Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells….
What? But it’s not even Halloween Yet?
Yea I know but now is definitely the time to be planning out any advertising campaigns for Christmas.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking your business will slow to a halt a Christmastime. No matter if you’re selling products, or services or anything else Christmas is an opportunity.
People are off on holidays, they’ve got gift money in their pockets, they’re using feeling extra cheerful because family is around. AND they might have a little spare time to spend searching for what they want on the net.
Christmas Advertising Campaigns
Need some ideas on how you can advertise your business for Christmas? You can get creative here and do things like:
- Create gift-certificates
- Offer holiday specials
- Offer a free gift with purchase
- Put together holiday packages
Next you need to get the word out with some great advertising campaigns. You could:
- Buy an ad on a popular website
- Buy an ad in a popular newsletter
- Find holiday guides to buy an ad in (see below for more details on this one!)
- Do an Christmas advertising swap with another blogger.
- Put together and distribute your own holiday gift-giving suggestion list
How To Find Campaigns
- Do a google search for your keywords and advertising opportunities.
- Tap sites and blogs you already know. Approach them if you don’t see details but see advertising on the site.
- Contact people in your network to see if they know of any advertising opportunities.
I’ve got one opportunity to tell you about that will cost you just $15. It’s the Indie Biz Chicks Holiday Guide. Pay attention because it needs to be submitted by this Friday for the discounted rate.
Here’s the details:
The Indie Biz Chicks Holiday Guide is full of tips, recipes, and other holiday ideas. People can download it to their computer and save it for years to come. And let me tell you – Crissy from IndieBizChicks.com does a great job promoting it! She sends it to her newsletter list, puts a link on her site, and also sends it out over Facebook & Twitter. It gets re-tweeted and passed around, as it’s totally free for people to download.
Ads are only $15 if purchased before Friday, September 24.
Your ad will include a 125×125 graphic, a 50 word description and the URL you would like people to visit.
All ads are due on October 15 and the guide will be online on November 1.
To grab your spot now, visit: Indie Biz Chicks Holiday Guide
p.s. If you’re worried about the cost and want to cut some off by creating your banner ad yourself, for free make sure to check out the completely free demo session today on how to make a 125 x 125 banner using Gimp. It’s here: http://www.marketersmojo.com/gimp
