Season Tickets 101

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  1. Invite a customer who hasn't done business with you recently
2. Take a loyal customer for his or her birthday
3. Take a potential customer and close the sale in the ballpark
4. Take a long-term customer to say "thanks"
5. Take one of your smaller accounts and try to enhance their business with you
6. Reward a customer who gave you a referral
7. Win back a customer who has a problem or complaint with your company
8. Thank a customer who praised your company
9. Take someone who does business with your competitor
10. Thank a new customer for his or her business
11. Offer tickets to a customer for the holidays
12. Give to a customer who has been sick as a "Get Well Soon" present
13. Give to a customer who makes timely or in full payments
14. Show an out of town client one of our area's finest attractions
15. Take out a newer client and get to know them better over a few innings
16. Make a Patriots game part of an entire "team-building" day
17. Use the ballpark as "neutral territory" to discuss an important business matter
  18. Improve communications with key co-workers
19. Help part-time workers feel like part of the organization
20. Give tickets to the person who came in the earliest
21. Have a drawing at work and give them to a lucky employee
22. Reward the employee who comes up with savings suggestions
23. Reward for being accident free inside the shop
24. Reward 100% attendance
25. Say “thanks” to a retiring officer or employee
26. Welcome a new employee to the company
27. Give them to your secretary or assistant on Secretary’s Day
28. Give them to a Manager whose department exceeded its goals
29. Give them to a frontline person who satisfied an angry customer
30. Put a smile on an employee’s face that is stressed out
31. Show your appreciation to the company intern
32. Send your co-workers/subordinates to a game together
33. Give to an employee who does not get commission to boost morale
34. Give tickets to an employee who left the latest last night
35. Give tickets to your payroll department
36. Give to an employee who has worked the most overtime
37. Reward the department that hits their quota for the week or month
38. Give tickets to an employee on his or her birthday
39. Give tickets to an employee as a “Get Well Soon” gift
40. Give them to your drivers for being on time
41. Give them to a prospective employee who may be in town
42. Congratulate an employee who exceeded his or her duties
43. Applaud employees for hitting their yearly goals
44. Give to the employee who is always punctual
45. Include tickets in merit bonus envelope
46. Use as a prize for drawing at company picnic
47. Hold "go to a game with the company president" contest
48. Distribute randomly in paycheck envelopes — surprise people
49. Give to employee before or after they go on a business trip (for family bonding)
50. For a special treat, give away tickets to weekday daytime game
51. Send a recently created team on a mission to bond
  52. Give to an employee who schedules the most appointments in-house
53. Reward an employee for making the most appointments out of the office
54. Run a sales contest and reward the winner with tickets
55. Package them in a product to promote sales
56. Give to the person making the most additional sales
57. Give to the employee who generates the most new business
58. Give to the employee who has made the most sales calls during the day
59. Give tickets to an employee who makes the most cold calls in one day
60. Give to an employee who renews the most accounts
61. Give to sales staff to use the ballpark as a meeting place
62. Use tickets as a "kicker" offer to reward purchase of high-ticket items
63. Give tickets away to repeat customers (consider a punch card program!)
  64. Reward suppliers and vendors who help you meet your deadline
65. Offer tickets for on-time delivery
66. Offer your tickets to your accountant or lawyer who has done a great job
67. Offer your tickets to the service person from your company who has “taken care of you”
68. Offer your tickets to someone who always gives you great service
69. Give to your office cleaning crew as a thank you
70. Give to potential vendors to enhance your business relationships
71. Use your tickets for trade opportunities
72. Give to your company’s security officers
73. Give to an outside training service
74. Give to a supplier who provided you with a "make good"
75. Give to a new vendor to start the relationship off on the right foot
  76. Boost your own career potential by networking (It’s not what you know, it’s who you know)
77. Offer them to someone who has given you helpful business advice
78. Enhance relationships with those in a position to recommend you or refer your business
79. Give to someone you owe a favor
80. Give to members of a club that you might join or be a member of
81. Take someone you mentor out to a ballgame
82. Catch up with former employees who've left on good terms (they could be a client someday)
  83. Thank your neighbor who takes care of your pets, gets your mail, etc.
84. Give them to your child’s teacher, mechanic, landscaper, dentist, doctor, etc.
as a thank you for their help
85. Give thanks to your family and friends by treating them to a game
86. Give them to restaurants that you frequent with your clients or family members
87. Donate your tickets to your favorite charity
88. Reward a child for a great report card
89. Great tooth fairy cash substitute
90. Use as a stocking stuffer
91. Feature as a prize in a charity auction
92. Give to a religious association youth group
93. Give to friends for "blind date"
94. Give to teenage children as an alternative to hanging out at the mall
95. Get reacquainted with a high school alumnus
96. USE THEM YOURSELF!

 
  97. Use your tickets to ensure you always get in early on giveaway nights!
98. Get 25% off Patriots merchandise all season long
99. Sign up for optional VIP parking
100. Trade in unused tickets for future games
101. To get complimentary playoff tickets