Custom USB drives are useful swag that everyone can use! You can’t go wrong with these promotional giveaways!
Are you ready to customize flash drives? Here are the design tips you need to get started.
Order custom flash drives for…
Schools
Can you imagine working for hours on your college dissertation, only for your laptop to crash and lose your paper? Avoid that nightmare by selling custom flash drives in the bookstore. Your school can also hand out the USBs on orientation day, along with other promotional gifts like planners and pens.
Artists
If you’re an artist, you’ll need digital copies of your novel, photography, or graphic designs. Back everything up in cloud storage, and as an extra precaution, keep your portfolio on a flash drive with plenty of gigabytes of space. This is a handy way to make edits or revisions on the go.
Client-Based Industries
USB flash drives are great advertising items for lawyers, realtors, and anyone else who works one-on-one with clients. Preload the drives with any necessary paperwork, and you’ll cut down on paper waste, while at the same time giving your clients freebies they can use again in the future.
Travel
Frequent travelers know it can take a long time to get through airport security. Double that if you’re bringing a laptop on an international flight! Flash drives allow you to leave your laptop at home. You can also load the drives up ahead of time with scans of your passport, driver’s license, and booking confirmations.
Employees
71% of U.S. employees are currently working at home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It can be risky to completely rely on a remote session to save important files, so provide your team with logo flash drives they can use as well. The USBs are small enough to fit in an envelope, which makes them easy to mail out to everyone as gifts.
Grand Openings
Congratulations – you’re finally hosting a grand opening for your new business! Win over the crowd by handing out free personalized flash drives. This is a great ad strategy for any industry, but most particularly those that deal with tech or finances.
Trade Shows
You should never go to a trade show without promotional giveaways! Set up your display, and you can keep the flash drives right on top for people to take. Go the extra mile and save something interesting on the USBs beforehand, whether it’s business information or funny company photos!
Custom USB Drives Design Tips
- Choose the right storage space.
- Have fun with the colors.
- Print a simple design.
- Make sure the flash drives never get lost.
Tip 1. Choose the Right Storage Space
Promotional flash drives can hold anywhere from 1 to 64 gigabytes (gb) of data. On average, they are large enough to store basic digital files like photos, Word docs, and Excel sheets.
Choose flash drives with a storage capacity that meets your needs!
Tip 2. Have Fun With the Colors
You’ll find USB drives ranging from neutral silver and black to more bright, eye-catching colors like lime green, teal, yellow, and hot pink. Ultimately, it’s important to buy promotional flash drives that work with your company’s color scheme.
Try any of these looks!
Black & White
If you want a simple look, you can’t go wrong with white ink on a black flash drive or vice versa. Most flash drives are customized via screen printing, which only includes 1 ink color. With that in mind, this color combo is a good way to ensure you don’t go over budget.
Chrome
Bring some shine to your custom flash drives! A sleek chrome case is extremely professional, especially if you get your logo or design laser engraved on the top. Get this premium look for an affordable price!
Gold
Do you like the look of chrome, but want something more unique? Try gold flash drives! You can even take them to the next level by going with an unusual shape such as the key-shaped USB drives pictured here.
Bold & Bright Colors
You’re a fun, upbeat company, and you want the world to know it! Print your wordmark or logo on flash drives in bright colors like orange, green, or pink. The inked design can be another bright color to really make these promotional gifts pop!
Monotone
Stick to one color family by printing your logo in a lighter or darker ink than the color of the drives. For instance, choose a royal blue flash drive and print your logo in teal, or maybe a violet flash drive with your design printed in lavender ink.
Two Tone
Two is better than one! Go with a two tone look and your flash drives will incorporate all of your logo colors. These USB drives are typically more stylish, which makes them great promotional giveaways for trendy startups.
Dye Sublimation
You typically get charged for every ink color you use with screen printing. Dye sublimation, on the other hand, includes an unlimited number of ink colors in the cost. It’s more of a splurge upfront, but worth it if you want a colorful logo or design printed on your USB drives.
Tip 3. Print a Simple Design
Customize your promotional USB flash drives with any of the following:
Logo
Your logo is an important investment in your ad strategy. In fact, 18% of small businesses are willing to spend up to $1,000 for a good company logo. If you’re going to spend those marketing dollars, you may as well put them to use!
Text
Do you not have a logo? No worries! You can simply print text on your personalized USB drives instead. Stick with 10 characters max since flash drives are small, and there isn’t room to print too many words.
Logo & Text
If there’s enough space, print your logo side-by-side with text. It could be your company’s name and maybe some kind of contact information like your phone number or website.
Clipart Image
Custom flash drives are ordered for more than just advertising giveaways! Perhaps you want to get some in bulk to put in goody bags at an award ceremony or networking event. In that case, why not customize them with a cute clipart image?
Mascot
A mascot is the perfect thing to print on personalized USB flash drives for your school. You can even pair it with some kind of spirted message like “Go Tigers!” or “Warrior Pride.”
The key is keep your inked design as simple as possible.
Flash drives aren’t as big as billboards, so you don’t have as much space for printing. Stick to the most important images and/or text!
Are you ready to get promotional flash drives in bulk for your business or event? Reach out to Quality Logo Products to get started!
Alyssa Mertes
Alyssa Mertes is an expert on branded swag. She's done it all, from uncovering the world's first custom tote bag to interviewing the designer who created AC/DC's logo. Her work has been featured on several podcasts and media websites.
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