Corporate Gift Giving Mistakes
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Corporations like to give gifts to their clients to thank them for their business and keep them coming back for more. Their intentions are good, but sometimes the gifts are not.
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1.
A bottle of wine
This is a nice notion, unless the person you are giving it to is a recovering alcoholic or a non-drinker for religious reasons.
3 points - added 13 years ago by keilania -
2.
Sending more than one gift to the same person.
Coordinate your recipient list so two employees aren't giving gifts to the same client.
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3.
Honoring the wrong holiday.
Don't send something obviously Christmas related to someone Jewish.
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4.
Gifts to government employees
Government guidelines about receiving gifts are pretty strict.
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5.
Mispelling the recipient's name
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6.
Forgetting to include your company name or logo
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7.
Food gifts that are perishable
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8.
Impractical gifts like cigar cutters or brandy snifters
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9.
Sends gifts so often they lose any special meaning
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10.
Not delivering gifts in person.
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11.
Sending something C.O.D.
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12.
Sending the same thing every other business does and not standing out
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13.
A gift basket that feeds 5 people to an office of 10
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14.
Gifts that arrive after the designated holiday
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15.
Inappropriate gifts (trips to a gentleman's club, etc.)
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Illegal gifts (drugs, gambling, etc.)
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Sending gifts to some major clients and not others
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18.
The same gift year after year
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19.
Cheap gifts
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20.
Broken gifts
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