2022 Promotional Products Marketing Calendar

With the new year upon us, it’s the perfect time to reevaluate our calendars and get ahead of the marketing curve. Planning campaigns around the events and themes below will help you drive revenue and increase both sales and engagement.

PRO TIP: Promote early and promote often. Schedule your campaigns two to three months prior to the start of these events to give your customers ample time to prepare, and then promote them again when the days roll around to take advantage of those sweet, sweet social engagements.

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BONUS: Scroll to the bottom to get a printable version of the calendar.

JANUARY

  • New Products
  • Resolutions  & Goals
  • College Football Playoff Season
  • New Year – 1st
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – 18th

FEBRUARY

  • Black History Month
  • Super Bowl – 13th
  • Valentines Day – 14th
  • President’s Day – 21st

MARCH

  • March Madness
  • Mardi Gras – 1st
  • Employee Appreciation Day – 4th
  • St. Patrick’s Day – 17th
  • MLB Opening Day – 31st

APRIL

  • Spring Essentials
  • The Masters – 7th
  • Tax Day – 15th
  • Easter – 17th
  • Patriots’ Day – 18th
  • Earth Day – 22nd
  • Take Your Child to Work Day – 28th

MAY

  • Cinco de Mayo – 5th
  • Nurses’ Day – 6th
  • Kentucky Derby – 7th
  • Mother’s Day – 8th
  • Memorial Day – 30th

JUNE

  • Summer Essentials
  • Pride Month
  • Safety Awareness Month
  • Juneteenth – 19th (20th Observed)
  • Father’s Day – 19th

JULY

  • Summer Essentials
  • Independence Day – 4th

AUGUST

  • Tailgate Essentials
  • Back to School
  • NFL Football Season Begins
  • College Football Season Begins

SEPTEMBER

  • Back to School
  • College & NFL Football
  • Tailgate Essentials
  • College Colors Day – 2nd
  • Labor Day – 5th
  • September 11th
  • National Coffee Day – 29th

OCTOBER

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  • Yom Kippur – 4-5th
  • Indigenous Peoples Day – 10th
  • Halloween – 31st

NOVEMBER

  • Holiday Gifting
  • Veterans Day – 11th
  • Thanksgiving – 24th
  • Black Friday – 25th
  • Small Business Saturday – 26th
  • Cyber Monday – 28th

DECEMBER

  • Corporate Giving
  • Holiday Giving
  • Year-in-Review
  • Trade Show Preparation
  • Hanukkah – 18-26th
  • Christmas – 25th
  • Kwanzaa – 26 (ends Jan 1)