Custom Pins: The 13 Benefits You've Never Considered

Custom pins are at their best as art, self-expression, creativity, and tools for communication and engaging the masses.

Pin messaging is expressed visually, with or without text, with colors and designs that speak a message unique to you. Whether it's at a marketing event, an award ceremony, or a product launch, custom pins are sure to make an impression.

Herein are the 13 least known benefits of using custom pins.

1. Pique Interest

Custom means personalized, which means that you can get the pins in any shape, colors, design, or size you want. Custom pins can be simple and plain or eccentric and extremely overstated. They could be inscribed with letters, symbols, or phrases.

The pins can be designed as mementos for favorite popular TV shows, restaurants, artists, or travel destinations. As a symbol of an individual's or organization's identity, custom pins draw attention and pique interest. They trigger fascination and effectively fulfill their role to get people to ask questions. Which is when the real story can be told.

2. Invite questions

It is evident from the tombs of the Egyptian kings, full of ceremonial clothing and jewels, that mankind has forever been concerned with appearance. It is a reflection of the eternal need to please and to please oneself.

Custom pins have been important to humankind for many centuries, and people are always curious to see how others use them. Custom pins are designed to get people talking and asking questions.

3. Send a message

Custom pins are messages by definition. In addition to accentuating outfits, starting discussions, and connecting people around the designs and symbols, custom pins excel as communication tools for brands, nonprofits, schools, and individuals. They send the message of hope as in the case of anticancer pins, summarize brand philosophies as in corporate slogans and say "thank you for many years" as in the case of years of service pins. 

4. Bring awareness

Custom pins are designed to grab attention for a specific person, organization, cause, or event. Their logos and brands are easily recognizable and memorable. They use colors and quotes that are associated with a variety of issues that need support.

You can use custom pins to double the visibility of your brand. Custom charity pins will get you more volunteers, more donors, and more donations for your cause. Product launch pins can keep your audiences abreast of all developments in your company, plus what to expect.

5. Recognize greatness

You can recognize those that have gone above and beyond with custom recognition pins. Award, recognition and achievement pins can be designed to suit a variety of achievements, such as graduations, advancement, level achievement, service, participation and more. Featuring rich metals, enamel colors, and plating options, the pins come in various styles. Depending on the client's budget, a genuine precious stone or engraving can be added, or synthetic stones.

6. Thank achievement

Feeling appreciated makes people more productive. It's encouraging how motivating it can be to receive small, unique gifts such as custom pins. Experts say that employees who feel appreciated by their employers are likely to remain loyal. Your company will get ahead in employee engagement if you recognize your top achievers with custom pins.

7. Highlight a brand

Using personalized and promotional items within your marketing campaigns is undoubtedly an effective solution to make yourself known and increase customers and sales. Also, in this case, the personalized pins represent a good solution if the latter's creation is done with skill and commitment.

8. Create enthusiasm

In our connected world today, visibility is the key to success. An advantage of using personalized pins is that they can be easily recognized. You can give out free pins to generate excitement and buzz around your brand or worthy cause. The right people will get hooked once they get the pins. What do you know? You might even gain customers, volunteers, or donors by using pins alone.

9. Communicate ideas

Creative individuals have plenty of ideas to share with the world, but the right words don't come easily. If you have often struggled to get people to understand your ideas, try a customized pin that carries your message. You will be able to speak to many people without saying a word. 

Black Lives Matter pins can be personalized to help individuals protest without the sting of tear gas. Friday for Future pins remind us about the impending climate-related catastrophes. On the other hand, you can also share political ideas with your democrat or republican custom pins.

10. Help remember

By bringing in a fresh perspective and distinct stylistic know-how, custom pins from the best designers can completely change the course of a particular brand.

Custom pins with a logo deliver an easy-to-remember message. They spread messages about the brand's values, ethos, and quality of service and products in a way that is more memorable and easy to understand.

11. Speak loudly

Would you make a big statement if you wore cowboy hats, colorful dresses, and rubber shoes like everyone else? Undoubtedly no. It is the same for pins.

Trendy pins put you on the map as a trendsetter. There is nothing wrong with it when you choose to follow a trend, but you're with the crowd. If you are looking for that spotlight, you have to take a personalized approach. This is where custom pins come in. They help you stand out and convey your statement much more clearly.

12. Work 24/7

A person can wear or display a personalized pin on their clothing, hat or bag bearing the company brand or logo. The pin remains visible to everyone 24/7 and goes where you go. What other form of advertising works so effectively? You might say a custom pin is a mini mobile bill board.

Imagine the effect on your business if ten of your customers wore your custom pins out in public. You will get marketing traction 24/7, with guaranteed top-of-mind awareness, without breaking the bank or breaking a sweat.

13. Tell a story

Most importantly and least understood is the story a custom pin tells. More than the look, the design or the appeal of the pin, custom pins have a back story that is bigger than the pin. And custom pins remind people of these stories. It might remind them of a place they visited. It might remind them of who gave them the pin. It might be a reminder of an experience or feeling.

People use custom pins to remember moments in their life.

Would you like the rewarding experience of using custom pins? The applications and benefits of custom pins are endless, as seen above. Contact us to learn more.