Branded Bucket Hats

Bucket hats printed or embroidered with your logo, a fantastic way to promote your company and brand.

If you are looking for a unique way to promote your brand during the spring and summer months, a bucket hat is a great choice. Not only do they help to protect you from the sun, you will have a walking billboard, advertising your company!

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Benefits

Practical, fashionable appeal

Bucket hats are noted for their all-round brim and deliver fantastic sun protection. This means they appeal to a wide range of consumers. They can also be incredibly stylish accessories when you add visually-appealing prints to them. This blend of practicality and aesthetic appeal makes them ideal for many brands looking for effective business merchandise.

Strong marketing potential

Bucket hats can work very well as walking billboards. Each time someone decides to wear one of your branded hats, your brand visibility increases and you get the chance to reach a wider audience. This visibility can even extend to social media if images of them wearing your hats are posted online. This can be great when it comes to boosting your marketing reach.

Customisation and variety

There are lots of customisation options available thanks to the wide range of design and colour choices you have. You can tailor the hats to suit your corporate identity whether your branding is all about bright vibrant colours or something more understated. This is why I’ve seen these hats used in such a wide range of marketing campaigns throughout the years.

Sustainable options

If your business has a commitment to sustainability, you can choose hats made from recycled materials. I would strongly suggest that you opt for eco-friendly merchandise if you’re looking for something that will reflect well on your brand and help you express your passion for the environment. This will also help you appeal to environmentally-conscious customers.

Affordability and impact

Bucket hats give you a fantastic blend of affordability and impact. They don’t cost lots to produce but can help you boost the perceived value of your brand, which can mean boosting customer loyalty and satisfaction.

Reusability and longevity

Unlike the single-use promotional items some companies opt for, these festival-friendly hats are durable enough to be worn repeatedly and create long-term brand exposure. As they are so resilient to wear and tear, your massage can remain in the public eye for a long period of time if you invest in festival hats.

These hats are stylish, practical and come with various marketing benefits, which makes them ideal for boosting brand visibility and loyalty.

Which events are the hats most suited to?

If you do want to include these types of hats in your promotional campaign, think carefully about timing and your target audience.

Your campaign could be more efficient if you align the giveaway with specific seasons or events.

Find out what appeals to your audience in terms of functionality and design so you can meet their needs.

Outdoor music festivals

During music festival season, attendees look for a blend of style and functionality when choosing which apparel to wear. This style of hats is ideal for outdoor music festivals as they are incredibly comfortable and have great visual appeal.

I would suggest that you hand them out at the entry gates or include them in VIP packages. Your brand will get more exposure as people wear them around the festival, with some likely to also wear them in public after the event too, especially if they’re made from tough materials that give them long-term usability.

Sports events

Printed outdoor event hats also work well as outdoor sports events like major golf tournaments and local charity runs. It’s very likely that recipients will choose to wear your hats at these events, which often see big crowds gathering in open spaces that don’t have much or any shade. You could consider adding team colours or designs that are specific to the event to these custom hats.

These can make them highly covered and increase the chances of people wearing the after the event.

Beach-themed promotions

If you’re promoting products or services that are linked to summer or beach activities, you can create a real buzz by distributing printed hats for festivals and other events. These hats are often sold at beachside retail stores, waterfront concerts and beach events. They can work as moving billboards and ensure your brand message is spread across busy beaches and boardwalks. Creating associations with fun and sunshine could work wonders for your brand image.

Eco-friendly and community clean-ups

You could also consider handing out your giveaway hats during community clean-up events, choosing eco-friendly materials that will protect people from the sun and help you convey your responsible green credentials. This can be a great way to boost your image amongst eco-conscious customers.

Travel and tourism promotions

I have also seen these popular hats being used by many travel agencies and local tourism boards over the years. The hats can be given away as part of travel promotions and as gifts to tourists when they arrive at their destinations.

You could customise these hats with relevant symbols, local landmarks and fun facts about the location.

Once you’ve customised the hats, they can become treasured souvenirs that tourist not only wear during their holiday but even when they return home, which can boost your promotional reach substantially.

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Jennifer Burton | Marketing Executive

With over a decade of design and marketing experience, Jennifer possesses a broad range of marketing expertise covering everything from event planning to digital marketing. Joining Steel City in 2015, Jennifer manages all areas of the company’s marketing, from writing creative content about promotional merchandise, managing social media activity to organising events and direct mail campaigns. Outside of work, Jennifer loves to try new recipes, keeping fit and spending time with her family.

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