Cue the happy tears

Your 1-minute-a-week shortcut to
always having awesome gift ideas well in advance.

Hi gift-givers! This newsletter will give you gift ideas to show your loved ones that you think they're the Cat's Pajamas.

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Going forward, weekly emails will include your very own personalized link that you can send to the people in your life who you think would find this newsletter valuable. I can track on my end when your referrals subscribe and I’ll be quick to reward you for it.

To kick off the referral reward program, the first reward will be an exclusive Better Gift Coach digital guide that provides:

1. An intro to an underutilized, yet simple, method for giving gifts that will almost surely capture the attention of your loved ones.

2. A time-saving list of gifting occasions that most overlook that will be your new opportunities to give standout gifts.

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Estimated read time: 2 minutes & 23 seconds

The “cue the happy tears song" Gift:

Want to watch this gift in action? Here’s a video of a Mom’s reaction to her daughters commissioning a song for her as a Mother’s Day gift.

• Eternal

• Uses zero physical space

• Personalized…to the max

• Digital delivery (great long-distance gift)

• Similar to 🎁Viva la mixtape: free, but priceless

• For the person who has everything…they don’t have this!

Great gift for a group to give someone…also a great gift for someone to give a group 

Custom song services (prices starting ~$100):

• Songfinch.com

• Songlorious.com

• Mamasingmysong.com (lullabies + kid’s songs)

• Highest rated custom song options on Fiverr

Don’t be intimidated to give this gift!

• First off, go big or go home. What’s the worst that could happen?

• Secondly, the services and professionals listed above should offer processes and prompts that help you brainstorm the foundations of the song (music genre, subject, topics, etc.)

Cameo offers a different kind of personalized audio recording via personalized messages from celebrities (I’ve gifted Cameo recordings before, they can make really awesome gifts)

Occasions BGC thinks are ripe for a customized song as a gift:

• Retirement

• Goodbye/going-away

• Milestone birthday or anniversary

• Cheering up someone with limited mobility

• Thank you for hosting/facilitating a memorable group trip/event (song can be about the event)

• Who on your wishlist is a music-lover?___

• What genre of music do they enjoy?___

• What are some potential topics for your commissioned song?___

Forward this email to:

• Music lovers

• A group of friends/family planning a milestone celebration for someone

PLUS win a reward for introducing new subscribers to your favorite 1-minute-a-week shortcut to always having awesome gift ideas well in advance.

Please reply to this email ~ or ~ click the button below if you have stories of awesome gifts that you can share with the community that fall under the below topics:

• Retirement gifts

• Breakup/divorce gifts

• Any memorable gift you’ve received or given

Cheers to your budding songwriting careers,
Patrick Kucharson
Better Gift Coach

P.S. Did you know "Danny's Song" was written by Kenny Loggins, as a gift for his brother Danny for the birth of his son. I’m not guaranteeing you that you will write the next Danny’s Song…but I’m not going to say that it’s not possible…

Have you been inspired by a gift idea or tip shared in the BGC newsletter? It would be the highlight of my week to hear from you about it! Here’s who made my week:

Karlyn, a BGC subscriber, recently took me up on my offer to help brainstorm anniversary gifts for her husband. Along with some gift ideas, I offered her some advice that I think anyone should keep in mind when considering anniversary gifts.

Personally, I think anniversary gifts should be gifts for the relationship and not just for individuals. Birthdays and Christmas gifts are more appropriate occasions to give gifts that are geared more toward directly benefiting an individual (versus benefiting a relationship).

Karlyn made my day…week…maybe my whole month…by replying back with the following feedback:

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