Restaurant Marketing Ideas for October 2020
Business owners can find many great restaurant marketing ideas for October.
Business owners can choose from many excellent restaurant marketing ideas for October. In addition to the ever so popular Halloween, there are plenty of other excellent opportunities to use for marketing purposes. Whether your business is in foodservice, convenience stores, department stores or anything in between, think about using some of these weird, fun holidays for new & interesting marketing possibilities. For food service-related businesses, here are specific days of the month to get your marketing ideas soaring such as International Coffee Day, Taco Day, Noodle Day, Pumpkin Day and many more. Other days that stick out to use for excellent marketing options are Boyfriend’s Day, World Student’s Day and International Artists Day, etc.! If you haven’t used any of these types of funny holidays to spice up your marketing, give it a chance. You may like what you see and your customers will enjoy it also! We suggest sending two to four textALERTs out to your subscribers every month to keep your business on the top of your customer’s minds and fully engaged with your business. To help you come up with ideas for the campaigns, here is a large list of upcoming October holidays that could be useful.
1 – International Coffee Day
1 – World Vegetarian Day
1 – Older Peoples Day
2 – World Farm Animals Day
2 – Custodial Worker Day
3 – Boyfriend’s Day
3 – Techies Day
3 – Bring your Bible to School Day
4 – Vodka Day
4 – Improve your Office Day
4 – Taco Day
4 – World Animal Day
5 – World Teachers Day
5 – Country Inn Bed & Breakfast Day
5 – Architechure Day
6 – Mad Hatter Day
6 – Noodle Day
7 – Bathtub Day
7 – Frappe Day
8 – World Octupus Day
8 – Pierogi Day
9 – Scrubs Day
9 – Moldy Cheese Day
9 – Fire Prevention Day
9 – Beer & Pizza Day
10 – Cake Decorating Day
10 – Hug a Drummer Day
10 – World Mental Health Day
11 – Sausage Pizza Day
12 – Pulled Pork Day
12 – Old Farmers Day
12 – Columbus Day
12 – Native American Day
13 – No Bra Day
13 – Train your Brain Day
13 – Face your Fears Day
13 – Own Business Day
14 – Be Bald and Free Day
14 – Dessert Day
14 – Take Your Parents to Lunch Day
15 – World Students’ Day
15 – Chicken Cacciatore Day
15 – Conflict Resolution Day
16 – World Food Day
16 – Boss’ Day
16 – Steve Jobs Day
16 – Dictionary Day
17 – Wear Something Gaudy Day
17 – Mulligan Day
17 – Sweetest Day
18 – Chocolate Cupcake Day
18 – No Beard Day
20 – Office Chocolate Day
20 – International Chef Day
20 – Brandied Fruit Day
21 – Apple Day
21 – Reptile Awareness Day
22 – Smart is Cool Day
22 – Nut Day
23 – iPod Day
23 – Mole Day
23 – Boston Cream Pie Day
24 – World Tripe Day
24 – Bologna Day
24 – United Nations Day
25 – International Artists Day
25 – Sourest Day
25 – World Pasta Day
25 – Greasy Food Day
26 – Howl at the Moon Day
26 – Mule Day
26 – Pumpkin Day
27 – Black Cat Day
27 – Navy Day
28 – Plush Animal Lover’s Day
28 – Animation Day
29 – Internet Day
29 – Cat Day
30 – Checklist Day
30 – Haunted Refridgerator Night
30 – Candy Corn Day
31 – Halloween
31 – Magic Day
31 – Caramel Apple Day
textALERT examples from last month
Last month, a Mexican restaurant in Franklin, TN ran a textALERT offering their subscribers 15% OFF any purchase. The campaign was able to drive in over 18% of their total subscribers in that time span. They texted 316 subscribers at one time, driving in 58 extra people. Another textALERT example sent last month was one from a smoothie bar. They texted 1,021 subscribers at one time, driving in 100 extra people in one day, (3.84%) to redeem a Free 20oz smoothie.Download our Marketing Calendar Template to help you plan and organize all your marketing efforts in 2020 and we now have a 2021 version. With it, you can plan all your social posts, textALERTs, images for MMS marketing and email blasts. Along with restaurant marketing ideas for October, it also has a list of all holidays for each month.
