Get ahead of the competition! Beat the Christmas rush.

Express your thanks for your present customer base during the Thanksgiving season. Watch the short video and look below for a list of ideas you can use to say THANKS to those people helping you build your business today.

Here are 10 ways to Say Thanks at Thanksgiving

1. Send a turkey - with a note.

2. Write a note - by email and more preferably on paper, with a pen and using snail mail: "Thanks for helping our business prosper this year. May your coming year be blessed with plenty."

3.Use in stock promotional items (mugs, tee shirts etc) - use them. Have the sales staff hand deliver with a card thanking them for their business. If you have time to order them in advance embed THANK YOU on the item.

4. Make a YouTube video for your customers about something they would either find entertaining, or resourceful. Send the link along with a thank you note.

5.Host a cocktail hour- at your business with wine and appies. Spend time mingling and sharing your appreciation of each customer.

6.Make donations - Choose a charity (perhaps one that shares meals with the hungry) and make small (or large) donations on behalf of chosen client list. Notify them with a note of thanks.

7.Send a Giftcard - I like Starbucks cards. Almost anyone can find something there that they want.

8. Make the call - Pick up the telephone and take time to tell people thanks.

9. Offer a discount to someone else's business. Instead of offering a discount to your own business service or product, you can offer a discount by doing a joint venture with a business in your neighborhood, or with one of your client's businesses if you sell B2B.

10. Give something away for free. Hook up with a local youth group. Have them do a car wash in your community. Give them a certain amount for every car they wash - for your clients!

For anyone who leaves a comment with another idea, I will send you my ALL TIME MOST UNIQUE AND KNOCK EM OUT OF THE FIELD IDEA!

To our Success,

Harmony Thiessen