are not truly bespoke sticks because they use a standard factory design then do illustrate that a significant amount of effort and thought has been put into their production.
Pantone matching of the body shell is only available on a limited range of USB memory sticks. Depending on the quantity ordered the incremental cost is relatively small but the results certainly justify it.
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Printed Memory Sticks ? By The Numbers
Posted by in USB Sticks on October 10, 2010
Printed Memory Sticks ? By The Numbers
One of the challenges with distributing large number of USB memory sticks is knowing who’s been given which memory sticks. In many cases this is simply not an important consideration because the USB sticks are given away as a promotional item and the intent is purely to help with brand development, sales or customer loyalty. But, in some circumstances knowing who was given a particular USB stick is important:
If, for example you are a school or university and you’re distributing USB memory sticks with the school or university logo on to your students it makes sense to know who has been given which particular USB stick. The benefit is nothing to do with any “big brother” conspiracy but more to enable the school to repatriate the USB stick back to the owner in the event of loss.
Equally, if you are distributing USB flash sticks with sensitive data on that might for example be “time embargoed” it’s useful to record who was given a particular USB stick to help you trace back any leak – putting a slightly different version of the data on each stick and recording which stick was given to whom is one way of managing this.
If you need to manage data-loading onto different batches of USB sticks all of which have exactly the same logo on them and therefore look exactly the same its useful to have some way of distinguishing one USB stick from another.
One solution is to engrave or emboss a unique serial number on every USB stick during the manufacturing process. This enables the sticks to be “bound” to a particular customer, employee or student. Adding a serial number to a USB stick is not an expensive or time-consuming option. In terms of cost it’s a matter of pennies and in terms of timing it might add a day or two to the production schedule.
Supplying USB flash drives with serial numbers on them that binds the drive to the owner will not address every concern you might have about security of data (particularly confidential data) but it’s a relatively simple solution that does help deal with some specific requirements and concerns. In addition to identifying whom the stick was given to if you want to secure and protect any data that is stored on the stick then you need to ensure you buy USB sticks with password protection and encryption. Most suppliers of branded USB memory sticks can offer these solutions and the restrictions that were historically imposed by the National Security Agency (NSA) in the US on the exportation of data encryption solutions have been relaxed a little meaning good strength security is now commercially available outside the US.
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Promotional USB Sticks ? Is Preloaded Data A Good Idea
Posted by in USB Sticks on October 4, 2010
Promotional USB Sticks ? Is Preloaded Data A Good Idea
Increasingly customers are loading data onto branded and promotional USB memory sticks. It’s a trend that’s been developing for a couple of years now as more and more people realise the real benefit if preloading data onto the sticks.
The simple act of printing your logo or brand on a USB memory stick will create a fantastic promotional tool that will well received by anyone its given to. It will help develop and promote your brand and because USB memory sticks are used your brand will stay in the mind of the recipient.
But if you give-away Promotional USB sticks without preloading data onto them you might be missing a trick. Lets face it the memory sticks are fundamentally designed to store and carry data so you might as well use some of the memory you are paying for you load up your catalogues, power point presentations, flash presentation or a pop-up link to your company website(s)
Preloading data can be time consuming but if you’ve got your data ready when you place your order we can get the data loaded for you during the manufacturing process. Even if your data is not ready until closer to the delivery data we are still able to offer a competitive post-manufacture data loading service. You just supply us the data and we’ll take care of the rest.
There are several options to consider when it comes to data loading:
Standard Preload – A standard pre-load just is where we copy your data/files onto your promotional USB drives. Users can access the content at will but they can also delete the files if they don’t want them.
Pros: The data is not intrusive meaning the memory stick is more likely to be used leading to a higher retention value and thus more exposure of your logo/brand.
Cons: The user can easily delete any preloaded files.
Non-Erasable content
In some circumstance it might be appropriate to ensure that data loaded onto your USB memory sticks cannot be removed/deleted. Providing the data is supplied and loaded by us during the manufacturing process then this is not a problem.
During manufacture the memory on the USB Sticks will be “split” (partitioned) into two parts. Onto one section the protected data is loaded leaving the other section blank and available to the user to store/delete their own data.
Pros: Your data/files are always there and available to the user ensuring continuous and on-going exposure and data retention.
Cons: Users cannot delete data from the protected area of the disk to free up extra space. You also have to have the data ready when placing the order because its only possible to protect the data and partition the memory stick during the manufacturing process.
Non-Erasable Autorun
Autorun files do as they suggest – as soon as the USB memory stick is used it will launch a presentation or application. Typical examples would be a flash presentation, a browser with a dynamic link to your website or any other type of executable file that can be autorun in Windows. The autorun files cannot be deleted and as such they are not particularly popular with the recipients because they do become annoying after a while.
Pros: They’re a great way to get information about your company, your products and your brand “in the face” of the user.
Cons: Typically deemed as intrusive, a little annoying and as such retention value is impacted. They also sometime won’t work on older PC’s with Windows 98 or some networked PC’s.
If you’re not sure whether preloading files would be right for you or which type of preloading would be appropriate for your branded USB memory sticks then get in touch with some of the experts (there are a few out there) and get their help and support.
Know More About USB Sticks
Posted by in USB Sticks on October 4, 2010
Know More About USB Sticks
Now a days in the market there is high demand of usb sticks among its consumers. Seeing this the producers of usb sticks concentrating more on the reliability of its products. Consumers should know that usb sticks aids in transferring files between two computers. The user of usb sticks should know that it relates to oooms and usb sticks are made in such a way that having the feeling of the computer and office’s natural environment. Consumers should know the meaning of usb sticks, meaning the natural name used for a normal stick. And mechanically such sticks derived from wooden pieces due to their natural beauty. Later on in professional and personal usb memory sticks such usb sticks are coverted showing the features composed in them now coming in the market. Normally consumers use two types of installation for play usb sticks in their devices available in the market. Consumers should also have the information that the first usb stick is having the usage as usb sticks wherein other for specific U3 sticks.
Consumers should know that usb sticks plays an essential role in operating different kinds of machines such as for supporting work in everyday’s life. But these installers were not able to copy many programes on such usb sticks which has the usage for linking the button bar inthe systems. In this same way u3 usb sticks is a unique device helps in showing menu icon in several system tray while supporting several auto-run programmes through the usb sticks.
So the first installer aids the consumers to copy already present installation of Total Commander with plugins and settings files to these usb sticks. Such usb stick installer is quite beneficial to work on various kinds of machine like to act as support work. Such installer will not able to copy programmes on the usb stick later, which is having the usage on linking on the button bar. In the same way the U3 usb sticks act as another installer is a special device aids to show menu icon in the system tray while inserting with supporting auto-run progrmmes from these usb sticks. Now consumers would able to make best usage of mobile internet connection for their laptop and desktop by using vodafone mobile connect usb stick available in themarket. Consumers can then use their laptop everywhere at any time due to the aid of usb stick. The vodafone mobile connect usb stick aids in providing faster speed connectivity to internet with the aid of vodafone edge network.
Why Usb Sticks Make Such Popular Gifts
Posted by in USB Sticks on October 3, 2010
Why Usb Sticks Make Such Popular Gifts
In this high tech world we live in, USB stickshave become an essential item for anyone who owns or regularly uses a computer – whether at home, at work or on the move.
USB sticks are widely regarded as one of the hottest promotional products available on the market and it is little wonder as they offer so many benefits to both the donor and the recipient.
Businesses and organisations that use USB sticks as promotional giveaways at events such as exhibitions, conferences and trade shows can rest assured that their name, logo or company details will receive repeated exposure, both directly and indirectly.
The generous print area afforded by USB sticks, both on the front and back, means that there is plenty of room to convey the desired advertising message in an attractive and stylish manner. Furthermore, with the wide choice of product styles, colours and finishes, across a broad price spectrum, it is easy to find USB sticks to match the brand image and, of course, the budget.
Some of the main reasons why USB sticks are so well received and rarely discarded are because they are so practical, versatile and handy. Transferring any kind of data from one PC to another, whether document files, pictures or images, is now so much easier since the advent of the humble plug-in USB stick. Compared to the previous option, floppy disks, USB sticks offer a much quicker file transfer rate and greater capacity. And they easily fit into a pocket for added convenience.
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Quality DVD and CD Replication Solution and Branded USB Sticks
Posted by in USB Sticks on October 2, 2010
Quality DVD and CD Replication Solution and Branded USB Sticks
Unlike a CD, a DVD consists of two sides made of plastic which are stuck together. These sides are also called layers. Data can be pressed at a far higher density on both layers than on a CD, giving the DVD a considerably greater storage capacity.
Depending on the amount of data, there are the following options:
– A single layer is pressed (DVD-5 up to 4.7 GB). As with a CD, the data is read from the bottom layer of the DVD by the laser of the DVD player and converted into image and sound signals.
– Two layers are pressed (DVD-9 up to 8.7 GB). With this kind of DVD, the top layer is also copied. The top layer can be read by the DVD player’s laser from underneath because the bottom layer has a semi-transparent mirror. The laser can read the data from the top layer through this mirror.
– Even more is possible (DVD-10 up to 9.4 GB). The capacity can be increased even further by copying the DVD on both sides. The procedure for playing a DVD-10 is similar to that of LPs – the DVD is turned over in order to play the second side.
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Our proficient services are highly useful for musicians, businesses, institutions, associations, and a host of other domains. With easyreplication, quality CD and DVD Replication solutions are guaranteed to give mark to the identity of your product or service. Quality at a low price and within the stipulated timescale! What more you can ask for? Contact easyreplication today and benefit from our experience, quality products like Branded USB Sticks, USB Flash Drives and fantastic value CD and DVD Replication services. Call us now and find out for yourself… this is the easyreplication approach, you will not be disappointed!
With easyreplication, it’s so simple and trouble-free. If your looking for a CD and DVD replication company that offer’s reliable service, low costs, quality products and a fast turnaround you have found the best company to contact. We meet and exceed your desired CD Replication and DVD Replication services in addition to USB Flash Drives and Branded USB Sticks and will bypass your expectations. USB Flash Drives from Easy Replication has a myriad of features that makes it a useful data storage device for all. However, the common features for all are its compact and stylish design, low price, and robust design. With simple user interface, our USB Flash Drives are resistant to dust and scratches. At easyreplication, we have the goal to give the customer service that will be above par performance. We fully understand the requirements of our clients and offer them the preferred optical media solutions.
Promotional Usb Sticks ? the Hottest Product on the Market
Posted by in USB Sticks on October 1, 2010
Promotional Usb Sticks ? the Hottest Product on the Market
USB memory sticks – also known as flash drives or pen drives – are arguably the hottest promotional product currently available. They are relative newcomers to the hi-tech sector, but are already a well established and popular business gift.
These removable storage devices use flash memory and a USB connector to store and transport data between PCs. No software is required and they are universally recognised. Small and portable, USB sticks have a much higher transfer rate and capacity than floppy disks.
There is a wide range of promotional USB sticks to choose from, in varying price brackets, with new products being introduced all the time.
Prices for promotional USB sticks vary considerably according to memory capacity, design and finish, so the choice of product depends largely on the core marketing objective. Are they intended as giveaways in large numbers at shows and events, or as corporate gifts for highly valued customers or prospects?
Companies wishing to stay one step ahead of the rest will be interested in a recent addition – a USB flash drive device that not only stores data but also incorporates other functions, such as an LED torch, keyring or mouse. This latest innovation is in keeping with the emerging trend following market demand for ever more versatile promotional products.
With flash memory getting cheaper and designs ever smaller, the demand for promotional USB sticks looks set to continue. With their winning combination of functionality, versatility and longevity, USB sticks are a perfect vehicle for marketing any forward-thinking brand.
Custom Shape USB Sticks ? How to Make Your Branded USB Flash Drive Stand Out From The Crowd
Posted by in USB Sticks on September 30, 2010
Custom Shape USB Sticks ? How to Make Your Branded USB Flash Drive Stand Out From The Crowd
USB flash drives (also known as USB thumbdrives, USB keys, USB sticks etc.) have become a highly effective marketing tool, and promotional USB gifts are starting to replace discs as a high impact delivery medium. Creating a custom shape can help your product stand head and shoulders above the mass of printed off-the-shelf designs, and give your product a unique edge. A bespoke shape for your USB stick can prevent your marketing give-away becoming a throw-away.
USB flash memory has become an established marketing tool over the last few years, with ever increasing data storage capacity and literally hundreds of off-the-shelf designs. Against this backdrop of ever increasing popularity it was only a matter of time before the industry made it more cost effective and easier to facilitate the production of bespoke or custom shaped flash drives.
Small scale custom moulding of the quality previously only possible on mass market goods is now available to create a genuinely unique USB product even on low volume orders of 250. These bespoke shapes can be made from a variety of recycled and recyclable materials such as PVC, ABS, Silicon and PET. These materials offer not only a cheaper way of producing USB flash drives in custom shapes, but in addition lighter, more malleable materials offers phenomenal detail when it comes to text and logos. This is because moulds for these materials are made from low density metal alloys that can be cut with finer tooling.
PVC especially offers a great feel as well as fantastic detail and makes production of 2D and 3D custom shaped USB sticks on small and medium sized quantities cost effective. It’s ideally suited for the production of these highly desirable marketing tools on a budget.
The process is fairly straightforward, first the object (such as a bottle or shoe) is sent to the manufacturer and from this a 3D or 2D wireframe CAD rendition is created. If however the object is too large to send to the facility then 2 or more photographs from different angles can be used instead. Once this CAD representation has been approved a mould is made from soft metal by using a computer controlled lathe.
Once the mould is ready the molten PVC is applied, for small orders this is usually with a hand held pneumatic tool. The material solidifies within a few seconds on contact with the metal and is then ejected.
This first production sample is sent to the client for approval or can be photographed if lead times are tight. Once approved the full quantity can be manufactured, usually in about 5 days for lower volume orders. Larger orders will require multiple moulds to speed up the process.
The housing is then usually sent to a specialist USB assembly plant where the memory and controller chip assembly is combined with the outer casing to create the final product. Any data required would be uploaded at this stage.
The overall lead time from conception to delivery can take as little as 15 business days, while the same mould can be used to create a large number of branded USB sticks. A mould can also create flash drives in a range of colours by the colouring applied to the molten PVC and hand painted into the moulds prior to being filled with the material.
Despite marketing budgets being continuously squeezed it seems that clients still demand ground breaking ideas. Promotional gift and marketing companies are under pressure to provide more for less. Custom shaped USB sticks in quantities of 250 cost no more than some of the ‘off the shelf’ models. The lighter PVC and ABS custom moulded USB flash drives offer a cost effective solution to finding that unique, useful marketing ‘give away’ to put your brand ahead of the competition.
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Branded Usb Sticks Serve In Many Aspects
Posted by in USB Sticks on September 29, 2010
Branded Usb Sticks Serve In Many Aspects
The use of USB devices are increasing everyday, as the majority of people have computers either in their home, at work or carried with them in person. Branded USB Drives are used for items too large for email, or easy transfer between computers.
The USB sticks are a good way of getting your name out there – specially because of the fact that you can now get Branded USB sticks that are leather or wood covered and that will always make people ask you where you got the USB drive and you can easily say which company sent them over. Also, for the companies it makes sense because its’ cheaper to make these USB drives and Flash Drives. I think that for a company that really wants to get the attention, that’s the way to go. Also, the cooler the promotional items, the more people are likely to talk about it! So it does pay off in the end.
Although the selection of a product branding in general, but the shape, size and color of the logo on Ones, a further consideration in mind the target audience. There are many varieties of Branded USB drives are perfect for any occasion. The main reason is that more companies with innovative ideas that can create personalized USB drives perfect corporate giveaways, or a sign of appreciation to those customers Basics. If one looks forward to an effective brand promotion of the quality of the product for all future marketing events, then this USB drives may have the perfect choice as we have received marketing materials to reach him as the future public.
Standard USB memory sticks, and the Twister model is apparently the most popular, only go so far. They can carry your company’s logo, the body shell can even be pantone matched to one of your logo’s primary colours and of course you can pre-load the memory sticks with sales data sheets or conference material. But this is what everyone does.
An alternative, and an option that has become increasingly popular, is a fully customized USB memory stick. Customized memory sticks can be manufactured in any shape, colour or design. Examples include USB Memory sticks in the shape of bottles, cars, aeroplanes, fruit, forklifts, trucks, brides, guitars, houses, rugby balls and even tampons!
Customized USB Memory sticks done well really do support and enhance the brand/product and are particularly good for press events where you want to launch a new product or at an exhibition where you want your company or product to stand out from the crowd. Don’t just think in two dimensions either because they can be manufactured in 3-D as well.
With a customized stick you can inject a bit of fun or character into your event. The finished product really does become an intrinsic part of your activity rather than just a medium on which documents are conveyed to the audience. Done well they become a talking point in themselves and have life beyond the event as colleagues, associates etc. all talk about them.
Now the trend of USB devices is increasing. USB drives are easy and portable and can be plugged anywhere. Following are the examples of USB devices we frequently used;
external magnetic hard drives
external optical drives, including CD and DVD reader and writer drives
portable flash memory devices, particularly key drives
adapters bridging between standard flash memory cards and a USB connection
digital cameras
digital audio players (MP3 players, e.g. iAudio, iPod and Creative Labs MuVo series)
high-end hardware media players.
Flash Drives or Branded USB sticks are very commonly use as adapt storage devices. But why we prefer to use branded USB Sticks for this purpose? There are several reasons for their use that can be described. USB drives do not need a separate drive to be installed in the computer. They are stand-alone, independent devices that draw power from the computer itself. USB drives are not dependent on a particular platform. They are platform-independent and can be used with any operating system. These drives are quite small and a number of these can fit easily in a man’s short pocket. They are also very light in weight.
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