Branding - Client Gifts

Ever since I started my catering business years ago, I have always believed in hand delivering corporate gifts. I used to either go myself or send my children. The cute little boys always got passed the receptionist guard and went straight to the hearts of my clients.  Today when I work with clients, and Hickok Cole architects are a terrific example, I try to think of fun gifts and exciting ways for their clients to experience that one to one sensation.  Over the past five years working with Hickok Cole I’ve managed to find great popup books, telescopes, kaleidoscopes and, even this year, Bucky Balls. I saw them in a WIRED magazine and just thought they would perfectly fit my concept for the sensory experience. It takes a great deal of organizational skill to coordinate delivery especially in a January snow but it is also a terrific way for my teams to have a little fun, get to know contacts better, and make the marketing extremely personal.

Feedback From Gift Recipients:

My favorite Architecture firm!
Thanks so much for the gift and the thought!
I am trying to make the magnets into the shape of an A/C unit right now.

Steve Millnick
Principal
Girard Engineering
7600 Leesburg Pike
West Building - Suite 310
Falls Church, Va 22043