If you are looking to promote your business and build brand awareness then you may want to consider branded merchandise. Generally you want to create merchandise at a low enough cost that you can give the items out as freebies, however if you choose a more expensive set of merchandise you could give them away as a loyalty bonus to your customers or run competitions and use them as give away prizes.
There are so many different items that you can get with your own company branding on so it’s important to tailor the products to be in keeping with your business, for example if you have a beauty business you could have branded emery boards or branded lip balms. These are great as they remind people they need their nails doing and are an item that they are likely to keep in their handbag and use regularly.
If your target market is business people then generally office type branded equipment can be good. Mugs are very popular particularly if they have a great design, or calculators as these will sit on people’s desks and be used on a daily basis.