Planning Calendar November
Seasonal Considerations
- Dietary Changes
- Cold and Flu Season
- Preparing for holidays = Stress/Anxiety
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- End of year insurance benefits (use them or lose them)
- Holiday greeting card planning
Week Topics
- World Kindness Week
- National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week – Week Before Thanksgiving
- National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week – First Full Week of November
Month Topics
- Adopt A Senior Pet Month
- Epilepsy Awareness Month
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- National Alzheimer’s
- Disease Month
- National COPD Month
- National Diabetes Month
- National Impotency Month
- Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
- Vegan Month
- Sweet Potato Awareness Month
- Spinach and Squash Month
Marketing Ideas
National Diabetes Month:
- Educate patients on how acupuncture can aid in managing diabetes symptoms and complications.
- Marketing Idea: Offer a discount for diabetes patients or hold a free seminar on acupuncture and diabetes management.
National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month:
- Share information on how acupuncture may help improve the quality of life for Alzheimer’s patients.
- Marketing Idea: Host a webinar discussing the potential benefits of acupuncture for cognitive health and Alzheimer’s disease.
American Diabetes Month:
- Emphasize acupuncture’s role in holistic diabetes care and management.
- Marketing Idea: Write a blog post or create social media content highlighting success stories from diabetic patients who have benefited from acupuncture.
National Healthy Skin Month:
- Promote acupuncture as a holistic approach to achieving and maintaining healthy skin.
- Marketing Idea: Offer special acupuncture packages for skin health and rejuvenation.
Specific Dates:
November 14: World Diabetes Day
- Use this day to specifically target diabetes patients, offering them information and services related to acupuncture and diabetes.
- Marketing Idea: Hold an open house or online Q&A session for diabetes patients interested in acupuncture.
November 17: Great American Smokeout
- Highlight acupuncture’s effectiveness in helping individuals quit smoking.
- Marketing Idea: Provide a discount for acupuncture services focused on smoking cessation on this day.
Other Ideas:
Thanksgiving-Themed Promotion
- Express gratitude to existing patients and welcome new ones.
- Marketing Idea: Offer a “Thank You” discount or package for acupuncture services during the week of Thanksgiving.
Tips :
- Content Creation: Add blog posts to your website, social media content, and email newsletters focused on each event and how acupuncture relates to it.
- Collaboration: Collaborate with other healthcare providers for seminars or webinars on these topics.
- Local Community Involvement: Engage with the local community by participating in or organizing events related to these awareness topics.
