Today is National Why Promotional Days?

Did you know that tomorrow, August 10th is S’mores Day and two days later it will be Vinyl Record Day?  If I were a small business, I would jump at the opportunity to promote myself and my brand by associating my business with these two days.  Although, sitting around an open fire with slabs of wax isn’t the most advisable practice, I might increase my brand equity and corporate image with a niche audience of aging hipsters.  In fact, my Steven LaRose brand might offer special deals on Dagoba chocolate for your organic chocolate S’mores and a link to Dude Behind the Record Counter (my favorite music site on tumblr).  In the end, if I offered some sort of special incentive on these days I could help differentiate me as a product.  This can only lead to increased demand for my business.  I suppose random or gratuitous “Appreciation Day” tie-in’s could back-fire.  For example, it would not suit my Steven LaRose brand to glorify “Poet's Day” on the 21st of this month.  So choose wisely from the following list:

Aug. 7: Lighthouse Day, National Mustard Day, Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day, Professional Speakers Day, Purple Heart Day
Aug. 7-9: Twins Day
Aug. 8: The Date to Create, Happiness Happens Day
Aug. 9: International Day of The World's Indigenous People
Aug. 10: Smithsonian Day, S'mores Day
Aug. 11: President's Joke Day
Aug. 11-9/9: Ramadan
Aug. 12: IBM PC Day, International Youth Day, Sewing Machine Day, Vinyl Record Day
Aug. 13: Blame Someone Else Day
Aug. 13-15: Kool-Aid Day
Aug. 14: National Garage Sale Day, V-J Day
Aug. 15: Best Friends Day, National Relaxation Day
Aug. 17: National Thrift Shop Day
Aug. 18: Bad Poetry Day, Cupcake Day, Mail Order Catalog Day
Aug. 19: Aviation Day
Aug. 20: Virtual World's Day, Men's Grooming Day
Aug. 21: Hug Your Boss Day, National Homeless Animals Day, Poet's Day, Senior Citizen's Day, (World) Daffodil Day
Aug. 23: Valentino Day
Aug. 24: National Waffle Day, Full Moon
Aug. 25: Kiss and Make Up Day, National Second-hand Wardrobe Day
Aug. 26: National Dog Day, Women's Equality Day
Aug. 27: Global Forgiveness Day, Oil and Gas Industry Appreciation Day
Aug. 30: National Holistic Pet Day

June Promo

•Accordion Awareness Month, Natl
•Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month
•Aphasia Awareness Month, Natl
•Audiobook Awareness Month
•Bathroom Reading Month, Natl
•Camping Month, Natl
•Cancer from the Sun Month
•Candy Month, Natl
•Caribbean-American Heritage Month, Natl
•Child Vision Awareness Month
•Childhood Cancer Campaign Month, Intl
•Children's Awareness Month
•Dairy Alternatives Month
•Effective Communications Month
•Entrepreneurs "Do It Yourself" Marketing Month
•GLBT Book Month, Natl
•Great Outdoors Month
•Iced Tea Month, Natl
•June Dairy Month
•June Is Perennial Gardening Month
•Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month
•Men's Month, Intl
•Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month
•Professional Wellness Month
•Rebuild Your Life Month
•Rivers Month, Natl
•Rose Month, Natl
•Safety Month, Natl
•Skyscraper Month
•Soul Food Month, Natl
•Sports America Kids Month
•Steakhouse Month, Natl
•Student Safety Month
•Surf Music Month, Intl
•Vision Research Month

April Promo Days

April
•African-American Women's Fitness Month, Natl
•Alcohol Awareness Month
•Autism Awareness Month, Natl
•Cancer Control Month
•Car Care Month
•Card and Letter Writing Month, Natl
•Child Abuse Prevention Month, Natl
•Confederate History Month
•Couple Appreciation Month
•Customer Loyalty Month, Intl
•Decorating Month, Natl
•Defeat Diabetes Month
•Donate Life Month, Natl
•Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
•Fresh Florida Tomato Month
•Grange Month
•Holy Humor Month
•Humor Month, Natl
•Informed Woman Month
•Jazz Appreciation Month
•Knuckles Down Month, Natl
•Landscape Architecture Month, Natl
•Month of the Young Child
•Occupational Therapy Month, Natl
•Pecan Month, Natl
•Pet First Aid Awareness Month, Natl
•Pharmacists' War on Diabetes Month
•Physical Wellness Month
•Poetry Month, Natl
•Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
•Rosacea Awareness Month
•School Library Media Month
•Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, Natl
•Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Education and Awareness Month, Natl
•Soyfoods Month
•Straw Hat Month
•Stress Awareness Month
•Twit Award Month, Intl
•Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
•Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
•World Habitat Awareness Month
•Youth Sports Safety Month, Natl

March Promo Days

•Caffeine Awareness Month, Natl
•Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month, Natl
•Clean Up Your IRS Act Month, Natl
•Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Natl
•Craft Month, Natl
•Credit Education Month
•Employee Spirit Month
•Ethics Awareness Month, Natl
•Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
•Eye Donor Month, Natl
•Frozen Food Month, Natl
•Honor Society Awareness Month
•Humorists Are Artists Month
•Ideas Month, Intl
•Irish-American Heritage Month
•Kidney Month, Natl
•Listening Awareness Month, Intl
•Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training Month
•March into Literacy Month, Natl
•Mirth Month, Intl
•Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month, Natl
•Music in our Schools Month
•Nutrition Month, Natl
•On-Hold Month, Natl
•Optimism Month
•Peanut Month, Natl
•Play-the-Recorder Month
•Poison Prevention Awareness Month
•Red Cross Month
•Save Your Vision Month
•Sing with Your Child Month
•Small Press Month
•Social Work Month, Natl
•Spiritual Wellness Month
•Umbrella Month, Natl
•Women's History Month, Natl
•Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month
•Youth Art Month