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 2013. It’s a pretty barren month for major holidays. In the northern hemisphere it’s the dog days of summer. In the south it’s the tail-end of winter. […]
Event-Driven Marketing In 2013 – Update
Following on from the earlier post… “Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar 2013” …I’m prompted to make this update by an anniversary that falls today. 150 years ago in 1863 on January 9, the London Underground railway opened for business. It was a modest beginning. The initial line (the Metropolitan) ran from Paddington Station to Farringdon […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar August 2012
Welcome to this months “Looking Ahead” feature where we’ll review events, occasions, holidays and anniversaries that you can use in an event-driven marketing promotion or campaign. Main event is the 2012 Summer Olympics in London which will be in full swing… …having started on July 27 and running (no pun intended!) until August 12. Looking […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar May 2012
OK, the month of May 2012 is approaching… …so time for smart marketers to plan ahead and look at some of the holidays, events and anniversaries in the month that can be used as part of an “event driven marketing” strategy. Locally in Australia, it’s a month with fewer events than April. It’s Autumn, so […]