Read this article to learn what's hot in the Promotional Merchandise Top 10. You may be surprised to learn that some of the old guard are dropping off the list.

1.Promotional Pens

Still number one in the charts and unlikely ever to be removed from the top of the tree. You can get promotional pens in every shape, colour and size these days and they are always welcomed as a practical gift. These days Promotional Writing Instruments are given away free in so many outlets such as banks, shops and restaurants that it's surprising that they are ever sold in retail shops.

2.Promotional Keyrings

By far one of the most cost effective Promotional Items that you can buy. The humble keyring is usually kept until it is lost or falls apart so if you assume that most people use their keys 4 times a day for 7 days a week that makes the logo on them seen around 1500 times a year. If you divide up the cost per view the Promotional Keyring must be one of the most cost effective Promotional Giveaways in the world.

3.Promotional T- Shirts

You only have to walk down the road to see just how effective Promotional T-Shirts are and how successful they are at getting your message across to the wider public. Promotional Clothing is used by charities, pop groups, sports clubs and societies to send out their message.

4 Promotional Mugs

Promotional Mugs are used every day in offices, schools factories, in fact everywhere anybody works or plays and very few are plain, they all seem to have a message to get over. These days it's not just Budget Ceramic Mugs but Bone China Promotional Mugs that are being used more and more.

5 Promotional Stress Products

Every shape and product you can think of and probably a few you can't even imagine are now being made to relieve stress. Even a full colour print is now possible for many of these items.

6 Promotional Calculators

You can always count on these Promotional Products..... literally. We find that advertisers who sell pensions of insurance services find calculators very popular as giveaways.

7 Promotional Pedometers

The healthy lifestyle promoted in newspapers and magazines has helped the Pedometer into the top ten of Promotional Giveaways. They now come in all shapes and sizes and can now even be incorporated into Promotional MP3 Players. Promotional Bottled Water is also a popular second product given away with the pedometers

8 Promotional Mousemats

Even though Laptops with integrated mouse pads are more and popular the mousemat remains a firm favourite in terms of Promotional Products. If you want to stay on your client's desk for a long time these products which are available in lots of shapes and sizes are ideal.

9. Promotional Flash Drives

Whilst these items are not inexpensive they provide great value for money as they are used constantly by the recipients. They are available in any shape required and the memory chip has lots of variable sizes. One slight problem is that because the chips are a commodity they almost always need to be quoted on a daily basis.

10.Promotional Folders

Almost falling off the list but hanging on in there are Folders, the one exception this to this are Leather Conference Folders which continue to be extremely popular with clients that want to impress.