Purchasing Resources for Promotional Pins And Buttons

Promotional Pin and Button Key Terms

Get to know the different types and kinds of promotional pins and buttons
By M. Worcester Promotional pins and buttons come in many forms. Design inexpensive pinback buttons to hand out en masse at trade shows or other events. Identify your employees and visitors with name tags, which employees can wear on a lanyard. Lapel pins are slightly more expensive types of pins. These are generally made of metal and have a look and feel more suited to business attire or dress apparel. Lapel pins come in many varieties, including those made with etched soft enamel and those that are die struck. With promotional pin and button key terms, you'll be able to distinguish each type.
 

Pinback buttons

Pinback buttons are simple and cost effective. They are made of metal, or metal and plastic, and you can design them with any design or image you want. You can order them inexpensively, or you can even buy a kit that allows you to make them yourself.
Try: See samples of pinback buttons at Everyone Loves Buttons.

Name tags, name badges

Name tags lend a professional air to employees in service industries. Companies can make them in all styles and print your company logo on them as well as the name of the person wearing the nametag.
Try: Find out all about name tags, including tips for their use and design, at Name Tag.

Lanyards

Some people don't like to wear buttons or name tags on their clothes, and lanyards provide the alternative. Lanyards are cords that employees can wear around their necks that can hold a name badge. Plain lanyards in a variety of colors are available, but you can also order lanyards printed with your company logo or slogan for a personalized touch.
Try: See examples of different styles of lanyards and their benefits at MyBadges.com, a division of BrightMinds Systems.

Awareness ribbons

People wear awareness ribbons to show support of a cause, such as pink ribbons supporting research to find a cure for breast cancer. Most people associate specific colors with causes, but companies will make custom ribbons with an organization's logo or motif transposed on top of the ribbon.
Try: Learn more about awareness ribbons, and find a link to a chart that lists the various colors for different causes at The Pin People.

Etched soft enamel pins

Manufacturers make these pins from metal and employ bright-colored areas; most have a smooth surface.
Try: See examples of lapel pins made of etched soft enamel and learn the features and uses of this type of lapel pin at Pinmart.

Die struck pins

Die struck pins are metal lapel pins that companies stamp with a custom-made die. They come in a variety of metal colors, but each pin will be all one color, with raised or textured areas that produce the image.
Try: View photos of die struck pins, read an explanation of the process used to make them and discover their benefits at All About Pins.