Promotional items for corporate gifts create lasting and memorable impressions of a business. Corporate gifts can be used for employee recognition and reward programs, customer appreciation, customer relations management, as well as marketing and promotions.
Promotional items for corporate gifts create lasting and memorable impressions of a business. Corporate gifts can be used for employee recognition and reward programs, customer appreciation, customer relations management, as well as marketing and promotions. There is a whole industry for promotional items. Company logos can be put on almost any item imaginable, and everything can be personalized with name, date, and special inscriptions. Shelf life of promotional items keeps the business brand in front of employees, customers, and prospective customers.
Employee Recognition and Reward
Many employers have employee recognition programs and reward seniority or length of service and exceptional service and performance. Recognition and reward programs encompass cash and bonus rewards, promotional and logo’d gifts, and certificates for luxury services and experiences. Service award programs offer progressively more luxurious items for loyalty and dedication through years of service to a company and provide incentives and motivation. Performance reward programs offer different levels of rewards for meeting desired sales, safety, and customer service goals tied to business objectives. Programs like these provide measurable business return on investment, increase employee satisfaction and motivation, as well as provide consistent awareness and communication of employee appreciation, performance expectations, and program objectives.
Customer Appreciation
Businesses use promotional items to build customer relationships and encourage increased purchasing levels. Promotional items can also be used to promote and introduce new products and services. Corporate gifts for customers encompass discounts, gift items with orders, credit for different purchasing levels, and even party and open house events for customers to attend. Customer appreciation always has a marketing and promotion aspect so that the business’ presence and message is in front of the customer.
Marketing and Promotions
Promotional items for corporate gifts are incorporated with marketing and promotions. The company branding and advertising message is on promotional items and can be incorporated into literature or correspondence included with corporate gifts. Gift items can be tied into seasonal business promotions, specific sales and advertising campaigns, and corporate business goals to direct customers to new products and services and generate increased sales and new business.
Promotional items as corporate gifts promote good relationships, whether it’s with employees, customers or vendors, and as advertisement for the business products or services. A quality, useful gift will be appreciated, used, and seen many times, working in a company’s favor long after it is initially given to an employee, customer, or sales prospect.
by Heidi Cardenas, Demand Media
