Why choose gift vouchers to motivate staff and customers

Thursday, 16 February 2012 03:14

How gift vouchers can boost your business

How gift vouchers can boost your business

In any business, there is scope for improvement when it comes to motivating your staff to perform their best and encouraging customers to spend money with you. Gift vouchers are a versatile tool in these endeavours – but what makes them so popular?

Broad appeal

One of the most attractive things about using gift vouchers to motivate staff and customers is their broad appeal.

By investing in this kind of reward, you'll be able to offer something attractive to a wide spectrum of people – particularly as there are so many options when it comes to the kind of vouchers you can use.

For example, multi-option gift vouchers – which are redeemable at a range of high street stores – are an excellent choice if you have staff or customers with diverse interests and tastes.

If, however, your demographic can be more accurately pinpointed, you could offer vouchers and gift cards for individual stores – such as Marks & Spencer, Hamleys and Debenhams – or that are redeemable for certain services, such as travel or leisure facilities.

Simple implementation and cost-effectiveness

Another attraction of gift vouchers is that implementing reward schemes that use them can be a simple affair.

What's more, they are a cost-effective option for businesses looking to achieve goals such as buoying staff morale in troubled economic times or boosting client retention in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

Range of applications

Among gift vouchers' strongest assets, however, is simply the broad range of applications they lend themselves to.

If you need to provide sales incentives for workers, for example, they are an excellent means of doing so. Offering employees something they will really value, gift vouchers and cards can be harnessed to encourage staff to reach set targets, or simply to reinforce strong performance.

Rewards for long service and loyalty are just some of the other ways these can be used to improve your workforce's performance.

However, if your focus is boosting your appeal to clients, gift vouchers can prove a similar boon.

Indeed, as well as encouraging consumers to make a first purchase with you or to try your service for the first time, they can also be harnessed to retain existing customers.

After all, there are likely to be numerous firms competing for your clients' attention, so it is worthwhile offering something that will really help your business stand out from the crowd.

Alternatively, why not use gift vouchers and cards during the launch of new products? This can help raise awareness and boost sales.

With so many excellent advantages, gift vouchers are the ideal way to motivate staff and consumers.
 

 

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