Sunday, November 7, 2010

Make it a Date to Remember

Thousands of organizations and Presidential Proclamations set aside specific days, weeks and months for political, cultural and historical events and causes. Many of these occasions offer you an opportunity to promote your business, organization or product.

December

December 1st – 7th is Cookie Cutter Week

Hold a contest for new cookie cutter designs or other uses for cookie cutters besides cookies. Draw people into your place of business to pick up entry forms and again for the awarding of prizes. Use imprinted kitchen items as prizes.

Use cookie cutter week as a backdrop for business-to-business promotions based on the negative connotation of cookie cutter. The idea is that your product or service isn't "cookie cutter." Include shapes appropriate to your industry or business or have custom shapes made to be sent in direct mail pieces.

Some other designations for December that you might be interested in are:
  • AIDS Awareness Month
  • National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month
  • National Safe Toys and Gifts Month
  • National Tie Month
  • December 1st: Apple Krinkle Day
  • December 2nd: Play Basketball Day
  • December 2nd - 9th: Hanukkah
  • December 3rd: Let's Hug Day
  • December 4th: Cracker Jack Day
  • December 5th: Play Hookey Day
  • December 6th: Saint Nicholas Day
  • December 7th: Pearl Harbor Day
  • December 8th: Bad Hair Day
  • December 9th: Night Gown Day
  • December 10th: Get a Poinsettia Day
  • December 11th: Say Hi To Your Neighbor Day
  • December 13th: New Calendar Day
  • December 14th: Buy a Tree Day
  • December 15th: Bill of Rights Day
  • December 16th: Sleep Comfort Day
  • December 17th: Cookie Cutter Day
  • December 18th: Play Bingo Day
  • December 19th: Chocolate Pizza Day
  • December 20th: Crossword Puzzle Day
  • December 21st: Fore Fathers Day
  • December 23rd: Popcorn Popping Day
  • December 24th: Family Caregivers Day
  • December 25th: Christmas
  • December 26th: Boxing Day (Canada)
  • December 27th: Fruitcake Forever Day
  • December 28th: Eat Chocolate Day
  • December 29th: Pepper Pot Day
  • December 30th: Bicarbonate of Soda Day
  • December 31st: New Year's Eve
January

January is National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month. Encourage self-defense awareness among both your customers and your employees through the use of promotional products like flashlights and personal alarms. For more ideas, check out the 'Alarms and Protective Devices' category in our Product Search!

Some other designations for January that you might be interested in are:

  • Celebration of Life Month
  • National Thank You Month
  • National Get Organized Month
  • National Glaucoma Awareness Month
  • National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
  • National Personal Self-Defense Month
  • National Book Month
  • January 1st: New Years Day
  • January 2nd: National Science Fiction Day
  • January 3rd: Festival of Sleep
  • January 4th: Tennis Day
  • January 5th: Take the Cake Day
  • January 5th: Bird Day
  • January 6th: Apple Tree Day
  • January 8th: World Literacy Day
  • January 8th: National Clean Off Your Desk Day
  • January 9th: National Static Electricity Day
  • January 9th: National Apricot Day
  • January 10th: Volunteer Fireman's Day
  • January 11th: Amelia Earhart Day
  • January 14th: National Dress Up Your Pet Day
  • January 15th: Hat Day
  • January 16th: National Fig Newton Day
  • January 17th: Ben Franklin's Birthday
  • January 18th: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • January 19th: National Popcorn Day
  • January 20th: Basketball Day
  • January 21st: Hugging Day
  • January 22nd: National Blonde Brownie Day
  • January 23rd: National Pie Day
  • January 24th: National Peanut Butter Day
  • January 25th: First Winter Olymics Began
  • January 26th: National Peanut Brittle Day
  • January 27th: National Chocolate Cake Day
  • January 28th: National Blueberry Pancake Day
  • January 29th: Carnation Day
  • January 30th: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday
  • January 31st: Jackie Robinson's Birthday
February

February 14th is Valentine's Day

Send your salesforce out with logoed boxes of candies to leave with clients on this day. Create a promotion that delivers balloons, cards and heart shaped candies to your clients.

Some other designations for February that you might be interested in are:
  • National Black History Month
  • American Heart Month
  • American History Month
  • National Dental Month
  • Chocolate Lover's Month
  • National Bird Feeding Month
  • February 1st: National Freedom Day
  • February 2nd: Groundhog Day
  • February 3rd: Chinese New Year
  • February 4th: Rosa Park's Birthday
  • February 5th: World Nutella Day
  • February 6th: Babe Ruth's Birthday
  • February 7th - 11th: International Networking Week
  • February 8th: Boy Scouts Day 
  • February 9th: Toothache Day
  • February 10th: Umbrella Day
  • February 11th: White T-Shirt Day
  • February 12th: Lincoln's Birthday
  • February 13th: Get a Different Name Day
  • February 14th: Valentine's Day
  • February 15th: Susan B. Anthony Day
  • February 17th: Random Acts of Kindness Day
  • February 18th: Pluto Discovered
  • February 19th: US Landed on Iwo Jima Anniversary
  • February 21st: President's Day
  • February 21st: Love Your Pet Day
  • February 22nd: Washington's Birthday
  • February 23rd: National Dog Biscuit Day
  • February 24th: National Chili Day
  • February 26th: Carnival Day
  • February 27th: International Polar Bear Day
  • February 28th: National Tooth Fairy Day

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