Best delivery item to get business?

[KBRed]

No, I'm not talking about 'business time'.

I'm curious, if I were wanting to get business from a business, what would be the best thing to have delivered to them at a reasonable price. They know who we are and used to use us a lot, but it has slowly diminished, I think b/c of lack of communication.

Anyway, what do you think? Breakfast-bagels, doughnuts? Lunch? Edible Arrangements? I haven't really done this sort of thing since we are fairly new, but I think it's a necessity. It would be for 3 men and around 8 women.

[Squirrel]

Question would be why are they not using you as much? You could deliver them the most expensive plate in the world but if your product or service is flawed it wont help.

[Darth Biscuit]

I would say first thing you should do is make an appointment with your contact and sit down and ask them if something is wrong. Once you've done that, clear the air, fix any problems, then send them something... maybe some doughnuts or at most lunch for the office.

[pstall]

have a gathering etc where they are invited to mingle. rebuild the partnership without ever discussing biz. just show genuine interest in them and if they jump back in they jump back in. some companies are so focused on bottom line they may not be able to look around and see what they need or how to reconnect with former biz's they once worked with.

[Kevin Greene]

Actually, Hawk is right.

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[Hawk]

hookers and blow

[Jangler]

I always wanted to have a delivery sub bidness, Land-Subs FTW!

[TarPanther9180]

Offices love to have birthday parties. Just sell them the birthday cakes:

[charlotte49er]

ABF Trucking would come in and bring Kripsy Kremes donuts about once a year in the morning. Their service rep would stop by, bring the donuts and just chat with us. ABF was the only trucking company we used.

Fed Ex came in, brought a cookie tray and pitched to us about their ground rates, which were lower than UPS. We switched to them. Then UPS came in and lowered their rates for us about 6 months later!

If you don't want to come in and share donuts with them. Edible Arrangements can be nice. Here's a $4.00 coupon.

http://www.retailmenot.com/view/ediblearrangements.com

http://www.ediblearrangements.com/fruit-baskets.aspx