Marketing Excuses*
MAY
26

Tuesday

May 26, 2026SEVERE

Problem

Memorial Day travel is thinning site traffic.

Excuse

1 / 40

Your target demographic is at a lake.

Coverage there is bad in every sense.

Vacation

Also in effect on this date

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

  • Memorial Day flipped the country into summer mode and summer mode does not convert.

    Holidays · in effect Memorial Day (3d after)

  • Every furniture and grill retailer is running a Memorial Day event against you.

    Holidays · in effect Memorial Day (7d before through 1d after)

  • It is graduation season, and gift budgets have been claimed by people in rented gowns.

    Seasonality · in effect 05-10 to 06-15

  • Graduation open house season is consuming every suburban weekend and its sheet cake budget.

    Seasonality · in effect 05-20 to 06-30

  • End-of-school-year event density has peaked. Every parent is at a recital.

    Seasonality · in effect 05-01 to 06-10

  • Families are crossing the country to watch a name get read aloud.

    Vacation · in effect 05-10 to 06-15

  • 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