Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The power of promotional marketing - tapping into the source of corporate social networking.


The corporate world is an extremely competitive to place to be in and you have to have the know how of how to initiate, carry out and get benefit from the people important for ‘your’ business. It’s in the human nature to like those people who are friendly towards us and can benefit us, and one way to make someone realize that you are an important business partner is corporate gifts. It has long been the practice amongst significant corporate leaders to exchange gifts.

Now these gifts can really work wonders sometimes and you would never know when your corporate friend has the most important information which can win you the next big deal and the relationship you have developed with him actually pays off. Foremost rule of business, never ever consider ‘anyone’ useless. These factors have to be considered in the corporate world and not a single variable can be ignored and certainly ‘not’ corporate gifts.

The best approach which makes a businessman a great businessman is the ability to think from other peoples’ perspective and the same thing works here too. Whenever you are thinking about making the next important business relationship, corporate gifts play an important role. While choosing a gift you have to be smart and by smart I mean you have to select something which the other person is likely to have a liking of and of course something which will not disturb your cycle of incoming and outgoing credit.

Apart from a smart choice, you have to be wise and select something which the other person is likely to use frequently. These items include all types of daily usage stuff like cuff links, watches etc. This would make the other person to be reminded of you; this fact in mind makes you an important person and a useful contact for him. Corporate gifts have long been used for this purpose and might just be the thing for you.

The story does not just end here because there is another category of gifts, which is very important and contributes a great deal to your corporate persona. Yes, you guessed it right, its corporate clothing. You are not the sole representative of your company, the real heroes are your employees, and it’s just an HRM principle. Make your employees feel good, so good that they develop a strong affiliation with the corporation which would increase the overall productivity.

Just like many other companies you need to have a good range of corporate clothing with you which you can equip your employees with, its good for your name and its good for the advertisement.

Letting people know about you is a strong factor in the equation and graceful corporate clothing just does that. It lets your employees be known and let them be at their best at work, creates an atmosphere of belongingness which results in happy individuals working in a healthier environment.

Don’t just lay back and relax because your competitor has the best range of corporate clothing around, and if he does not have, why not use this to your advantage and gain a step ahead in your corporate image?