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🗓️ 14 February 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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In this episode, we explore how to run holiday promotions—even if your product doesn’t naturally fit the season. Learn creative ways to tie your business into major holidays without feeling forced.
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0:30.5 | Happy Valentine's Day, everybody. Or happy not Valentine's Day, if you prefer. |
0:38.8 | I know we got all kinds of people out there in different situations. |
0:41.2 | Sometimes I have not been very excited about Valentine's Day, just to be very honest with you. |
0:45.5 | But I also don't want to be a Valentine's Day Grinch. |
0:48.3 | So let's talk about it in the context of side hustle school. |
0:51.6 | Is Valentine's Day worth targeting if your product isn't romantic? |
0:55.1 | And this might help somebody plan their next year's promotion, because here we are already, |
0:59.3 | this year. But we're going to look at how to run a holiday promotion, even if your product |
1:03.1 | doesn't naturally fit the season. Okay. So you're going to learn some creative ways to tie your |
1:07.3 | business into major holidays without feeling forced. We're going to hear from somebody |
1:11.7 | who sells tech accessories. And they're like, I sell tech accessories. Should I have a Valentine's |
1:16.4 | Day promotion? Because everybody's got, you know, every retailer is selling stuff. But obviously, |
1:20.9 | if you are a flower shop or a chocolate store or if you sell lingerie or, you know, probably some other |
1:25.6 | things too, then those are ideal Valentine's Day promotions. |
1:29.0 | But what if you're selling iPhone stands and laptop sleeves? Well, as I said, there might be a way to have a |
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