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Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar February 2011

Next month is February…

…and that means Valentine’s Day (February 14, of course)!

Other dates of note…

2 February – Groundhog Day

3 February – Chinese New Year (it’s the “Year of The Rabbit”)

6 February – Monopoly first went on sale in 1935

21 February – Presidents’ Day (USA)

For more unusual anniversaries and events, as usual www.BlueMountain.com is a great source. Couple that caught my eye this month…

22 February – Happy Thinking Day

…and in complete contrast…

24 February – National Obnoxious Day!!

Happy promoting!

Marketing And The Social Media Ghost Town

The deserted town on the high plains with tumbleweed blowing through is a staple of western genre movies…

…and the cyber-equivalent seems to be cropping up in social-media land…

This wonderful cartoon from the great “marketoonist” Tom Fishburne says it all.

One of the downsides of social media for small businesses is…

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Marketing In 2011 – Thoughts On The Year Ahead

A belated “Happy New Year”! I’ve been away over the Christmas and New Year period visiting family in the UK and just got back.

Unfortunately, haven’t quite mastered the art of being a “Road Warrior”…

…so apologies for the lack of posts these last few weeks.

Now, at this time of year, it’s pretty common for people to review the past year and and offer up some thoughts on likely trends in the year ahead.

For some reason, I haven’t seen too many posts along these lines so far.

One that is definitely worth your attention is…

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Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar January 2011

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 much anything linked to achievement and business.

Now, looking ahead to January…

…the main theme is the start of the New Year, of course.

Here in Australia, it’s also…