The best gifts for small business owners fix the daily annoyances of working at a desk: a cluttered workspace, a phone that never gets charged, tired eyes, an aching wrist, and the fear of losing files. My Pinterest Marketing Tools list on Benable has 16 items from the tools behind my Marie Glow Studio work, and my own notes explain what each one is for.
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What gift helps a business owner who works at a laptop all day?
Something for the eyes and something for the wrist. Every pick in this post is from my Pinterest Marketing Tools list on Benable, and my note on the Blue Light Glasses says design work means staring at a screen for hours planning pins, and my eyes notice the difference by the end of the day. My note on the Ergonomic Wrist Rest for Keyboard and Mouse calls it a small thing, and says your wrist will thank you after a full day of dragging and clicking in a design program. Both are small enough to wrap easily.
What is a good gift for keeping business files safe?
A Portable External SSD for client file backups. My note says cloud storage is great until the wifi is out or a client needs a file fast, so keep a backup drive with all your brand assets and finished pins on it. Check the listing for capacity and cable type before you order.
Which gifts help organize a busy desk?
Four small ones. The Desk Drawer Organizer keeps sticky notes, pens, SD cards, and business cards contained, and my note says it saves digging through a junk drawer before every client meeting. The Label Maker, in my note, gets grabbed almost every day for client folders, package labels, and cord organizing. The Sticky Notes for Content Planning are what I use to color-code pin ideas by client before anything goes into a real calendar. The Large Dry Erase Calendar for Wall, 38 by 50 inches, is big enough, my note says, to see the whole month of client content at a glance, and it erases clean when the schedule shifts.
What tech gifts make a desk tidier?
A charger and a phone stand. The 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Stand means, in my note, one less cord tangle on the desk and a phone that is always charged when a client calls or messages. The Phone Stand For Recording is for filming a quick demo or a Reel to show a client a pin idea in action, with no need to hold the phone the whole time.
How do you turn these into a gift set?
Bundle by problem. A screen comfort set is the blue light glasses and the wrist rest. A backup set is the external SSD with a note about what to save on it. A paper set is the sticky notes, the label maker, and the drawer organizer. Each bundle is small enough for a stocking, and the notes I wrote come from Pinterest strategy work, so they suit anyone who lives in a laptop and a calendar, not only Pinterest people.
What else is on the list?
Seven more items: a laptop stand, a wireless keyboard and mouse combo, an adjustable LED desk lamp, a ring light tripod, an aesthetic desk mat for flat-lay photos, headphones for phone calls, and an undated daily content planner notebook. Open the list to read my note on each one.
What is a good gift for someone who ships products?
Look at my Marie Gems Business Supplies list on Amazon instead. It has 81 items and is sorted by job in my small business supplies list post, from pressing to labeling to product photos. Marie Gems is the DTF print shop that list comes from.
The bottom line on gifts for small business owners
Match the gift to the part of the day that wears the person down. If it is the screen, choose the glasses or the wrist rest. If it is scattered paper, choose the organizer or the label maker. If it is the fear of losing work, choose the backup drive. I run two businesses while raising seven kids in Wichita, Kansas, and my story explains why these are the lists I keep. Benable does not show prices on my notes, so check each listing before you decide.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good gift for a business owner who works from home?
Something that fixes a daily annoyance at the desk. My Pinterest Marketing Tools list on Benable has blue light glasses, an ergonomic wrist rest, a desk drawer organizer, a label maker, a 3-in-1 wireless charging stand, and a portable external SSD for backups, each with my own note.
What is a good gift for keeping business files safe?
A portable external SSD. My Benable note says cloud storage is great until the wifi is out or a client needs a file fast, so a backup drive with brand assets and finished work on it is worth having.