Zebra Pen Pal Promotion

  

Zebra Pen Pals Pack

     On July 20th, Zebra Pens launched a promotion on their Facebook Page (yes, I do a LOT of my hunting on Facebook) in order to promote children to exercise their writing skills through pen pals. Packs of $40 worth of Zebra pens, 10 post cards, and 10 stamps were given out to the first 2,000 fans who signed up, and I managed to snag one! In response to the overwhelming request for their promotion, they pulled together a bunch (several hundred) packs of their Animal Print Pens (center pack of the photo above) and sent them out to additional fans! Companies are amazing just for holding promotions like this, but when a company genuinely cares enough about their consumers to allow for an impromptu "runner up" gift, they raise themselves that next rung.

     As soon as the package came in the mail, I knew exactly what we were going to do with it. We made post cards for our family that we don't get to see very often. For the front of the cards, my two children Erica (age 2) and Aaron (age 1) created "artwork" and then on the back I added a personal message for each family member reminding them how special and important they are to us, even if we don't see them as often as we'd like. All of the writing utensils worked smoothly, and the colored ones were bright, but still readable unlike some of the gel pens of the late 90's.

Erica's doodle for her Aunt Nee

The project kept my elder child occupied for about 2 hours, on a day when my husband was two hours away and she was feeling testy because she's Daddy's Girl. For me, this was an INVALUABLE giveaway pack, because on top of that, our family began messaging me about how much they loved their cards, how they had brightened their day and they were going to hang them in their office/fridge/ect. so it was an awesome family bonding experience. I give enormous kudos to the Zebra Pen Company for providing my family with this opportunity, and for going above and beyond with their fans. They definitely earned one loyal family of customers!