Box+Wood is a corporate gifting boutique based out of Dahlonega, Georgia. They were looking for ongoing blog support for SEO and expert positioning.
I have written over 9 blogs and over 36 pieces of social content for them. Here is one of the blogs I have written, entitled "Corporate Gift Box Ideas for Remote Workers."
Corporate Gift Box Ideas for Remote Workers
After decades of showing up to corporate offices for work, many employees and employers were placed in uncharted territory during the Covid-19 Pandemic. After a "short time" of remote work turned into a long-lasting sustainable option for lots of companies, challenges of team cohesion and communication still loomed large.
Remote work has a huge list of pros, but for employers and other C-level employees, finding creative ways to maintain team spirit was one of the main cons. In fact, when a team lacks cohesion, workload efforts double, time is lost, and there's a decrease in creative collaboration among team members (How Team Building is Affected By a Lack of In-Person Interactions).
Many corporate-level workers had to come up with creative, sustainable solutions to keep their teams motivated and unified. Ramya Ramamoorthy reported that their team at Backblaze was committed to maintaining team spirit during Covid-19 lockdowns and in the continuation of the work-from-home era (Building Team Spirit While Working Remotely). They implemented virtual coffee breaks twice a week entitled "Brewtiful Mornings." They created virtual weekly office hours with the CTO that dived into interesting, brain-stimulating topics. And they also focused on wellness by offering virtual yoga and meditation sessions to their employees.
All of these efforts were made in the hopes that the remote employees would feel like a valuable member of a valuable team. One solution that we at Box+Wood have been advocating for since the beginning of the pandemic is work-from-home employee gifts- specifically, corporate gift boxes!
What exactly is a corporate gift?
In recent years, corporate gifting has gone beyond mass-produced company “swag” or a last-minute edible fruit delivery. While corporate gifting is still the exchange of a gift from a business or organization to a stakeholder or employee, it doesn't have to be boring or impersonal anymore! And that's right up our alley at Box+Wood! We've written a blog post on this exact topic if you would like to learn more.
So as corporate office meetings transitioned to Zoom meetings, we knew the corporate gifting world would change forever. Enter Work-From-Home Employee Gift Boxes.
How can sending work-from-home employee gifts help build team morale and a sense of team spirit among remote employees? Depending on the needs of your organization, work-from-home employee gift boxes can encourage team spirit, comradery, communication, and well-being!
Don't let our previous comment about company "swag" fool you. We love to send corporate gear like hats and tee shirts in our work-from-home employee gift boxes. Sending swag to each remote employee, along with a handwritten note, can go a long way in creating the sense of a unified team. Everyone on the team can now proudly wear their matching shirts and hats to their virtual meetings! And along the lines of a handwritten note, there's a reason why it's the OG appreciation gift. Taking the time to send a handwritten note makes your remote team members feel even more valued. At Box+Wood, we can send handwritten notes for you to your team members when you work with us to send work-from-home employee gift boxes!
Adding personal or "company insider" touches to your work-from-home employee gift box can also increase comradery among remote employees. Calling back to the “Brewtiful Morning” meetings Backblaze has, we would recommend sending craft whole-bean coffee or coffee accessories to their team members. If your team used to love going out for drinks, we might suggest sending a cocktail mix or a cocktail shaker! Anything to generate buzz on a team's interest!
Sending a wellness-themed gift box can help encourage employees to prioritize caring for themselves, which will help them show up better for the organization. Items like face masks, herbal teas, or wool blankets can go a long way in showing your team how much you value their well-being.
If you are looking to send a gift to your remote employees, but don’t have the time or budget to create a custom corporate gift campaign, we have quite a few gifts in our catalog that would work to encourage your remote team members!
In our catalog, you will find pre-designed gifts for in-office or virtual meetings, cozy coffee-themed gifts, R&R self-care-themed gifts, and more!
Not to mention, our white-labeling agency can add your company logo to the card, gift tag, or gift sticker, so your work-from-home employee gift box looks like it's coming straight from you!
You can reference this catalog here to learn more about our pre-designed gifts, or if you want to learn more about working with Box+Wood, please reach out at hello@boxwoodgift.com or follow the link below to connect with our team.
