This was exciting for two reasons. First, I just love new
merch. "Take my money" I said to Beanz before checking out the sizes
and styles of the shirts he brought out. Second, I think that cool promotional
items should be a MUST for any site looking to brand itself as a destination.
Offering t-shirts for sale is smart business. You are
essentially getting customers to pay you so that they can wear your name and
logo as free advertising for your site. Who knows where that shirt will be
seen? I often wear my tag shirts while visiting other laser tag locations and a
lot of times I get people asking about them. But even just sporting your site's
logo on a keychain or water bottle might put your business name in front of a
new potential customer...or at least raise some curiosity. In any case, I see
no down side to it, even if you only break even on the merchandise sales.
Every time I travel to a new tag site I ask if they have
any t-shirts or logo merchandise for
sale. It's nice to have a souvenir of a good experience, whether it's from a
trip I've taken or from a local spot just down the road. However, if I had to
guesstimate how many of the places I've been to have had tag swag available I'd
imagine that it's way less than half of them. So, to the sites that offer
something like this for their customers I say "good going, let me wear
your shirt". And to the others I would strongly encourage you talk with a
local print shop or look for one of the many businesses out there that create
custom merchandise, either in bulk or on demand. I know the "tag
swag" page on my website hasn't been updated in awhile, but I promise to
work on that soon. And if I've ended up with some swag from your tag location
then you will get an extra bit of free advertising as a result. :) Good all the
way around!
And speaking of the website (as I do maintain this blog
in two locations)...
A friend recently brought it to my attention that when he
did a Google search for the words 'laser tag blog' (without quotations) he
discovered that my blog currently comes up on Google in the top 5 listings (and
maybe higher now that I've just used "Google" three times in a
sentence). I was so pleasantly shocked to learn this! I've also recently been
learning that I have some international readers and have received several correspondences from overseas.
This is so incredibly humbling because I started writing this just to document
my own little adventures and I am so heartened that it has found an audience. I
appreciate it every time I hear from someone who has found something of value
in this blog and takes the time to let me know.
So since I do maintain this blog in two locations you
might be reading this on my full website at www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com under
the heading of Tiv Talks Tag or you might be finding it where it originally
started at tiviachickloveslasertag.blogspot.com. If you are on the website,
THANK YOU and hope you are enjoying all the extra content I have put together
there including interviews, tour of the Laser Tag Museum, photos of laser tag
collectibles and more. If you are reading it on the blogspot page, THANK YOU
for helping to get the blog to that level of visibility online. I feel so
fortunate that you have taken the time to read this and I hope you continue to
follow my laser tag adventures. There's lots more still to come! :)
Comments or Questions?
Contact: tivia@tiviachickloveslasertag.com
Websites: www.tiviachickloveslasertag.com and www.photonforever.com
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