6 new ways to use stickers
Do you like getting creative with stickers? We certainly do. Stickers are an effective way to promote your business and you can make great crafts with them. We’ve found some very original ideas for using stickers. We hope that some will work for you and that you have fun trying them out.
1. Customise Stickers
for Kids
Kids love stickers. Whether at home or in the classroom, stickers
can be a great motivator. To use as them rewards, you can pop them directly
onto shirts and jumpers, or stick them on motivational and behaviour charts.
If you work in the education sector, rather than buying
pre-printed stickers with ‘Superstar’ or ‘Star reader’ etc., you can customise
your own superstar stickers with the school logo or your own colour scheme.
If you need small round stickers for a chart at home, you
can design them with your child’s help, using their name, their choice of
colours and favourite characters.
2. Make better Name Labels
Have you ever been handed a name label at an event only to
find there’s no lapel or suitable place on your clothes for it to go? Or if you hold events, do you find that people
often walk off with your label holders at the end?
You can get around both of these issues using stickers.
Avery WePrint labels stick easily to clothes and peel off without damaging delicate
fabrics.
The best way to create name labels is to design custom
stickers with a background, border or logo that ties in with your branding. Then
write the names on neatly by hand with a high quality pen and your name labels
will look unique and distinctive.
The best Avery WePrint sticker materials for writing on with
a pen are paper with a matt or natural finish and Brown Kraft paper.
3. Use Stickers for Event Rewards
If you’re organising a charity event such as a race, run or special
challenge, you’ll know that the participants will expect something at the
finish. And for many competitors, cheap medals just aren’t wanted.
Handing out one or more stickers saying ‘I survived …’ or ‘…
Finisher’ along with some water and a snack can work well. It’s an effective way
to reward participants while also promoting your organisation. This idea is
also much cheaper and less complicated that organising t-shirts!
Avery WePrint stickers come on sheets, so you’ll have to cut
around them to hand them out with the backing.
4. Create Magnets and Badges with Stickers
Do you like crafting? If so, you’re probably familiar with
magnetic sheets (they come in various colours with or without adhesive backing)
and bar pins, all of which you can buy cheaply online.
To create custom fridge magnets, simply place the Avery
WePrint stickers that you have designed in the shape and size of your choice
onto a magnetic sheet. Cut around them and that’s all there is to it!
If you choose plastic for your sticker material, you’ll get
an even more stunning result.
To create badges, put your customised stickers onto thick
card or thin cardboard and cut around them. Then cover them in a craft resin to
create a hard, clear surface and glue a flat-backed bar pin to the back using a
good craft glue. You’ll be surprised how professional these look.
5. Try Guerrilla Marketing Tactics
Stickers are another way to get your marketing messages out
there. And a well designed logo is worth displaying every way possible.
If your business or organisation involves youth and
activities, stickers are a great promotional tool. Don’t forget to include your
web address.
We’re not advocating anything illegal or defacing any
property, of course. But if you can get your customers, team members, family and
friends to display your stickers, it can really boost your marketing.
They can place your stickers on notice boards, laptops, books,
bags, car bumpers, instrument cases, surfboards and skateboards – anywhere
possible!
And if you’re at an exhibition, show or trade event, try
handing out stickers with business cards and any free gifts.
6. Add extra info and
QR codes
Have you got a new offer, discount or competition? Or what
if you’ve added new and improved ingredients in your product? Don’t reprint all
your marketing literature or product packaging, just add a bright, bold sticker
to let people know.
Stickers with QR codes are also great for sending people to
web pages with complicated urls. You might want to link them to a competition
or newsletter sign-up page, for example.
QR code scanners are free apps that bring up a web page when
the QR code is scanned. It’s easy to create a QR code online for free, then
just upload it to your Avery We Print sticker design in the online Design Tool
as you would any image.
We hope you’ve found some inspiration here. Please check out
these articles to help you get you started:
How to create custom stickers and Choosing
the right material for your stickers
.
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