Pravin Chandan
4 min readFeb 15, 2022

HOW TO CREATE A VALENTINE’S MARKETING CAMPAIGN

Valentine’s Day falls on the 14th of February every year and is a day which brands can capitalize to increase sales, even if you don’t sell typical valentine’s day related products such as candy, flowers or jewelry. Valentine’s week, which includes days such as rose day, propose day, etc. can also be tapped into to increase sales. With the right marketing, you can make your products or services part of your customers’ gifting ideas. Let us look at how to achieve a successful marketing campaign for Valentine’s Day:

● Organize a Valentine’s Day Sale

With millions of people shopping for gifts online, there’s only one way to put your online business ahead of the competition: create a sales campaign. While a compelling price is essential for a successful sales campaign, how, when, and where you market your items is as crucial. Combining sales popups with promotional emails is the most effective method to do this.

● Advertise Relevant Products

By their very nature, Valentine’s Day gifts differ from Christmas or birthday gifts. After all, Valentine’s Day is all about love, hearts, and glitter, which aren’t always associated with other holidays. If you offer items with that theme, Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to showcase them as great gift ideas. Create a product suggestion popup to highlight your bestsellers or top selections from the sale if you want to promote your Valentine’s-themed or discounted products on your site.

● Showcase Gift Guides

The days leading up to Valentine’s Day is the best time to guide prospective clients with relevant and useful gift suggestions. You can assist your prospects in making smarter purchase decisions and position your items as outstanding present ideas by providing gift suggestions in the form of emails, pop ups, or landing pages. You have the option of sticking to gender-based categories or delving further into personality and hobbies. Your page’s content is easy to scan owing to this strategy. You may broaden your gift suggestions even further if your items already target a certain interest or gender.

● Redefine Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day isn’t suited for all businesses or customers. Even so, you may make the most of this special day by reinventing it for your brand. You may adopt an anti-Valentine’s Day stance or promote singles on this day depending on the nature of your products and your value offer. Alternatively, you might create a fictitious holiday that corresponds to your brand. Not everyone likes Valentine’s Day. However, people still celebrate the occasion in other ways such as meeting friends, treating themselves or buying an anti-Valentine’s Day gift. Therefore, you can still capitalize on anti-Valentine’s Day sentiment.

● Put forth a Limited-Edition Product

If you have the resources and time, offer a limited-edition product for Valentine’s Day. This creates a sense of exclusivity and urgency and will drive customers to buy the product. It is especially helpful if the limited-edition product is one that can be gifted on Valentine’s Day.

● Use emotional video content to appeal to customers’ emotions.

Valentine’s Day is the day of love. You may create emotional videos showcasing love for significant others, friends and family to honour this holiday and also draw attention towards your brand and products.

● Celebrate various kinds of love on social media.

Be a more inclusive brand by celebrating different kinds of love, such as acknowledging the LGBTQ+ community, or even those who do not have a loved one to share this holiday with. This can create a long lasting impact and can also help in building a loyal community.

● Create a themed bundle with your existing products

With products that are already part of your normal product lineup, you can easily pair products that work well together and create a Valentine’s Day themed bundle.Make a bundle with your best-sellers at a discounted price. It’s a low-key approach to do something for Valentine’s Day without feeling overwhelmed. Add in some fun holiday-themed product pictures and you will be all set.

● Add a free gift with every purchase

A free gift with every purchase to encourage a Valentine’s Day sale is a simple campaign that can be put together quickly. It is also a wonderful way to express your love towards your loyal customers.

● Begin sending Valentine’s Day-themed emails

Valentine’s Day-themed email marketing will remind your email subscribers about the forthcoming occasion. To keep your consumers interested, make sure your emails contain a compelling subject line and text. Schedule emails for two weeks before Valentine’s Day to keep your products at the front of your clients’ minds when they decide to shop for Valentine’s Day.

● Target Last-Minute Shoppers

Shopping for last-minute gifts is common for some of us who are chronic procrastinators. While many brands try to entice last-minute consumers by instilling guilt, there is a better method to turn procrastinators into customers. You can be ahead of your competition if you can provide quick delivery to last-minute clients.

● Target pet owners.

During the lead-up to St. Valentine’s Day, many individuals around the world will buy presents for their furry, feathery, four-legged pals. To meet this desire, brands provide products such as heart-shaped sweets and chewable rose bouquets. Catering to these customers’ needs will be successful as not many brands think about this aspect.

● Create a Valentine’s Day themed landing page

Making a distinct landing page specially for Valentine’s Day will be visually appealing for your consumers and will also instill in their minds the need for buying products for Valentine’s Day.

● Appreciate Your Subscribers

Valentine’s Day is connected with love and romance, regardless of its roots. As a result, Valentine’s Day is a fantastic time to send your email list some love. Many online retailers already take advantage of this day to thank their members and market their items in a subtle way.

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Pravin Chandan
Pravin Chandan

Written by Pravin Chandan

I have had a career in marketing that spanned over two decades. Now, I am here to share the learnings from my experience with young marekters

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