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Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions
New Year = New Focus
We are all looking forward to 2021 and saying goodbye to 2020. A new year always brings a sense of new beginnings and fresh opportunities, and this rings even truer this year.
With this in mind, now is the perfect time to begin planning for 2021 and getting those New Year’s Resolutions in place.
We have come up with our top 10 resolutions that can help you make 2021 a year to remember for all the right reasons. We have also got the ideal branded products for each one to help your clients and staff achieve their goals next year, while helping your brand make a greater impact.
1. Get Fit
Getting in shape is the most popular New Year’s Resolution of all – 47% of people say that they would like to exercise more in the new year. After our festive indulgences, we want to get back to feeling fresh and energised — and nothing beats exercise for that.
Keep track of your exercise with this activity tracker that counts your steps, distance covered, calories burned and records your sleeping pattern. The bracelet has a dynamic heart rate measuring function to improve your sport performance and a sensor to monitor your blood pressure and oxygen level.
2. Drink More Water
Often our working day can become so busy that we forget to do the most basic things, like drink enough water. Research has shown that even a body water loss of 1-2%, which is considered mild dehydration already, impairs cognitive performance and your general health. The NHS recommends that adults should drink around 1.2 litres of water a day.
We love this great selection of water bottles from our Impact collection where 2% of every bottle sold is donated to Water.org to change lives with safe water.
3. Eat Healthier
Improving our diets is one of the most common New Year’s Resolutions every year. But when you are having a hectic day, it’s very easy to skip lunch or grab whatever snacks you can on-the-go.
Preparation is key. A lunchbox can help you ensure that you have got healthy choices to hand. By preparing your meals at home, you can save time and money and take control of your diet!
This particular lunchbox is eco-friendly too as it’s made from bamboo and polypropylene.
4. Support charities and social causes
A little extra awareness in your choices can go a long way. This stylishly designed bag works with any outfit and is large enough to carry all your daily necessities.
It is made from recycled water bottles and it supports Plastic Bank: a social enterprise headquartered in Canada which aims to clean up plastic waste from our oceans while providing valuable opportunities for impoverished communities.
5. Get Organised
Staying on top of things can help minimise stress, keep our energies focused, and keep us feeling positive.
If getting organised and staying organised is on your list for 2021, then writing things down in a diary and/or on a calendar is a great starting place. Branded calendars and diaries also make very welcome gifts that guarantee year-round brand exposure!
6. Think more eco
It’s more important than ever to do our bit for the environment and this doesn’t have to be difficult. Every day, millions of plastic bottles are thrown away.
Thanks to growing demand, there are eco alternatives for so many everyday items such as this umbrella, made from 5 recycled PET bottles. Furthermore, umbrellas generate over 1,100 impressions over their lifetime, providing excellent exposure for your brand!
7. Read More or Listen to Audiobooks
Reading does marvellous things for your brain – it increases your vocabulary and comprehension, helps to prevent age-related cognitive decline and increases your ability to empathise. It can also reduce stress, and help you sleep better. Whatever your interest is, there is a book about it!
While we cannot always find the time to read, audiobooks are a great way to get the benefits of literature. Wear a pair of headphones during your exercise, or maybe connect to a Bluetooth speaker, and you can listen to anything from your favourite autobiography to Stephen Fry narrating Harry Potter.
8. Explore New Hobbies
Is there a hobby or pursuit you have always been interested in but never quite found the time to explore?
2021 is the year to go for it! Interested in trying your hand at arts, cooking or a new sport?
Alternatively, why not improve your chess game with this set? This way you can improve your work-life balance, especially if working from home makes it hard to you to find that fine line.
9. Organise Your Mind
The increased awareness about mental health and wellbeing in recent years has been most welcome. Benefit from the clarity that calming and organising your mind brings, whatever your line of work. Journaling is an increasingly popular way of finding that clarity. This branded journal can help you to get your thoughts down on paper and get things off your chest. You might also uncover a great idea to take your brand to the next level.
10. Spend Less Time on Your Phone
We often find ourselves glued to our phones, even without meaning to. It starts with checking your email, then checking your LinkedIn and before you know it, you have been scrolling for an hour through your Instagram feed.
It is recommended that we spend no more than two hours per day on our phones, but even average users are scrolling for nearly five hours per day. A phone safe is a unique and brilliant way of getting screen-time down.
Making New Year’s Resolutions is easy, keeping them is hard. Around 80% of people give up on their resolutions, often within the first few weeks. Always focus on the positive outcome, remembering why you have made this commitment to yourself. The longer you stick with it, the more natural it will become. You will soon wonder how you have ever managed to get through the day with only 6 hours of sleep and 2 glasses of water!
And whatever your resolutions are, best of luck from #GeigerUKteam!
Kitting – This Time It’s Personal
At Geiger, we strive to help our customers to make long-lasting connections with their clients and staff through branded promotional products.
Right now, that kind of personal connection is particularly valuable. This year, we’ve seen an unprecedented need for communication and value of staying in touch.
Our in-house Kitting service will help you maintain those valuable connections with those who mean the most to you.
What is Kitting?
Kitting is a bespoke, end-to-end drop-shipping solution designed to make the process of showcasing your brand as easy as possible, providing you with endless possibilities:
- Employee, client or supplier gifts (to say “thank you”, “welcome to the company”, or maybe even “welcome back”)
- “Virtual Christmas party” packs (the festive season is fast approaching!)
- Webinar participation packs
- Product launch packs
- Marketing campaigns
With many trade shows, conferences, and networking events being held virtually for the foreseeable future, Kitting is the perfect way of reaching your audience and capturing their attention.
In short, it allows you to create a highly personalised gift set for any occasion. These are customised and packaged to your requirements and then delivered directly to the recipients’ doors. You’re in full control while we take care of all the logistics.
An easy, step-by-step process:
1: Choose your items — select your products from our fantastic range.
2: Decorate — choose how you would like us to brand your merchandise. You could even personalise your items with recipients’ names.
3: Personalise — A personalised note can be added to the box in the form of a letter or a card. Thank your staff for going above and beyond, let people know that you’re open for business, or keep everyone informed about what you’ve got coming up in 2021 – anything is possible!
4. Assembly stage — we will assemble your packages according to your specifications. Think eco, think coloured tissue paper – let our Brandspiration do the work for you!
5. Dropshipment — we will then deliver your packages to as many different doorsteps as you need.
With our Kitting service, you are in full control of the kit: what it looks like, how it’s packaged, and how it’s sent. Meanwhile, we take care of all the logistics for you.
Why use Kitting?
Kitting is the perfect solution to help you turn your brand into a gift and make an impact. Effortlessly.
It’s been proven that personalised marketing can generate a positive return for brands, both in goodwill and in business terms. Kitting does all of that but also shows that you’re willing to go the extra mile.
Staying in touch with others through inventive means has never been more vital. If kitting sounds like the statement you’ve been wanting to make, then get in touch with one of our friendly team.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, merch in every store!
Christmas can never start too soon for businesses and this is something that’s especially true this year. Stakeholder appreciation has been at the forefront of a lot of our minds because of the difficulties and uncertainty experienced by so many this year. Many are still working extra hard to ensure businesses can survive and thrive in the current climate.
Some companies are cancelling their Christmas parties this year and diverting those budgets into sending tokens of gratitude to staff and clients to brighten up their festive season. Others feel this Christmas is a time to show their appreciation more than ever before.
So this is Christmas. Before we know it, we’ll be digging out the decorations and writing cards. Our favourite Christmas songs will start turning up on the radio, and then, come the 25th December, we’ll be watching Home Alone. No matter what happens, Christmas is always a beacon of warmth and happiness, shining near the end of the calendar.
Getting ready
There is so much going on in the country at the moment, let alone the rest of the world. It can often seem overwhelming. And although the news, rules, and advice seem to change from day to day, Christmas, one thing that’s definitely in the diary. No matter what happens, where we can or can’t go, who we can or can’t see, and whether or not we can hug each other, we will celebrate Christmas.
With that knowledge, it’s good for businesses to start their preparations early! A thriving business always needs to be on top of its marketing, especially as the end of the calendar year comes into view.
A time for appreciation
We’ve already noted that appreciation is something that’s been at the forefront of a lot of our minds. This is as true in our businesses as it is in our personal lives. Now, more than ever, businesses of all sizes and sectors can show some real appreciation for their customers, staff, and suppliers.
Even a Christmas card with a personal, heartfelt message inside can work wonders for a staff member’s wellbeing, helping them to feel recognised and valued. The same is true all along the supply chain. Sometimes, we can be so caught up in the day-to-day running of things that we don’t always show our gratitude. Christmas is a great time to put that right, even a seemingly simple gesture can mean so much.
Another great way of drawing all these threads — Christmas, appreciation for staff and customers, business prosperity — together is to send out branded products this festive season.
Why choose promotional merchandise this Christmas?
There are many reasons why promotional merchandise works. One of the main reasons is that it’s tangible. In an increasingly digital, contactless world, that’s vital. In a world where members of the same family haven’t been allowed to see or even hug each other, it takes on an added layer of potency.
For your business, promotional items are a perfect way of standing out from the emails and adverts that have become little more than background noise for many people. Studies have found that people not only keep promotional items for many months but also pass them on to others. They’re also more likely to remember the brand or company’s name and have a good impression of them. In a lot of ways, they couldn’t be a more perfect fit for this Christmas.
Geiger Christmas range
This year our Christmas catalogue reflects everything we’ve talked about and more. The focus this year is on truly amazing personalised gifts that you can send to the staff and customers who have supported you this year — and will continue to do so as we all work together on returning to some kind of normality. It’s both the perfect way to say thank you for 2020 whilst also keeping your brand uppermost in people’s minds in 2021 and beyond.
In keeping with the still-vital safety measures around Covid-19, we have included items with antibacterial properties. As ever, all of our products can be personalised, even with individual names. This is a great way of keeping items with their owners, thereby lowering the chances of cross-contamination. As we like to say at the moment: not sharing is caring!
A commitment to environmental responsibility and an enhanced sense of what matters are foremost in this year’s range — from advent calendars to hampers. But as always, there are products to suit all businesses, all customers, and importantly at the moment, all budgets.
Get in touch
Geiger can help you choose your gifts and brand them. We can also deliver them to you or straight to your recipient’s door. Reach out to one of our team for a friendly chat about how we can help you get ahead of the curve, say “thank you” in style, and make this Christmas one part of 2020 that will be remembered for the right reasons.