ALT-2 Great Gift Ideas for Salespersons
If that special person on your gift list happens to be in sales there are several gifts that they may enjoy getting and use during their day to day sales tasks.
The lifeline of a salesperson's day and the most important tool that a person in sales uses is the telephone hands down. If the salesperson's company does not furnish them with one of the latest hi-tech gadgetry cell phones you may want to consider gifting them one if it is within your budget, as a few of these phones come with a hefty price tag.
They can access the Internet, create spreadsheets to store sales data, and of course receive email. Some other features of the right cell phone are those with MP3 video features, which can allow them to do instant sales presentations on the fly, they also have voice recorders, calendars, alarms, calculators and lots of other necessities that are invaluable to a salesperson. In the past they had to carry different tools to access all of these functions, now they are all accessible on one cell phone that they will carry.
If the salesperson travels a great deal, than you may want to consider a gift that they can use during these trips, one that is both practical and functional. Maybe they are in need of a new piece of carry on luggage for their short overnight trips. A lot of traveling sales persons use their flight time to try to relax and unwind, how about a portable DVD player which allows them to watch their own movies while in flight, they are compact, use a minimum of space, and are quite affordable, as compared to when they were first released.
Also in the technology group of gift ideas for sales persons are GPS systems. Any salesperson will tell you that their worst nightmare is arriving in a strange city, renting a car, or even driving their own car and not having easy and concise directions for getting to their destination. A portable GPS system will ensure that there are no more missed or late appointments because of poor or inaccurate directions, especially if the car they have rented or if their own car is not equipped with a GPS system.
Another gift idea for sales persons are phone cards for them to use if they happen to be in an area with poor cell phone reception as hotel room phone calls can become quite expensive, especially if they need to make personal phone calls home.
There are popular fitness center chains with hundreds of locations, if they enjoy working out on a regular schedule they may enjoy a pass to their favorite fitness club if their membership is not transferable or recognized in a different state outside of their residency. Although most four and five star hotels provide these amenities, your salesperson may sometimes stay at hotels that do not have fitness accommodations offered to their guests.
There is such an array of great gift ideas for sales persons that you can easily become overwhelmed by the choices.
Just keep it simple by focusing on how your gift will enrich and enhance their ability to take control of their hectic sales career.
