Creative Ways to Get Sponsorship

There is a lot of advertising racket out in the world for people to take in these days. It can get overwhelming. There are times people might feel bombarded with messaging—the ride to and from work, the grocery store, the gym, the internet. It can jump out anytime and anywhere.

All this noise makes it difficult to stand out and get noticed. It can be challenging to spread the word, and even more challenging to invite sponsors to advertise in support of a cause, organization or event. That’s where wristbands with a message come in. Wristbands with a message provide creative ways to get sponsorship. An economical marketing tool, wristbands with a message are a fun and unobtrusive means for reaching a highly targeted audience.

If you are hosting an event in which you are seeking sponsorships to raise funds, you can sell advertising space on wristbands. There are a multitude of creative ways for sponsors to increase branding and build both awareness and customer loyalty. The first is imprinting wristbands with a message. You can include a logo or a tagline or both!

People tend to wear their wristbands for a few days after the close of an event—especially if it is comfortable and includes a cool message and design. Guests become walking, talking mini billboards. Everywhere they go, their wristband with a message is a conversation starter. If your sponsor wants to increase website traffic, you might suggest that they imprint the company website address on the wristband along with a message.

If sponsors really want to engage their target audience, the ability to imprint quick response (QR) codes might be enticing. QR codes are two-dimensional barcodes. When people use their Smart phone to snap a photo of a QR code, they are led to a wide variety of places—places that provide information, offers, or freebies for on-the-go access. Usually these offers are exclusive. Here are some examples of what your sponsor might consider offering with the help of a QR code imprinted on wristbands with a message:

·         Invitation to opt in to a newsletter to get exclusive discounts

·         Invitation to purchase a raffle ticket to win prizes

·         Link to download a playlist

Whether your sponsor chooses to imprint their website address or a QR code onto wristbands with a message, they have a prime opportunity to boost social media activity. You could work with the sponsor and hold a contest. Encourage people to “like” the sponsor’s Facebook or invite guests to follow the sponsor on Twitter. Everyone who acts on the invitation to do so during the event gets a 10% off purchase coupon. Additionally, each person is entered into a drawing. Every hour during the event a name is drawn. The winner receives an awesome prize.

Sponsors can also imprint coupons directly onto wristbands with a message. This is another great strategy that motivates people to take action. Maybe the sponsor is opening a new store. The street address could be imprinted along with “show us your wristband, get 20% off any purchase.” The store will get a lot of traffic and sales will spike. Guests may even “check in” via Facebook and share how awesome the store and the products are. Word of mouth can spread as rapidly as fire. Guests’ friends will come check out the store; friends of those friends will stop by; and so on and so on

Wristbands with a message provide sponsors with a world of possibilities to promote their organization, as well as their services or products. Imprinting a logo, design, tagline, QR codes and/or website URLs onto wristbands with a message can trigger some interesting conversations that will likely lead to a live testimonial. There is nothing better than a recommendation from someone people trust.

Not only do wristbands with a message encourage word-of-mouth advertising, which is the most effective form of advertising, but also, the cost of these wristbands is minimal. When you get sponsors to purchase advertising space and promote their message on wristbands, you will not only cover the minimal expense, but will likely make a profit. You can also encourage sponsors to team up with other business for co-sponsorship. That will save them money, yet benefit all three organizations! There really is no way to lose with wristbands with a message. This effective marketing tool is fun and effective!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Using Wristbands as A Symbol of Hope

Send The Message to Stay Strong

Cancer wristbands made their first appearance in 2004 when Lance Armstrong debuted the now infamous yellow LIVESTRONG cancer wristbands. These wristbands served—and still serve—as a symbol of hope and shed light on the fight against testicular cancer.

The yellow LIVESTRONG cancer wristband may be a simple idea, but it is a powerful one—so powerful that it has spread to bring attention to other forms of cancer, including:

·         Bladder cancer, childhood cancer and liver cancer are also represented with yellow cancer wristbands

·         Metastatic breast cancer and skin cancer, represented with black cancer wristbands

·         bowel cancer, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer and rectal cancer, represented with blue cancer wristbands

·         Liver cancer, represented with light blue cancer wristbands

·         Kidney cancer, represented with orange cancer wristbands

·         Breast cancer, inflammatory breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer, represented with pink cancer wristbands

·         Neck cancer, represented with red cancer wristbands

·         Bone cancer and head and neck cancer, represented with white cancer wristbands

·         Cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, gynecological cancer and uterine cancer, represented with teal cancer wristbands

·         Brain cancer, represented with grey cancer wristbands

·         General cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, pancreatic cancer, and thyroid cancer represented with purple cancer wristbands

Purple cancer wristbands can also represent cancer survivors. Additionally, it is the selected color for Relay for Life—the main volunteer-driven cancer fundraising event of the American Cancer Society.

Since cancer wristbands are intended for long-term wear, they are extremely durable and comfortable. The come in a few different styles:

·         Embossed silicone

·         Debossed silicone

·         Screen printed silicone

To really inspire, motivate and spread the word about cancer, you can include a message on cancer wristbands, by embosssing, debossing or screen printing onto cancer wristbands:

·        “Fear Nothing”

·         “Fight Like a Girl”

·         “Courage”

·         “Feel the Power”

·         “Live Free, Smoke Free”

·         “I survived”

·         “Cancer sucks”

There are a variety of ways to effectively put cancer wristbands to use. One way is to host a fundraising event. Maybe there is a specific type of cancer for which you’d like to raise funds. Give a cancer wristband to every guest who makes a donation of $10 or more. Another idea is to organize a walk/run to raise money. Distribute cancer wristbands to every participant who raises a minimum of $20. You could have an online donation drive, too. Anyone who makes a donation online of $25 or more receives a cancer wristband.

Sadly, most of us know someone fighting cancer. Cancer wristbands can raise awareness of one particular person who is fighting for his or her life. Cancer treatment is outrageously expensive. An effective way for family and friends to raise money to help cover the medical expenses of a cancer patient is to host an auction within the community—raising awareness, hope AND funds. Cancer wristbands can be embossed, debossed or screen printed with the name of the person fighting cancer, along with the word, “Hope”. These can be given as a thank you gift: Thank you for supporting me. Thank you for helping me in this terrifying fight against cancer. Thank you for helping me beat cancer and kick it to the curb!

Wearing cancer wristbands offers both support and strength to the person who is fighting cancer. It makes all the difference in the world to know that people care. There is strength in numbers. The support of a community can empower and individual. It’s a powerful contributor toward healing.

When someone we love is fighting cancer, most of us feel helpless. Wearing a cancer wristband with the name of our loved one on it can make us feel like we are making a difference—as small as it may be. When it comes to cancer, everyone wishes they could do more. Wearing a cancer wristband brings awareness to all who see it. It may catch the eye of a stranger who decides to ask about it to appease his or her curiosity. When you explain about your family member who has cancer, they may feel moved enough to make a donation or wear his or her own cancer wristband. Maybe they know someone who is fighting for their life, too. Maybe the two of you can find a support system with one another.

If you are looking for an inexpensive way to raise awareness of cancer and a highly effective fundraising tool, cancer wristbands might just be the answer. Cancer wristbands are a fashion accessory that symbolizes hope for a cure.

Keep Kids Safe with Day Care Child Identification

There are as many reasons why people take their children to day care as there are children who attend day care. Many working parents don’t have a choice. Some parents enroll their children to prepare them for elementary school. They want their child to develop social skills and learning skills. Placing one’s child in the care of another person is a risk. Nothing matters more to a parent than their child’s safety, security and health. Kids wristbands can help keep kids safe.

Secure, durable and tear-resistant kids wristbands come in one size fits all. They have a strong adhesive closer and unique tamper cuts, which cause the wristbands to shred if tampered with. Kids wristbands can withstand the wear and tear of the roughest, toughest play in a child’s day.

Children’s eyes light up and they get excited when they see the bright colors and fun designs of kids wristbands. When parents arrive at their trusted day care to drop off their child for the day, parents can write their child’s name, their own name and the emergency phone number where they can be reached that day on pre-printed lines in permanent marker right onto a kid wristband, and then securely fasten it around their child’s wrist. This information can enable day care providers to do their job more effectively and efficiently if there happens to be any sort of emergency that day.

Children fall ill. That’s just a fact of life. When this happens, especially if it is a contagious virus, it is best to have the child picked up from the day care center by his or her parents—sooner, rather than later—in order prevent other children from getting sick. Kids wristbands make it easy for teachers and nurses to identify the child. If it is determined that it would be best for the child to go home, then the parents’ names and contact information is readily available.

The same holds true for accidents. Children are certainly not strangers to cuts and scrapes. It may not be necessary to contact parents for a minor paper cut, but most injuries—especially those resulting in blood, bumps or black and blue marks—require notifying parents. Some might require medical care. These are times when it is critical for having child identification. Kids wristbands can save the day in these situations.

ID bracelets are tear-proof, sweat-proof, smear-proof, and water-resistant

In addition to having both the child’s and parents’ names, along with emergency contact number, kids wristbands can also be color coded. Each color can represent a specific special need, such as medication allergies, food allergies, dietary needs or restrictions, and the like. As an example, nut allergies could be represented with a red kids wristband. The specific allergy can also be written on the kids wristband, “Allergy: Nuts.” Each day, care takers can check kids wristbands and take inventory of allergies. In the instance of a nut allergies, the care takers can ensure that nuts—an allergy with severe reactions—are prohibited from being in that child’s activity room or classroom.

If there is a medical emergency and a child needs to be transported to urgent care or an emergency room, kids wristband can be extremely helpful to healthcare professionals. Maybe yellow kids wristbands represent special medical needs or medication allergies. A care taker can point out the kids wristband to the healthcare professionals. Any specific conditions or allergies can be written right onto the kids wristband. Doing so can prevent adverse reactions to care—maybe even save the child’s life.

Another way that kids wristbands protect children is identification if they should get lost. Of course, no one ever plans on this happening, but when there is a large group of kids out on a field trip, these things do happen. Let’s say the day care plans a day at the zoo. Distributing kids wristbands with a colorful design can make safety fun for kids. Each kids wristband should have the child’s name, along with the chaperone’s, and the cell phone number where the chaperone can be reached onsite. Chaperone’s can point out security staff to kids, so they know exactly who to ask for help if they happen to get lost. It might be a good idea to introduce the children to one of the security staff. This will help make these authoritative figures more approachable to the shyer children.

Kids wristbands are an excellent aid for keeping children safe in a variety of ways. You just can beat the sense of security that kids wristbands provide. 

Wristbands – A Symbol of Hope

Cancer wristbands made their first appearance in 2004 when Lance Armstrong debuted the now infamous yellow LIVESTRONG cancer wristbands. These wristbands served—and still serve—as a symbol of hope and shed light on the fight against testicular cancer.

The yellow LIVESTRONG cancer wristband may be a simple idea, but it is a powerful one—so powerful that it has spread to bring attention to other forms of cancer, including:

·         Bladder cancer, childhood cancer and liver cancer are also represented with yellow cancer wristbands

·         Metastatic breast cancer and skin cancer, represented with black cancer wristbands

·         bowel cancer, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer and rectal cancer, represented with blue cancer wristbands

·         Liver cancer, represented with light blue cancer wristbands

·         Kidney cancer, represented with orange cancer wristbands

·         Breast cancer, inflammatory breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer, represented with pink cancer wristbands

·         Neck cancer, represented with red cancer wristbands

·         Bone cancer and head and neck cancer, represented with white cancer wristbands

·         Cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, gynecological cancer and uterine cancer, represented with teal cancer wristbands

·         Brain cancer, represented with grey cancer wristbands

·         General cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, pancreatic cancer, and thyroid cancer represented with purple cancer wristbands

Purple cancer wristbands can also represent cancer survivors. Additionally, it is the selected color for Relay for Life—the main volunteer-driven cancer fundraising event of the American Cancer Society.

Since cancer wristbands are intended for long-term wear, they are extremely durable and comfortable. The come in a few different styles:

·         Embossed silicone

·         Debossed silicone

·         Screen printed silicone

To really inspire, motivate and spread the word about cancer, you can include a message on cancer wristbands, by embosssing, debossing or screen printing onto cancer wristbands:

·         “Fear Nothing”

·         “Fight Like a Girl”

·         “Courage”

·         “Feel the Power”

·         “Live Free, Smoke Free”

·         “I survived”

·         “Cancer sucks”

There are a variety of ways to effectively put cancer wristbands to use. One way is to host a fundraising event. Maybe there is a specific type of cancer for which you’d like to raise funds. Give a cancer wristband to every guest who makes a donation of $10 or more. Another idea is to organize a walk/run to raise money. Distribute cancer wristbands to every participant who raises a minimum of $20. You could have an online donation drive, too. Anyone who makes a donation online of $25 or more receives a cancer wristband.

Sadly, most of us know someone fighting cancer. Cancer wristbands can raise awareness of one particular person who is fighting for his or her life. Cancer treatment is outrageously expensive. An effective way for family and friends to raise money to help cover the medical expenses of a cancer patient is to host an auction within the community—raising awareness, hope AND funds. Cancer wristbands can be embossed, debossed or screen printed with the name of the person fighting cancer, along with the word, “Hope”. These can be given as a thank you gift: Thank you for supporting me. Thank you for helping me in this terrifying fight against cancer. Thank you for helping me beat cancer and kick it to the curb!

Wearing cancer wristbands offers both support and strength to the person who is fighting cancer. It makes all the difference in the world to know that people care. There is strength in numbers. The support of a community can empower and individual. It’s a powerful contributor toward healing.

When someone we love is fighting cancer, most of us feel helpless. Wearing a cancer wristband with the name of our loved one on it can make us feel like we are making a difference—as small as it may be. When it comes to cancer, everyone wishes they could do more. Wearing a cancer wristband brings awareness to all who see it. It may catch the eye of a stranger who decides to ask about it to appease his or her curiosity. When you explain about your family member who has cancer, they may feel moved enough to make a donation or wear his or her own cancer wristband. Maybe they know someone who is fighting for their life, too. Maybe the two of you can find a support system with one another.

If you are looking for an inexpensive way to raise awareness of cancer and a highly effective fundraising tool, cancer wristbands might just be the answer. Cancer wristbands are a fashion accessory that symbolizes hope for a cure.