Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Marketing Calendars

Now that Lent has started and International Pancake Day (which was February 21st this year) has passed I thought that a good Lenten activity would be for me to stop over-thinking and over-criticizing my blogging activities (or lack of activity). That way I can get started again without guilt and without too critical an eye on the mechanics of writing.

By now, you probably know that we sell calendars. If you didn’t, you now know that we sell calendars. We love calendars and all they stand for – planning, organization and, Mayan-calendar aside, hope in the future. They can also give us the beginnings of or at least the theme around which we can build a promotional event. There is a day for almost everything so I won’t list them all. Let us know if you are looking for a special-theme day to celebrate your business or message and we will look for one.

Below I have listed some upcoming holidays and notable events, along with a calendar of local (Northern Virginia Piedmont) significance. For more promotional event ideas, please check out the calendar portion of the Successful Promotions newsletter that can be found, in its entirety, on our website by clicking HERE.

Upcoming holidays and notable events:

March 14 is Pi Day
March 16 March Madness begins
March 17 is St. Patrick's Day
March 20 is the first day of Spring
April 6 is Good Friday and the beginning of Passover
April 2 is the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final
April 5 is Opening Day for Major League Baseball - promotional schedules are now available
April 8 is Easter
April 22 is Earth Day
May 13 is Mother's Day
May 27 is the Indy 500
May 28 is Memorial Day

Locally,

March 21 is the Prince William Chamber Frostbite Scramble Golf Outing
March 23 is the Greater Piedmont Area Association of Realtors Honor Society Banquet
March 24 is the Hospice of the Rapidan's Annual Gala
March 28 is the Prince William Valor Awards Banquet
May 3 is the Culpeper's 16th Annual Gourmet Chef's Auction Benefiting SAFE
May 5 is Culpeper Day
May 19 is the Warrenton Spring Festival

March is National Ethics Awareness Month. March is also:

Women's History Month
"Help Fight Liver Disease" Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Epilepsy Month
National Kidney Month
National Nutrition Month
Red Cross Month
Supply Management Month
Endometriosis Awareness Month


April is Alcohol Awareness Month or you may prefer to build a promotional event around one of these:

Earth Month
Poetry Month
Daffodil Month: Cancer Awareness
Dental Health Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
National Cancer Month
Parkinson Awareness Month
National Physiotherapy Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Steve
www.raggo.com

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