Posts Tagged ‘Corporate Gifts Co’


Quoting “to be or not to be”…

 Monday, January 19th, 2009

(How to ask us for a quote and what to expect)

Here at the Corporate Gifts Company we receive literally hundred of quote requests at week, via telephone, email, website contact forms, exhibitions, meetings… (& even fax or post)!

We always do our very best with every quote we receive.

In order to maximise efficiency, yours and ours, we’ve written this short guide as to what information we require in order to provide you with a fast, accurate and unsurpassed quoting service.

Generally quotes fall into 2 categories I’ll briefly describe what information we require from you for each of these.

As a matter of course we would always contact you if there was missing information in your quote request, or if you’ve requested us to discuss anything with you.

Product Quotations

If you have a requirement for a specific business gift or business gifts, in order to save time we require the following information:

  • Product Code/s
  • Lead-Time – if you have one
  • Budget – if you have one
  • Branding Requirements – if you have any
  • When you need to the quote back by – if you know
  • How you’d like the quote returned – if you have a required method

Requirement Brief

  • Your Brief – as specific and concise as possible
  • Mock-Up Requirements - if you have any
  • Packaging Requirements – if you have any
  • Lead-Time – if you have one
  • Budget – if you have one
  • Branding Requirements – if you have any
  • When you need to the quote back by – if you know
  • How you’d like the quote returned – if you have a required method

Managing Expectations

We will endeavour to get your quote back to you within 30 minutes. If that isn’t possible then we will contact you to let your know when you’ll receive it and stick to our agreed time.

Please be aware that quotes for very large quantities or complicated briefs will take longer to prepare. We may need to contact several factories to gather all of the required information, before we can get back to you. This process can take 1-2 days, we’ll will endeavour to keep you abreast of these situations when they happen.

If you have any queries regarding your quote please contact us and we’ll be happy to help or even re-quote if you need us to.


Euro Trash

 Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

As I’m sure everyone is aware the weakness of the pound is causing a lot of problems for the government & companies in the UK. But here at the Corporate Gifts Company we can see opportunities for exporting into the EuroZone. As Sterling reaches parity with the Euro it becomes much more viable for European companies to buy from the UK especially as there is no import duty to be paid for internal EEC exporting.

We are intending to make the most of this this opportunity with a 2 tiered approach. Firstly by marketing ourselves better in Europe (all of our products for a short time will have an indicative Euro price next to the sterling price).

Export Distribution!

We are looking for International Distributors to partner with and to give exclusivity (after a proven relationship) to. So if you are a established giftware house, or even just starting up, then contact us for information about this opportunity.


Awards & Trophies Galore

 Monday, January 12th, 2009

The Corporate Gifts Company visited The Trophex Exhibition at the NEC today, in order to get lots of new ideas for Awards and Trophies for our clients. So watch this space… We have already been providing a bespoke awards service and are planning to massively increase this capability shortly.

So from Slate to Silver and Glass to Gold we’ll be able to help. In order to keep lead-time short, we’ll be stocking a selection of appropriate & easily personalised Awards to complement our premium range.

So if you have an awards evening coming up or perhaps a sporting event email us with your requirementa and we’ll get straight back to you with as many options as you’ll ever need.


The Corporate Gifts Companies new look!

 Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

The corporate gifts company has been working hard over the last week to re-brand and re-boost our promotional gifts website.  We have created a new promotional gifts look on both of our gift blogs. We believe the new look allows our company to have a better presence and also create a new and more modern feel to our blogs and how readers can view and read up on the latest times about promotional gifts.

We have now worked hard on our blog design to allow users to have the feel of a high end and trust worthy promotional gifts company.

Please feel free to leave us some advice and tips on how we can improve our blogs and website even more and we will do our very best to make sure we improve our services to give the customer the best user experience.


The Corporate Gifts Companies new look!

 Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Welcome to the corporate gifts companies’ blog, unlike our other promotional gifts blog this one has been set up to let our clients see what we are getting up to within the office life.

We thought this would be quite a cool idea to show people that we can have fun and that our office gets up to fun and exciting things.

Keep your eyes open as the first office life post is coming soon.


The Corporate Gifts Company is going green.

 Monday, January 5th, 2009

The corporate gifts company has been open for business for over 15 years and we realise now that we need to cut down on our carbon foot print. We our working hard on a new look for our promotional gifts website which will allow all of our customers to view our catalogue online allowing us to be paperless.

We have worked hard over the last few days to make sure we have a few clear ways we can help the corporate gifts company become a greener company.

Below is a small bulleted list of how the corporate gifts company aim to reduce there carbon footprint and help the promotional gifts market go green.

•    No more Catalogues

•    Recycling Packaging and waste

•    More Online Contact Methods to reduce electric

•    Using Recycled Packaging

•    Using Low lighting Bulbs

We hope that by not producing promotional gifts brochures anymore that we will be able to help reduce our carbon foot print and also help the world and the promotional gifts market become a better and greener place.

A full range of our going green plan can be found on our website were we have a full detailed plan and list of how we hope we can help the earth by reducing our carbon footprint.

Feel free to still check out our promotional gifts range.


The corporate gifts company look at new ways to improve our service

 Sunday, January 4th, 2009

At the corporate gifts company we are always looking for new ways we can help your user experience and make your company have the best experience with the corporate gifts company when you are looking for promotional gifts, we have worked hard to make sure our website can reflect our product range 100% to alloy you to view and order all of your promotional gifts online with ease.
We would like to ask all of our clients and blog users to let us know what they would like to see within our promotional gifts website it can be anything from, the way we showcase our corporate gifts to the way we answer your promotional gifts quotes. Anything you feel that would make your user experience of the corporate gifts company a lot easier and better.
Please let us know how you feel about the corporate gifts website and let us create a better user experience for you and the way you search and buy your promotional gifts online.
If you still require promotional gifts or business products then have a look around our promotional gifts website and let one of our sales representatives help create that right price on promotional gifts for your company.


Corporate Christmas Gifts

 Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Christmas is all about gifts; giving and receiving. And this is no different in the corporate world. Promotional activity quadruples during the run up to Christmas and incentives and business gifts become even more like presents under the tree. It is important, therefore, that we can offer our customers packaging upgrades to reflect the season and create the most appropriate presentation for your premiums this yuletide. So this week we have launched a veritable potpourri of packaging options to help get you in the festive mood.

See http://www.corporate-gifts-co.com/acatalog/bespoke_options.html

Ribbon; a beautifully tied ribbon to finish off your promotional gift is the perfect way of communicating to your staff or customers that you really value them. Our stylish black satin ribbon is a superb addition to our bespoke packaging options. Other colours and printed ribbon is available as a special order.

Giftwrap; for that extra special presentation, our promotional gifts are available in this stunning silver gift wrap finished with a silver bow – especially perfect for Christmas gifts or premiums to staff or customers. Other colours and combinations are available as a special order.

Gift Tag; when you need a personalised message, The Corporate Gifts Co can offer a gift tag printed with your promotional message. These can even be personalised with the recipients name or details and we can incorporate your logo as well as text.

Gift Bag; perfect as either an alternative to our other gift wrap options or as an effective addition to really put the finishing touch to your promotion. Our gift bags are available in sumptuous matt black and come in various sizes to fit your gift perfectly. Other colours and printed options are available.

Our sales team can help with advice and more information.


Training our staff to meet your needs!

 Friday, January 2nd, 2009

The corporate gifts company has always worked hard to make sure we have the very best sales and web design team to meet all of our criteria and alloy you the customer to have the very best user experience when you use us for sourcing and buying your promotional gifts.
We have decided that although we already have a great sales team it might be time to send them on some more teaching sessions so we can offer our customers more than 100% customer service when they are looking for promotional gifts.
If you feel we could improve our service even more then let us know and we will do everything we can to make sure the improvement is made within the corporate gifts company.


Boosting our Visibility

 Thursday, January 1st, 2009

We our working hard on new and exciting ways to help people get a better view of how much work we are doing to make sure you have the very best promotional gifts for your corporate event or promotion.
This is why we have now created various new ways for our company to reach out and target and get the very best customers within the market who could be looking for promotional gifts or business items.
Below is a clear list of various ways you can contact us and also view our promotional gifts range.
•    The Corporate Gifts Co Facebook Page
•    Promotional Gifts Co on Myspace
•    The Promotional Gifts Range on FLCKR
•    The Good Web Guide
•    Stumble Upon
•    Our Promotional Gifts RSS Feed
•    Track our Progress on Alexa
•    Visit us and Digg us
We believe that making more ways to get our brand known will allow your company to find that special promotional gift with ease and stand out better than ever.
Feel free to have a look around our promotional gifts website for any gift your company could be looking for to promote with.