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Why Corporate Gifts Work!

Tuesday 31st of August 2010

Purchasing corporate gifts can provide many benefits that can never be underestimated. To become one of the most successful businesses in the UK you need to fully understand the importance of branding. Your brand isn’t just your logo or even the design printed on our corporate hampers, it’s who you are and what your business stands for. The simple gesture of providing a corporate gift to a customer who was dissatisfied says a lot more about your brand then a written apology, and equally, the gift and it’s quality says an even greater amount.

Gifts in a company can quickly be classified as internal branding and external marketing. By providing your staff with a range of corporate gifts you’re not only reinforcing their positive impression of the company, but you’re also making them feel valued and focused on their targets.

External marketing is also vital as this will help sustain a long term brand with the media and public. If you’re dealing b2b (business to business), you can quickly be judged by your reaction to various events. If you do not send a gift out to your business clients at Christmas or when a problem has arisen with their account, then you lose your brand and relationship. However if you send a high quality, personal and unique gift it will reinforce the fact that your business and brand sees it’s customers and unique people and businesses, and the quality of the gift will speak volumes about the level of quality you yourself expects from your company.

The price of a high quality corporate gift should be taken into account to ensure it’s affordable for each project, however I’d recommend considering the big picture when creating your gift budget. For instance, if you have an unhappy customer, it’s unlikely they will return to you. However if you send a really nice, luxury gift with an apology it’s going to get an immediate response of “surprise”, it could convince them to try your business again, however even if they don’t they will be likely to talk about it. It’s incredibly common for customers to shout about bad service before they praise a good service, by sending the perfect gift they will change that shout about how terrible the service was to end with “then they sent me a wonderful gift to say sorry...” the vital pivot could win a lot more business for you even if they don’t return.

Check our corporate gifts for the perfect personalised gift for your company and brand.

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We’re over 1000!

Friday 20th of August 2010

Our Facebook group for My Box of Delights is booming! We currently have a massive 1114 members and the number of followers is growing everyday! Next time you’re logged onto Facebook be sure to check us out and join up, it’s free and has loads of benefits.

As a free member to My Box of Delights on Facebook, you are automatically entered into a free monthly draw to win one of our amazing hampers. It’s a treat not to be missed, and seeing as it won’t cost you a penny it’s well worth it! The prize draw is open to all members; you don’t have to submit for it each month, and is done automatically for new and existing members.

Claire Griffiths, a recent winner was over the moon with her prize, posting “Thank you, thank you, thank you for the win. I thought these draws were a fix until now.”

You can even refer our group to your friends and family, i’m sure if they were to win the monthly draw they’d be happy to share some treats!

It gets even better with our free discount codes for special occasions! What better way to treat someone you love with a gorgeous gift hamper whilst saving money! Don’t miss out on all our promotions and discounts, especially as Christmas quickly approaches.

My Box of Delights also offers a little extra for our members that they all absolutely love... free samples! We frequently offer freebies up for grabs, our members enjoyed free cakes last month and they went down a treat!

Facebook is free to join and is a fabulous online community where you can connect with old friends and make new ones! To sign up and join our group you will need an email address and facebook account. They do not take long to set up, and there are countless groups, games, and information pages to look through.

Don’t miss out on any more monthly draws, discount codes, and free yummy treats! Join the other 1114 lucky members on My Box of Delights Facebook Group today and start being rewarded.

 

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Christmas Corporate Gifts

Wednesday 18th of August 2010

The seasons are changing and there’s a feel of autumn in the air, summer 2010 is in its last few weeks and September will soon be open on our calendars. The Christmas adverts will soon start arriving on our televisions, the high street shop windows will be filled with magical displays promoting the UK’s largest holiday, and business owners will soon be scouring the internet searching for brilliant ways to thank your staff, customers and suppliers with something a little more than the usual company card.

Imagine finding a product that they would keep for many years. A gift with your company’s brand printed permanently and clearly with a unique message of festive cheer. How about presenting your members of staff, your loyal customers or valuable suppliers with a superior and high quality, luxury present that they can see, feel and even taste?

Impossible? Not with My Box of Delights and Pamper Gift Box.

Our high quality Christmas gift hampers dress to impress with handmade wooden boxes, printed with your own individual corporate message. The boxes are kept and cherished, and are a fantastic long-term and individual marketing tool. Our 48 hour delivery or scheduled delivery service will ensure that Santa isn’t late, and can be delivered anywhere in the UK.

Our gift boxes come in three different sizes and can be packed with a variety of products. The smallest box starts at just £9.99 and can have a maximum of 6 treats. The largest will hold up to 20 items and begins at just £19.99, sure to impress at all the festive parties!

My Box of Delights offers the very best luxury hamper treats including a wide range of wines, biscuits, chocolates, jams, champagnes, even stuffing and fruit cakes! They will be the perfect finishing touches for their Christmas dinner, and sure to be a conversation starter with their friends and family at all the seasonal gatherings.

Want to treat the ladies? We have the perfect solution at Pamper Gift Box. Why not fill your hamper with sensual bath time treats, swap the Christmas puddings for luxury soaps, bath bombs and balms. Don’t worry; you can still include a bottle of wine (or two)! And our teddies will be a perfect memorable addition for any corporate Christmas gift. We have plenty of designs and treats to choose from at both sites, so don’t miss out on the perfect gift hamper or pamper hamper!

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Monthly Draw to Win £500 Box of Delights Hamper

Tuesday 17th of August 2010

After several successful prize draws on our facebook group, we’ve stretched the fantastic prizes onto our website! We’re offering an amazing £500 gift hamper as a monthly prize to win online! There’s over 30 wonderful treats including wines, chocolates, sweets, cakes, champagnes, cookies, liquors, muffins and even a really cute teddy bear!

Our monthly draw begins on the 1st and ends on the last day of each month. The hamper will be sent to the winner 2 weeks after the competition finishes, if you’re the lucky winner we will send you an email and will announce your win on our website. We can only post to UK addresses, so please ensure you only enter if you are a UK resident.

To win you need to be 18 or over and you just need to go to our prize draw page and answer this simple question...

How many lid designs are in the Birthday category?

There’s a multiple choice answer to choose from, and the correct answer can be discovered on My Box of Delights.

The Lucky Prize Winner Will Receive;

  • Wooden Hamper Box With Printed Design
  • Butterscotch & Brandy Cream Liqueur
  • Lancaster Bomber Beer
  • Handmade Assorted Chocolate Box (grand)
  • Sweet Apple Chutney
  • Triple Chocolate Cookies
  • Lemon Curd
  • Apricot & Orange Round 4 inch Fruit Cake
  • Lemon Fudge-Iced Topped Cake
  • Whisky Marmalade 3 pack
  • Luxury Cappuccino Muffins
  • Blackberry & Apple Preserve
  • Red Wine & Smoked Garlic Sauce
  • Garlic & Herb Stuffing
  • Ruby Red Pears (Tall jar)
  • Traditional Humbugs in a Boutique Jar
  • Teddy Bear Large
  • Chocolate Brownie Delight
  • Elderflower Wine (from England)
  • South African Chenin Blanc
  • Brut Champagne
  • Blackberry Wine (from England)
  • LARGE Mead Wine (from England)
  • Cherry & Walnut Fruit Cake
  • Victoria Plumb Preserve
  • Handmade Strawberry Creams
  • Red Onion Chutney Garlic Mayonnaise (large jar)
  • Single St. Clements Loaf Cake
  • Butterscotch Cookies 3 pack
  • Cherry Muffins
  • Glorious Peaches (Tall jar)
  • Double Century Handmade Orange Creams
  • Chocolate Liquor
  • Stem Ginger Fruit Cake
  • Lemon & Lime Marmalade
  • Ale & Mushroom Sauce
  • Old Fashioned Rhubarb & Custard sweets
  • Champagne Bollinger - Special Cuvee
  • Fruity Flapjack
  • Butterfly Cheese Wings
  • Box Delivery

So don’t miss out on a free chance to win one of our absolutely fantastic gift hampers! Enter our prize draw today!

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The Perfect Wedding Gift Idea!

Sunday 1st of August 2010

With many couples already living together before getting married it can be difficult to choose a fantastic gift for the new bride and groom. That is why we thought it would be helpful to put forward our number 1 idea for the perfect wedding gift hamper!

Design – Choose one of our fantastic wedding designs! The “Just Married” design is one of our most popular designs for UK brides and grooms.

Message – Write a personal message to the newlyweds. Why not tell them how much you love them, and wish them luck, or show full confidence in their union lasting forever by asking them to keep a bottle of champagne inside ready for the 10th anniversary!

Size – Our gift hampers come in small, medium or large boxes, and each fit a different number of items. If you want to include our wines and spirits (which are perfect for the wedding night or honeymoon) you’ll need to go for the medium or large boxes to be able to add a selection from the full range. We do have a few selections available for the small boxes, including the popular Mini Moet Champagne!

Products – We have a wide range of products perfect for a unique wedding gift. Some of our customer’s selections that have gone down a treat are;

“Elderflower wine was scrumptious ... Apple cake delicious” - Mr Hodegeson

“I adored your ginger cookies there the best I’ve ever tasted” – Rob

“My mum loved her chocolate muffins” – Mel

To quickly choose the perfect products for your hamper why not try out our “Champagne Breakfast” selection – perfect for the happy newlyweds. Choose the large hamper and with one click you’ll automatically include;

Handmade Assorted Chocolate Box (grand)     
Handmade Violet Creams          
Ginger Cookies               
Lemon Crisp Cookies    
Lemon Curd     
Lime Curd          
Medium Cut Marmalade            
Lemon & Lime Marmalade         
Whisky Marmalade (large jar)  
3 pack Luxury White Chocolate & Raspberry Muffins     
Gooseberry Preserve  
Blackcurrant Preserve  
Damson Preserve          
Single Banoffee Muffin               
Scrumptious Apricots (Tall jar)  
King William Pears ( Tall jar)       
Butterfly Cheese Wings              
Apricot Smoothie Delight           
Country Mead Wine (from England)      
Brut Champagne

Surprise the bride and groom with the hamper on their first day as a married couple, or upon their arrival at their honeymoon destination! We can send the gift hampers out to any UK destination with our 48 hour delivery service, so the only limits to the surprise delivery is your imagination!

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