Should home business owners give holiday gifts to their customers/clients?  If so, what should they give and how much should they spend?
This all depends on your business, the number of customers, and how much you have to spend.
Receiving gifts pleases most customers and serves as a good public relations technique.  However, most businesses can’t spend too much on gifts and must be careful they don’t favor one customer over the other.
Some ideas:

Calendars
Planners
Cheese and crackers gift box
Something you’ve made
A hand written thank you note
Grab bag
Include something extra with a holiday purchase
Open house party

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“It’s too early!  It’s too early to promote Christmas shopping and gift giving!” many exclaim as we approach the middle of October.
Then when we woke up to snow on the ground and more falling, we knew it wasn’t too early to begin thinking about the holiday season.
You’ll also see many stores with some preliminary holiday decorations and gift items on display, along with the fall and Halloween decorations and sales.  So…what have you been doing in your business?
Consumers begin thinking holiday gift giving mid summer (as per “Christmas in July” sales), but definitely by September.  If you make items for …read more