{"id":2834,"date":"2024-02-02T15:27:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T20:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/?p=2834"},"modified":"2024-10-31T11:30:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T15:30:53","slug":"guide-on-launching-a-successful-promo-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/insights\/guide-on-launching-a-successful-promo-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Your Own Holiday Content Marketing Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new year is just around the corner, which means it\u2019s time to turn your attention toward your 2024 marketing and content goals. One of the best ways to organize your holiday campaigns throughout the year is with a <a href=\"\/2024-national-global-holiday-marketing-calendar\/\">holiday marketing calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Well-known holidays like Christmas, Thanksgiving, Independence Day, and Halloween dominate the holiday marketing landscape with specific themes and immediately recognizable imagery. These holidays should be on every marketer\u2019s radar, but if you only focus your efforts on the obvious dates, you\u2019ll leave plenty of golden opportunities on the table.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h3>Getting Started<\/h3>\n<p>Before implementing your campaigns, it will help to first outline your year in as much detail as possible. Whether you plan the whole year ahead of time or attack things one month or quarter at a time is up to you, but it\u2019s essential to have a clear direction and all team members on the same page. By working at least a few months ahead, you\u2019ll have goals on your calendar ready to achieve while leaving some room for adjustments down the road.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing to consider before diving into the specifics of your holiday marketing calendar is to know what kind of content you want to deliver. Whether your company feels most comfortable with email marketing, content marketing, social media, editorial (i.e. blogs) or a little bit of everything, understanding your strengths will help you develop the best long-term plan. No matter what your preferred vehicle is, you\u2019ll likely be focusing on one or more of these holiday campaign strategies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promotions and sales \u2013 With offers like coupons, promo codes and free shipping, you\u2019ll be able to reengage existing customers (as well as hook new ones).<\/li>\n<li>Product launches \u2013 By planning your launches around shared cultural events, you\u2019ll be able to build suspense and improve your chances of making a lasting impact.<\/li>\n<li>Giveaways \u2013 Increase engagement with high-profile content timed with different holidays.<\/li>\n<li>Themed content \u2013 Take advantage of the ubiquity of these holidays by designing emails and other content pieces with familiar imagery and correlated copy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h3>2024 Holidays<\/h3>\n<p>Everyone is familiar with the big holidays, and you shouldn\u2019t ignore them. Customers will be expecting to hear from you during the traditional holiday season, but what about the rest of the year? We\u2019ve compiled a short list of other holidays that often fly under the radar, each of which you can easily add your own marketing twist to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>January 13 \u2013 National Spaghetti Day<\/li>\n<li>January 15 \u2013 National Hat Day<\/li>\n<li>January 24 \u2013 International Day of Education<\/li>\n<li>February 7 \u2013 National Send a Card to a Friend Day<\/li>\n<li>February 20 \u2013 Love Your Pet Day<\/li>\n<li>March 2 \u2013 National Read Across America Day<\/li>\n<li>March 20 \u2013 World Storytelling Day<\/li>\n<li>April 16 \u2013 National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day<\/li>\n<li>April 23 \u2013 National Picnic Day<\/li>\n<li>April 29 \u2013 International Dance Day<\/li>\n<li>May 7 \u2013 Teachers\u2019 Day<\/li>\n<li>May 21 \u2013 World Day of Cultural Diversity<\/li>\n<li>June 5 \u2013 World Environment Day<\/li>\n<li>June 21 \u2013 International Yoga Day<\/li>\n<li>June 30 \u2013 Social Media Day<\/li>\n<li>July 15 \u2013 Give Something Away Day<\/li>\n<li>July 17 \u2013 World Emoji Day<\/li>\n<li>August 13 \u2013 International Lefthanders Day<\/li>\n<li>August 30 \u2013 National Beach Day<\/li>\n<li>September 12 \u2013 National Day of Encouragement<\/li>\n<li>September 21 \u2013 Miniature Golf Day<\/li>\n<li>October 4 \u2013 National Taco Day<\/li>\n<li>October 26 \u2013 Make a Difference Day<\/li>\n<li>November 3 \u2013 National Sandwich Day<\/li>\n<li>November 13 \u2013 World Kindness Day<\/li>\n<li>November 30 \u2013 Small Business Saturday<\/li>\n<li>December 4 \u2013 National Cookie Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This list doesn\u2019t even scratch the surface. There are plenty of resources online where you can search for niche holidays, or you can even type \u201c[specific date] holiday\u201d into Google and you\u2019ll find something worth celebrating.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll also want to consider campaign strategies that revolve around a season, rather than a specific date. This of course can be implemented with the winter, spring, summer and fall in mind \u2013 each season is easy to revolve around a specific theme \u2013 but you can also extend this idea to things like the back-to-school season. Education is the #1 market in the promotional products industry, so reaching out to back-to-school buyers during the summer months is a must.<\/p>\n<p>Ready to see the power of ASI\u2019s ESP+ Marketplace? <a href=\"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/book-a-demo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch a demo here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/become-a-member\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with one of our industry experts today to see how ASI can support your business goals.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new year is just around the corner, which means it\u2019s time to turn your attention toward your 2024 marketing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Making Your Own Holiday Content Marketing Calendar &#8226; 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