Planning Your Business Promotions for A Successful 2010

If you are running a business, especially a retail business, it's important for you now more than ever to plan your sales and promotions.  Using a planning calendar will be the key to your success in 2010.

You can create your own planning calendar strategically centered around holidays and special events throughout the year.  Here's a list of days to do your planning for throughout 2010.

• New Year's Day
• Valentine's Day
• St. Patrick's Day
• Mother's Day
• Secretary's Day
• Father's Day
• Grandparent's Day
• Memorial Day
• 4th of July
• Back to School Day
  
• Labor Day
• Breast Cancer Awareness Day
• National Back Pain Awareness Day
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas

And there are more. Create your own day to really spice things up.  Plan to promote these days by doing special sales events, gift card or gift certificate promos, information give aways, audio giveaways and more.

Be creative and be successful in 2010!