The Ethics of Giving
Before giving any gift, you should know if either the giving or receiving company has policies regarding gifts. The most extreme are the no-gift policies that became popular in the late 1980s, partly as a result of scandals involving gifts and partly as a reaction to the perceived excesses of that decade.
More common are restrictions placed on the value of a gift or on situations in which gifts may be given. Ask the potential recipient if his or her company publishes an ethics handbook or has any policy on receiving gifts. If so, then follow it to the letter.
A few words of advice:
- Giving gifts during a bidding process is a definite no-no, even if a holiday happens to fall during this time.
- Lavish gifts, such as cars and luxury vacations, are suspect and should be used only after careful consideration.
- Even when there isn't a stated restriction, be careful not to create the wrong impression with a gift. Anything that might embarrass your recipient or lead to a reprimand can sabotage a valuable relationship.
Marketing Tips for Promotional Merchandise Market:
• Use of promotional products in corporate marketing will help retain and grow your business.
• Promotional merchandise is widely used in all sorts of events as marketing giveaways.
• New, flashy (lanyards) are a hit in promotional products industry.
• On many occasions when you purchase promotional items in bulk you also receive some kind of gift giveaways.
• Yes, it is very popular to engage the public in some kind of promotional activities using products that you sourced for the occasion. It works both ways as the customer associate the whole situation with your company and the product and can take it away and use it at their leisure.
• Corporate or business gifts are a category of promotional items that companies use to inject new feel and image.
• You can keep your cost down and get blank promotional items, it also works wonders.
• You have probably seen a car launch promotion or attended a national car show where pretty promotion girls are around, again it is a marketing trick to keep you amused and interested in the product and associate both with beauty and unique.
• Want to keep costs of marketing down? We have something for you in the form of promotional stickers; plain stock or printed version to be ready and on your doorstep, right on time so you can concentrate on planning your event.
• Many ideas? Many concepts? Not sure what to choose? Promotional concepts in form of some giveaways of free samples may be the right choice as advised my marketing experts.
In this section we welcome manufacturers and resellers of the following products:
Incense Set, Calculator & Notebook Holder, 8 Digit Calculator, Atomizer Fan, Backpack Trolley, Make-Up Mirror, Cotton Cap, Sphere Clock "Van", Rectangular Key-ring, Metal Fountain Pen & Rollerball, Multipurpose Torch, FM Radio Fitness Timer, Torch Dictaphone, 12 CD Zip Holder, Vacuum Flask 0,45 l, White LED Pen, Luxury Wine Set, Metal Thermo-Mug 0,33 l, Line Key-ring "Twisto", 4 Glass Candles
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