Chalk up a promo you can run this week.
Pick what you need and fill in the blanks. The board writes the sign for you, with no fake deadline and no discount.
Fill quiet hours
Give your quiet hour a job
Only post details that are true today. Update the post when they change.
Put it to work
Good fit: A salon, shop or service team with a gap in the schedule.
- Pick one gap you can fill this week.
- Name the service, total price and booking step.
- Post it once where local customers already follow you.
- Keep it honest
- Only say a slot is open while it is. Update the post when it fills.
- Watch this
- Bookings for that slot, and profit after the work is done.
Honesty check on your message
It reads your filled-in message for fake rush, made-up "was" prices and rewards for reviews. It also tells you which blanks are still empty.
- Every blank is filled in5 blanks still in brackets. Fill them with true details.
- No made-up rushNo countdown or pressure words found.
- Any "was" price is one you chargedNo was/now or percent-off comparison found.
- Nothing offered in return for a reviewNo review reward found.
A word check, not legal advice. The FTC's pricing guides say a “was” price has to be one you really charged, openly and in good faith, for a fair length of time.
Example
A bakery fills a slow Thursday
Hillside Bakery is a made-up bakery, used here to show one idea filled in. Its Thursday afternoons are quiet, so it asks people to order a loaf ahead and collect it then.
- item
- a whole sourdough loaf
- deadline
- Wednesday at 6 pm
- day, time
- Thursday between 3 and 6 pm
- Price and order link
- $9 a loaf. Order at the counter or by phone
- Every blank is filled inNothing left in brackets.
- No made-up rushNo countdown or pressure words found.
- Any "was" price is one you chargedNo was/now or percent-off comparison found.
- Nothing offered in return for a reviewNo review reward found.
What it would count after the week: completed pickups, loaves thrown away, and money left after flour, time and packaging.
Fill quiet hours
Make pickup easier on a slow day
How to run one idea for a week
- Before you postPick a service you offer, a price that still pays you, and a week you have room for. Fill every blank and test the way people contact you.
- During the weekUse one channel you already have permission to use. Answer every inquiry. Note which ones fit your business.
- After the workCount the jobs or sales you finished and take off what they cost you. Then decide whether to run it again, change it or drop it.
Get all 30 ideas free
Every idea with its message, three steps, an honesty rule and what to watch, grouped by goal. Plus the printable PDF and a plan sheet for the idea on your board.
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