The holiday season is almost upon us again… With this time of year comes certain expectations and opportunities for brands of all shapes and sizes to execute promotions, campaigns, and special offers -- all in an attempt to pique customer interest. One thing we do know is that consumer spending spikes in the holiday season with holiday sales...
It’s exhilarating… That feeling you get during the holiday season when sales spike and new customers keep rolling through the door. You may even get to the point when you have to turn off the payment notifications on your cell phone because the incessant vibrating is becoming too much. Then… crickets. January hits and it’s a ghost town. [vc_row css_animation=""...
When running a contest, giveaway, or other interactive marketing campaign, whether it’s your first or fiftieth, there are a few things you should know: There are sophisticated, cost-effective tools out there to help you build your campaign quickly and easily. You’ll want to do more than just slap a “like this post” or “tag your friend...
In the first part of The Essential Interactive Marketing Guide for the Holidays, we explained the importance of choosing goals for your holiday marketing, provided information on creating an execution calendar, and gave you some tips on where to promote your campaigns. If you haven’t already read Part One, I suggest you do so before moving...
For many businesses, strong sales during the holidays are imperative to a successful year. You know what else the holidays are? Insanely busy for both you and your customers. Waiting until the last-minute to execute your interactive marketing campaigns can prevent your business from reaching the largest returns from your holiday-marketing efforts. Our two-part holiday interactive marketing...
For many businesses, strong sales during the holidays are imperative to a successful year. You know what else the holidays are? Insanely busy for both you and your customers. Waiting until the last-minute to execute your interactive marketing campaigns can prevent your business from reaching the largest returns from your holiday-marketing efforts. Our holiday interactive marketing calendar...
Chubbies, the men’s clothing brand that makes stretchy quad-displaying shorts and is known for its cheeky tag lines (“Sky’s out, thighs out!”), recently set out to take more ownership of its marketing channels -- namely social and email -- by hosting a user-generated content (UGC) contest. Chubbies’ used ShortStack to run its “2018 Chubbies Man Model...
Are you knee-deep in planning your holiday marketing campaigns and starting to feel panic set in? I've got some great news for you. ShortStack has a handful of readymade templates just made for holiday marketing, and I'm going to share details here about how you could use them to take advantage of this busy time of...
[vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='' down=''] The holidays and user-generated content go together like Thanksgiving and pumpkin pie. Here's how to collect and use UGC this holiday. The pumpkins aren't even carved yet, but for marketers it’s time to start thinking about what’s ahead: Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and the New Year. Yep, holiday sales...
If you live in the US, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the big box chain, Target. And if you’re like me, you’re more than familiar with it - you’re running into one three times a week to grab cat food, deodorant, birthday candles and the like. But even for those who have never been in a Target, you’re...
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