You may not have guessed it, but the history of lanyards goes way back to the 1500s. Interestingly enough, these promotional business products were used in the past by French privateers and soldiers to keep their weapons close at hand. They would place the weapons on the straps for easy access in their hour of need. Accordingly, the word itself “lanyard” comes from the French word “lanière” and carries a suitable meaning — a strap.
Today, custom lanyards are a must-have at various conferences, exhibitions, and trade shows, as well as sporting events, concerts, and any other major events. If you put your mind to it, you could easily find even more uses for them, e.g., as tool lanyards, which prevent construction tools from falling.
Business-wise, corporations can use them to generate more buzz about themselves and pique the interest of their target audiences. They are still, for the lack of a better word, straps that we wear around our necks. But instead of holding weapons, we can now also use them to hold ID tags or passes for identification and safety purposes.
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Let Your Employees Interact With Ease
In a big company or corporation, it’s a challenge to figure out everyone’s names, especially if we don’t tend to interact with them on a daily basis. ID lanyards are the perfect solution for this.
Instead of dreading interactions with any vaguely familiar member of staff, all your employees and even visitors can wear lanyards. These would clearly display their names and thus encourage further engagement and more satisfying interactions.
Keep Essentials Within Reach
All those soldiers and construction workers weren’t crazy for relying on lanyards to keep their weapons or tools within reach. A fantastic way of introducing more convenience into your life is to use lanyards as catchalls for daily essentials.
Think about how often you lose your security and business cards or even your keys. Business card holders are indeed functional, but even they are hard to find sometimes. Place your cards and keys on the lanyard, and you’ll always have them on hand, no matter where you go!
Help Your Customers Feel as Important as They Truly Are
That feeling of dread you get when you know someone has already forgotten your name is not only annoying and borderline offensive but sometimes even embarrassing too. You can spare your customers from that ordeal, though. Simply offer them lanyards that show their names for everyone on your team to see.
Once they come in for a meeting, it won’t be necessary to remember their or any of your staff’s names. Your employees’ lanyards will bring about an air of uniformity, which ought to inspire more confidence in your customers. At the same time, your valuable clientele will be more at ease when they know everyone’s names and thus more eager to interact and engage.
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