Labor Day Inbound and Social Media Marketing: Making the Holiday More Personal for Consumers
Perhaps this is your first Labor Day as an active business and you're wondering whether to use typical Labor Day marketing tactics to promote a sales event. While it's an American tradition to hold business sales just before and on Labor Day, no doubt your competitors are doing the same thing. Have you paid attention to their approach for Labor Day marketing in past years, or even this year?
If many of them stick to standard marketing tactics and just promote themselves to bring people in for events, they're gradually becoming a bit archaic. With personalization a stronger factor in marketing between companies and consumers today, the same tactics must be used when promoting a holiday sale or event.
In the case of Labor Day, what kind of inbound and social media marketing techniques could you use to make the holiday more personal for customers? Other companies are possibly more narrow-minded when it comes to Labor Day, as in thinking it's merely a holiday for family barbecues. (more…)
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