Corporate gifts, any suggestions?
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I recently had a new vendor send me a laser engraved, aluminum water bottle. Pretty nice one as well.
IMO, https://www.sartomy.com/ is pretty much the standard. If you were trying to get the most bang for your buck, you may find several vendors that specialize in each product that would offer better pricing, but for a one-stop shop? Sartomy.
IMO, https://www.sartomy.com/ is pretty much the standard. If you were trying to get the most bang for your buck, you may find several vendors that specialize in each product that would offer better pricing, but for a one-stop shop? Sartomy.
Edited by unbound on Saturday 27th May 10:51
I gave Economist desk diaries one year that were well received (though by nature will only be used for a year at best), with the company logo and the name of each recipient on the cover. They feel quite substantial for the money,
I was too cheap but you can also change the colour, and get content to match your industry.
https://economistdiaries.com/pages/corporate-purch...
I was too cheap but you can also change the colour, and get content to match your industry.
https://economistdiaries.com/pages/corporate-purch...
This thread reminds me of a client I worked with years ago.
Heavily dependent on alcohol, the chap decided that enough was enough. So, he checked himself into a rehab for 28 days, in order to sort himself out.
Being typical of his type, after ten days or so he'd decided that he'd cracked the habit and, against therapeutic advice, checked himself out of the hospital and returned home.
The next morning, a box of champagne arrived on his doorstep. It was a Christmas corporate gift to him from one of his company's suppliers.
Cue several more years of hell for him and his family.
Heavily dependent on alcohol, the chap decided that enough was enough. So, he checked himself into a rehab for 28 days, in order to sort himself out.
Being typical of his type, after ten days or so he'd decided that he'd cracked the habit and, against therapeutic advice, checked himself out of the hospital and returned home.
The next morning, a box of champagne arrived on his doorstep. It was a Christmas corporate gift to him from one of his company's suppliers.
Cue several more years of hell for him and his family.
Blib said:
This thread reminds me of a client I worked with years ago.
Heavily dependent on alcohol, the chap decided that enough was enough. So, he checked himself into a rehab for 28 days, in order to sort himself out.
Being typical of his type, after ten days or so he'd decided that he'd cracked the habit and, against therapeutic advice, checked himself out of the hospital and returned home.
The next morning, a box of champagne arrived on his doorstep. It was a Christmas corporate gift to him from one of his company's suppliers.
Cue several more years of hell for him and his family.
Happenstance!Heavily dependent on alcohol, the chap decided that enough was enough. So, he checked himself into a rehab for 28 days, in order to sort himself out.
Being typical of his type, after ten days or so he'd decided that he'd cracked the habit and, against therapeutic advice, checked himself out of the hospital and returned home.
The next morning, a box of champagne arrived on his doorstep. It was a Christmas corporate gift to him from one of his company's suppliers.
Cue several more years of hell for him and his family.
He could just as easily have been receiving treatment for his addiction to inexpensive stationery items, when he received a delivery of branded paperweight, desk diary and pen and pencil set.
Louis Balfour said:
Blib said:
This thread reminds me of a client I worked with years ago.
Heavily dependent on alcohol, the chap decided that enough was enough. So, he checked himself into a rehab for 28 days, in order to sort himself out.
Being typical of his type, after ten days or so he'd decided that he'd cracked the habit and, against therapeutic advice, checked himself out of the hospital and returned home.
The next morning, a box of champagne arrived on his doorstep. It was a Christmas corporate gift to him from one of his company's suppliers.
Cue several more years of hell for him and his family.
Happenstance!Heavily dependent on alcohol, the chap decided that enough was enough. So, he checked himself into a rehab for 28 days, in order to sort himself out.
Being typical of his type, after ten days or so he'd decided that he'd cracked the habit and, against therapeutic advice, checked himself out of the hospital and returned home.
The next morning, a box of champagne arrived on his doorstep. It was a Christmas corporate gift to him from one of his company's suppliers.
Cue several more years of hell for him and his family.
He could just as easily have been receiving treatment for his addiction to inexpensive stationery items, when he received a delivery of branded paperweight, desk diary and pen and pencil set.
I work in Sales / Marketing for a SaaS company in the US. It feels like the home of these types of gifts.
Very much along the lines of what an earlier poster mentioned. Less but higher quality is more.
What seems to go well are:
Quality (Yeti, Camelback, Stanley) water bottles / cups.. with lasered branding.
T-Shirts and clothing items from a quality manufacturer (Patagonia etc..) with subtle branding.
Things we now avoid:
Pens / notepads (Too old fashioned)
Anything USB (Security concerns, also old fashioned)
You want something that they will use at home / every day and not get given away. A low number of high quality and usable items is the way to go. Things they are likely to buy and use anyway (Like a nice water bottle) but from a company is a great thing.
Very much along the lines of what an earlier poster mentioned. Less but higher quality is more.
What seems to go well are:
Quality (Yeti, Camelback, Stanley) water bottles / cups.. with lasered branding.
T-Shirts and clothing items from a quality manufacturer (Patagonia etc..) with subtle branding.
Things we now avoid:
Pens / notepads (Too old fashioned)
Anything USB (Security concerns, also old fashioned)
You want something that they will use at home / every day and not get given away. A low number of high quality and usable items is the way to go. Things they are likely to buy and use anyway (Like a nice water bottle) but from a company is a great thing.
I've had loads of corporate gifts over the years, but have only kept a few. Namely:
2 corporate umbrella's. They're definitely not the cheap crap from Sports direct but are very sturdy, even in a strong wing.
A links of London Silver (plated probably) pen, which is very weighty and nice.
A model Siku Excavator which had our clients name on the bucket arm which was quite cool. Never saw it again after my son came to my office though.
Was a bit like this. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Siku-87-Liebherr-Hydrauli...
The thing about gifts, it's not about what the gift is, it's about the client remembering who they got it from.
2 corporate umbrella's. They're definitely not the cheap crap from Sports direct but are very sturdy, even in a strong wing.
A links of London Silver (plated probably) pen, which is very weighty and nice.
A model Siku Excavator which had our clients name on the bucket arm which was quite cool. Never saw it again after my son came to my office though.
Was a bit like this. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Siku-87-Liebherr-Hydrauli...
The thing about gifts, it's not about what the gift is, it's about the client remembering who they got it from.
Geoffcapes said:
I've had loads of corporate gifts over the years, but have only kept a few. Namely:
2 corporate umbrella's. They're definitely not the cheap crap from Sports direct but are very sturdy, even in a strong wing.
A links of London Silver (plated probably) pen, which is very weighty and nice.
A model Siku Excavator which had our clients name on the bucket arm which was quite cool. Never saw it again after my son came to my office though.
Was a bit like this. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Siku-87-Liebherr-Hydrauli...
The thing about gifts, it's not about what the gift is, it's about the client remembering who they got it from.
Yes, also is the gift a 'thank you' and should be thoughtful.. or is it for marketing and future revenue. 2 corporate umbrella's. They're definitely not the cheap crap from Sports direct but are very sturdy, even in a strong wing.
A links of London Silver (plated probably) pen, which is very weighty and nice.
A model Siku Excavator which had our clients name on the bucket arm which was quite cool. Never saw it again after my son came to my office though.
Was a bit like this. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Siku-87-Liebherr-Hydrauli...
The thing about gifts, it's not about what the gift is, it's about the client remembering who they got it from.
At the lower cost end, I got an a5 hardback notebook from a supplier. It is from seawhite of Brighton and it’s really great quality, subtly embossed (by impression only, no gold etc) with their logo. It does remind me of them as a company …
https://www.seawhite.co.uk/Catalogue/SKETCHBOOKS-P...
https://www.seawhite.co.uk/Catalogue/SKETCHBOOKS-P...
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