Article 12. The A-to-Z of Client Gift Ideas

By Paul Quinn, © 2002

Looking for some inspiration for this year's client Christmas gifts? Use the following list to help get your creative juices flowing…

A
· Australian artwork

B
· Barbeque utensils
· Beach towel and umbrella
· Binoculars
· Book (eg. autobiographies, novels)
· Business card holder

C
· Chess and checkers board and pieces
· Calender
· Cooking class voucher (eg. seafood school)

D
· Donation (eg. instead of buying a gift, why not donate the money to charity on your client's behalf)

E
· Entertainment Book (entertainmentbook.com.au)
· Esky

F
· Flashlight
· Fruit basket

G
· Golf balls (branded)
· Giant gingerbread houses (idea submitted by Belinda McBrearty at Bowman Recruitment)

H
· Ham (large Christmas ham on the bone)
· Harley Davidson leisure ride (eg. chauffeur driven scenic tour on Harley)
· Hand painted coffee mugs
· Hot air balloon ride

I
·Imported Cuban cigars

J
· Jazz tickets

K
· Knife Set (eg. Swiss army knife set)

L
· Luxury hotel booking for two (eg. "Spend a night away from the kids on us")

M
· Massage and spa voucher
· Magazine subscription (eg. Money Magazine for Accountants)
· Mouse (branded with your logo and tagline)
· Movie passes (eg. a 'movie a month' pass from Hoyts)
· Museum tickets
· Music CD set

N
· Nuts (eg. a selection of quality chocolate, yoghurt, honey covered nuts)

O
· Opera tickets

P
· Picnic set

Q
· Quiz, puzzle, or game

R
· Recipe book (eg. The Naked Chef)

S
· Stadium tickets (eg. to the Rugby World Cup)

T
· Theatre tickets

U
· Umbrella (eg. a sun umbrella branded with logo/website)

V
· Vanilla-flavoured premium ice cream

W
· Wine (uniquely branded with your logo on label)

X
· Xmas pudding!

Y
· Yacht/harbour cruise

Z
· Zoo pass for the family

What's worked for you? If you can think of effective client gift ideas that have worked well for you in the past, please e-mail us at gift-ideas@quinntessential.com.au and we'll add your idea to our list of A-Z gift ideas for clients on our website.

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