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My workplace decided to make some changes to the way we do business.  It started with the issues we were having with clients.  Sometimes it simply is not worth dealing with people that make your work day miserable.  Getting extra business or a larger bonus is nice, but if it means having to deal with actual bad human beings to do it, it's simply not worth it. So we decided to cut ties with lots of bad clients.  The original loss in sales was a bit troubling, but we found a few things out.  People who we like to do business with and who enjoy doing business with us paid a lot more money.  So what we ended up doing was showing appreciation to all our great clients and wanted to send them regular gifts to show our appreciation.

At first we started small by just getting some regular shipping boxes from a staples or office depot and put our company merchandise in it.  It’s a little bit fun to get a hat, a mug and some random stuff from a company you work with.  We figure the individual can use the shirt for working out or let's face it yard work.  The hat and mug are just fun.  But what we noticed is that the box seemed to feel a little cheap when we taped it up for shipping.  These are clients we really like so it got us to thinking maybe we need to step up our game.

We took to the internet and found that there are actually companies that specialize in custom boxes.  We figured this existed and knew that packaging companies existed, but we found out that they cater to the smaller companies as well.  We were able to purchase  shipping boxes that were branded and looked sleek. So our next gifts which actually included precious medals would be received with actual excitement. 

Another item that we had to actually step up was the tape on the packages.  It really is the small things that can make a difference.  So we decided to purchase some branded tape and also some high end clear packing tape.  The cheap stuff we picked up from amazon was not clear or if it had streaks in it.  I neve would have thought that streaky packing tape would take the look of a box from hero to zero.  So don’t be afraid to shop around and find some really cool supplies on your next work appreciation gift.