Whilst many businesses turn to personalised printed mugs when it comes to choosing promotional items, you might have been finding that less and less people are enthusiastic to accept them. This is why some businesses are looking into ways to make their mugs more attractive, which often includes adding items to them. These added items could also be promotional (more marketing for you, after all) or they could be generic.

Chocolates & Lollies
One of the most popular extras to include with mugs would have to be chocolates and lollies of some kind. Even if the recipient won’t eat these treats, they’re sure to know someone who will. The other great thing about chocolates and lollies is that they’re relatively compact in size, so they’ll fit into the cavity with ease. The nature of the item also means that the treats don’t have to be wrapped.

Body Treatments
If you’re planning on handing mugs out to women (and, in some cases, men), you might find that a collection of body treatments is a fantastic option. These could include lotions, body butters, lip balms and glosses, bath bombs, gels and even miniature shampoos or conditioners. These little extras will cost you a little more than some of our other suggestions, but they will certainly be appreciated.

Tea & Coffee Sachets
Why not include some sachets for the intended purpose of personalised printed mugs? Including a selection of teas, coffees and even hot chocolates can actually encourage recipients to give the item a shot. To increase the likelihood it will be used, why not also include some sugar or artificial sweetener sachets? If you include a range of options, your recipients will likely find something they like.

Clothing
You will be amazed at how small items of clothing can be folded up – you could even fit one inside a mug! Of course, this will entirely depend on the shape of the cup you have selected and the garment in question, but it certainly is possible. Some of the clothing items to consider include t-shirts, scarves (both hot or cold weather varieties), beanies and bandanas. These items can also be branded.

Alcohol
This is an extra that we’re sure plenty of recipients will appreciate, but it’s essential to keep in mind that it may not be an appropriate handout for every business. If you work with children, are associated with the government or a similar profession, this is not something we recommend you do. Miniature liquor bottles will fit with ease inside mugs, as will miniature bottles of wine and even mixers.

We hope that the above list has given you some ideas of how to make your personalised printed mugs more attractive to your target audience. At the end of the day, you need to think about the kind of people you’re trying to appeal to – whilst pretty much everyone has a use for mugs (whether they enjoy drinking coffee, tea or even hot chocolate), not everyone will appreciate chocolates or body lotions. You could even individualise each gift.