What’s Your Holiday Plan for Your Business

When I first started my business, since I was the boss, I typically took off during the holidays. BIG MISTAKE! But, I learned and changed and not I want to share with you a Holiday Strategy for your Business!

I justified that by saying – “Everyone else does, so why not me? I’m just going to enjoy the time with my children! Etc!”

I missed out on huge business potential.

In today’s show, I’m going to share what happened the year I decided to push hard and stay consistent with my business activities! I qualified for an all expense paid trip; promoted; and created momentum that took me well into the next year.

But, not a lot happened during the holidays…

There are 4 specific time frames for you to do holiday business promotions, so begin to plan for those now!

What You’ll Learn from this Episode:

When the Holiday Season Starts and Stops

4 Time Frames for Holiday Business Promotions

Creating Big Momentum for the Next Year

What Happened When I Stayed Consistent During the Holidays

Themes for the Holidays

Welcome to the Street Smart Wealth Podcast, show #323. Click the icon, top left (right between to two title links) to open the player and listen in!

Holiday Strategy for your Business

In the United States, the Holiday season starts about October 15, each year, and go through about Martin Luther King Day in the US. When you think about taking this time off, that’s nearly 3 months or an entire quarter of the year.

Yikes! Not a good idea.

One year, when I had made some business changes, I decided I could not afford to kick back and I made the decision to work full out.

I only took off the 4 days at Thanksgiving; the 24-25th of December, and then January 1st. That was it.

I made calls, emailed, blogged, sent cards and just kept going like any other time of year.

I did not have a lot of “tangible” results during the holidays, but I knew I would benefit and I did.

I did not hear back from most people. But, I didn’t focus on that. I assumed the positive. They were busy and would get back to me after the holidays.

And, that is what happened.

I qualified for a cruise; sponsored 4 people but they had not talked to me before. They had received my calls, emails and cards.

And, I created ongoing momentum for the whole next year with record sign ups. In fact, I won my company’s top sponsoring award that next year.

Remember, the online world is the same as offline, in terms of what you DO to share and build your business.

50% of retail sales for the year happen between October 15 to January 15th, of the following year. Predictions are strong for a very solid retail season here in the United States, due to a healthy economy.

4 Time Frames for Business Promotion

If you have a business that can be used for Holiday gift giving, you should have startled back in September, but it’s not too late.

VIP one on one consultations; stocking stuffers;

Those 4 time frames are –

11/19-11/28 – Pre Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday

11/28 – 12/15 – Regular Retail – 12 Days of Christmas theme, perhaps

12/15-12/26 – Last minute

12/22 – 1/15 – New Year, New You!

Themes for the Holidays

Gratitude

Get Fit, Stay Fit Through the Holidays

12 Days of Christmas

Stocking Stuffers

Have fun with humor about Family and Thanksgiving Dinner Table Drama

Self Care

“Recovery” special

“Grateful It’s Over”

Finish strong before the year ends!

So, develop a content strategy for your business.

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Jackie Ulmer

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