When you’re planning your corporate merch spend for the year, there’s always a huge temptation to go for branded objects that will keep your brand front-of-mind with your customers.
Of course, desk clocks, leather portfolios, coffee mugs, travel cups, t-shirts and all of the latest whizzy gadgets might be cool – but ultimately, your customers will more likely remember how your gift made them feel when they received it.
Long after your branded squeezy stress ball has been relegated to your merch cabinet, your customer’s 8-year old child – or worse still, their dog Thor – the memory of a gift of quality chocolate will remain in their mind (and taste buds) for way much longer!
Why?
Chocolate makes people feel good! Especially good quality couverture chocolate.
This is because it’s packed with a bunch of feel-good ingredients – like 1, 3, 7-trimethylxanthine – or caffeine as it’s more commonly called. Phenylethylamine, is another family of chemicals found in chocolate in very small amounts. Similar in structure to synthetic amphetamines – but a naturally occurring substance in chocolate – our brain produces phenylethylamine when we fall in love. It acts by producing endorphins, the brain’s natural “feel-good” molecules.
So the short story is, eating chocolate makes us feel loved up – and that’s exactly the feeling you want your clients to experience when you’re thinking about what to gift them! Besides, who doesn’t love receiving a beautifully packaged chocolate gift box to share round the office? It’ll make your customer look like a rockstar – and whatsmore, chocolate’s off-limits for Thor.
Chocolate is also a versatile giveaway on your tradeshow booth. People l-o-v-e chocolate on booths and will go out of their way to dip their hand into the chocolate bowl, giving your sales team the opportunity to have a chat and grab their card.
What’s more, you very rarely need to take chocolate back to the office after a tradeshow – unlike those pesky stress balls which typically end up being traded for other vendors’ merch on the final day. Your booth visitors will enjoy their sweet treat, while thinking about how thoughtful you were to have saved them from the dreaded conference mints.
Here at Chocolate Gems, we work with companies of all sizes – from solopreneurs to large corporations – and we can usually work to the quantities, colour themes and packaging options that you require.
We pride ourselves on quality – just as you do. You wouldn’t want to feed your customers inferior quality chocolate – and neither would we. Our chocolates are made onsite at our factory in Brisbane, to the strictest food safety standards.
Whether you’re looking for premium executive gifts in quality packaging, branded bulk chocolates to hand out at events, conferences, training or team events, novelty chocolates such as Chocolate Rocks, Hearts, Stars, Kisses, Medallions, Frogs, Christmas Bells and our ever-popular Freckled products – we’ve got you covered.
Our friendly team are on hand to answer any questions you may have. And, as we’re a family business, we value customer service as much as you do.
We look forward to becoming your chocolate provider of choice! Get in touch today!
