A Guide to Sampling & Fulfilment With Promohire

By Gary Parker on Jun 20, 2022 10:57:41 AM


6 min read
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Ready to hit the road with a unique sampling campaign? There’s a lot to consider, and you may have questions about branding, storage and delivery. You might even need someone to craft the samples for you. If so, Promohire can help!

We can manage all aspects of event sampling and fulfilment to help brands run memorable and convenient campaigns.

In this guide, you’ll discover how we can fully support your activation, and you’ll also get to know some of our previous projects.

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Can you produce all your freebies in-house? Whether you’re handing out coffees, health shots or custom ice creams, it's important you get them just right! Anything less and your whole campaign could fall flat. But this is just part of the story.

Campaign fulfilment also matters, but it’s sometimes ignored until the campaign’s about to begin – leading to problems with storage and delivery! The last thing you want is to have a thousand tubs of ice cream and no way to store them at the right temperature.

If you’re unsure if you can handle the sampling and branding elements, reach out early to a member of our team. You may be surprised at what we can do!

Your samples, expertly produced

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Freebies are always great for brand awareness. At Promohire, we can either produce these for you or install the equipment needed to make and serve them on site.

Sample production

From coloured ice creams with brand-coloured sprinkles, to unique frozen yoghurts and ice lollies, we can craft a tasty treat that sets your campaign apart. Some places limit the treats you can hand out (thanks to HFSS legislation), so we can produce your samples accordingly.

We can also make lactose- and gluten-free options for event sampling that’s fun and inclusive. Whatever you need, we can create, test and rework your samples until you’re 100% happy with the results.

Food & beverage makers

If you’re serving hot chocolates or other beverages, we’ll need to know this early so we can install the proper machinery into your vehicle. High-quality coffee makers, for example, will allow you to produce as many drinks as you need to win the crowds over.

Campaign fulfilment is also important here. Storage chests and chiller freezers can be installed inside your promotional vehicle – all to keep your samples fresh throughout the day.

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Bespoke, branded packaging

A strong sampling campaign starts with presentation. We know it’s important for your samples to be fully branded and can manage the package design process for you. Our robust network means we can always find a specialist who’ll help out – resulting in bespoke wrappers or tubs that display your logo, colours or messaging.

Whether you need colourful lolly wrappers or sleek drink labels, we’ll work to ensure every detail reflects your brand identity. They’ll also be produced in the desired quantity.

Fulfilment that fits your needs

Campaign fulfilment is all about storing your items properly and delivering them to each event without hassle.

Storage

From frozen yoghurts to clothes and deckchairs, we’ll keep your stock in perfect condition until you need them. Our fulfilment service gives every product a clean environment, at the right temperature, so you can trust they’ll remain in the best condition possible.

Please note, we can’t accept pallets of goods at the last minute! Tell us everything we need to know as early as possible, so we can prepare a suitable space for your goods.

Delivery & restocking

If you’re running a sampling campaign, you’ll need your stock taken from storage and loaded into the vehicle, ready to be delivered. Likewise, you might need mobile storage (like dump bins) to move your samples around on site.

We can accommodate whatever you need, for event sampling that’s both fun and convenient. Multi-day campaigns tend to be more complex, as you’ll need a certain amount of stock delivered each day.

At Promohire, we can coordinate these deliveries for you, handling the logistics so each event’s as successful as the last.

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Some of our favourite sampling projects

Sol de Janeiro

This tropical beauty brand wanted to hand out 10,000 fully branded ice lollies over a 3-day activation. Their samples were delivered every day to their branded Airstream, located at Outernet London – a high-foot traffic venue in the city’s West End.

Aside from arranging the ice lollies and branded wrappers well ahead of time, we also provided branded deck chairs and on-site freezers for easy storage.

Sage

The popular brand Sage wanted to serve frozen yoghurts in branded tubs for a special tasting event. This meant helping with the design elements and arranging for the tubs to be printed in bulk, all in time for their campaign.

Promohire delivered this and more, including the promotional vehicle along with the frozen yoghurt machine. We also supplied hygiene-certified staff to handle the serving.

Netflix & The Witcher

Netflix came to us with the idea of a 5-week sampling campaign, featuring a fully wrapped Witcher ice cream van, complete with an ice cream maker and custom ice creams to suit the TV show’s colours and themes.

Our team created a black ice cream, along with a Witchery wafer, red blood strawberry sauce and white hair-like candy floss.

Over 50,000 bespoke ice creams were handed out over the activation, making the whole campaign a big success. See our Netflix case study for more details.

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Key considerations

Lead times - Samples and packaging can take weeks of preparation. Be sure to reach out early to prevent delays.

Volume estimates - Have a clear idea of how many samples you’ll need for each event. This helps us prepare enough stock and avoid shortages.

Hygiene standards - All food and drink from us complies with UK food safety laws. If you’re limited by HFSS legislation, we can create healthy alternatives.

Client-supplied items - We can’t accommodate unknown or last-minute deliveries. Let us know everything that’s going into your campaign so we can integrate it into our campaign fulfilment process.

Take the stress out of sampling with Promohire

We can provide unrivalled support so you can take your event sampling campaign to the next level! Whether you’re handing out hot drinks, health shots, ice creams or branded giveaways, our sampling and fulfilment services will always be tailored to your needs.

Just click the link below and fill out a short enquiry form to discuss your campaign. With our help, it’s sure to be one your audience will never forget!

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Gary Parker

Written by Gary Parker

Director of Promohire, with over 10 years' experience of helping customers find the perfect vehicle for their brand activations, product launch campaigns, PR stunts and more.

Gary is also instrumental in our vehicle fit-out and build projects, drawing on his extensive knowledge to advise on interiors and implementing power solutions.