Lapel Pins Have Many Uses In Strengthening Group Affiliation

Lapel Pins are among the most versatile promotional products available. They can be custom-made to use as rewards for outstanding employee performance, show membership in fraternities, sororities and civic groups, promote specific brands or products and many other things.

The appeal of lapel pins is understandable. They’re attractive pieces of jewelry, if made properly. They’re affordable, yet something that recipients can wear with pride. The near-universal attraction to them makes lapel pins widely popular in many different settings.

Fraternities and sororities issue lapel pins to members who join the organizations and complete the initiation process. The lapel pins become part of the members’ college identity, something they keep for a lifetime in many cases.

Ribbon-shaped lapel pins have been popular for about 20 years as a way to show support for organizations and social causes. The pins are sold to raise awareness of the particular causes and to raise funds for those causes. With a variety of colors available, ribbon lapel pins have been used to support many different causes worldwide.

Ribbon lapel pins are limited in one sense by the relatively small number of colors available. With so many causes seeking attention, most ribbon pins today represent more than one cause. Often, the only way to know what cause particular ribbon lapel pins represent is to ask the people wearing them.

Businesses of all kinds use lapel pins for multiple purposes as well. Some reward employees with pins to recognize outstanding performance such as meeting budget, sales or production goals. Even though they’re small, lapel pins can significantly improve workplace morale. They show that management is paying attention and recognizing employees’ contributions to the success of the enterprise.

Many companies also reward employees with lapel pins at specified intervals of employment with the company. Commonly issued in five-year increments, these lapel pins recognize workers’ loyalty to the job, and again shows that the company values their contributions. Many employees often wear their service lapel pins with pride for the length of their employment.

Employers have come to realize the importance of such small tokens of appreciation for maintaining workplace morale. Studies have demonstrated that most employees leave their jobs not because of higher pay elsewhere, but because they don’t feel appreciated by the current employer. A simple act of appreciation such as awarding lapel pins goes a long way toward engendering employee loyalty and reducing turnover.

Business and civic organization such as Chambers of Commerce, Rotary Clubs and Civitan also use lapel pins to identify their members. Members can identify others with a common interest at large business functions. They also help reinforce camaraderie among members and affiliation with the group issuing the lapel pins.

Nowhere are lapel pins more popular than in youth sports. Custom sports trading pins are massively popular in sports such as Little League baseball and softball. Teams throughout the world order millions of pins each year for trading at games and tournaments. By the time of the Little League World Series each August, the trading of custom sports lapel pins reaches a frenzy.