There is no better time than the yuletide season to create awareness for your brand as well as extend your goodwill to your customers, suppliers, clients, and staff. This is the reason why promotional occasion gifts are a big deal for many companies, and it should be a big deal for your company as well. People expect to receive personalised Christmas gifts during this season and not just any sort of gift they want something special that will remind them of your company.

Picking a Special Gift

You do not have to spend a fortune to come up with remarkable personalised Christmas gifts. What you need is a custom Christmas gift that speaks to the season and probably will blend well with your recipient’s home or dining table. A good wine in a printed bottle or a box of cookies in a branded canister would usually do the trick. You need to focus on the design though and how your logo will be printed on the custom-branded promo item.

Buying Your Corporate Christmas Gifts

Buying branded corporate Christmas gifts is not a simple task, and it requires a lot of planning and doing to ensure that your gifts will stand out and they will make it to your recipients in time. Here are some tips on ensuring that your custom-printed corporate Christmas gifts are a sure-fire hit with your intended recipients.

• Start early – Companies start preparing for their corporate Christmas gifts as early as August or September. They start by brainstorming on which items to give away. Companies purchase staff Christmas gifts in different tiers; there are items that will be given to executives and managers, and those that are suited for rank and file employees, suppliers, and prospective clients.
• Beat the rush – If you wait too late for placing your orders, you run the risk of not having them in time for the holidays. Keep in mind that all businesses will be ordering their own set of corporate Christmas gifts same as you and manufacturers will be up to their necks with work.
• Decide on your packaging – Some companies opt to do the Christmas wrapping of their corporate gifts in-house as this gives them the chance to inspect the items as well and weed out defective ones
• Quality Assurance – Inspecting the items is important especially if you are giving out electronics or battery-operated gifts. You do not want to send out items that will not work since you want to create a positive impression

Christmas Items

Most companies give out custom-branded food items such as Christmas jelly beans and Christmas mix lollies, and the downside to this is that the recipient will likely forget your company once the food has been consumed.

A good solution is coming up with fancy containers for the food items or pairing them up with a Christmas advent calendar or a compendium that they can keep using in the coming year. Calendars and datebooks are good Christmas gift ideas as they do not cost that much, but their impact will be immense as they will be placed in a spot where your logo will be viewed by a considerable amount of people.

Don't Forget Gift Boxes!

Finally, ensure that your promotional gifts look the part with custom gift boxes from Cubic Promote. You can opt for a corporate look or something personal, no matter which style you select your Christmas presents are bound to look incredible in the right boxes.

Author Profile: David

David is a sales manager at Cubic Promote with over 13 years of experience in the promotional product industry. David is the resident expert on promotional pens, corporate gift packs, and promotional product distribution across multiple departments. Visit him on LinkedIn.