| Pens have been thought to be the most | | | | can give out promotional bottles of a sanitizer |
| pervasive and popular promotional product for | | | | liquid, which, with H1N1, is as effective as washing |
| years, although 2009 saw some competition. With | | | | with soap and water in preventing the spread of |
| swine flu being a problem since April 2009, hand | | | | germs. Companies can give these out at |
| sanitizer sales have jumped and, as a result, so | | | | community promotional events, as well as at job |
| have hand sanitizer promotional products for | | | | fairs, trade shows, and various other events |
| companies. As companies design such promotional | | | | involving the public. |
| products to not only advertise themselves but to | | | | Aside from this traditional promotional use, |
| also offer some practicality to the user, | | | | companies have been creating their own hand |
| promotional hand sanitizer is very practical at the | | | | sanitizer bottles to give to employees. With H1N1 |
| moment. With the amount of promotional items | | | | and the general flu keeping employees out of |
| available that can be silk screened or imprinted | | | | work more than usual, employers want their |
| with a logo, companies want the least expensive | | | | workers to stay healthy. As a result, sets of |
| products to display their logo and promote their | | | | these inexpensive promotional products are |
| brand in the community and amongst their | | | | created and passed out to workers at their desks |
| industry peers. | | | | as a way to keep themselves and their work |
| In terms of use as promotional products, | | | | areas germ-free. |
| sanitizers have jumped 439 percent in the course | | | | Promotional products are considered the most |
| of a year, from October 2008 to October 2009. | | | | effective form of advertising, next to the |
| While part of this can be attributed to the | | | | internet, according to the Advertising Specialty |
| increases use of hand sanitizer over this period | | | | Institute. Because of this, companies of all sizes |
| due to H1N1, the inexpensive cost of creating a | | | | create promotional items displaying their name or |
| set of small bottles with logos is another factor. | | | | logo to pass out at events and to their workers. |
| Wherever a company goes to promote itself, it | | | | |