Category Archives: Quirky Marketing Ideas

October is Women’s Small Business Month

Do what the Women in Ecommerce™ did and host an event in celebration of Women.  It was the Women’s Internet Marketing Summit (a teleconference and Webinar event).  The program featured experts in email, database, affiliate, information, WEB 2.0, content, surveys, … Continue reading

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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Volunteer with the American Cancer Society (ACS) or Gilda’s Club (or other similar organization whose purpose it to raise awareness of and to help women with breast cancer).  How does this help you market your company?  Well, I have been … Continue reading

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October 9th is World Post Day

I love what Frank Warren an artist from Germantown, MD did with postcards. What started out as a collective art project has grown into a highly-visited blog called PostSecret. He asks people to mail him a postcard with a secret … Continue reading

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October is Go on a Field Trip Month

During National Go on a Field Trip Month invite the schools in your community to stop by your business for a field trip.  Have refreshments and activities appropriate to the age of the kids present.  Send a media release announcing … Continue reading

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October is National Book Month

Host a book fair, invite a local author to do a book signing, collect books for a local school or library. Read a good book in your industry and write about it in your newsletter.  Have a recommended reading section … Continue reading

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October is Diversity Awareness Month

If you don’t have the opportunity to travel to far off lands, get involved in a community organization where the participants are ethnically or spiritually different from you. You can do that by finding social networks and groups and forums … Continue reading

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October 5th is World Teacher’s Day

Remember to thank the teachers in your life for all they do for you and those you love to help us learn about the world around us. To honor a teacher I would like to share with you what Mac … Continue reading

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October 3-9th is National Work from Home Week

Working too hard? It’s time to get out of the house and treat yourself. During National Work from Home Week you could reconnect face to face with the public. Go shopping, network, visit clients, get a massage, manicure or pedicure … Continue reading

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October 2nd is Eyebrow DAY

My good friend Linda Stein of Linda Stein Getting Personal, wrote and sent this to me in honor of Eyebrow Day. October is such a busy month with the ever-popular National Dessert Day on the tenth, Mother-in-law day on the … Continue reading

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September 29th is Online Coupon Day

Everybody’s doing it. Well almost everybody! At least savvy businesses with a vision to get in front of new prospects are… What are they doing? Participating in local online coupon strategies to promote their business via local shopping sites like … Continue reading

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