{"id":7042,"date":"2014-04-07T07:11:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T07:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.123print.com\/blog\/?p=7042"},"modified":"2015-07-16T19:05:45","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T19:05:45","slug":"3-great-ideas-for-your-cinco-de-mayo-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/3-great-ideas-for-your-cinco-de-mayo-promotion\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Great Ideas for Your Cinco de Mayo Promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/3-Great-Ideas-for-Your-Cinco-de-Mayo-Promotion-The-123Print-Blog.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7046\" title=\"3 Great Ideas for Your Cinco de Mayo Promotion - The 123Print Blog\" alt=\"3 Great Ideas for Your Cinco de Mayo Promotion - The 123Print Blog\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/3-Great-Ideas-for-Your-Cinco-de-Mayo-Promotion-The-123Print-Blog-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/3-Great-Ideas-for-Your-Cinco-de-Mayo-Promotion-The-123Print-Blog-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/3-Great-Ideas-for-Your-Cinco-de-Mayo-Promotion-The-123Print-Blog.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Cinco de Mayo | history.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/holidays\/cinco-de-mayo\" target=\"_blank\">Cinco de Mayo<\/a> is a hot (must be all the chili peppers) holiday in the U.S. (Though, fun fact, it is actually a rather minor holiday in Mexico!) Who doesn&#8217;t love some bueno Mexican food and margaritas? Ole!<\/p>\n<p>You can piggyback off of the festive day that celebrates Mexican culture and heritage \u2014 that is, the fifth of May \u2014 by creating a Cinco de Mayo promotion that your customers will love. Picture colorful signage \u2014 reds, greens, and yellow \u2014 and incorporate iconic symbols, like a sombrero and hot chili peppers.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s only one month away, so it\u2019s probably a smart idea to start planning for your Cinco de Mayo promotion now. We have a few great ideas for you below to get your wheels turning.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: #ff771c;\">1. A Mexi-fabulous Open House.<\/span> Invite your customers to visit your location for a fun gathering before the rest of their Cinco plans kick in \u2014 maybe for a burrito breakfast to coat their tummies before taking on the day if it\u2019s on a weekend, or late in the afternoon during a weekday with some post-work snacks. Decorate your location with <a title=\"Banners from 123Print\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123print.com\/marketing\/outdoor-advertising\/banners\" target=\"_blank\">vinyl banners<\/a> (good for indoors or outdoors) and put out some <a title=\"Custom Yard Signs from 123Print\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123print.com\/marketing\/outdoor-advertising\/yard-signs\" target=\"_blank\">yard signs<\/a> to attract attention to your event. While they are munching, give customers the skinny on your special sales and let them roam. You could even have a mariachi band playing \u2026 just sayin\u2019.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7048\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.123print.com\/design\/small-banners-29-x-52\/3b190dab-3a8c-4646-bf94-d95d21474119\/orange-blossom\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7048\" title=\"Cinco de Mayo Vinyl Banner from 123Print - Orange Blossom\" alt=\"Cinco de Mayo Vinyl Banner from 123Print - Orange Blossom\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Cinco-de-Mayo-Vinyl-Banner-from-123Print-Orange-Blossom.jpg\" width=\"525\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Cinco-de-Mayo-Vinyl-Banner-from-123Print-Orange-Blossom.jpg 525w, https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Cinco-de-Mayo-Vinyl-Banner-from-123Print-Orange-Blossom-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Decorate for Cinco de Mayo with a Custom Banner!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: #ff771c;\">2. Arriba, Arriba Sale Email!<\/span> (Arriba = \u201clet\u2019s go!\u201d) Encourage your clients to \u201cgo\u201d take advantage of your Cinco de Mayo promotion by sending special offers via email that they can use in-store or online (if that works for your business). A fun idea is to incorporate the \u201cfive\u201d from May 5 into your offers. Are you able to give them five discounts to choose from?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: #ff771c;\">3. Mayo Milestones.<\/span> Each month, you likely come upon anniversaries of business from some of your special customers. During May, Cinco de Mayo might just be the right opportunity to \u201ccelebrate\u201d by acknowledging them for their business. To do this, consider sending <a title=\"Note Cards from 123Print\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123print.com\/marketing\/customer-retention\/note-cards\" target=\"_blank\">thank you note cards<\/a> with an offer inside. A cute idea would be to put the promotional offer on <a title=\"Business Cards from 123Print\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123print.com\/stationery\/business-cards\" target=\"_blank\">business cards<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 nice and petite so each customer can put one in their wallet and pull it out when they are ready to use it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is your business planning on having a Cinco de Mayo promotion? If you&#8217;ve done one in the past, what did you learn from it?<\/strong> We&#8217;d love to hear from you! Let us know in the comments below, or connect with us on <a title=\"facebook.com\/123Print\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/123Print\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a title=\"twitter.com\/123print\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/123print\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> or <a title=\"plus.google.com\/+123print\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+123print\/posts\" target=\"_blank\">Google+<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cinco de Mayo is a hot (must be all the chili peppers) holiday in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,1448,27,8],"tags":[191,1480,1324,1360,1295],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7042"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8978,"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7042\/revisions\/8978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}