We encourage our kids to use piggy banks to save up for special purchases like bicycles and sneakers, but then we never consider taking our own good advice and employing the same means to save for ourselves as adults. But if anyone needs to save, it’s the grown-ups, even more than the children, because we are the ones with the strained budgets and awesome financial responsibilities and obligations to meet. Maybe we should revisit the concept of the piggy bank, to find out new ways to overcome the stress and hardship of trying to save money when it seems that every day it becomes an exceedingly more difficult task to accomplish.
There are some ways to save that use the same premise, but in more sophisticated ways. For example, “dollar cost averaging" is used by investors to average out the highs and lows of their stock market holdings, so that on average, they make more money than they would by trying to time the ups and downs of the market. This is done by buying a set dollar amount of stock at regular intervals of time, regardless of the price of the stock, and is most conveniently applied to shares of mutual funds, because they can be bought in dollar amounts that are sometimes easier to calculate. For instance, you can have your broker apply $100 every month to buy shares of a mutual fund. Some months you may get ten shares for that price, and other months you’ll get eight or eleven shares. But over time, you will steadily increase your holdings, which increases your assets in the same way that socking away money in a piggy bank works.
Another system that applies the same principal is to use automatic withdrawals and deposits that you can arrange with your bank. Each time you get a paycheck, for instance, you can have a portion of it transferred to a retirement account of savings account. Most of the time you won’t even notice that the money is missing, and you can unconsciously – or at least subconsciously – start to save more money.
These methods of using piggybank philosophies to grow our money are strategically wise. Not only do they help us with the discipline of savings, but they also tend to do it in a way that is relatively painless and does not require the constant stress of making a conscious decision about whether or not to save.
Piggy Banks For Children
Is it a pig?
Who said a Printed Piggy Bank has to be boring. It doesn't have to be a pig does it? The piggy bank you are going to use as a promotional tool for your company could be another animal. Maybe a figurine of a famous person that is related to your company. Imagination is the key. There are no rules for your imagination and creativity.
Who said that?
Your company won't “Break the Bank” when you use Printed Piggy Banks as a marketing tool. With all of the options available in size, colour, material and your imagination you will have fun creating the perfect piggy bank. So who said to break the bank? Show your boss that you can save the company money with an economical purchase.
A Printed Piggy Bank is not just for children. But for kids of all ages. Who doesn't have an old bottle or a saucer on their dresser or desk to put the days leftover change in to? People need several ways to save their money for a rainy day. A piggy bank would be a great gift to help them save.
Use Printed Piggy Banks as an employee incentive. It can be used as an award. Instead of a useless plaque being given out give them a piggy bank. Your employee has saved your company money. Give them a fun token of your appreciation. Have fun with your gifts. Show your silly side.
Awards for saving the company money
Awards for helping out on cleaning the refrigerator
Award your employee's for helping on Clean the River Day
What business is it of yours?
Printed Piggy Banks don't have to be a promotional item just for banks. A mortgage company could use one. A school could too. A school can give it to their students for different reasons.
Help the kids save for a field trip
Teach them the importance of saving
Use it to save for a non-profit group
Help them in math or economics
Create awareness of your company with Printed Piggy Banks. When at a trade show use the piggy bank as a free gift when opening an account. Need a piggy bank for marketing? Use the unique forms available to catch attention. It does not have to be a pig to be a piggy bank.
George Washington High School uses a look-a-like as their bank
Make peanut butter? Use a peanut.
Dog breeder? Use your dog breed.
Make clothes? Use a sewing machine.
Car maker? Use a car.
The possibilities are endless. The more unique the more business you will pull in to your booth at a trade show. Others will see your Printed Piggy Banks and remember how your company does not fall into the norm.
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