Help With Idea for a Man's Show...

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The discussion centers on a unique concept for a holiday gift-giving show aimed at men, where past hosts and guests fill out wish lists to streamline the gift-giving process. The organizer plans to contact gift givers with these wish lists, offering services like free gift wrapping to enhance customer experience. Suggestions include implementing a catalog show, a phone/email campaign, or an interactive event with food and tool stations. The organizer seeks to gather wish lists from attendees starting now until early November to prepare for the holiday season.

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  • Understanding of event planning and logistics
  • Familiarity with customer service principles
  • Knowledge of promotional strategies for holiday campaigns
  • Experience with wish list forms and customer engagement techniques
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  • Research effective event formats for holiday gift shows
  • Explore customer engagement strategies for wish list collection
  • Investigate promotional tools for holiday marketing campaigns
  • Learn about best practices for providing gift-wrapping services
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This discussion is beneficial for event planners, customer service professionals, and anyone involved in holiday marketing or gift-giving strategies, particularly those targeting male audiences.

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I have this idea but I'm having trouble getting it all together. I would love to send something to my past hosts/guests to have them fill out a wish list and give me the contact info of the people in their lives that will be buying them gifts - Christmas or otherwise. I then want to contact the gift givers and tell them that I have a wish list that "Sally" filled out and I would love to help them get gifts for her that we all know she would love to have. I'm thinking of this for Christmas expecially - I'm thinking I'll even offer free gift wrapping - make it TOTALLY painless for the giver.

That is the idea... I'm just having trouble deciding how to implement it. Should it just be a catalog show type of thing, a phone/email campaign, or a full on show that the men come to -maybe have food already prepared but have stations where they can play with the tools. I know I really want to do this (because I have so many friends that get gifts they don't really want) and I think it offers great customer service.

Has anyone done this? I think it needs to be an early November thing but I would like to start getting the wish lists at my shows from now until then.

Any thoughts?
 
I do this every Fall for the holiday season. I have guests fill out wish-lists AFTER they have checked out, and have them include contact information for husband/boyfriend, and I offer gift wrapping and delivery. I also tell them about the time my husband gave me hubcaps for Christmas, and then remind them that if they do not want that to happen to them, make sure they ask for what they DO want. I do this after orders, because I do not to stop them from ordering on the show, it is only fair to the hostess.
 
 

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