4 Resources for Reopening Your Business After the COVID-19 Shutdown
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3 Ways Local Businesses Can Increase Gift Card Sales
Everybody loves a gift card. For the recipient, it’s something special to swipe or scan for a celebratory experience. For the buyer, it’s a convenient gift-giving option that doesn’t entail driving all over town or purchasing a costly product destined to be returned or exchanged. For the merchant, it’s an invaluable opportunity to generate revenue […]
Saving the Best for Last—Creating an August Campaign Calendar
From an endless summer to the end-of-summer. It’s only human nature to watch the calendar turn to August and work up a fierce anxiety over another inevitable end to summer. While most of us have since graduated from the urgency of heading back to school in a hurry, many business owners battle an end-of-summer frustration […]
The Red, White, and Beyond—Planning Your July Marketing Calendar
Add some spark to your summer campaign strategy. You’ve already composed your out-of-office reply, taken your new flip-flops for a spin in the fresh sand, and broken in the barbecue for a new season of char-grilled burgers and dogs. Yes, we’re officially in the heat of summer, but that doesn’t mean your marketing efforts need […]
All Skate Forward: Filling Your Roller Skating Rink
With the Roller Skating Association’s Skate Con 2018 in the books, we thought it was important to point out that there was a lot of talk on how to stand out among competing rinks. The desire to be the best was obvious; and it makes complete sense. Everyone wants to be top dog, but actually becoming […]
The Best is Yet to Come—Creating a May Marketing Calendar
Setting the stage for summer success. Acting as the bridge between spring and summer, the merry month of May never ceases to build the toe-tapping anticipation levels of everyone from students on the cusp of graduation to employees subtly cashing in their vacation hours and planning their great escape to parts unknown. For business owners, […]
Timely Results—3 Bright Ideas for Spring Success
Spring forward. This past Sunday, we set the hour hand back on our collective alarm clocks, cuckoo clocks, pocket watches, and Apple Watches, praising the high heavens for that oh-so-precious extra hour of daylight. All this sunshine naturally brightens our mood, our outlook, and our approach—and this is said with no disrespect to those 2:00 […]
Spring Forward—Creating a March FetchRev Campaign Calendar
Third month’s a charm. Compared with the other eleven months of the calendar year, March just seems to get a bad rap. From a weather forecast that’s stuck in-between sunshine and scattered showers to the scary spectre of the Ides of March (if you’re Julius Caesar, that is), the third try of the new year […]
From Concept to Creation—5 Simple Graphic Design Tips for Non-Designers
More by design than by accident. Not to get too graphic, but when it comes to building a brand—design is essential. So maybe art school was never really in the picture, and perhaps you have enough trouble color coordinating your clothes to even considering properly branding your business on your own, but that’s perfectly fine. […]
February Focus—Mapping Out Your FetchRev Campaign Calendar
Number two in your calendar, number one in your heart. For being the shortest month on the year, February certainly has a whole lot going on. By now, you’ve survived the holidays and settled back in the routine, ready to make 2018 your best year yet. While you may be tempted to stare out the […]
