How to Leverage Pet Holidays and Awareness Days to Promote Your Business

How to use Pet Holidays for marketing

If you own a pet business, there are tons of ways to promote your brand and engage with your customers. One way is by leveraging pet holiday and awareness days. From National Dog Day to World Animal Day, there are plenty of opportunities to get creative and have some fun with marketing. Let’s explore how you can use these special occasions to gain exposure for your business.

Create Special Offers or Giveaways

One way to make the most of pet awareness days is by creating special offers or giveaways that coincide with the occasion. For example, you could host a giveaway on National Cat Day in which customers can win a free bag of cat food or a toy from your store. Not only will this generate interest in your products, but it will also help spread the word about your business and encourage people to visit your store or website. Plus, if you ask customers to share their giveaway entry on social media, you can expand the reach even further!

Here’s a collab I did with Natural Instinct Foods…..

Share Educational Content

Another great way to leverage pet awareness days is by sharing educational content related to the specific day’s theme. You can post helpful tips and facts on social media that will provide value for both existing and potential customers while also promoting your brand in a positive light. Additionally, this type of content allows you to demonstrate expertise in your field while building trust with current and prospective customers alike.

For example, I set up World Animal Enrichment Day which is celebrated on November 12th every year.

People all around the World from big Zoos to small businesses used this day to share advice and promote their brand.

Partner With Other Pet-Focused Brands

Partnering up with other pet-focused brands is an excellent way to promote your business during pet awareness days. Try connecting with local organizations such as animal shelters or veterinary clinics and see if they’d be interested in collaborating on an event or offer for the special occasion. This type of partnership not only serves as great exposure for both businesses involved but also helps strengthen ties within the community at large – something that is incredibly important for any pet-related business!

Want more ideas?

These are just the tip of the iceberg! Pet awareness days present countless opportunities for pet business owners looking for creative ways to promote their brand both online and offline. Whether it’s hosting special offers or giveaways, sharing helpful content via social media, or partnering with other local businesses—there are plenty of ways you can leverage these occasions when marketing your business.

Use my Pet Holidays and Awareness Day Calendar to stay up to date on upcoming pet-related occasions and start planning your marketing strategy today. Packed with inspiration for each day you’ll never be stuck for an idea on how to leverage these opportunities. If you want a little nudge to remind you, sign up for our regular emails with prompts and tips to help you.

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Sarah-Jane White

Sarah-Jane White

I'm an experienced Animal Behaviourist, Trainer and Enrichment Expert from Ruffle Snuffle®. I'm also a published Author and award-winning business woman.

My goal is to help pet owners use enrichment for a happy and fulfilling life together. I do this by offering advice, games and DIY enrichment ideas that support the instinctual behaviours of your pets in safe, fun, and enriching ways every day. I have been quoted in the top media including: Newsweek, The Sunday Times, The Dodo and Country Living, to name a few . See more of my animal behaviour expertise and comments.