Back to School Time!
Oakwood Mall
Crazy Days Event
Worked with Eagle Marketing – their social media coordinator who targeted different demographics through Facebook. We also did a couple of videos to showcase some of the different stores. This worked great! Not only were the events on Saturday were well attended the traffic and sales Thursday – Sunday were high.
Promotional Videos
NEW: Kids Smoothie making contest. We will definitely be expanding on this type of idea at future events.
Tax Free Weekend
Lunch box giveaway.- small lunch bags/shopping totes and snacks for kinds to fill them with.
Drawing sign up for a gift card
100 drawing sign ups and gave away around 75 bags and totes.
Northland Mall
Senior Expo, Bergner’s Kids Expo, My Back to School Event & Dunhams Grand Opening. Grand Opening
Conestoga Mall
This year we combined Public Safety Day and Sizzlin Summer Sales….proven success!!
We added the following items to Public Safety Day:
- Crane flying the American Flag (what a presence it made from a distance!)
- Live entertainment (singers, cloggers, and cheerleaders)
- Lunch to all participants was provided by our mall restaurants as a way of saying thank you. We had so much food!
- Tent for outside (weather was predicted to be near 100 that day)
- Live radio remote
- Live FB videos
- Some participants were inside and some were outside
- Challenge sheet (go to each booth and get a signature). Turn in the sheet for your chance to win a mall gift card
- English and Spanish T.V. Interviews
- Advertised on Spanish radio and newspaper
Back to School BASH-Wizard Theme
- Gave away 150 backpacks
- Three sponsors this year that helped pay for backpacks and tags
- Kids were in line by shortly after 6 a.m. Giveaway was at 10:00 a.m.
- Each student in line received a backpack with some supplies (approx. 125) with about 25 left over that were handed out at customer service.
- Changes: Event was from 10:00-2:00. I would suggest shortening the event. Also relook at the timing of backpack giveaway. Since people had stood in line for so long they didn’t stick around the mall long after the backpack giveaway.
Upcoming events:
Husker Prediction (FB event)
Royalty Day September 24th 10:00 a.m.-noon
Fall Craft Show (October 14-16)
Pumpkin Giveaway
Mall-o-ween
Crossroads
Conestoga
Arrowhead
Video for Dillards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx3fBso1q1M
School Supply Scavenger Hunt
Successes: Made local news station and had a huge turnout.
Challenges: TOO many people the first year, I planned for 100 (125) but still did not have enough. Mad guests because we let them start early. Had to purchase all supplies out of my own budget.
Next year: seek sponsorships and have more staff on hand.
Make a bigger “school event” day out of this instead of just the scavenger hunt.
Teacher Fashion Show
September- Mall Birthday
October- Women Who Care Luncheon, Domestic Violence Display, Bra Art Display and Bra Ha Ha Event with Dillards, School for the Blind Day, Mall-O-Ween….
Crossroads
National Night Out/Back to School Bash
Backpacks for kids –
put together by local 4H volunteers as well as other kids from the community. The giveaway is organized by Upper Des Moines Opportunity which is a local nonprofit. Most of the supplies are donated to the program. As of yesterday they were able to provide school supplies for 790 families.
Oct 1st – Health and Safety Day, the 15th is Kidzmania, 22nd is a craft/vendor show and the 27th is Trick or Treat.
Venus – Conference Recap
Saks Fifth Ave Holiday Light Show Video
Avalon Noon to Night Video
“Experience Shopping”
Mobile Marketing
Customizing Messages
WEBSITES
Calendars – Facebook feed to websites
Noodles
-campus events – University
-kids health fair
-national family weekend
