Affiliate marketers often look only to the obvious when it comes to September – back to school promotions.
While back to school is a HUGE seller, it is not the only opportunity for you to make money online.
Here’s our basic list of events for this September:
- 2 VJ Day, WWII
- 5 Labor Day
- 11 Grandparents Day the first Sunday after Labor Day
- 17 Constitution Day
- 21 International Peace Day (UN)
- 23 Autumnal Equinox
- 23 Native American Day the fourth Friday of the month
- 28 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
But did you know that it is also:
- Classical Music Month
- Hispanic Heritage Month
- Fall Hat Month
- International Square Dancing Month
- National Blueberry Popsicle Month
- National Courtesy Month
- National Piano Month
- Chicken Month
- Baby Safety Month
- Little League Month
- Honey Month
- Self Improvement Month
- Better Breakfast Month
In that list, I see opportunities for affiliates in the Hispanic, food, childrens’, self-improvement, sports and music niches to monetize better in September.
Think a little larger though. With the autumnal equinox (beginning of fall) there’s a lot you can do to help your readers prepare for winter at this time too!
Being a bit of a cheap energy nut myself, I blogged about energy savings on my personal blog. I’ve written articles, made videos and promoted everything from lightbulbs to solar panels.
Going green and saving energy works across almost every niche.
Everyone wants to save money. Smart, caring parents want to make the world a better place for their children and will therefore spend money to reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. Really smart parents will buy their kid a backpack that actually fits the kid… maybe so the child can WALK to school and get some exercise instead of needlessly burning gas to drive them 2 blocks.
Smart affiliates will also share information with parents on exercise, nutrition, sports injuries and proper sleep for their kids. (Check out the U.S. Government’s tips on the back to school subject for more ideas).
Just a thought. 
About Rosalind Gardner
National Blueberry Popsicle Month…. really!?
How random is that, and Rosalind, where do you come up with these things? Do you find all this on Google Reader? You make this look soo easy. I appreciate the random things. They are great at keeping life from being too mundane, so thank you for the ideas and the giggle.
I really thought October was Hispanic Heritage month.
This is also the month to really get the last minute holiday sites spruced up for the big season coming.
Ros,
WOW! Who knew there were so many holiday opportunities available! Thank you for the information and for doing the research for us!
I look forward to continually reading your blog for great information! Thank you!
Ernie
Thanks Ros,
I look forward to my first real holiday season in this business and try to prepare already!
great ideas and advices as usual
Hi Ros,
Yes, it’s easy to think about September only in terms of “back to school clothes, and back to school supplies” when clearly there are many more things going as well. Thank you as usual for the good
reminder!
Hey Ros
Where have you been?? ALL your websites have been down for a few days – what happened? Tried emailing you and that bounced back as well!
Great to see you are back on line. If you need a really great person to handle your hosting, speak to Chris Botterill. He’s at Genex marketing based in cranbrook, bc. I’m not an affiliate of his and he has absolutely no idea I am giving you his name, but I really do recommend him. genexmarketing.com/
Hope you stay on line now
best
Penny
Hello Rosalind,
I bought the SAH back in 2005, and I have not one regret! Before then I had been picking up bits and pieces of information about starting a Online business, some good some not so good. But to date this is one of the best tools I have in my collection. SAH answered every question I had about Affiliate Marketing and then some. I don’t think I’ll ever be as organized as you, ‘arranging even groceries in alphabetical order’ lol. I also had the updated Version but I lost it in a computer crash.
I didn’t put what I was learning into practice back then. But I’ve started reading it again. The information provided in SAH is just as relevant today as it was when I first read it. Even more so. I’m on a budget and this is the best book I’ve brought. Plus there are tons of links and resources directing you to whatever is needed. You could charge way more but you’ve made it affordable.
Thank you Rosalind
Robin