{"id":82,"date":"2023-08-22T10:56:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T14:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/?p=82"},"modified":"2025-03-03T12:29:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:29:25","slug":"you-might-be-making-these-merch-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/you-might-be-making-these-merch-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"You might be making these merch mistakes&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-1-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-1-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-1-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-1.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re printing branded merchandise or swag for your business and getting a lukewarm response, here are some reasons that might be happening: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You\u2019re printing throwaways aka junk merch<\/strong> \ud83d\uddd1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Junk merch&#8221; includes pens, notebooks, stress balls, drawstring bags, lunch bags, grocery bags, etc. These are things people likely have too much of already and don\u2019t hold much value in having more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You\u2019re putting your logo front and center<\/strong> \ud83d\ude05 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people don\u2019t want to wear a logo (unless you\u2019re Nike or Peloton), and besides that, the thing people connect to about your brand is so much more than the logo. What&#8217;s your slogan? What&#8217;s a running joke between you and your community? Think deeper than just your brand name or logo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You\u2019re not giving people choice<\/strong> \ud83d\ude45\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t assume that everyone wants a t-shirt, a mug, or a towel. If you let people choose what they want, they\u2019ll feel much more connected to your merch which leads to them feeling more connect to your brand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which of these reasons resonates the most with you? We can help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re printing branded merchandise or swag for your business and getting a lukewarm response, here are some reasons that might be happening: You\u2019re printing throwaways aka junk merch \ud83d\uddd1 &#8220;Junk merch&#8221; includes pens, notebooks, stress balls, drawstring bags, lunch bags, grocery bags, etc. These are things people likely have too much of already and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hide_page_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[12,10,14,3],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-to-merch","category-print-on-demand","tag-corporate-gifting","tag-junk-swag","tag-print-on-demand","tag-swag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotomarket.studio\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}