Cool Closing Gifts - Top Ten

Early in my career, I ran into a client at Home Depot a couple months after closing.  We had a quick chat and I thought we had made a good connection through the sale process and beyond.  Then, just before leaving - he turned to me and said "You know, my wife was surprised we never got a closing gift". I was stunned.  I had never really thought a lot about it.  I worked hard to find them a good home at a great price.  But I thought closing gifts just weren't my style.  He said his wife was still talking about it months later.  I guess I blew it, but I learned my lesson.  So here is a Top Ten list of Cool closing gift ideas!

1. Name Frames - cool real photos that spell out a name. 
2. Custom Home Sketches - provide a photo and give your clients a custom sketch of their new home!
3. Personalized Door Mats - a door mat with your clients name or initial.
4. Custom Candles - definitely a unique idea.  They offer custom soy candles and will mail one every month for a year after closing.
5. Personalized Wine - wine, champagne & water with custom labels you create!
6. Custom Moving Boxes - not the most personal touch, but a unique idea.  Custom moving boxes imprinted with your logo & information. 
7. Custom Coffee & Chocolate - create custom labels for gourmet coffee or chocolate. Use your marketing info or put pictures of your clients on the labels!
8. Photo Throw Blankets - have any picture knitted into a throw blanket.
9. Custom Bath Towel - monogramed personal bath towel, but that's not all.....read on 
10. Meat Branding Monogram Iron - this is just too weird to pass up.  Sold by the same folks as #9 - the Custom Bath Towel, you can get a monogrammed meat branding iron to put your initials into everything you cook on the grill.  Serious BBQ'ers only please.  Offered by The Personalization Mall, they have hundreds of personalized products you can order for cool closing gifts (Chef hats, carving knives, door knockers, address plaques & more!)

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