If you own a business or company, then using inexpensive items is a great marketing method you can use. Promotional items are ideal for large scale businesses and even to small scale ones. As long as you choose the right items well, you will be able to increase your potential customers or clients. There are numerous inexpensive items which you can use for your promotions. Some of the common ones include ball pens, Wholesale Coffee Mugs, Travel Mugs and Koozies, Personalized in Bulk, umbrellas, calendars, planners, T-shirts, bags, mouse pads and many others. It is important that you choose items that are really usable for your prospects. The right timing is also important. For example, calendars and planners that have your business name and logo make great promotional items when they are distributed on the few remaining months of the year. This is so your prospects can jumpstart the following year using your promotional give away. Mugs and umbrellas are ideal if the place where you are going to promote your business is in its rainy season.