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.