Mouse mats, pens, mugs, and other functional items make great promotional gifts. They are small, lightweight and easy to store and mail, and most importantly, they are useful. Utility is easily the most important aspect of promotional itemsfunctional items get used, and every use of the item displays your advertising message to the user and often to the people around them too.

Mouse mats might be considered the ideal when it comes to functional promotional itemsthey are large items with plenty of advertising space, and better yet, they display that advertising prominently even when the item is not being used. Nobody puts their mouse mat away when they are not using itthat is just not practical. The mouse mat is always sitting on the desk, displaying its message for the world to see.

What is the downside? Many people consider promotional items to be impersonalinstead of displaying promotional gimmicks on their desks, they might prefer a photo frame or two with pictures of their partner or children. How can you get around that preference for personal items, and get people to use your promotional mouse mats?

The Picture Mouse Mat is a fantastic solution to this problemthese mats allow the user to insert a photograph or picture in between the two layers of the mat, so their mat displays not only your promotional message, but their own personal photograph as well.

These promotional mouse mats are cleverly designed with two layersa foam base forms the bottom layer, and there is a hard top surface that works well with both optical and track-ball mice. The top layer has a clear window inset in the center, and this top layer can be pulled back to allow the owner of the mat to insert their own photograph, instantly creating a mouse mat with a highly personal touch.

The Picture Mouse Mat is affordable, toostarting at ₤0.99 for a single color print (additional print colors ₤0.10), and ₤1.17 for a four color process print, these are very cost-effective items that can be given out in a variety of ways. They can be used as purchase incentives for online or catalogue orders, conference gifts, trade show give-aways, client gifts, and more. If you are planning a company event such as a sporting event or picnic, why not appoint someone to take photographs of the event, and then distribute them to your staff in these mouse mat photo frames? Giving gifts to your staff is a great way of promoting company awareness, increasing morale, and giving a lasting reminder of the event too.

The value of promotional items only lasts for as long as the items get used. When you are giving promotional gifts, you should be choosing gifts with a view to making them valuable in the eyes of the recipients. Adding value to your item with extra functions or the ability of the recipient to customize their gifts is a very effective way of ensuring that yours is used over any others.