Just because your monitor and computer tower are rectangular doesn't mean your mouse mat has to be. In fact, with optical mouse technology getting better and better, you need less and less room for your mouse to roam. Choosing a round or custom cut mouse mat to promote your business speaks volumes about your company's willingness to embrace technology and the unordinary.

Round is Radical

Circular mouse mats can be used to promote a number of ideas and feelings. There are some pictures that can only be emoted in a circle. For example:

Earth or any planet

Faces or heads

Compact discs or records

Clock faces

Bowls or plates

Fruits like apples, oranges or peaches

Flowers

Basketballs, baseballs, tennis balls, golf balls and soccer balls

Many sports and organizational logos

Pizzas, pies and cakes

Roulette wheels

Eyeballs

Most promotional round mouse mats available for customization are close to eight inches in diameter. Recipients won't have to rearrange their desks to accommodate a larger than normal mouse mat as most square mouse mats are about eight inches square.

For just a little more than a square mouse mat, you can order round mouse mats and really dazzle tradeshow booth visitors, customers or direct mail recipients. Keeping your business name, web address and telephone number at your potential customers fingertips is exactly what promotional materials are supposed to do and there's no better place than on top of their desk.

Circular mouse mats come with non-slip backs to avoid the mat falling off the desk or surface. The top of the round printed mouse mats can be wiped (great for small spills) and won't fade over time.

Special Shaped Mouse Mats

For less than £1 each, you can design special shaped mouse mats in just about any shape and color scheme you like. From trucks to geometric shapes, from golf greens to strawberries, the possibilities are endless. IdeasbyNet offers special shaped mouse mats for less than £1 a piece including free artwork, digital proofs and a complete four color print process. If a single color print is all you need, you can order them for less than £0.75 per each for quantity orders.

Shaped mouse mats are made of non-slid foam with a fabric top. While not impervious to spills, if you wipe them up quickly these mouse mats will last just as long as the plastic topped ones.

Making Money with Promotional Mouse Mats

One of the great benefits of ordering unique mouse mats for marketing is the ability to sell them retail over the Internet or in store fronts. Because they are lightweight and foldable, sending them in the mail isn't very expensive at all. By selling them online for less than £5 each you could make back a portion of your mouse mat investment.

Some businesses organize giveaways to build a mailing list. By asking website visitors to register to win, you can add interested names and addresses to your mailing list. Give away a few mouse mats randomly to those that sign up each month.