Archive for August, 2011

Looking for a Unique Business Gift or Giveaway – Think Chocolate

August 30th, 2011

Who doesn’t love chocolate? When people are surveyed, they always rank chocolate as their overall favorite flavor. And if the creaminess and rich flavor of, say, Belgian chocolate isn’t enough to entice chocolate aficionados, researchers continue to discover the tasty treat’s myriad health benefits.

Despite chocolate’s popularity and health benefits, business owners often don’t consider the ways chocolate can leave a lasting impression with clients, potential customers, and employees.

Trade Shows

If your business exhibits at trade shows, you know the challenges of coming up with a memorable giveaway for those who stop by your booth. Trade show attendees collect pens, pads, luggage tags, and the like by the bag full. What they could really use as they traipse up and down the aisles of a trade show is a little pick-me-up – something that brings a smile to their face and gives them a boost to make it through the day. At an education trade show, for example, you could hand out Belgian chocolate bars that say, “Teachers Make Learning Sweet.” At a construction-related exhibit, you could distribute chocolate bars that say, “Think Safety,” while at a political event, you could hand out chocolate coins that say, “Democrat” or “Republican.”

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Yummy Chocolate Fountains

August 28th, 2011

You will need chocolate fountains, as well as some supplies such as food to dip in the chocolate, utensils, and the yummiest chocolates – a good variety on hand (to order) would be good so you can accommodate your customer’s requests. You can rent out your chocolate fountains for about $500 per event.

Occasions people might rent a chocolate fountain are many. Weddings would be a big seller, as well as holidays, birthday parties, catered dinner parties, etc.

You could start a business renting out chocolate fountains to those interested in using these in their functions. You will have to make some initial investments in this business, consisting of mainly a number of chocolate fountains. Together with this, it is necessary to have a good variety of chocolates at hand to use in your chocolate fountain. You could also cater to the requests of your customers by buying and using their choice of chocolate in the chocolate fountain if required also.

When hiring out your chocolate fountains, rent them at a reasonable rate, at about $500 per function. There is no specific function that has a priority for chocolate fountains. » Read more: Yummy Chocolate Fountains