Have your mother been grumbling about your social media obsession (or if you like to pride in being a social media addict)? But from Mother’s Day onwards, her qualms about your devotion and relentless hours on Pinterest, foursquare, Facebook, Twitter, Spotify will be replaced with her pleasure. As you will present her a Mother’s Day gift and debunk your secret of tracing the perfect Mother’s Day gift through social media, your social media skill would surely impress her. Isn’t it a great idea to hit two birds with one stone (read social media)?
How to narrow down your mom’s choices and cravings?
Your social media activities may arise various light-bulb moments. You may often consider noting the idea that sparkles above your head, while some ideas go by without a note, a pin on your Pinboard or a tweet. Then, start now that you are searching for a gift. Delve into your mom’s likes, interests, hobbies, her current whims and desires, her changing favorites, stores and products that she is eyeing upon, of late. Take note of plenteous light-bulb moments to create a list of Mother’s Day gifts on the basis of what your mom wants and actually wishes on social media. Thus, you can achieve your pursuit of perfect Mother’s Day gift. So, let’s start now.
@WalmartLabs
If your mother has recently tweeted that “I love Swarovski”, then @WalmartLabs Social Genome will read it and drop you a mail stating that your mom would love to have a jewelry of Swarovski. Similarly to collect her wishes from Facebook, you can install a small application called Facebook.com/shopycat. The Shopycat application will take account of your mom’s Facebook activities, hobbies, interests, likes to recommend you a list of Mother’s Day gifts for her and you can click to buy the gift instantly. However, one thing you may not like it if you want to keep your gift hunting process under wraps. The application states your name and gift wish-list on Facebook Timeline. If you want to keep a secret till you let the cat out of the basket on Mother’s Day, try Etsy instead.
Etsy’s gift recommendations
With Etsy, you will be assured that your mom will not get a clue of what you are planning for her on Mother’s Day. On receiving access from your end, Etsy will run its secret survey on your mom’s Facebook profile. Etsy will neither post any information on your Facebook Timeline nor will divulge any of your personal information with Facebook. Like Walmart, Etsy will do the survey on your mother’s likes, interests, hobbies and save your research time; thus, it will recommend you with a list Mother’s Day gifts matching her preferences. You need to connect your account with Etsy’s Gift Ideas for Facebook Friends and click on your mom’s profile to allow it to study her profile. It will also let you filter gifts by price, if you are on budget.
If your mom is not in your contacts of Facebook or Twitter, try –
Pinterest is like a digital vault of gift lists. Check out the list of DIY gifts and products that your mom may fancy and get redirected to the website to search for details, price tags or to buy the item online or check out local stores selling that item.
Spotify will help you figure out your mom’s favorite artist or band that she frequently listens to. What are you thinking? Yes, buy tickets of upcoming concert, if any or else, you can take her to the artist’s latest music album release and buy her the album with the penned autograph of the artist on it.
Likewise, foursquare can help you find you local stores, restaurants, spa and beauty parlors your mom check in most frequently. Instead of buying a customary Mother’s Day gift that comes in a box, surprise her by taking her to her favorite stores, give her an all-paid spa package to enable her to relax and rejuvenate on Mother’s Day – there are more light-bulb moments while searching for gifts on diverse social media channels. But, I am still eager to learn other ways to search for perfect Mother’s Day gifts on social media – share your light-bulb moments and enlighten us!
A basket of asestrod fruit, wrapped in cellophane with a bow, is a classic gift. However, if you know their exact preferences in fruit, you can buy a smaller basket, some Easter grass, and some cellophane gift wrap at the supermarket. Select just the kinds of fruit they like, that won’t spoil before it can be consumed. Wrap up the basket of fruit, tie it off with a twisty tie or a bread wrapper tag, add a bow and a nice little card, and voile0!Mailing: At the post office they always ask, Does this package contain anything dangerous, fragile, or perishable? They don’t want to get blamed for the contents arriving in bad shape, which could easily happen if the package gets tossed around or delayed. If UPS or mailing is the only way you can get the gift package to their house, maybe you should re-think the fruit idea.