| Racking your brains for a unique gift for your corporate circle? look no further, doles out some tips to help your quest |
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Its that time of the year again. Come Diwali, corporates will make a beeline to grab the most innovative gift for maintaining relations and goodwill in their business circles. "Make it matter or make it last," seems to be the catchphrase for gifts these days. Here is a rundown on some unique options you can consider gifting this year:
What you could gift : Instead of wishing a colleague or client the best of health, gift them with medical insurance with the premium paid from your office for an initial five-year period (or so).
What will it cost you : You could insure anywhere from Rs 15,000 to Rs 5,00.000. The rate of premium per year ranges from Rs 175 to Rs 2,500 depending on the age and the capital sum insured.
What purpose will it serve : The insured client or colleague will cherish this gift, for at least as long has the policy lasts.
What yon could gift : Instead of that state-of-the-art cellphone, try giving a set of five fully-paid for CDMA phones with service. These could be purchased with inter-connectivity packages to enable cost-free conversations between the lines.
What will it cost you : CDMA phones today dont cost much. You could get good deal by dealing directly with the company. Connectivity between lines is usually an on-the-house arrangement but can be purchased after consultation with the service provider. So, its basically the cost of the phones that range from Rs 7,500 to Rs 15,000 per piece.
What purpose will it serve : This one can directly affect your business relations and cut down on costs. Of the phones gifted, you should keep one for yourself to ensure good communication at controlled costs.
What you could gift : Corporate communications depends entirely on electronic systems today, so you could gift about five fully-paid personalised corporate email accounts to your client. These accounts should be huge in space, capable of handling intelligent tasks like tracking mail receipts and user-friendly.
What will it cost you : These email accounts can be purchased off the Net through sites like Indiatimes.com. Avoid foreign sites as follow-ups can get cumbersome. One business email ID, will cost approximately Rs 1,500 for a year and enable usage of about 1.2 GB space and attachments of 5 MB each.
What purpose will it serve : This one will help boost communications too. Besides, their own corporate accounts, your gifted client could avail of a personal account with similar features for free. An e-gift guaranteed to be useful!
What you could gift : A paid holiday package that is redeemable anytime for a year. Most holiday packages are time-bound and tend to offer you the sky and moon at a time when there are other pressing time commitments.
What will it cost you : This could cost you anywhere from Rs 35,000 for a fortnight long modest holiday to Rs one lakh for a wintry holiday in the Himalayas.
What purpose will it serve : Holidays come aplenty to corporate personnel. Theyre mostly junkets aimed at boosting ones products or services and maintaining relations. However, attending them is tricky as they usually coincide with ones personal agenda. A customised, any-time holiday package such as this is bound to be a big hit.
What you could gift : Instead of inviting a corporate client or colleague over to your Diwali bash, you could organise one for him/her. You could make it a special venture by gifting each employee of the firm with a personalised basket hamper that could contain a sugar-free sweets pack (for the growing army of health-conscious); a few pens; make-up (for female employees); a laugh book and a few handmade paper flowers to make it look pretty. Throw in a few dances and a buffet, and youll give them a gift they will remember.
What will it cost you : A party of this sort, for about 50 key personnel, with gifts could cost anywhere from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000 at cost of Rs 1,000 per person.
What purpose will it serve : Camaraderie doesnt come easy in corporate circles. One can easily generate goodwill through such ventures." Diwali provides for the right occasion to develop personal links with corporate clients/colleagues and their personnel.
What you could gift : A consignment of noise-free crackers for the recipients kids is sure to be received with much joy. Noise on Diwali can be quite a pain. And, anything that can mitigate the cacophony will be welcome. A DVD of an old classic; a packet of sugar-free mithais and noise free crackers such as sparklers and other light- emanating fire-works is bound to drive home the point without making much noise.
What will it cost you : A DVD could cost about Rs 500 to Rs 1,000; two kg of sugar-free, naturally-sweet-ened mithai costs Rs 1,200 and a package of fireworks will be around Rs 1,500. About Rs 3,700 should help package the perfect Diwali gift.
What purpose will it serve : Diwali without the noise can be truly beautiful. That apart, the artificial sweeteners and additives in mithais are responsible for most of our health issues. In comparison, the festival of lights could be celebrated with much ease and in good health with sparklers and natural sweets that dont compromise on the quality of the festival. After all, our festival shouldnt harm someone elses well-being, right?
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