Being Team Lead of the Sharper™ Customer Development Team is a great job. It allows me to talk to customers and hear the interesting and unique ways they use to market their practice or business.

Our customers love using our reuseable tote bags and plastic supply bags as a way to keep their business or practice in the front of their patients and clients mind!

Our dental customers use them on a daily basis as a part of their dental practice marketing (see below for a sample of what to put in your bag). Our veterinarians will use them as treat bags or as a promotional tool at community events. Optometrists think they are just the right thing for patients to take their new glasses home in!

Since the bags are reuseable they become a constant source of advertising for them.

Personalized practice building ideas to include in dental tote bags:

• Sharper Toothbrushes™
• Dental Floss
• Sharper Lip Balm™
• Sharper Magnets™
• Patient Education Pamphlets
• and the all important Dental Appointment Card

Reusable tote bags have a variety of uses for increasing traffic to your practice or business, building loyalty with your patients or clients and even welcoming new ones!

Here are a couple of ways to use plastic supply bags to increase your marketing efforts.

‘Tis the season, so why not start planning a holiday giveaway as a thank you to your patients or clients! We have a variety of great designs and you can include products such as business holiday cards, promotional calendars, personalized magnets and a host of promotional products such as personalized lip balm and personalized toothbrushes!

Check out some of our great holiday tote bags.

We also have a great selection of reusable tote bags specific to every market, that you can use all year around to welcome new patients or clients! Check out our reusable tote bag selection for the dental, contemporary health, vision & hearing and pet care markets.

There are very few people that aren’t animal lovers, or at some time in their lives haven’t been blessed with a cute and cuddly furry friend. Traditionally we see them on all types of personalized reminder cards, appointment cards, business greeting cards, and they always bring a smile to an otherwise hectic day. That’s why I am so excited about this new line of Sharper™ postcards called Hugs & Kisses. Sharper™ has recently partnered with talented photographer, Gregg Cuddiford who presents the joy of animals through his charming collection of animal portraits. The detailed imagery of each portrayed animal character is visually strong on its own, so when the design team at Sharper™ began to work on these postcards, it was decided that “a picture was worth a thousand words”…no need to embellish with headings and overpowering typeface.

Enjoy this light-hearted approach to your marketing initiatives. Use them as appointment reminder postcards, recall cards or to thank patients or clients for their referrals. Couldn’t we all use a hug, maybe even a kiss, especially when it comes to busy schedules and often missed appointments? With no words on the front of the postcard, you are free to include your message in more detail on the back when you personalize the postcard. As a bonus, Sharper™ has also introduced reusable tote bags, gift certificates and magnets featuring these lovable friends. Your patients or clients will love to keep them to reuse when they take them home. Hugs & Kisses images are the perfect way to brand your practice or business and to “seal your message with a kiss”.

Business Promotional Calendars are a practical gift that will last all year long! Available with or without envelopes, they can be personalized with your name, address and phone number on the front of the design. The standard back of every Business Promotional Calendar features a schedule of 2010 holidays and a complete 2011 calendar. Or, you can customize it with your own message!

Include a Business Promotional Calendar in a Reusable Tote Bag as a giveaway to every patient or client that leaves your office or simply mail them as a continuing reminder of your appreciation.

Our 2010 Bookmark Calendars are a daily reminder of your commitment to your patients and clients. With a curved notch to keep it in place, these Bookmark Calendars can have long-lasting value.

Bookmark Calendars are available in a wide variety of designs and can be personalized with your practice or business information. Include them as giveaways in Plastic Supply Bags or mail them with your Business Greeting Cards as an additional token of your appreciation.