What are some great ideas for trade show swag giveaways ($5-6 per item budget)

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InQ5WeTrust
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
Socks. I used to hate getting them as a kid, but you always need socks. 
braintank
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Enterprise Account Executive
Second this. Particularly if you have cool branding.
JDialz
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Chief Operating Officer
Agree. I'm a big sock guy.

Wearing suits every day... you can make it more interesting with the right socks.
jefe
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+1 for socks.

I picked up like 4-5 pairs at my last conference. Fellow Canadian company ran out of the beaver socks before I got any though :( 
paddy
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Director of Business Development
Golf balls (Pro V1's only), bendy straws, and maybe throw in an intern to a hot prospect
InQ5WeTrust
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
The Pro v1's have such a satisfying thunk when they bounce off the interns head. 
funcoupons
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Consumables such as branded snacks/drinks, golf balls, headphones, lil bump in a baggie, shot of Kahlua...
RealPatrickBateman
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🔪Amateur Butcher🔪
Consumables? Like.... Branded Condoms?
funcoupons
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I'd rather kill myself than think of my job in sales while having sex.
RealPatrickBateman
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How about Gong condoms? Because FUCK ALL OF THEM
funcoupons
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I wouldn't fuck Gong with your dick
RealPatrickBateman
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🔪Amateur Butcher🔪
I cant tell you how reassuring that is...
funcoupons
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I'm not a monster!
RealPatrickBateman
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🔪Amateur Butcher🔪
… only in the shower 🚿
InQ5WeTrust
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
A little party pill in the company logo 
funcoupons
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Thatsalesdude
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Account Executive
Branded golf balls, wine openers, pens, hats, key chains. Personally, I would love the golf balls.
CuriousFox
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People love a good gel pen and a sick ass koozie. 
Sunbunny31
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Sr Sales Executive 🐰
I LOVE good gel pens!  Cannot get enough of those.
CuriousFox
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Blue Pilot G2 1.0 please and thank you. 
Sunbunny31
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Sr Sales Executive 🐰
Got a beach towel once, and still have it.

High end notebooks are great.

Packaged snacks.   I can't tell you how many times I missed the snacks/lunch etc. because those eating times became business meetings that ran over. 

Socks!

One company once had the BEST little stuffies with a branded shirt on them.  Every daddy visited that booth to score one for their kid at home.
1nbatopshotfan
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Sales
Donation to the human fund in the prospects name. 
Notmyrealname
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AE
I got one of these collapsible coffee cups once. Between that and a USB drive, those are the only 2 things I ever kept. And I still know who I got them from as well. Doesn't mean I want to buy anything off them though 😅
Mobi85
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Regional Sales Manager
Coozies and even better if you can get the coozies that have the magnets on the back of them. I seem to always acquire a ton of coozies at every trade show I go to and always use them
Pachacuti
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
anything the prospect might use on a regular basis.  
DungeonsNDemos
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Rolling 20's all day
Coozies are always fun
jefe
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Definitely out of your budget, but I picked up a Mophie charger and a Yeti at the last conference. Not many leads, but hey, free shit!
Beans
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Enterprise Account Executive
Nothing specific but ensure they're easy to carry. 
peachykeen
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sae e-commerce
A previous employer of mine had embossed leather coasters 🤌👌
JDialz
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Chief Operating Officer
My business card.
saaster
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Account Executive
The good neoprene coozies are clutch
dwightyouignorantsale
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Account Executive
one booth had umbrellas once, which I thought was so random, but I use it all the time now
ThatsWhatSheSaid
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Intergalactic Sales Director
how about wireless charging pads? My targets will have newer phones that support it.
fuzzy
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CMO (Chief Meme Officer)
Kubernates and tunnelbear gave me a koozie with built in bottle openers. That shit was cool.

We gave out witty t shirts that everyone loved.

Notebooks are cool but there’s soooo many of them. Sauce labs gives out hot sauce.

I’d say, do a cool play on whatever your company is. Like, if it’s a cloud service, maybe a cloud power bank.

One vendor doesn’t give out swag, they just have a full on cafe/barista which honestly was the best.
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What do you think of " company swag" as a sales spiff?

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Do you actually take swag to customers, in person?

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Swag Drops to get a meeting

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