







Christmas season starts as early as September in the Philippines. This also marks the time when Filipinos start to look for their next Christmas getaway destination, as well as the annual Christmas decor hunting, and gift shopping for their families and friends.
This demand keeps retailers, especially eCommerce businesses on their toes scrambling on their inventory and marketing strategies to maximize the busiest season for the year.
The holiday season is where consumers’ intent to purchase is at its peak because of gift-giving pressure and work bonuses. That is why crafting the best strategy to maximize your gains this holiday season is crucial to businesses especially those in the E-Commerce industry.
Good thing we enlisted a few things to help you step up your holiday eCommerce strategy:Review your previous holiday campaigns and analyze them carefully. To start with, ask yourself the following questions to see which areas you need to improve on:
Did they perform according to your liking?
What worked and what didn’t?
Which channel has the best ROI?
What are you DEFINITELY going to do again?This is the most exciting part--the planning! Set your goals and KPIs and be crystal clear about it! A well-defined goal is the make or break point of your campaign.
For eCommerce businesses, goals are usually focused on conversions and sales, but you can always incorporate another goal like improving community engagement and growing your mailing list.
Once you are set with your goal, it is time to put in on a schedule. Timing is everything in holiday campaigns. Set your timelines in advance of its launch date. The most important part of scheduling is to create a timeline that ties back to your specific goal. Plan how each of your products will be promoted leading to the holiday itself.
You may want to create a timeline that will cover the following:
By breaking it down into parts, you will be able to think of creative ways to promote your products/brand. You can also consider getting in touch with influencers to start promoting your campaign prior to your launch day.
And the last thing you should consider: SHIPPING
Every carrier has a final day to punch in orders before Christmas. Make sure to post your “Last Days To Ship” notice before the deadline.
Strut for Your Strat and Creative Direction
Gather your team and start pitching for ideas for your campaign. You can use these questions as a guide to help you stay on track:
What is the idea or concept behind this holiday campaign?
What is the focus of this campaign?
Which products are going to be featured?
What is our promotional strategy?
How will this idea help us achieve our goal?
Once you set the backbone of your strategy, it is now time to come up with the corresponding visual and entire feel of your campaign. This should include a color palette, a key visual, and a design style guide, or at least a style peg.
Mix ‘Em Well into a Social Media CalendarNow that your campaign is all set up. It’s time to make sure that you have trackable links on both your website and social media channels. This will help you get an overview of your conversions and traffic and which channel it came from.
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