Current Pedorthics | November-December 2016 | Vol.48 Issue 6 | Page 42

L ast week we held a "gift with purchase" Birkenstock event with our sales rep in the store. She brought in some give-a-way products like branded nail polish, nice hardcover notebooks, and leather wrist bands. She also brought lots of banners and signs, and the store looked like a Birkenstock concept shop. We only promoted the event to our email list; once, several weeks prior, and once, on Monday of that week. It ended up being the biggest day in our history. This may prove a couple of things: 1) Birkenstock is a really hot brand (which it is). 2) We don't email our customers often enough. In any case, we hit a home run. —Jeff Jacobs BOC Ped fig. 1 40 Pedorthic Footcare Association www.pedorthics.org Illustration adapted from: @iStock.comAskold Romanov Examples of how vendors can help with promotions and marketing ( fig.1 - fig.2 )