Welcome to this month’s “Looking Ahead” feature. Here we’ll review events, occasions, holidays and anniversaries that you can use to build your event-driven marketing calendar August 2017. There are no major holidays this month. In the northern hemisphere it’s the dog days of summer. In the south it’s the last blast of winter. These “seasonal” […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar August 2016
Welcome to this month’s “Looking Ahead” feature. Here we’ll review events, occasions, holidays and anniversaries that you can use to build your event-driven marketing calendar August 2016. The standout event this month has to be the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, taking place in Rio, Brazil from August 5-21. There are no major holidays this month. […]
“Strictly” Marketing Tips
The 2014 series (#12) of “Strictly Come Dancing” has just concluded with celebrity Caroline Flack and pro-dance partner Pasha Kovalev lifting the glitterball trophy. And here’s one of the highlights of the series… Ballroom and latin dance is one of my great passions in life so no great surprise that I am a huge fan […]
Crocodile Marketing Conference – Saturday Morning Session
OK, I’m here this weekend at the last ever Crocodile Marketing Inner Sanctum conference at the Watermark Hotel in Surfer’s Paradise. Getting up at 4am to catch the first flight up to the Gold Coast wasn’t too bad as it turned out… …but I wouldn’t want to do it everyday! Morning session kicked off with […]
Warning! This Headline May Offend Sensitive Readers!
OK, here’s the “potentially offensive” headline I referred to in earlier posts. I came across it last weekend while at Pete Godfrey’s copywriting “Master Class 2.0” in Brisbane. The headline reads… “No Thumbs. No Bums. Just A Little Prick.” Certainly got my attention! So what’s the advertisement about? To give a small clue the ad […]