| Promotional stress balls are available in thousands of | | | | another idea: promotional stress balls. |
| shapes. One of which is the unique British made | | | | They decided to shop around and find a company |
| t-shirt shape. These shapes are 100mm x 45mm x | | | | that could supply stress balls in the same shape as |
| 35mm and offer a nice 35mm x 20mm. Print the | | | | their t-shirts. He had considered food shaped stress |
| front and back with your logo and details. Better yet, | | | | relievers but somehow the t-shirt idea stuck because |
| order a quantity or these fun shapes and then hand | | | | the shirts were very well known in the area. The |
| them out with matching t-shirts for your next big | | | | shirts he had previously had printed were printed with |
| promotion or event. That is exactly what one North | | | | his logo and details on the front and sleeve. This is |
| East England restaurant did to promote their business | | | | exactly what they did with the stress toys. |
| to their key customers. Here is their story... | | | | Once printed, they took the stress toys around to all |
| Mark had been in business for over ten years and in | | | | the businesses in the area along with a special menu. |
| that time had built up his popular restaurant to be the | | | | Stress balls are very popular so they were very well |
| place to go in Hartlepool. Last March he was finding | | | | received. They took the stress balls around wearing |
| business to be quite slow. People just were not going | | | | the top quality t-shirts and promised a free half litre |
| out to eat as much in the area and he needed to | | | | of wine and a free t-shirt to all who reserved a table |
| find a way of doing something about it. | | | | of four or more for lunch or dinner. The promotion |
| He already had a large quantity of t-shirts that he | | | | was a huge success. They even had to quickly order |
| had printed for special evenings and annual events in | | | | more to do the same promotion to businesses in |
| Hartlepool. They had always gone down very well so | | | | nearby towns. This was not a problem as the only |
| he thought he might take them around to local | | | | t-shirt shaped stress balls available were |
| businesses to try to get their lunch and for that | | | | manufactured in Britain where a one to two week |
| matter evening trade a boost. His head waiter had | | | | lead-time was all that was required. |