subject: Lapel Pins Are Versatile Promotional And Informational Tools [print this page] Lapel Pins Are Versatile Promotional And Informational Tools
The versatility of lapel pins is a fact that cannot be denied. Although small, they can be powerful symbols, carrying a variety of meanings. Whether you want to show your support for social causes, indicate your membership in an organization, celebrate sports, promote a business or just have fun, lapel pins can help you do it.
It's easy to understand why lapel pins are so popular. They can be quite attractive, with the look of fine jewelry. They're inexpensive to produce, which means they can be distributed widely to support worthwhile causes. And they help people feel like they are truly part of a group, a natural inclination. Wearing the pins helps members identify with each other and with the organization the lapel pins represent.
Lapel pins are a quiet way to make a statement, something many people appreciate. They're a subtle way of making a point, one that invites questions from others who seen the pins. That gives the wearer a chance to explain why the issue the pin represents is important to them.
Many people wear flag lapel pins as a way to demonstrate their patriotism. Others choose to wear yellow ribbons or camouflage ribbons to show support for U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It's more difficult to tell what other ribbon lapel pins in different colors represent. The ribbon pins have become a popular way for many charitable organizations and social causes to raise awareness and funds, and many lapel pin colors represent more than one cause. Once again, that gives the wearers an opportunity to explain what the lapel pins represent in more detail than might otherwise be possible.
For businesses, lapel pins can be an effective way to recognize employees' contributions and increase workplace morale. Many businesses present lapel pins for meeting performance goals such as sales or budget targets. Others commemorate employees' years of service with lapel pins, usually given in specified intervals of years.
Lodges, fraternities, sororities and civic groups also frequently use lapel pins as a way to identify their members, reinforcing their sense of group identity. For organizations such as Rotary Clubs, Chambers of Commerce Civitan and others, the pins also are a convenient way for members to recognize each other outside the group settings. For members of fraternities and sororities on college campuses, Greek letter lapel pins are worn with pride as a symbol of belonging to the organizations.
Of course, no discussion of lapel pins would be complete without mentioning that particular subset known as sports trading pins. They are an enormous part of the overall market for lapel pins.
Especially in youth league baseball and softball, trading pins have been part of the action for many years. Many players, coaches, officials and parents consider trading pin sessions at games and tournaments one of the highlights of the season.
Trading pins have become such a part of the world of lapel pins that theme parks such as Disney and Universal have started offering their own lines of custom trading pins. The appeal of lapel pins for many purposes is obvious all over the world.
