Posts Tagged ‘Promotional Gifts’
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
With the World Cup just around the corner, all eyes are firmly set on a wonderful Summer of sport. The great and the good of the football world will converge on South Africa for what promises to be a thrilling world cup. But for thousands of amateur enthusiasts, their season is just coming to a close.
It’s not just football where amateur players across the northern hemisphere will have their weekends back. Rugby, hockey and the full compliment of winter sports are all drawing to a close as the summer arrives.
Although we can’t all play in the Premiership, many clubs will be having end of season award ceremonies. Though probably not as glitzy as the professional awards and seriously lacking in the supermodel WAG factor, these can be great occasions for singling out the star performer in a team and rewarding those who have had a fantastic season. And even if you’ve been relegated, there’s no better way to cheer people up!
For those who don’t wish to go down the trophy route, awarding promotional gifts can be an effective and affordable way of rewarding players. By using promotional gifts, you can make the award specific to the player. So rather than just give a token trophy that will be destined to gather dust for twelve months, give your star player something they will be really excited about. By personalising your promotional gift it will mean more, ensuring better morale in your team.
The promotionlal gift can be personalised further by branding it with either the name of the player or logo of the team and it will add a fantastic feature to an end of season awards night.
Check out http://www.corporate-gifts-co.com for some great promotional gift ideas.
Tags: promotional gift, Promotional Gifts
Posted in Corporate Gift Range, Promotional Gifts | No Comments »
Monday, April 12th, 2010
As the world begins to emerge from one of the longest recessions in history, there was cause for optimism amongst British companies with the news that confidence and output in the UK is at its highest for four years, according to a survey by accountants BDO.
A return to pre-recession levels is definitely a cause for optimism, and as companies continue to recover and grow there has never been a better time for businesses to reinforce their brand, announcing their presence in a brave new world for business.
One way to do this is by using Personalised Corporate Gifts embossed with a company logo, showing your rivals and your clients the continued strength of your brand. These gifts can be used as a thank you to clients for their business during the downturn, or for employees to reward their hard work in maintaining your Company’s position in the market.
The effects of these gifts can be huge. With clients unsure over which companies have survived the downturn, a branded corporate gift such as the Orbital Spinning Clock, is a great way to remind them of the continued strength of your Company.
When used as an employee reward, a Corporate Gift is also a great way to raise morale in a team that may have been hit by cutbacks during the recession. Awards such as the Star Trophy Award can be used to reward employees who have exceeded their targets, providing a fantastic reward and also an incentive for the rest of the team.
The Corporate Gifts Company carries a huge range of other Corporate Gifts that any Company can use to celebrate a more optimistic 2010.
Tags: awards, corporate gifts, Promotional Gifts
Posted in Business Gifts, Corporate Gift Awards, Corporate Gifts Business Card Holders | No Comments »
Friday, October 9th, 2009
Well, I hope you enjoyed the first part where we talked about squeezing the lemon. Of course, it’s rare that a sequal ever lives up to the original – but I’ll give it a go.
So this time we’re going to consider the pie; how to grow the pie, specifically. The first part talked about the lemon as your customer base, and the anology of squeezing the lemon was how to get the most juice (business) out of those lemons and not let the lemon shrivel up in the fridge.
So, squeezing the lemon was all about getting the most from your existing customers in a more direct and short term way, and growing the pie is about maximising profit and creating value for both customers and suppliers as part of a longer term strategy. This is done by;
- Differentiation – what makes you different/better than your customers? Look at; product, pricing, distribution, advertising and promotion, selling, core competencies, competitive advantage, USP’s
- Added Value – what aspect of your product/service adds real value for the customer?
- Value Chain – monitor and feedback performance up stream and downstream to continually improve.
The key elements of growing the pie are;
- Constantly strive to deliver value for the customer by improving your overall proposition.
- Understand the supply and value chains and learn how to leverage key aspects to create added value and differentiation.
- Change the mindset of both your company and your customer base. This is more important than immediate short term gains.
So what does The Corporate Gifts Company do to grow it’s pie? Good question, and a challenging one too. Well, we talk to our customers constantly about how they find our service and product, what they liked and what they didn’t like; we encourage testimonials (good or bad) and we have used that feedback over the past 18 years to hone our service and quality levels so that we give our customers exactly what is most important to them; reliable service, consistent quality (we have the international quality standard ISO9000), appropriate and quality promotional branding, and responsible business practices (see our CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility – policy.
Thanks to The Cranfield School of Management’s BGP (Business Growth Development) programme for inspiration.
Tags: Business Gift Ideas, Business Gifts, Corporate Gift Awards, Corporate Gift Sales, Corporate Gifts Co, Corporate Message, corproate gifts or promotioanl gifts, Engraved Gifts, Engraving Messages, Promotional Gifts, Promotional Messages, Promotionaol Gifts, Sales Incentives
Posted in About The Corporate Gifts Company | No Comments »
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
At the world famous Cranfield School of Management’s Business Growth Development programme they spend a lot of time talking about a couple of tasty food analogies; “Squeezing the Lemon” and “Growing the Pie”. As part of the marketing part of the programme these two ideas are at the heart of the growth of any business. So what’s the story behind these culinary concepts for success? Let’s start with the lemon.
The lemon signifies your customer base, and who amongst us can put hand on heart say we get the most out of all our customers? Do we sell as much as we can, are there other products or services we can sell to them, do we sell to all divisions and departments of our customers’ businesses? No, well that’s actually the story for most companies and to add even more zest to the analogy think of your average customer like this; if we’re using a lemon at home more often than not we cut into it and squeeze out what we need and then stick it in the fridge – great, the poached salmon tastes great. The problem is when we go to use the lemon again (sometimes after weeks sitting lonely and forgotten next to the eggs) it’s wrinkled and dried and all that juice has been wasted.
And that’s what happens to new customers; we fail to squeeze the maximum amount of business out of them. After the initial order is won, we don’t pay them enough attention until eventually they go and find another supplier. And if you didn’t know already, it costs up to seven times more to aquire a new customer than look after an existing one. So the moral of the analogy is; get squeezing - before your lemons dry up or someone else does it for you.
Of course, in the light of the above blog, it would be remiss of me not to mention that The Corporate Gifts Company supply a comprehensive selection of promotional items and advdertising merchandise that are perfect for communicating with your customers in a tangible and cost effective way. Whether you want to reinforce your brand values with items such as business card cases or clocks, or say thank you to key customers with an appropriate promotional desk item or personal accessory, The Corporate Gifts Company can help you squeeze your lemons.
Look out for “Growing The Pie” next week!
Tags: brand name, Business Gifts, Business ideas, Corporate Gifts Co, Corporate Message, Cost Effective, Engraved Gifts, Exexcutive Clocks, Growing your business, promotional business card case, Promotional Clock, promotional gift ideas, Promotional Gifts, promotional incentives, Promotional Messages, Promotional Sourcing
Posted in Corporate Gift Range | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
With the huge rivalry between companies online, it is hard to differentiate yourself from the throng. An area internet marketing people fail to utilise fully is with business giftware.
Corporate gifts are products that are branded with your company logo, URL, contact information or a different message you want to relay.
Normally the 1st item that comes to mind is branded pens or T-Shirts but in actuality there are thousands of a different items you can use all you need is a bit of creativity to make yourself stand out from the crowd.
Promotional product giving points:
1. Promote Your Website
• This is the one of the first things that comes to most people’s minds once they think of how they should use business giftware. Every product you choose to promote your business you should include your URL on it.
2. Niche Promotional Gifts
• You can find products that compliment your type of business items.
An example is, if you sell handbags, it would-be be a great idea to include a handbag hook for table that has your brand on it.
3. Motivate the consumer to purchase more – the upsell!
• You can use promotional gifts to incite your customers to buy more products than they would normally, this is called up selling. This can be easily achieved online by bundling multiple products on with a promotional item.
4. Affiliate rewarding
• Thanking your best affiliates by giving them a business gift. it shows that you appreciate that they promote your company. You could send gifts to your partners once they reach a pre-determined goal, or you can simply surprise them with a present. In doing this you are building a stronger relationship. And they will be more likely to promote your business more and make you more money in the long run.
5. Thank Your Customers
• Just like saying thank you to your affiliates, it is always worth considering thanking your clientele. The most effective way to do this is with a tiered giving approach. Give your top clients a high perceived value products and then decrease the value of the products for the preceding tiers. You can have as many tiers as you want.
6. Get a competitive benefit
• Because of tough online competition, it’s harder than ever to compete for business online. But promotional gifts can give you an advantage. If your competition aren’t utilising this essential marketing technique then steal a march on them!
Tags: business gift, corporate gift, corporate gifts, promotion, promotional gift, Promotional Gifts, promotional item
Posted in Corporate Gifts Advice and Help, Corporate Gifts Business Opportunities | 1 Comment »
|
|
