How to Use Stickers to Make Businesses Popular in Untraditional Ways

December 2, 2012 · 42 comments

Even though we focus on online marketing, that does NOT mean that offline promotions are not essential. In this guest post, Jawad Latif shares with us how businesses could be using stickers to raise awareness and increase sales.

Using bumper stickers to promote your business

Bumper Stickers can be used to promote just about anything.

When competition is high and the economy  is challenging, organizations and businesses have to adopt new and different marketing and advertising strategies.

While most people think of stickers as being for children and simply laugh off the idea of marketing your business with printed stickers, savvy businesses find creative ways to use them.

Customized stickers can be pasted almost anywhere, such as shops, poles, buses, car bumpers, automobile windows – on just about anything.

Stickers can be any shape and almost any size. In fact, any marketing material which has a sticky substance on the back is called a sticker.

There is no limit to what you can print on a sticker: company logos, company names, addresses, contact numbers, Web site addresses and your promotion!

Marketers print various discounted or special deals on promotional and logo stickers. Non-profits use them to raise awareness about issues and causes.

Here are some of the major types of stickers used for different purposes:

Embossed Stickers

In embossed stickers, the image, logo and text are raised, giving them a 3D appearance which you have probably seen on Holiday Greeting cards. They are often used when granting any kind of diploma, certificate or degree to any person or business. Embossed stickers are most often round in shape with silver or golden coloring.

You will rarely find embossed stickers because they have to be custom made. However, with RGB Printings, you can get embossed stickers printing in many different colors, shapes and sizes at highly competitive rates. With RGB Printings’ embossed stickers, you can boost your sales because of greater visibility.

There are stickers all over this car including the windows

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Car Bumper Stickers

You might have seen stickers on different parts of cars, but some are attracted to a new technique of cars totally covered in stickers. The color of the car is totally hidden in unified stickers. The windows also have see-through mesh stickers.

Automobile bumper stickers have always been popular and are on the increase again. Marketing on cars has proven quite effective because they are an excellent source of free mobile advertisement. Wherever each vehicle carrying your stickers goes, it will continue to advertise your business while conveying your message to innumerable people.

In metro areas with traffic jams or huge parking lots at malls, airports and park-n-rides your message will be seen by massive numbers of people who will have time to write down your contact info or Web site address. They might even use their smart phone or other mobile device to immediately visit your site – or even place an order. You never know.

Car bumper stickers are not only used on bumpers, but also on other parts of car,
such as rear windows, side windows, bonnet, doors, rear and front bumpers.

Car stickers are not only used for business marketing but also for other campaigns like political campaigns during elections. Custom sticker printing is also used for sports teams (local and pro) and on customized cars to make them look exotic and sporty.

Today’s guest author Jawad Latif is co-owner of RGB Printings, an online printing company that is dedicated to high quality and low cost printing solutions. Services include banners, posters, business cards, stickers printing and much more. You can follow Jawad on Twitter @RGBPrintings.



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Colin Boyd who writes about Quickbooks Training Center April 17, 2013 at 1:59 pm

Another great tip is to offer people a prize for stickers posted in strange or far of places. Have them send in a photo with a small caption, this also makes great content for your Facebook site

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Colin Boyd April 17, 2013 at 10:58 am

Colin Boyd who writes about @ “Quickbooks training” On important aspect of any kind of design is not just the wording, it’s the color and also the type of font used. Making the first letter bold and slightly larger draws the eye, colors should allow the text to be read quickly, but remember your message should be short, catchy and easy to remember.

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Colin Boyd March 7, 2013 at 12:48 pm

Using stickers as part of your online business is an excellent strategy. You can encourage the distribution of bumper stickers by running competitions. Also sending out bumper stickers with physical shipped products is also a very low cost way to distribute your message. Try to make the message catchy or funny

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Vinyl Decals Printing March 5, 2013 at 1:03 am

When many people think of vinyl decals, they think small, medium or large. However, decals can be printed in nearly any style, and therefore they can be used almost anywhere. The best decals for company promotion become discussion items.

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sticker printing February 1, 2013 at 12:14 pm

Jawad Latif i m agree with your post you write good and true ways how to Use Stickers to Make Businesses Popular.

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Nadia Barbara who writes about web design santa barbara January 10, 2013 at 11:16 pm

Offline marketing techniques are still effective! Stickers is one of the marketing paraphernalia that we can use to boost our brand and get the word out.
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ioana moise January 4, 2013 at 11:25 pm

Technology throwing far us from manual work, that’s why we forget the importance of stickers
Thanks for sharing and pointing on this topic
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Mei Mayore who writes about Canada Life Insurance Quotes December 26, 2012 at 9:07 pm

These are awesome ideas on how to exploit the ultimate marketing potential of bumper stickers. At first look a bumper sticker may look so traditional, but with the help of creativity this can be a great tool for getting more exposures in your community.
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petpost December 25, 2012 at 4:26 am

Really I am seeking for better business. Thanks for good ideas. I am so banifinited.
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Mudassir Malik December 17, 2012 at 9:34 am

No Doubt even as a Social Media Strategist I am impressed with your post Jawad.

Keep rocking !!!

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web design company December 13, 2012 at 3:15 am

Hey,
Excellent post, I guess we can use stickers to promote our business offline as you have described. :)
Thank you for a new idea. :)
Zane
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Ralf December 9, 2012 at 4:38 am

Really goof marketing idea !

We should give old ideas and old methods a try again ! :)

Thanks for sharing !
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Mark Floors December 8, 2012 at 9:51 pm

Hey,

Stickers are good way to advertise your business and events happening in your business.Thanks for sharing information with us.

Regards,
Mark Floors

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Aayna who writes about quickbooks pro 2013 training December 8, 2012 at 5:55 am

With the intense competition present in each and every field, it is essential to make use of each and every available resource to gain the competitive edge. The stickers can well serve as a great tool. Thanks for providing these creative and distinct ways in which the stickers can be employed.

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Alison who writes about wedding photography edinburgh December 5, 2012 at 5:44 am

Stickers are always going to be good as a giveaway at events (especially if they are funny) but as one of the comments above said beware sticking them in public.

The law may be different in other countries, but I know of another photographer here in the UK who was convicted of “Fly Postering” for sticking his stickers on bus stops and lamp posts.
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Jawad latif February 14, 2013 at 1:35 am

Being a law abiding citizen, one shouldn’t stick stickers in public places.

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