Create A 12-Month Marketing Plan…Right Now!

The year is drawing to a close pretty quickly! Now is the perfect time to work out a plan for 2022. It doesn’t have to be complicated but there does need to be a plan.

There is an timeless saying that goes like this: “Failing to plan means you are planning to fail.” That saying is twice as true when it comes to running a business. See, most business owners will not be able to weather this economic storm simply because they don’t have the foggiest clue about what promotions or ads they are going to running in the next week, much less in the next month or year! However, this must change if you are going to survive and thrive in this new economy.

Now, coming up with a twelve month marketing plan may seem like a daunting task, but most of the work is already completed for you. How, you ask? Well, customers are already expecting you to have a special sale or promotion at least once a month, on the major holidays. Therefore, you don’t have to recreate the wheel; you can just ride the wave of marketing and advertising messages that are already around that time frame.

While the dates are already set on the calendar, it is still important that you have compelling words and language in your advertisements that reward your customers for buying from you on that specific holiday. Do NOT run a general advertisement that simply says you have stuff on sale. Your ads need to match the holiday theme as closely as possible.
The other benefit you receive from creating a yearly marketing calendar is you will gain a feeling of confidence and reassurance because you are not just sitting on your hands, day-in and day-out, waiting for customers to just walk in and maybe buy something from you.

Let’s look at a sample twelve month marketing calendar that you could create around monthly holidays:

• January – New Year’s Day, Australia Day, Back to School Day, End of Summer Sale
• February – Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year
• March – St. Patrick’s Day, Clean up Australia day, Mardi Gras
• April – April Fool’s Day/Easter/Anzac Day/Ramadan/Earth Day
• May – Mother’s Day, May Day-international workers day
• June – Queen’s Birthday, EOFY-end of financial year, Tour De France
• July – Christmas in July, Winter Sale
• August – End of Winter sale(There are no major Holidays, so do a friends and family sale)
• September – Spring Sale, Father’s Day
• October – Halloween, Daylight Saving, Labour Day, Bathurst Sale
• November – Remembrance Day, Melbourne Cup Day, Black Friday Sale
• December – Cyber Monday, Christmas, Boxing day

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