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I don’t know about you, but I’m a huge fan of winter. The warm drinks, cozy sweaters, pretty snow, it truly is a great season. And while you’re stuck inside avoiding the frostbite of the negative temperatures outside, it only makes sense to work on your winter marketing strategy.
With an abundance ofhot coffee and reading socks, it’s also pretty enjoyable. As the Holiday season rolls around, the vast majority of brands are looking for ways to get Holiday sales. To help you get the creative juices flowing, we’ve put together 5 winter marketing ideas to get you to generate sales & social media engagement when it’s cold outside…
Instagram is all about themes, and when the snow starts falling Instagram seems to blow up with #winter posts. So now is the time to transform your photo feed into a winter wonderland. Not only is it more aesthetically pleasing to your audience, but also helps visually solidify the brand you’re trying to portray,
Starbucks is a known master of the winter Instagram feed, so take a couple examples out of their book.
Indigo has the cozy feel down, while also plugging some great resources for people to read. Using the cozy-up aesthetic of winter to plug some products works.
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Winter is also the season of sweepstakes, and boy is there a lot.
Sales are always a great incentive to get people to buy your products, and with the number of holidays and the spike in people staying at home and shopping online, it makes it the perfect time to push sweepstakes to get your sales numbers up before the end of the year.
Boxing Day is also approaching, so sweepstakes going up to and on Boxing Day works wonders, especially with the surge of e-commerce and online shopping.
The approach here could not be blunter, but it works.
This one is a bit tricky to do, but it’s all in the marketing. Writing listicles like “Top 5 Christmas Gifts” or “10 New Year’s resolutions you can keep” are generally quite effective and make it insanely simple to make and plug your own products.
Let’s say you run a yoga studio. To subtlety plug your business you might write a post titled: 19 New Years Resolutions You Can Keep and make one of the resolutions about committing to weekly yoga. Or another example would be this post I wrote about6 great gifts bosses are giving their bosses if you want some inspiration on what kind of products to plug (or if you need some last-minute gift ideas).
You can also combine this approach with a sweepstake to double up on your marketing strategy.
Blankets, scarves, toques, and anything warm is the perfect items to push when the snow starts falling. I own about 20 beanies because of winter marketing plans around the holiday season (and I regret nothing).
Hoodies are an absolute staple to complete the winter Hustler look. My personal favorite is theCreate The Things You Wish existed hoodie that we sell, not only is it a fantastic look but it’s cozy as all heck.
Coffee and other warm drinks are also great sellers, but try spicing it up with fancy (but easy) coffee creations. Simple mochas, flavored lattes, or a macchiato make for some quick and easy coffee recipes you can draft up and start pushing.
I’m personally a huge fan of marketing in winter, there are so many opportunities for writing and visual themes are just fantastic in the snow. Check out the posts and merchandise I mentioned and I promise you won’t regret it!
But what do you think? Do these marketing strategies work, do you have some of your own, or do you think winter is a waste of a season? Let me know in the comments!
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