Christmas is fast approaching, along with the end of the year of course. What the hell happened to 2010?!? Not too late to launch your own Christmas or New Year promotion. With “New Year’s Resolutions” and plans for 2010 on people’s minds right now, it’s a great time to promote health, personal development and pretty […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar November 2010
Time to look ahead to November at events that can be used to base a marketing promotion or campaign around. Before that, the big event looming on the marketing calendar is, of course, Christmas and New Year. Well worth getting organised if you haven’t already done so. The big retailers have had Christmas merchandise on […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar July 2010
July is a pretty lean month in Australia, as far as major events go. It’s the beginning of the new financial year and it’s mid winter. Outside of Australia… It’s “Canada Day” on July 1. In the USA, its Independence Day on July 4, of course. Other events… July 3 – International Day Of Cooperatives […]
Happy Easter!…Plus Some Marketing Observations
Tomorrow is Good Friday and marks the start of the Easter long weekend holiday. A happy and peaceful Easter to everyone. Easter is one of the big holidays of the year and brings forth a wave of promotions and holiday-themed events second only to Christmas. The most obvious signs of that are Easter Eggs and […]
Marketing Calendar – Who’s Your Valentine?
OK, January is almost over (gee, what happened to the first month of the year) and Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. I just received an email from PayPal with a Valentine’s Day promotion. If you’re going to have a special themed promotion, you need to have it organised NOW! Looking a little further ahead, Easter […]