Profitable Promotions: August/September Promotions Planner

Need a promotion? We’ve got a calendar chock-full of special days around which you can build promotions and events. From the typical (National Rum Day, Aug. 16) to the quirky (National One-Hit Wonder Day, Sept. 25), we’ve got them all. It’s best to plan ahead for promotions, so we’ve got the entire August and September calendars up and running. Need a last-minute promo for this weekend? We’ve got that too. Click here for the entire August promotion calendar. And if you’ve got a successful one you’d like to share, send it over to NCBProfitablePromos@questex.com. We’d love to hear from you!

August

August 1-31
Happiness Happens Month

August 1
Jerry Garcia Birth Anniversary (1942)
Girlfriends Day
Sisters’ Day

August 4
Barack Obama Birthday

August 5
“American Bandstand” TV Premiere Anniversary (1957)
National Underwear Day

August 6
National Root Beer Float Day

August 9
PGA Championship

August 12
Vinyl Record Day

August 13
Blame Someone Else Day

August 15
Best Friend’s Day
National Relaxation Day

August 16
National Rum Day

August 17
Clinton’s “Meaning of ‘is’ is” Anniversary

August 20
National Men’s Grooming Day

August 25
National Whiskey Sour Day

August 26
Women’s Equality Day

August 29
Michael Jackson Birth Anniversary (1958)

September

September 1-30
National Bourbon Heritage Month

September 3
National Lazy Moms Day

September 6
Labor Day

September 11
Patriot Day

September 12
Video Games Day

September 16
Mexico’s Independence Day — 200th Anniversary

September 19-25
Turnoff Week

September 22
First Day of Autumn

September 25
National One-Hit Wonder Day

September 26
“The Beverly Hillbillies” TV Premiere (1962)
“The Brady Bunch” TV Premiere (1969)
“Gilligan’s Island” TV Premiere (1964)
“Hawaii Five-O” TV Premiere (1968)
“Knight Rider” TV Premiere (1982)

September 27
Samuel Adams Birth Anniversary (1722)