By contrast a Google search of coaster advertising gets 47 million hits; billboard advertising gets 110 million hits.
And no wonder: beer mats, beverage coasters and or advertising mats are friendly (75 % of consumers rate them a non-intrusive advertising medium); they are popular (45 % of all visitors to licensed premises take them home with them) and they are convenient to use. After all, billboards are a bit bulky to slip under a glass in a beer garden or save insects from drowning...

And that is not all. Beer mat advertising fits seamlessly into a sociable evening out. Sometimes it may get people talking during speed dating, it may be used by patrons to keep track of their drinks or it may simply tell a joke or recount the character traits of a given zodiac sign.