Valentine’s Day is an excellent opportunity to show your customers some love. If you’re looking for promotional ideas to make the most of this holiday, I’ve got you covered. Check out my top tips for small businesses below. It’s not too late to plan something!
Offer a VIP Deal on your products or services for Valentine’s Day
The Valentine’s Day season reminds us to express gratitude to those around us. It’s not just for lovebirds!
Be creative. You can offer a VIP Deal, promotion, or even gifts to show your gratitude for amazing clients and customers. Think about what people need and see how you can provide it in a fun and thoughtful way.
Create a special Valentine’s Day package for your products or services.
This Valentine’s Day isn’t just for romantic love. What about loving yourself? That’s so important to step back and mindfully care for ourselves too. Surprise your clients with a self-care package! Show them how much you appreciate their contribution to your success. Any business, even a construction or manufacturing business, can offer self-care-focused products and services designed to pamper and empower customers. Be creative!
Give the gift of self-reflection with specialized resources and guidance that encourage self-growth and personal development. With this package, your clients can relax and enjoy themselves while discovering fresh perspectives on achieving success in their businesses and lives.
Donate to a charity in honor of Valentine’s Day.
This Valentine’s Day, make a difference with your donations. Here’s my favorite…
The Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) provides desperately needed services to thousands of cats and dogs annually. My husband and I adopted our dog Diezel (in Heaven now) in 2004. Before we adopted him, he had a rough four months of being homeless and eventually getting rushed to the Vet because of Parvovirus.
The people at ARF could have taken him to a local vet and had him euthanized. But ARF is a no-kill animal shelter, so that was out of the question. They took him to the ER in the middle of the night in the rain, several towns over. The bill must have been outrageous as he had to stay overnight getting IV fluids and being treated.
Although he’s been gone for many years, I still think of him daily. He was my troublemaker, pizza and iced mocha latte stealer, big furbaby, and protector. If it weren’t for ARF giving him a chance, I would never have had him.
Animal Rescue Foundation offers shelter, food, support, foster home placements, and more to animals who would otherwise be without a forever home.
Donating to Animal Rescue Foundation this Valentine’s Day will show unconditional love for homeless animals needing a loving home. It’s simple: show your love for animals in honor of the Day by donating to Animal Rescue Foundation.
In Conclusion
Celebrating Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. You can offer a discount on your products or services, give away a freebie with every purchase, create a special Valentine’s Day package, run a social media contest, or donate to a charity in honor of the holiday.
These promotional ideas will help show your customers how much you appreciate their business and encourage them to continue supporting your small company. If you need help developing more fun promotional ideas for your small business, contact me. I’d be happy to share more creative ways that you can show your customers some love this Valentine’s Day (and all year round).
Janet Johnson is a small business advisor and author of My Money Pivot: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Finding & Making More Money and this educational blog. All views expressed belong solely to Ms. Johnson and do not represent the views of her employer. The website, MyMoneyPivot.com, is currently managed by Luz Marcos, Virtual Assistant.