I don’t talk a ton about marketing, but I know a lot of my readers are also bloggers or affiliate marketers and this Flash Drive sponsored post happens to be technology related, too, so I think most of you will like it. Flashdealer.com is a site that deals in all kinds of custom flash drives and I mean really custom like the fire extinguisher shown on the right. Every time I go to an event, I don’t mind taking home some of the freebies like the t-shirts and caps, but I love the free flash drives. No matter what size a free flash drive is, it’s always useful and it’s free. You can’t beat that. That said, it makes sense that a company would want to give the things away at trade shows. When you get someone to take (and often use) an item with your logo on it, you are essentially purchasing persistent individual advertising. The person takes that item home, uses it over and over, maybe passes it on or lends it to a colleague, and if it’s cool enough, they might even show it off to others.

Here’s where the affordable part comes in. I headed over to the site expecting to find high costs associated with having custom promo stuff made, especially when it’s custom flash drives. Instead, what I found surprised me. In one example, I found custom flash drives for as little as $3.95 per unit. The configuration options show them ranging from 64MB to 8GB which is not a lot of space, really, but for a promo item, it’s OK. You can also get them preloaded with ads or your company materials, etc. I’m not sure what the ordering minimum is, but you’ll usually want upwards of 100 when ordering promo items, anyway. I’m also not sure about the quality of the drives, but I’m guessing it’s not too bad with clients like Mercedes, Hyatt, Sears, etc.

Finally, I’d feel like I was leaving something out if I didn’t mention that they also offer custom MP3 player flash drives (around $19/each) and on a sister site, there’s a whole bunch of promo item choices, although I like the flash drive idea better than all the other promo stuff. All in all, it looks like they make some pretty cool drives for not a lot of money, so if you’re in the market, take a look.