Category: Tips & Tricks

What’s the Average Turnaround Time for a Custom Deal Toy?

October 11, 2024 by David Parry

How long will it take to produce your custom deal toy? If you've been looking for a precise answer to this question online, you've probably been disappointed. You may already have seen estimates of anywhere from 1-6 weeks, which seems to provide an...

7 Often-Overlooked Standard Deal Toy Shapes

September 25, 2024 by David Parry

You probably don't spend a lot of time monitoring trends in deal toy design, specifically classic deal toy shapes. Certainly, no one's suggesting that you should be. You're much more likely to be attuned to even subtle changes in the world of...

The WhatsApp Deal Tombstone: How it Originated at a Food Stamps Office

September 23, 2024 by David Parry

In our 43-year history, The Corporate Presence has designed the deal tombstone for a number of landmark transactions. We've designed and produced the tombstones, for instance, for the initial public offerings of Apple, KKR, Twitter, Facebook,...

How to Make Tombstone Awards More Memorable

September 23, 2024 by David Parry

Here are a couple of creative sparks for distinctive tombstone award designs Tombstone awards tend to have their own built-in cachet and perceived value. Even the most conventional tombstones have tremendous significance for recipients---for the...

How Transaction Tombstones Differ from Deal Toys

September 19, 2024 by David Parry

"Transaction tombstones" is one of a medley of terms that are roughly similar in meaning. They include "financial tombstones", "deal gifts", "deal tombstones", "cubes", and "corporate tombstones". There is a common denominator among these terms....

The “Classic” Deal Toy Connecting Harvard with “George of The Jungle”

September 18, 2024 by David Parry

This Friday, September 20th, marks what would have been Jay Ward's 124th birthday. The classic deal toy above may conjure up some dim memories, and not just of Casper the Friendly Ghost. The Lucite tombstone is also a vestige of another spectral...

Planning a Business Anniversary: 5 Crucial, Preliminary Tips

September 16, 2024 by David Parry

If you're planning, or even just considering a business anniversary celebration, you may already be aware of an overwhelming array of options and suggestions. These range from opulent black-tie events to more subdued gatherings. They also run the...

7 Corporate Gifting Opportunities for Pharmaceutical Companies

September 9, 2024 by David Parry

It’s no wonder that there are abundant opportunities for corporate gifting for pharma companies. The very nature of the industry tends to lend itself to seemingly endless milestones and achievements that could potentially be commemorated.  The...

Who Gets Custom Deal Toys (and What Exactly are They For?)

September 3, 2024 by David Parry

If you're not in the financial industry, there's a good chance you've never even heard of custom deal toys. And you're even less likely to have heard of the other, less captivating term they commonly go by: "financial tombstones". But even if...