Get Prepared for Football Season 2011

Posted by Patrick on Aug 23, 2011 in fundraising, marketing, promotional products, Promotional Products Marketing, Spirit Items | 0 comments

Well, it’s finally here. The time when all of us College football nuts get so excited. The first games will be starting on September 1, so make sure and get prepared if you run a booster club. High school football as already started for many schools. School spirit items are so important for your school and are the life blood of your team. These spirit items help to encourage your team’s fans to cheer louder and more often than they would do without any spirit items. Plus, these spirit items are excellent ways to raise money for your club. There are many different items to choose from and below is a list of many different items to choose from. Be sure to try something different and have a wide variety of products available for your fans. The more you have to choose from, the more you can sell and keep the fans cheering.

1. Mini footballs
2. Thundersticks
3. Pom Poms
4. Stadium Horns
5. Foam Fingers
6. Schedule Magnets
7. Stadium Cups
8. Full Sized Footballs
9. Autograph Footballs
10. School T-Shirts
11. Stadium Seat Cushions
12. Stadium Blankets

21 Ideas for Promotional Mini Footballs

Posted by Professor Promo on Aug 10, 2011 in fundraising, marketing, promotional products, Promotional Products Marketing, Spirit Items | 0 comments

Mini footballs are one of the most popular spirit items for the sport of football. You see them at almost all football games. Here are a few creative ideas mixed in with some classic uses of promotional mini footballs.

1. Mini footballs make great centerpieces for football banquets and parties.
2. Use them in a friendly game of two hand touch football.
3. At a festival, set up a booth and let participants try to toss the football through the hole to win a prize.
4. Use them as end of the season gifts for coaches, players, and volunteers.
5. Have a fundraising event and charge people to peg the coach in the head with a football. The fans can take out any aggression from that previous loss. Make sure and use the vinyl mini football since it is softer.
6. Have a distance throwing contest.
7. Sell the mini footballs in the booster club to help raise money for the team.
8. Get local businesses to sponsor by having their logo printed on the balls.
9. Have the cheerleaders throw out the balls to the crowd every time your team scores a touchdown.
10. Give out the mini footballs with the game schedule printed on them.
11. Give out a mini football with the team mascot printed on them to every season ticket order.
12. Use them as birthday party invitations by printing the party time and RSVP info on the balls. We have also sold a lot of these for wedding save the date balls for football themed weddings.
13. Toss them around for fun with a friend or your son.
14. Bounce them off the wall when you are bored.
15. Hang the footballs from the ceiling as a party decoration.
16. Print coupons on the balls that say, “Bring this ball in to redeem for a FREE ___” Once you get the ball back, you can give it out to someone else to help bring in more business.
17. Use them for autograph sessions if you have a pro player on site.
18. Donate them to a Children’s ministry as gifts for kids.
19. Use them to squeeze as an exercise tool to build up muscles in your forearm. You will need the vinyl mini footballs for this one too.
20. Support your local team by giving them out with a purchase to your local patrons.
21. Use them as giveaways for Facebook contests on your business Facebook page to encourage your fans to visit your page often.

School Spirit Items

Posted by patrick on Sep 2, 2009 in promotional products, Spirit Items | 0 comments

School has started, and so have school athletic programs.  Whether football or volleyball or any other athletic team, spirit items are a must for any school to help generate school spirit.  School spirit items also make great fundraisers.  Mini footballs, thunder sticks, stadium seat cushions, and many other personalized items can be sold to raise funds for your team.

Some schools buy their school spirit itemsand sell them to the fans as a  fundraiser.  Other schools get sponsors to pay for the products and then throw them out when a touchdown is scored or during other significant game events such as halftime.  Another option you can do in order to maximize the money you can earn is to have a sponsor pay for the spirit items and then sell them at the games.  By doing this, you make 100% profit on all sales.

Whichever way to decide, make sure you do decide to buy spirit items for your team.  It helps generate team spirit and makes the games more enjoyable.