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Thanksgiving Host Gift Ideas That Beat a Bottle of Wine

Thanksgiving is Coming. Don’t Show Up Empty-Handed. Somebody has been planning this meal since September. They’ve researched brines. They’ve borrowed a second roasting pan. They’ve rehearsed the moment the turkey comes out of the oven. And…
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Boss’s Day Is October 16. Please Don’t Buy Them a Mug.

Boss's Day is October 16. That's two weeks away. Do you have a plan? Of course not. Nobody does. Gifting your boss is a delicate business. Spend too much and you look like you're campaigning for a promotion. Skip it and the guilt shows up…
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Real Client Success Stories

How Strategic Gifting Built Better Relationships Bankers bank. Plumbers plumb. And apparently, a lot of very smart Cedar Rapids business owners still think a gift card is a "gift strategy." It's not. It's a placeholder. And placeholders don't…
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Thoughtful Gifts for Life’s Biggest Transitions

New Jobs, New Homes, New Chapters August doesn't get the credit it deserves. Everyone's busy hyping up graduation season and the winter holidays, but August? August is when real life happens. Kids leave for college. Someone finally takes the…
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Creative Ways to Recognize Employees Mid-Year (That Aren’t Gift Cards)

It's the end of July. You're knee-deep in mid-year reviews, half your team is on PTO, and someone in a planning meeting just said "let's just do gift cards again." I felt that in my soul. Gift cards are the minivan of employee recognition —…
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Gifts for Unusual Milestones

Celebrating the Weird & Wonderful Moments When most people think about gifting, they think birthdays, holidays, weddings, and baby showers. And those are all great reasons to celebrate. But some of the most meaningful gifts I've helped…
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