Corporate Gifts for the Whole Year

It amazes me how many creative ways there are for giving corporate gifts.

We tend to think that year end gifts are the only strategy for corporate gifts. However during the year we see a number of opportunities. Some clients do not send out year end gifts, they send out gifts at the beginning of the year, when everyone if thinking about planning the year. You could use desk based gifts like, coffee mugs, desk based coffee machines, desk fans, desk planners, pens, note pad and stationary sets. February usually bring conferences. Consider sponsoring your client’s conference. This produces brand loyalty and also gives your brand visibility that you may not have had before. Great conference gifts include, banners, branded notepads, branded water, business card holders, conference bags, folders, mints, pens. Valentine’s Day is a way to spread good feelings around both your clients and staff by the giving of small corporate and promotional gifts. You don’t have to just stick to just chocolates, which logistically are difficult to hand out as they melt. You can use any red items like, caps, pens, picnic blankets, stress balls, T-shirts, water bottles. Arbour day is a great month to link in with growth. Sending your clients Arbour day gifts, show that you value relationships. That you value growth and you want to grow with them. Corporate gifts that work well with arbour day are bonsai trees, gardening sets, knee boards, picnic sets (because we picnic in gardens) and of course plants. In September there are so many opportunities for spring day corporate gifts, braai day promotional gifts, secretary’s day corporate gifts. In October we create awareness for breast cancer and then it is time to think pink. You can give out corporate gifts like pink T-shirts, pink pens, pink draw string bags, pink notepads, pink IPad covers, and pink water bottles. In December we kick off with World Aids Day. Aids is a life style spread disease and so awareness in this area is critical. A world Aids Day strategy is a terrific way to show both clients and staff that you care. Then you can end off the year with your traditional corporate gifting strategy. Great gifts for December include anything that can be enjoyed on holiday such as, braai sets, cooler boxes, garden chairs, hampers, picnic blankets braai lights, picnic sets, water bottles, wine sets . For more ideas on corporate gifts and year end gifts contact us on info@belleregalo.co.za or visit us at www.belleregalo.co.za

Secretaries Day Gifts

Trust is a very special thing in the corporate world. Trust is what brings us sanity, allows us to sleep at night knowing that the job will be den and all things will work out in the end. That is why Secretaries are so important. Your secretary’s is like a natural sleeping tablet. You get a good night’s rest knowing that she is capable. So with all the stress that secretaries save us, a secretary's day gift is a very small, but appreciated gesture to show that you appreciate all that your secretary does for you. While you may be tempted to believe that being a secretary is just a job that needs to be done just as any other job, a Secretary is a very special type of person who has a servitude heart. They put up with tight deadlines, moody bosses and helping out when there is an emergency. While you may not be able to afford a very large salary for your secretary’s, the occasional spurge in your corporate gifting budget to rewards the secretaries in your company goes a long way to show them that you appreciate them. That is why secretary’s day gifts are such important corporate gifts, as they produce something that money cannot but – loyalty. So dig into your pocket and get a special corporate gift as a secretary’s day gift today. For more ideas visit us on www.belleregalo.co.za or e-mail us on info@belleregalo.co.za

Great Secretary's Day Gifts

On Secretary’s Day why not give your secretary a

half day. The company won’t lose out on too much, but for the secretary it will be great. They can go out and watch a movie, get their hair down or spend some time with their children. It is also a wonderful idea to hire a temp for the day and treat your secretary’ to a lunch. Another great idea is to get a gift for her desk or even better a personal gift. Some great Secretary’s Day Gifts are bags. Some gift ideas for Secretary’s day include Bags as a Secretary’s Day Gift Clocks as a Secretary's Day Gift Mugs as a Secretary’s Day Gift Coffee Mugs as a Secretary’s Day Gift Ipad Covers as Secretary’s Day Gifts Hampers as Secretary’s Day Gifts The History of Secretary’s Day The idea began with Mary Barrett, president of the National Secretaries Association, now called IAAP (International Association of Administrative Professionals), and C. King Woodbridge, president of Dictaphone Corporation. They served on a council addressing a national shortage of skilled office workers. The account executives at Young & Rubicam originated the idea for a National Secretaries Week. The official period of celebration was first proclaimed by US Secretary of Commerce of Charles Sawyer as "National Secretaries Week," which was held June 1–7 in 1952, with Wednesday, June 4, 1952 and designated as National Secretaries Day. The first Secretaries Day was sponsored by theNational Secretaries Association with the support of corporate groups. In 1955, the observance date of National Secretaries Week was moved to the last full week of April. The name was changed to Professional Secretaries Week in 1981, and became Administrative Professionals Week in 2000 to encompass the expanding responsibilities and wide-ranging job titles of administrative support staff. IAAP created National Secretaries Week (now Administrative Professionals Week) with two objectives in mind: to recognize "the secretary, upon whose skills, loyalty, and efficiency the functions of business and government offices depend," and to call attention "through favorable publicity, to the tremendous potential of the secretarial career." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_Professionals%27_Day For more corporate gift ideas visit us on www.belleregalo.co.za or e-mail us on info@belleregalo.co.za