Marketing Excuses*
MAR
17

Tuesday

March 17, 2026SEVERE

Problem

Bracket obsession is hijacking workday traffic.

Excuse

1 / 40

Brackets are being managed during work hours with enterprise-grade attention.

Your customers have reallocated their focus to a spreadsheet with seeding.

Sports

Also in effect on this date

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

  • Your target demo has money on this game.

    Sports · in effect March Madness tip-off (4d before through 18d after)

  • First-round games tip off at noon on a workday, twice.

    Sports · in effect March Madness tip-off (4d before through 18d after)

  • St. Patrick's Day is a top-five drinking holiday and your audience is participating.

    Holidays · in effect 03-14 to 03-17

  • Conversions happen at desks and the desks are streaming a 12 seed.

    Sports · in effect March Madness tip-off (4d before through 18d after)

  • Sports gambling apps are absorbing the disposable income you were counting on.

    Sports · in effect March Madness tip-off (4d before through 18d after)

  • Green beer is absorbing the nation's discretionary income.

    Holidays · in effect 03-14 to 03-17

  • 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