campaign-calendar

# Campaign Calendar Running ecommerce marketing without a forward-looking calendar is one of the most common reasons sellers miss peak revenue windows. This skill helps you build a structured, actionable campaign calendar that maps your promotional activity to seasonal demand spikes, platform-specific sale events, regional holidays, and trending cultural moments—so every campaign is planned with enough lead time to execute properly. ## Use when - You are an ecommerce operator entering Q4 and need to map out all major November and December sale events (11.11, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, 12.12, Christmas) with content, inventory, and ad deadlines at least 6 weeks in advance. - You sell on TikTok Shop and want to align your product promotions with TikTok's Official Sale Events calendar so your listings are eligible for platform traffic boosts and featured placements during high-intent shopping windows. - You manage a Southeast Asia seller account on Shopee or Lazada and need to build a 12-month promotional plan that covers local holidays like Eid, Diwali, Chinese New Year, Songkran, and Harbolnas alongside platform mega-sale dates. - You are a brand team preparing a content and creator briefing schedule and need campaign milestones reverse-engineered from go-live dates so influencer content, video reviews, and affiliate activations land at the right moment. - You want to identify white-space months where competitors pull back on promotions so you can plan counter-programming campaigns that capture demand at lower ad cost. ## What this skill does This skill takes your product categories, target markets, and business goals and produces a month-by-month campaign calendar with named events, recommended campaign types, suggested promotional mechanics (flash sales, vouchers, bundles, livestreams), content deadlines, and resource allocation notes. It layers platform sale calendars for TikTok Shop, Shopee, Lazada, Amazon, and Shopify-based DTC stores on top of regional and cultural holidays relevant to your primary selling markets. The output highlights high-priority windows that warrant heavier spend and lower-priority windows suitable for evergreen content or catalog maintenance. ## Inputs required - **Target markets** (required): The countries or regions you sell into, e.g. "US, UK, Malaysia, Indonesia" — this determines which holidays and platform events apply. - **Primary sales platforms** (required): The platforms you sell on, e.g. "TikTok Shop US, Shopee SG, own Shopify site" — used to pull platform-specific sale event windows. - **Product categories** (required): What you sell, e.g. "skincare, home decor, electronics accessories" — seasonal relevance varies significantly by category. - **Planning horizon** (optional): The number of months to plan, e.g. "next 6 months" or "full calendar year" — defaults to the next 12 months if not specified. - **Budget tier** (optional): Whether you are a budget-constrained solo seller or a funded brand team — affects how many campaigns are recommended per month and whether paid amplification is included. ## Output format The output is structured as a month-by-month campaign calendar. Each month contains: a list of relevant sale events and holidays with exact or approximate dates, a recommended primary campaign type (e.g. flash sale, gifting bundle, creator-led live), suggested promotional mechanics with specific discount or incentive structures, a content and creator briefing deadline relative to go-live, and an inventory readiness reminder. High-priority months are flagged with a revenue potential rating. The calendar closes with a quarterly overview table summarizing campaign count, peak windows, and recommended resource focus by quarter. ## Scope - Designed for: ecommerce operators, brand marketing teams, TikTok Shop sellers, DTC founders - Platform context: TikTok Shop, Shopee, Lazada, Amazon, Shopify, platform-agnostic - Language: English ## Limitations - This skill does not pull live platform sale event announcements — dates are based on historical patterns and should be verified against official platform calendars before finalizing. - It does not replace a media buying or paid ads calendar; ad scheduling and budget allocation require separate planning based on your specific ROAS targets. - Cultural and holiday dates for lunar-calendar regions (e.g. Chinese New Year, Eid) shift annually — always confirm exact dates for the current year before locking campaign timelines.