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Strategy

5 Creative Solutions For Your Clients

Rise to the occasion with these resourceful and insightful customization and production tips.

Get inventive with custom offerings, from fresh concepts and branding, to special flourishes, to the intricacies of the production process. Every client request is a chance to do something distinctive and tailor-made that sets your work apart.

1. PUT A NEW SPIN ON OLD FAVES
One of the best ways to showcase an item is to think outside the box about its image. When a distributor needed to promote Heineken’s new Red Star bottle, Greater Pacific Industries created a promotion that played up the slimmer, more modern bottle design. They sourced 39,000 green and white-checkered bow ties that complemented the bottle. The kicker was a sleek custom box complete with illustrated bow-tying instructions. This really took the imaging beyond the hard-partying messaging that often surrounds a classic beer. Instead, the promotion emphasized a side of the beverage the customer may not have expected — the perfect accompaniment to preparing for a special event.

2.A LITTLE BLING NEVER HURT ANYONE
It’s not easy to make a holiday ornament stand out from the bunch, but custom detailing and a few eye-catching extras can make all the difference. A custom mold, window-envelope merchandising for easy show, and a special touch — rhinestones — came together so successfully, the client ordered additional quantities to keep up with demand.

3. BACK TO THE BEGINNING
Make clients fall in love with a product by mining memories for inspiration. Items capturing a unique characteristic or showcasing the company’s history make for a lasting impression. The blanket featured the brand’s founding year, company ethos and some original artwork. The large, cozy throws married the company’s story with a physical representation of warmth and comfort for a lasting touch.

4. MAKE A RESOLUTION TO CREATE UNFORGETTABLE PACKAGING
What happens when you’re tasked with a specialized packaging order shortly before one of the world’s most celebrated holidays? Hopefully, you deliver a result full of fun and ingenuity. This kind of challenge is a playground to show your clients just what you can create. When Greater Pacific Industries received a request to manufacture and ship five hundred custom presentation boxes before Chinese New Year, they strategized on key factors — design, sample, manufacturing and shipment — and completed the project within thirty-five days. Despite the volume, each piece was carefully crafted, resulting in a sleek, streamlined product representative of the brand’s artistic spirit.

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