Celebrating Holidays


Have you started planning your 2010 marketing calendar?  You should celebrate every chance you get! Here are some great events to build your internal marketing ideas for the whole year!


January 
New beginnings, resolutions, and parties – it’s a great time to share what is new with your patients – you could mail them New Year specials with a paper party hat inside or give them out in your office.
Make sure you put your contact information on the hats – (could be done easily with a stamp.)
New Years Day 1st
Martin Luther King Day 21st
Super Bowl Sunday – in office nfl picks
February 
Groundhog Day 2nd – Get through 6 more weeks of winter with…
Mardi Gras   
Valentine’s Day 14th – Romance service packages – 2-1 s
Random Acts of Kindness Day 
Presidents Day 18th
March
National Nutrition Month
Daylight Savings 9th
St Patrick’s Day 17th – green things, luck of the irish – could include a prize drawing for services or a game
First Day of Spring 20th – vernal eqinox is a great time to start a spring special – you can make a coupon for your email list or newsletter recipients that looks like a tulip
Easter
April 
April fools day 1st – great for jokes and tricks
Tax Day 15th
Earth Day 22nd
Administrative Professionals Day 30th
May 
May Day 1st
National Teacher’s Day 6th
Mother’s Day 11th
Memorial Day 26th
Cinco de Mayo – Pinata coupon
June 
National Rose Month
Father’s Day 15th
First Day of Summer 20th
Paul Bunyan Day 28th
July
Take it to the beach – bundle or package services that in a beach towel or bucket
 Independence Day 4th
Parents Day 27th
August  
Friendship Day 3rd
Women’s Equality Day 26th
Back to school  - money saving coupons for parents are always helpful
September
Labor Day 1st
Grandparents Day 7th
Patriot Day 11th
First Day of autumn 22nd
October
Child Health Day 6th
Columbus Day 13th
Boss Day 16th
Mother in law Day 26th
Halloween 31st
Maybe  a treasure hunt for kids around your office?
November 
Good Nutrition Month
Daylight savings time ends 2nd
Veterans Day 11th
Thanksgiving Day 27th
December
Pearl Harbor Day 7th
Human Rights Day 10th
First Day of Winter 21st
Boxing Day 26th
Kwanzaa 26th



What successful holiday promotions have you  run?

Measuring Your Marketing

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