Category Archives: June Holidays

June 22nd is National Columnist Day

Is your product or service unique or different in a significant way from the competition? Write a press release about it and sent it to your favorite columnists (the ones most likely to write about you) Positive media coverage may … Continue reading

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Encourage Energy Conservation with Summer Solstice

HELIOLATRY (hee-lee-OL-uh-tree) ~ Meaning:  Worship of the sun. Heliolatry stems from the Greek helio-, “sun,” and -latry, “worship.” The first day of summer began today 7:28 a.m. ET, the beginning of the summer solstice and the longest day of the year— in … Continue reading

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Today is Amusement Park Day

Do you remember when you were a child and an amusement park or theme park would open up? You could not wait to go and ride the rides, eat the candy and see all the strange and wonderful sites to … Continue reading

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June 17th Power of One Day

ONE PERSON CAN make a Difference! “Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry.” Bill Drayton, CEO, chair and founder of Ashoka … Continue reading

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June 15 is Fly a Kite Day

Is it time to tell certain customers to “go fly a kite?” Did you know that in many companies 30% of customers are not profitable. And two thirds of those won’t ever be.  That means that you could be spending … Continue reading

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June 14-20th is Meet a Mate Week

What does this have to do with marketing?  Well, if you are a relationship coach, own a restaurant or author of a book on romance, why not have a party and invite single friends to meet other single friends.  Or … Continue reading

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Today is Like Water for Marketing Day

How do you use water to market your business? Do what Wall Drug did! GIVE  it away… In fact, Wall Drug gets 2 million visitors a Year through their stores using a simple marketing tactic. Giving something away. But not … Continue reading

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June 12th is Red Roses Day

Did you know that June is ROSE Month?  And that today is Red Roses Day? Fossil records of roses date back 3.5 billion years. In the 1600s, colonists brought the rose to America making it the oldest European plant grown … Continue reading

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June 11th is Famous Hot Dog Day

Fast Company Magazine ran an article on their site entitled Ten Outrageous Marketing Stunts.  The following one about Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs caught my eye: The company claimed that Nathan’s famous hot dogs were Doctor-Approved One of the best known … Continue reading

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Today is Natural History Day

New natural history TV channel Eden hired Taylor Herring Agency to come up with an attention-getting large-scale visual stunt to draw attention to their launch day. The main goals were to showcase the channel launch in the UK and communicate … Continue reading

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