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 2014. The calendar is pretty threadbare this month when it comes to major holidays. In the northern hemisphere it’s the dog days of summer. In the south […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar December 2013
Time to look ahead and consider what’s available to the smart direct response marketer to create… …a marketing calendar for December 2013. Events, occasions and anniversaries that we can use as the foundation for marketing campaigns and promotions. December of course means… …CHRISTMAS… …with the NEW YEAR not far behind as a marketing event. PLEASE […]
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 […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar June 2010
Almost half way through 2010 and time to look ahead to June at events and occasions that could be used to build a marketing promotion around. Here in Australia, it’s Winter (June 1 being the “official” start to the season). The Queen’s Birthday long weekend falls on 12-14 June. The Winter solstice occurs this year […]