Welcome to this month’s “Looking Ahead” feature. Here we’ll review events, occasions, holidays and anniversaries that you can use in an event-driven marketing promotion or campaign in August 2013. It’s a pretty barren month for major holidays. In the northern hemisphere it’s the dog days of summer. In the south it’s the tail-end of winter. […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar February 2013
It’s that time of the month again to look forward at next month (February 2013) and review the various holidays, events and anniversaries that smart marketers can use as the basis for a promotion or campaign. As an aside, seems it’s never too early to get started on your preparation. I was aghast to see […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar August 2012
Welcome to this months “Looking Ahead” feature where we’ll review events, occasions, holidays and anniversaries that you can use in an event-driven marketing promotion or campaign. Main event is the 2012 Summer Olympics in London which will be in full swing… …having started on July 27 and running (no pun intended!) until August 12. Looking […]
Direct Response Meerkating – Latest
I’ve commented before about the zany, but highly effective, marketing campaign featuring superstar meerkat “Aleksandr Orlov” and his “Compare The Meerkat” site… “Emotional Direct Response Meerkating?!?” So I was interested in this recent article… “Comparethemarket warns Google to play fair” …and decided to take a look at the what’s been happening with the campaign. The […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar July 2011
Whoa…half of the year is almost gone… …as I am sharply reminded by preparing this look ahead at upcoming events in July 2011. Events, occasions and anniversaries, of course, that astute marketers can use as the basis for a campaign or promotion, Starting with Australia… …this is a pretty lean month. It’s the start of […]