I have seen a lot of sites open up shop and start pushing t-shirts, hats and 8x10 photos.

I have also seen vendor events with condoms, car tags, stickers … as hand outs.

Do handouts work for branding? What handouts work better?

If I hand out a condom, I would think it’s only good until someone rips apart the wrapper and uses it. The branding… Unless it’s an unforgettable rubber with magic power, not so much.

T-shirts: I would think are a better form of promotions.

Pens: if it’s a nice pen, I don’t see why someone would ditch it. No, not one of those “This pen was stolen at”

What else makes a good promotional item for strong branding?