{"id":1109,"date":"2021-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:04:57","slug":"3-things-to-gear-up-for-christmas-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/3-things-to-gear-up-for-christmas-online\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Things To Gear Up For Christmas Online &#8211; Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This blog will help you gear up for Christmas Online, ensuring that you use your full online potential. With only three weeks left until Christmas, you might think it is too late to start a marketing campaign. The truth is, it is never too late. A large percentage of Christmas shoppers leave it until the last minute, either holding out for specials, or until they have time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Now\u2019 is therefore an excellent time to start and take your campaign to the next level with ideas like these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h4>TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/h4><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#gear-up-for-christmas-online\">Gear Up For Christmas Online<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#run-a-deal-of-the-day\">Run a Deal of the Day<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#bring-an-influencer-on-board\">Bring an Influencer on Board<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#announce-free-shipping-last-calls\">Announce Free Shipping and \u201cLast Call\u201d<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#missed-our-two-previous-articles-on-the-topic\">Missed our Gear up for Christmas Online Blogs?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gear-up-for-christmas-online\">Gear Up For Christmas Online<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"run-a-deal-of-the-day\">Run a Deal of the Day<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Create daily deals and use all your marketing platforms (email, social, SMS and WhatsApp) to communicate them. See it as being similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Friday_(shopping)\" alt=\"Link to Wikipedia - Black Friday - Shopping\" title=\"Wikipedia - Black Friday - Shopping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Friday<\/a>, use these deals to create a sense of urgency and excitement amongst your customers, leads and followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-51fb2c9041806b2516e9363698cf106d wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TIP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-052503b132656b4b54756e12b6df42d2 wp-block-paragraph\">Utilise Facebook and Instagram Stories to give your deal extra exposure!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bring-an-influencer-on-board\">Bring an Influencer on Board<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever you sell, there is a celebrity, stylist or industry persona that can help you sell it. Paid partnerships aren&#8217;t uncommon and prices and packages are different from person to person. Make a few enquiries and choose something that is within your budget and will get the results you are after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-51fb2c9041806b2516e9363698cf106d wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TIP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ea5a4b2b62c926721b82fe5c871e292c wp-block-paragraph\">Provide your influencer with a Promo Code for an exclusive deal he\/she can promote to his\/her own followers, which allows you the opportunity to track the success of using this form of advertising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"announce-free-shipping-last-calls\">Announce Free Shipping and \u201cLast Call\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boost sales by announcing free or discounted shipping on orders for a limited time only. Don\u2019t forget to let your customers know how many days they have left in order to receive their purchase in time for Christmas. Bear in mind that courier drivers are incredibly busy leading up to Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-341673523a591c577b84e4983448139c wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TIP: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5a0dfbfbe3261a2abb46e83a6b3c0ebd wp-block-paragraph\">Consider delivering local parcels yourself, thereby making your service more personal. This way you can really leave a lasting impression with the people who are located closest to your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gear up for Christmas online with the biggest retail event of the year. Don\u2019t let it slip past without trying to obtain your percentage of this year\u2019s sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"missed-our-two-previous-articles-on-the-topic\">Missed our Gear up for Christmas Online Blogs?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/gear-up-for-christmas-online-part-2\/\"><em>Gearing up for Christmas Online: 3 Things to Do Right Now [Part 2]<\/em><\/a><br>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/things-to-gear-up-for-christmas-online\/\"><em>Gearing up for Christmas Online: 3 Things to Do Right Now [Part 1]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ai-domain-name-generator-1.png\" alt=\"3 Things To Gear Up For Christmas Online - Part 3\" title=\"3 Things To Gear Up For Christmas Online - Part 3\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog will help you gear up for Christmas Online, ensuring that you use your full online potential. With only three weeks left until Christmas, you might think it is too late to start a marketing campaign. The truth is, it is never too late. A large percentage of Christmas shoppers leave it until the last minute, either holding out for specials, or until they have time. \u2018Now\u2019 is therefore an excellent time to start and take your campaign to the next level with ideas like these: Gear Up For Christmas OnlineRun a Deal of the DayBring an Influencer on BoardAnnounce Free Shipping and \u201cLast Call\u201dMissed our Gear up for Christmas Online Blogs? Gear Up For Christmas Online Run a Deal of the Day Create daily deals and use <a alt='3 Things To Gear Up For Christmas Online &#8211; Part 3' title='3 Things To Gear Up For Christmas Online &#8211; Part 3' href='https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/3-things-to-gear-up-for-christmas-online\/' class='moreElipsis'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1001],"tags":[1479,1481,1480,1478],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-updates","tag-getting-influencers-to-promote-a-product","tag-last-call-specials-are-great-for-moving-slow-stock","tag-offer-customers-free-shipping","tag-running-christmas-and-year-end-deal-of-the-days"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3784,"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions\/3784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}