We still remember the ancient times of our childhood when a milko with a horse delivered bottled milk to the house every day, when there were no 7/11’s, only milk bars and when every kid had a piggy bank in which they squirreled away the coins they succeeded to acquire from cashing in soft drink bottles at the aforementioned milk bar. It was considered as a virtue to save and that the practice was a helpful training for later life when budgeting and control of these finances was more critical in those ancient times. The local bank used to hand out custom money boxes to kids to stress the positive aspects of saving and to make sure everyone remembered all the money was actually theirs. Snide remarks about the financial system aside, providing people with promotional piggy banks these days while perhaps not as important part of growing up as it once was in these days of electronic funds transfer and everyone having a debit card, is still a great way to offer people a means of keeping loses change in one place while providing an item with a large personalized gifts, prominent branding area nobody can ignore.
The pig or swine is an animal which produces mixed emotions in people. While considered a filthy animal by many they are said to be smarter than dogs and for that matter many humans. The idea that a pig will eat just about anything is the thinking behind the idea of a piggy bank and along with their naturally rotund shape these attributes combine to suggest the pig as the ideal model for those who wish to stash away small change for use on a rainy day in the future. This psychological profile is not only valuable in the world of finance, and it is also applicable right across the world of business.
But more importantly, the importance of the piggy bank are the ways in which out can be used to promote your branding in the modern days. First of course, if your company is in the finance industry a piggy bank is a perfect way to engage with your clients. Even though a grown-up doesn’t need wholesale promotional products they will know a kid somewhere who does and at least be able to make a hero of themselves by passing on your promo gift. Basking in reflected glory s better than basking in no glory at all and interestingly as so many people are driven by the attitudes and approval of others your brand may gather more great reflections when a person hands on the piggy bank you gave them instead of saving it for themselves.
There is often a scramble for coins for parking meters of coffee money in an office situation. It is committed to the company receptionist and in these cases a piggy bank is an ideal container. The fact that it is a whimsical and amusing design always helps and you’ll possibly realize that people will keep the pig coin bank in a prominent place, demanding passersby contribute to the fund, no matter whether it is as repayment of small loans with interest or by means of other different types of taxes.