4/7/12

Why You Should Consider Corporate Gifts Singapore

By Anne Wong


Like in other countries, corporate gift giving is customary for businesses and companies in Singapore. And if there is another reason behind these companies' success, aside from being clever about business strategies, it's because they are good when it comes to gift giving. Being canny in gift giving brings many advantages. Therefore, make sure to give the types of corporate gifts Singapore businesses will appreciate in your next gift-giving project.

Benefits Of Giving Custom Made Gifts

Most corporate gifts Singapore enterprises choose are not necessarily expensive. What makes a well appreciated gift is the quality of thought that you put into it. In an online store, you can find a seemingly unique gift item. Let's say you purchased several pieces and sent one to each of your favorite suppliers. They might get a sense of mediocrity once they discovered that they've received the same gift. It may not give a negative effect, but it does not do great either.

This is where custom made products prove essential. Custom made or personalized gift items are those designed for a particular recipient like a business partner. It is like giving a customized shirt to a friend. Inarguably, choosing a corporate gift that suits your recipient's taste and preference, or selecting any item relevant to them, is a lot better than just giving a generic item. You can browse the web to find something related to your intended recipient.

More About Corporate Gifts

Employees also deserve to receive gifts from their employers. Corporate gift giving strengthens employer-employee relationships. It is one way to make your employees feel how you value their hard work. As you want to give a suitable gift as a reward to a deserving employee, come up with an item that will signify the reason behind the gift. Thus, you could give a certain type of gift to the most punctual staff and a different one to the sales person of the year.

Some studies show how gift giving is connected to increased business activities. Based on the study conducted by the Promotional Product Association International (PPAI), it's more likely for potential clients or investors to communicate with companies or businesses that practiced gift giving. Through gift giving, professional and business relationships are strengthened and the the brand image of the company is improved. These of course are beneficial to the company or business.




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Corporate Gift Giving As A Marketing Strategy

By Anne Miles


Business gift giving is a marketing strategy that helps ensure companies have the loyalty of old clients and contacts. It is also a tactic that helps them gain new clients. This gift giving move is also a marketing strategy that helps companies promote brand awareness and familiarity among those who are not familiar with their brand yet.

A strategy like this is commonly employed on holidays like Christmas and on New Year, as well as on certain instances that are seen to be special to these companies. The corporate gift you distribute on these events help show these entities that they matter to you and that you are grateful for their patronage. Such a move needs you to choose the perfect present to hand out during such occasions.

If you are tasked by your company to look for corporate gifts for special people and businesses you work with, you should consider certain factors first. One thing you need to factor in is who your recipient will be. This is crucial since higher officials for certain companies should be in your top list..

It is also important that you figure out what your recipients like when it comes to gifts. Remember that in finding the right corporate gift, you need to know what your recipients are into and this will need some research. Getting these people gift products that they will truly enjoy is actually a strategy that makes them think you know them really well. Finding them a present that they like helps convey that message.

When you give out corporate gifts to any of these organizations you are connected with, you'll need to put a little something on these so that the recipients will easily recognize who gave them these gifts. These have to be done tastefully so a gift card with your company logo or name, engraving, and even embroidery may be in order. You can also opt for a sticker with your company name on it made for just such a purpose.




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Singapore Corporate Gift Giving Trends

By Cherry Murray


Lately, Singapore gift giving trends seem to be leaning more towards the experience route and leaving behind common gift ideas like boxes of expensive chocolates or engraved branded pens. This increase in corporate gifts that let recipients to "experience" the things they want and not just obtain the usual monogrammed shirt or the usual fruit basket shows you one thing. This shows you that some Singaporeans now want more substance and enjoyment from the gifts they receive and not just the usual items they can obtain to keep or display.

You need to be sure that the people you are giving an experience gift will actually appreciate such unique gifts. If you are not sure of these experience-type presents and can't really be certain that all your business contacts will enjoy them, you might want to rethink such a strategy. There are people who will find more traditional corporate gifts to their liking when compared with an experience gift that allows them to ride an exotic sports car for a day, gives them a beauty makeover or takes them deep-sea fishing for a few hours.

There are a variety of corporate gifts you can give to those you are associated with. Most of these gifts will be well accepted, just as long as you select expertly and tastefully. For you to choose correctly, especially when you are giving a Singapore corporate gift, you should be aware of which gift types are in and which ones are not.

One thing you will need to consider is your recipient's hobbies and likes. If the person you are giving a gift to is a golfer, do not try to give them a corporate gift that is cheesy or cheap looking, like a mug or t-shirt. Instead, try to go the classy route and present them with a paperweight that is crafted in the shape of a golf ball on top of a golf tee.

Finding the perfect Singapore corporate gift to give, be these experience gifts or not, requires that you do a little bit of research. Try to find out what your partners and clients like and what activities they are into. Obtaining this information will make corporate gift giving becomes easy, whether in Singapore or somewhere else in the world.




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Goodbye, Funny T-Shirts. You Will Be Missed.

By William Bendis


I seem to have a bit of a problem. I have spent years of expendable, college income on mainly just two things: alcohol and funny t-shirts. The alcohol gets rid of itself fairly easily, but the funny t-shirts have just kept stockpiling in my closet for five straight years. Now there isn't room for even a pair of jeans. My current, well-intentioned girlfriend and informed me that I should be putting aside childish things and get rid of the t-shirt overflow. Well, I tried giving some to a Goodwill and they wouldn't take them. Now I have to get creative, or possibly lose the affection of a really hot girl that's already out of my league.

There is a website called EBAY where the most wonderful items can be bought for a relatively cheap price. One of these items happens to be a fully-functional, gently-used t-shirt cannon. Excuse me, but did you not hear me correctly? I said "t-shirt cannon." A weapon that shoots a t-shirt at 4 million miles an hour into stadium crowds using pressurized air. This cannon can be used, say, from the passenger side of my best friend's ride to give the poor and destitute free, funny t-shirts personally. They might get a bruise or two, but who can be angry after they get free t-shirts?

Maybe I'm letting some inner anger over being forced to get rid of my funny t-shirts bubble up with that whole "shooting homeless people with free shirts" idea. Maybe I need to redirect that internalized anger outward into something fun and exciting. Since a huge portion of my funny t-shirts are white tees, I could give them away to guests at my wet t-shirt party bonanza! Each guest will be issued one water gun and one white tee for the evening. Add some delicious booze, and watch things get crazy! That, my friends, is a great idea.

I would never ever look someone dead in the eyes and tell them that I think that I am "good with my hands" unless I was about to make a really inappropriate joke that my girlfriend will slap me for. However, I am going to cash my man-card in here and say that I think that quilts are pretty freaking cool. The things that ladies can do with their old lady hands is astounding, and I wish I could make a giant quilt out of the fronts of all my old funny t-shirts. I heard about a guy who is selling quilts made from old concert t-shirts of heavy metal bands. Why couldn't I do the same? Oh, yeah. Because I'm useless at crafts. I'll make you a macaroni duck to prove it.

I just came to a realization. Not only am I really cool for owning so many funny t-shirts, but I am also a borderline genius. I haven't even tried that hard, and I have three super ideas to bring to my girlfriend in order to get rid of these funny t-shirts of mine. I may have a college education now and I may be in a serious relationship, but I hope she goes for the wet t-shirt party idea. I suddenly got that weird feeling that I get sometimes when my girlfriend is staring at me with her eyebrows all scrunched together. She's probably reading this over my shoulder.




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