Holiday Gifts To Give Your Client This Year

Showing your clients that you appreciate them is more important than ever. At Goody, we know how to find just the right gift for just the right occasion. 

Many corporate gifts are boring, thoughtless, or not exciting and personalized. In an age where companies are doing away with the cubicles and other symbols of the past, isn’t it time we up the ante when it comes to giving gifts? It’s time to move past cheaply printed stress balls or random bags of breath mints.

Follow along as we list off the best corporate gifts that fully embody the “customer appreciation day is every day” mentality.

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The Perfect Mug

A coffee mug is a classic corporate gift for a good reason. Office culture often revolves around coffee. Coffee is often almost ritual in practice and helps fuel a long workday. 

Whatever the case may be, Goody has the perfect deluxe twist on the classic mug gift to give your clients this year: The Ember Mug. Not only does this mug (which comes in the options of ten or 14 ounces) keep your coffee hot, you can set the exact temperature you want your beverage to be. If your client isn’t a coffee drinker, a mug keeps hot chocolate, tea, or even lemon water nice and toasty.

You can purchase the mug in black, white, or gray neutrals. Warning: This mug makes a lasting impression — your client ought to be careful to guard this unique gift from workspace mug thieves. 

This is a wonderful gift for coffee lovers and those who enjoy the comfort of a warm drink.

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For the Planner

Corporate holiday gifts are a fantastic opportunity to create a Venn diagram of fun and functional.

For creative people, organized people, and anyone who loves a pop of color in their space, we recommend something from the one-of-a-kind lifestyle brand, Poketo. Poketo has a charming collection of calendars, planners, and even reusable glass straws. Or, for those who made New Year’s resolutions to flex their imagination, try Poketo’s creativity journal.

Poketo’s collection is all about big, bright colors that bring to mind paint swatches. You can even get Quarterly Planners from them for those clients who have a big year to map out. This holiday gift idea lets your clients know that you are there to help them succeed. 

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The Perfect Water Bottle

While we all want more coffee, what we probably need is more water. Drinking enough water helps regulate the body's temperature, keeps the mind clear, and prevents dehydration. As much as we love succulents, we need a lot more water than our plants do.

A great way to make sure you are drinking enough water throughout the day is to get a high-quality water bottle. LARQ is an award-winning water bottle. Not only is it chic, but it’s also the world's first portable purification system. This means that 99% of harmful bacteria and germs are removed from the water before you bring the bottle to your lips.

This company is BIPOC-founded, sustainable, and a great way to show your clients you care about them, their health, and the environment. This gift is ideal for avid hikers, environmentalists, and anyone you know who loves getting out of the office and into nature.

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For the Home Chef

Food gifts aren’t just practical — they are great for minimalists who prefer not to clutter their precious desk real estate with knick-knacks. Maybe your client has a food Instagram or is always talking about finding the perfect new recipe.

For these clients, we recommend Brightland, hands down the trendiest olive oil brand around. Brightland offers a beautifully bottled collection of olive oils and vinegars. Brightland brings you the very best from farm to table. This gourmet gift is a thoughtful way to let a client know you are thinking about them and their interests.

Produced in California and committed to sustainability, Brightland is BIPOC-founded, female-founded, vegan, and gluten-free. This client gift idea is a classy, healthy, Instagram-friendly alternative to sweets and chocolates, perfect for the creative cooks, minimalists, or anyone in need of some kitchenscape eye candy.

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For the Homebody

After the outbreak of COVID-19, the home office became the office. As of January of 2022, 59% of U.S. employees are working remotely. With many companies switching to an entirely remote or hybrid method, employers have had to adapt to the new face of the American workforce.

For the clients who spend more time at home or enjoy luxury home goods in general, try Parachute Home.

Parachute Home offers soft, fancy slippers. You can choose between five different sizes and three different colors of Parachute’s Classic Turkish Cotton Slippers. These high-quality slippers are perfect for lounging and keeping your feet warm during a Zoom meeting.

For an even deeper lounge, Parachute offers grey waffle booties. These are perfect for walking around the house, enjoying lunch on your patio, and shuffling to your mailbox in the morning.

For the ultimate luxe client gift, choose from Parachute’s gorgeous array of robes in different fabrics and colors, or even select one of their luxurious towels. These are cozy, soft, and charming gifts for anyone and everyone. Who doesn’t like to relax?

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One-of-a-Kind Flowers

Have you ever sent a bouquet only for it to show up on the intended doorstep, wilted and sad? That is if it even showed up at all. Goody has a solution for your floral dilemmas: UrbanStems.  

UrbanStems sends bouquets that look like no other bouquet you’ll find, made by the most talented florists in the world. Plus, since UrbanStems only works with Rainforest Alliance Certified™ Farms, you’ll know that your flowers look good and do good. 

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For Those With a Sweet Tooth

At the end of the day, chocolate is a gift as old as time. You would struggle to find anyone who doesn’t enjoy receiving a luxury chocolate bar from Raaka Chocolate. Raaka’s chocolates are handmade in small batches with unroasted cacao for uncompromised flavors. 

With Goody, your client has the option to hand-select the full bars or samplers of their choosing.

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Wine and Spirits

Wine and spirits are lovely client gifts, especially when toasting to new business ventures and closing big deals. On Goody, you can send an individual bottle or even an alcohol gift collection, like the red wine collection. You just set a price point and let your client choose. 

However, since 30% of people don’t drink, we know that alcohol isn’t always a welcome gift. That’s why at Goody, your recipient can swap what you choose for a different (or nonalcoholic) option if they prefer. For example, your client can swap your gift of wine for a box of cookies, a bottle of mezcal, or anything else that strikes their fancy.

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… Or Let Your Client Choose

What better way to lower the personal pressure and make sure your client gets the perfect gift? Goody offers a way to send your client a gift voucher for $25-100+ gifts. Then, your client can choose whatever sparks their interest from dozens of curated options – with no pricing shown.

It’s like sending your client a gift card, but, you know, thoughtful.

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Client Holiday Gifting Best Practices

1. It doesn’t need to have your logo on it. You wouldn’t give a friend a t-shirt with your company logo on it. So why give it to your client? While it’s a common practice, sending logo-laden client gifts can come off cheap and self-serving. 
2. Avoid tacky and impersonal gifts. When you send clients generic, wholesale gifts, what message does that send about your relationship with them? Even if you’re on a budget, send gifts from brands you’d shop from in your real life.
3. You can’t go wrong with sweets, snacks, wine, and spirits.
4. …But let your clients swap the gift if they prefer. About 30% of people don’t drink, and many more have allergies and dietary preferences. When you send a gift on Goody, your client can swap your selection for an equal or lower-priced option (with no pricing shown). That means that you can send wine, and your client could swap it for Levain Bakery cookies if they don’t drink. In fact, about 50% of clients swap their gifts when given the option. 

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Client Holiday Gifts: Final Thoughts

When it comes to your clients, no small business is too small to receive a lovely gift and a personalized note. No mega-corporation is too big to receive a uniquely personalized gift.

At Goody, our gift options range from practical to luxurious and cover every kind of client imaginable. Our gifts are on-trend, handpicked, and perfect for a range of budgets. Plus, if your client doesn’t like the gift you sent, they are free to swap it for something else (which about 50% of business clients do).

Good gift-giving leads to good business. The right business gift can create a personal relationship between you and your client. It also shows that you listen, care, and know them more profoundly than in a typical, surface-level professional relationship.

Through gift giving, you can show clients that their business is appreciated. You care about them, you care about their business, and you create an emotional bond with them through a special gift.

Goody has already vetted these companies for you, so you know you are giving the very best.

2022 will be a great year of gift-giving for you and all of your clients. We hope you have found inspiration in this list and know your clients will thank you for thinking of them.

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Sources:

Water and Healthier Drinks | Healthy Weight, Nutrition, and Physical Activity | CDC

COVID-19 Pandemic Continues To Reshape Work in America | Pew Research Center

Building Client Relationships: What To Do And What Not To Do | Forbes

Young Americans more likely to say no to alcohol, study finds | CNN

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