Treating your clients like you would your friends helps you create long-lasting relationships. This applies tenfold during the holiday season! Although most of us only worry about shopping for our friends and family during the holidays, snagging holiday gifts for clients is actually a great idea. It helps you make your clients feel how much you appreciate them, boosts loyalty, and strengthens your client relationships.
Why Should You Send Out Holiday Gifts for Clients?
Holiday gifts for clients aren’t mandatory. So, why bother? The truth is, the holiday season offers you a distinct opportunity to go the extra mile! You should definitely give a gift to your clients to show them how much you truly care.
Check out three reasons you should send holiday gifts to your clients.
It Shows How Much You Appreciate Them
When winter hits, a time for gratitude ensues. Any corresponding presents show your clients how grateful you are for them.
They’ll realize you’re totally willing to go above and beyond! This speaks to your character and overarching business values as a whole. When the opportunity to renew contracts comes around, your clients are more likely to stick with you because of your many small acts of kindness (including during the holidays).
Holiday Gifts for Clients Strengthen Your Relationships
Imagine you take on a new client in the spring and invest many long hours completing business-related tasks. Given the amount of time you spend together, you may hope for a closer relationship by the time the holidays come around.
Alas, it can be very difficult to build a friendship with so many responsibilities standing between you! Bridge the gap with holiday gifts for your clients. It shows them you enjoy the time you spend together—even if it’s mostly professional.
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Your Client Will Know You Care
A thoughtful gift says, “Thank you for working with me. I hope we can continue working together for a long time!” I’m talking more than a generic box of chocolate or bouquet of holiday flowers. Something meaningful, personal, and with a handwritten note shows your client they’re worth the time and effort to choose something and piece it together.
Your note can recount some inside jokes or particularly memorable moments from your working past. Even a new client deserves recognition for something unique, or a personal note saying “I look forward to getting to know you better.”
5 Holiday Gifts for Clients that Will Show Your Appreciation
Our team at Delicious Experiences makes holiday gifts for clients easy as pie! We offer a variety of cooking and drink-mixing virtual events to add a little oomph to the season of giving.
Whether your clients are visiting you in-office or receiving your gifts from the comfort of their own homes, Delicious Experiences has you covered. Take a look at some of our top holiday gift options for clients.
Hot Cocoa Bomb Kits
Almost everyone appreciates the excitement and magic (not to mention the intensely Delicious flavors) of seasonal hot cocoa bombs. But not everyone knows how to make them on their own!
This gift from Delicious Experiences can be fun and creative, to say the least. Your clients get the chance to learn how to make one of their favorite holiday treats (with or without you!) and fill their cocoa bombs with festive surprises.
The best parts of building your own cocoa bombs are the explosive smiles!
Gingerbread House Building and Decorating Competition
This idea is fantastic for all fun-loving, animated clients—especially those with young families around the holidays. Delicious Experiences offer gingerbread kits (and courses) for everyone to enjoy. It’s one of the best holiday gifts for clients!
Our experienced host will guide your group through making a gingerbread village chock full of creative twists. The host can also lead a contest to determine the winners of the gingerbread house showdown!
Chocolate Tasting Party
You could gift your clients regular boxes of chocolate and part ways. But transforming an already decadent dessert into a Delicious Experience is far better! Delicious Experiences will send artisanal craft chocolate bars to your clients and teach them a thing or two about them.
We talk with your clients about how different types of chocolate are made and how to pair them with other divine flavors—tasty foods and beverages galore. Your clients will never look at the candy aisle the same way after this unique gift event.
Cake Decorating Session
Cake decorating is a true art form, though most corporate clients don’t have time to dabble with ingredients! A cake decorating session works for all types of holidays throughout the season. Delicious Experiences can put together a cake design and colors to suit your needs.
For example, we ask your clients to recreate one of our holiday-themed cakes. They can make it a competition or simply enjoy the creative process as they tackle a Halloween ghost design or New Year’s fireworks with frosting!
Holiday Happy Hour
Your clients can cut loose with some cocktails to celebrate the season. Of course, make sure your gift recipients enjoy alcohol (or accommodate their needs with non-alcoholic ingredients) before giving mixology-based holiday gifts for clients.
Our team at Delicious Experiences highlight the flavors of Fall and Winter with a virtual tour of seasonal sips. From pumpkin spice to peppermint, your clients are sure to love this uniquely fun gesture!
You shouldn’t miss the opportunity this Fall and Winter to shop holiday gifts for clients. Unique, interactive events by Delicious Experiences are sure to wow your valued customers and show them how much you care about them (which is a gift that keeps on giving).
