Mother’s Day is Sunday May 12th 2013 and is an excellent opportunity to build buzz for your business. If you want to do something more subtle than just hanging big signs or banners touting your Mother’s Day sale, you can create simple but effective contests on your Facebook page. Whether you run a restaurant, a non-profit,  sells clothes, teach yoga, you can have a successful Mother’s Day marketing contest with a little effort and creativity. You don’t need a MBA to make it, you need time, good copywriting for your headlines, good quality pictures for your adds and ACTION  ! Even if design isn’t your thing, you want to make your constests apps and landing pages visually appealing. Pictures are great ways to capture the eye of a reader. Whenever possible, remember to show, not tell. Keep the content simple with a clear call to action. Too much going on will cause the reader to ignore your message.

So let’s get started !

Mum at my age : what your mum looks like at your age ? We want a photo of it. Both for son and daughter.

My mum is a STAR : If you could put your mum into any romantic movie, what movie character would she be  ? Let’s us see the pictures which one’s best.

Me and Mom  : Send us your favorite picture with  mommy. You can choose to do the typical mother versus daughter or change for mummy’s boys.

The Morning after:  Mother’s day is just a memory now, but we want to know what your loved ones bought for you?  Send a photo of yours gifts.

But you need more than just an idea, you also have to spread the word so take these ideas and let people know!

There are many more ideas that you could do on Mother’s Day, I bet you actually have one or two to share ?