Posts Tagged ‘Corporate Gifts Co’


Darwinism – Survival of the Fittest… Promotional Giftware Distributor

 Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

When looking for company to supply your Corporate Merchandise you need to be convinced that the company you go with is not a fly by night.

At the Corporate Gifts Company we take the pragmatic view that in these troubled times the strongest will survive.

Before deciding on your supplier it is worth taking a look at their online presence and calling them to discuss your needs… Look for answers to the following questions;

  • How were you dealt with?
  • Are they professional?
  • Are they efficient?
  • Do you feel comfortably parting with money to them?
  • How long have they been in business?
  • Do you feel comfortable that they’ll deliver to your expectations?

With us you will answer positively to all of the above questions. If you require specific information please contact Dan for help.

Take a look at our testimonial area, we ask every client to add a testimonial and are consistently surprised with the responses we get.


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.