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Holiday Gifts for Clients   Comments

What do you give your clients as holiday gifts? Here are a few things suggested by members of the Bay Area Consultants’ Network on November 19, 2004.

  • Give out copies of your new book, or of relevant books by colleagues.
  • Thanksgiving can be a better time than December—you don’t have to guess which holiday the client observes.
  • Hire your mother, another relative, or a friend to make homemade jam (or cookies, or other goodies).
  • Try sending New Year cards.
  • Gifts that are useful are best.
  • Make up your own holiday at another time of year and send clients gifts or cards then.
  • Never send anything without a personal note.
  • Send silly things to make you seem more approachable and less of a threat.
  • Give donations in the names of the companies you consult for.

Got any great ideas about gifts and cards for your clients? Post them as comments or e-mail them to sallie@fileslinger.com


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