VACATIONS CLOSE TO HOME

One of the industries that is suffering in this bad economy is the hotel business.  Occupancy rates are at an all-time low and hotels all over the country are offering great deals right now and looking for ways to promote them inexpensively.  You can take advantage of the unbooked rooms at hotels and resorts in [...]

BORED KIDS FESTIVAL

As the summer wears on parents will begin to run out of things to do with their kids creating a lot of bored kids and tortured parents.  You could capitalize on this communal ennui by creating a fun event for kids and their parents and call it the ‘I’m So Bored’ Family Fest. This event [...]

FATHER’S DAY PROMOTION IDEA/WHO DA MAN?

There are many skills required of men when they become fathers, learning to diaper the baby, teaching their kids to ride a bike and, most importantly, how to put toys and other things together using directions.  Becoming a father is easy, being a true man is not.  No father is truly a man until he [...]

FATHER’S DAY PROGRAMMING AND PROMOTIONS IDEAS/NEW GIFT IDEAS

The idea for an official Father’s Day celebration came to a married daughter, sitting in church in Spokane, Washington during a Mother’s Day sermon in 1910, two years after the first Mother’s Day observance in West Virginia.  But, it wasn’t until 62 years after it was proposed, in 1972 that Father’s Day was permanently established by [...]