Dates for your Calendar

21. Aug 2007 | 2 Comments

If you’re like me & like to put on plenty of special offers & really work with seasonality in your online marketing then you’ll enjoy this list of important dates I’ve put together:

World

Chinese New Year - (see here for dates)
Valentines Day - Feb 14th
St Patricks Day - March 17th
Easter Weekend - (see here for dates)
April Fools Day - April 1st
May Day - 1st May
Halloween - October 31st
Christmas Day - December 25th

USA

Independance Day - 4th July
Mothers Day - Second Sunday in May
Fathers Day - Third Sunday in June
Parents day - Fourth Sunday in July
Grandparents Day - Sunday After Labour Day
Thanksgiving Day - Fourth Thursday in November

Orangemen’s Day - 12th July
Mothers Day - 3 Weeks before Easter Sunday
Fathers Day - Third Sunday in June

Australia

Australia Day - 26th January
Anzac Day - 25th April
Mothers Day - Second Sunday in May
Queens Birthday - Second Monday in June
Fathers Day - First Sunday of September
Melbourne Cup Day - First Tuesday in November

You’ll probably be wondering why on earth some of these dates are useful. What I would recommend doing is printing this list out then writing down a list of things you think you could sell for each occassion.

I’ll give you a hint. Flowers normally work well

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2 Comments on "Dates for your Calendar"

menton 23. Aug 2007, 7:44 pm

Good list, but St Patrick’s Day is March 17.

geomark 26. Aug 2007, 4:34 pm

There are also seasonal opportunities that aren’t holidays, like back to school season, ski season, summer vacation/camping season. So good seasonal niches in those areas.