Does your marketing come to a screeching halt during your annual vacation pilgrimage? Do you cease to promote your company and your products or services? Does your company dwindle into a period of non-existence while you are away?Success Promotions' Wizard of marketing has an alternative! Introducing Vacation Marketing!
Preparing for your vacation marketing begins with loading up your pockets, wallet, briefcase, swim bag, and suit case with business cards, flyers, samples, portfolio materials, magnets, pens, pencils, and anything else upon which you might have imprinted your business information. If your advertising budget allows for it, you can even have something special imprinted just for
occasion.
Some ideas for special items you might prepare would include toy sail boats, kites, beach balls or pool towels for a beach trip. Incidentally, if anyone sells a kite that looks like a wizard with perhaps stars on
tail, please email me! Walking sticks, canteens, t-shirts, water bottles would be appropriate for a mountain trip. Sunglasses, pencils, and notepads would be good for a trip to a metropolitan area.
For
remainder of this article, I will cite examples specifically from my condo visit to
islands off
coast of South Carolina.
Leaving behind refrigerator magnets, pens, and pencils with Success Promotions logo as well as client logos are a fantastic way to have an advertising imprint impact upon visitors week after week. If someone likes a magnet or is interested enough in
company that they take it home with them that is okay with me. Worse things could happen! Vacation facilities with kitchens are also great places to leave mugs, water bottles, etc. Not only is it great to have them remain at
condominium where continuous visitors might see them, it also doesn't hurt to have them taken home as souvenirs by visitors from all over these United States and beyond.
Today most condos and many hotels equip their rooms with not only a television but also a VCR. You can leave behind a video showing
process of weaving your baskets, firing your pottery, forming your soaps, or any other process that adds to
intrinsic value of
products you make available to consumers. The only problem with
video tapes is that they are less likely to be seen by everyone.
Vacation destinations are saturated with small and unique gift shops. If your product is something that would be a good item for them to resale, you might want to turn your vacation into a business venturing trip by visiting with a few shop keepers and finding people who might sell, re-sell, or consign your products.