Christmas gifts for clients

Christmas is a time when many business people start to think about gifts for their clients or better customers.

There is a wide range of Christmas gifts you can give your clients; some of these suggestions may be of interest:

Books
Magazine or journal subscriptions
Gift baskets
Wine or spirits
Basket of products
Gifts for the office

Books

Have you read a good book lately that might interest one of your clients? It could be a motivational book or something on a non-fiction subject that you know your client is interested in. You can personalise the gift by writing a short note inside the cover, perhaps mentioning a significant sales milestone that was reached during the year.

Try Amazon or Dymocks for online book shopping.

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Magazine subscriptions

There are a multitude of magazines and journals to choose from. For example, if you know your customer plays golf, a 12 month subscription to Golf Digest might be a useful Christmas gift. Other popular magazines for business people include subjects such as wine, computers or personal investment. Most magazines have a mail-in form for gift subscriptions.

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Gift baskets

If you are running short on time, a Christmas gift basket can be ordered online from a specialist supplier. They are not very original but everyone likes a basket full of food and drink! The range of baskets available these days is huge and there is something to suit all budgets and tastes. Ordering from a specialist supplier usually means that the basket will be delivered to your client as well. All you need to do is choose it and pay!

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Wine and spirits

A nice bottle of wine is a simple Christmas gift. Most postal services provide a special 'wine pack' that can be used to send a bottle by mail. A magnum (equivalent to two bottles) or other larger size bottles might be of interest, although often the price for these can be much higher and not good value. Wine gift packs are another option worth investigating.

Some of your clients may prefer malt whisky or other spirits. Buy them a particularly special bottle of their chosen spirit at Christmas time, maybe in a gift pack with glasses or a hip flask.

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Basket of products

If you work for a company that makes a range of products, package up a basket or box full of small items. Get together with colleagues in different departments or subsidiaries to provide a more varied range, or work in with other local businesses.

This can also be a good chance to distribute some of the old company promotional items you may have been hoarding!

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Gifts for the office

Some of your customers may not have plush corporate offices with all the facilities. As a gift, they may appreciate something useful for the office such as a coffee machine or small microwave. Give something useful that you know your customer would like but may not have had the budget for - your interest in their business will be appreciated.

Electronic gadgets can make inexpensive Christmas gifts, such as a USB thumb drive or electronic weather station. For a huge range of gadgets and toys try ThinkGeek.

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