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Top Holiday Gift Categories for 2008: Eco-friendly and Technology
Brian Cerra
Best Promotions
Ordering your corporate gifts each holiday season is no small task. Who should you include on your list? How much can you afford to spend? There's thinking, planning and lots of number crunching to do. The biggest question of all, however, is what on earth you should buy for all these clients and employees.
When it comes to holiday gift buying this year, two words are all you need to know: technology and eco-friendly. Both are the hottest trends in promotional products for 2008. Stick to these categories this holiday season, and you can't go wrong.
Even grown-ups want toys, and that's one reason why tech gadgets are so popular. You can give a promotional product that's fun to play with and even more fun to show off. The Chairman 1.7 , for instance, is a keychain that stores and displays digital photos. Your clients will enjoy uploading their favorite photos and showing the pictures to their friends and coworkers. People are amazed to see how much technology can be packed into this palm-sized picture frame.
Speaking of palm-sized technology, promotional USB flash drives are another affordable gift that taps into our love of technology. These are small gifts that pack a big promotional punch. Like the digital photo frame, the Foldout USB Flash Drive 64MB is also small enough to keep on a keychain. Be sure to preload the flash drive with photos of your products, catalogs, informational videos and a personalized message.
With all these handheld gizmos on the market, it can be easy to forget about the technology we relied on long before PCs changed the world. Binoculars made be older technology, but they're still a part of our modern lives. We can enjoy a closer look at sporting events and theatrical performances. Binoculars are also great for nature buffs. To put a fresh spin on this classic gift, try a model like the Outlook Binoculars. These silver and black binoculars have a contemporary silhouette and come with a coordinating vinyl carrying case.
But don't get so caught up in all this technology that you forget about this season's other big trend: all things eco-friendly. Green is the buzzword du jour, and as a business, you've got to tap into what's hot. Giving green gifts is actually a lot easier than you might think. Major promotional product suppliers have started carrying various types of eco-friendly items for you to customize. For instance, you can take the ordinary tote bag and turn it green with an order of Organic Market Bags . This holiday gift touches on several current trends. Organic cotton is all the rage, and lots of people are carrying their purchases home in tote bags instead of plastic ones.
This year when you're about to start racking your brain for holiday gift ideas, stop and repeat this mantra "technology and eco-friendly." You'll simplify your shopping, and those on the receiving end will be delighted with their gifts.
Article submitted Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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