Marketing Excuses*
APR
9

Thursday

April 9, 2026POOR

Problem

Four days of golf are flattening weekend CTR.

Excuse

1 / 40

Augusta's broadcast has better production values than your entire brand.

Sports

Also in effect on this date

The full docket. Any of these would hold up in a Monday standup.

  • The Masters is on and your highest-value demo is whispering at a television.

    Sports · in effect 04-07 to 04-14

  • Every accountant in America is unreachable and every filer is doing math.

    Economy · in effect 04-01 to 04-15

  • Half your audience is traveling and the other half is pretending to work from Cabo.

    Vacation · in effect 03-01 to 04-10

  • Spring break is staggered by school district, so demand is dissolving one region at a time.

    Vacation · in effect 03-01 to 04-10

  • TSA throughput is up and your conversion rate is down. These facts are related.

    Vacation · in effect 03-01 to 04-10

  • Tax season dread has entered the purchase funnel.

    Economy · in effect 03-15 to 04-15

  • Campaign media buyers are already testing against your exact audiences.

    Politics · in effect 01-15 to 06-30 · election years

  • It's 72 degrees outside. Nobody wants to see your carousel ad.

    Weather · in effect 03-15 to 06-10