Marketing Excuses*
SEP
19

Saturday

September 19, 2026POOR

Problem

Wedding Saturdays are emptying daytime sessions.

Excuse

1 / 40

Everyone between 25 and 40 is at a wedding right now.

The ones who are not are traveling to one.

Seasonality

Also in effect on this date

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

  • A third of the country is inside the cone of uncertainty, emotionally if not geographically.

    Weather · in effect 09-01 to 10-15

  • The spaghetti models are getting better engagement than your entire account.

    Weather · in effect 09-01 to 10-15

  • New routines have locked in, and impulse purchasing was not written into any of them.

    Seasonality · in effect 09-10 to 09-30

  • Everyone is at an orchard.

    Weather · in effect 09-15 to 10-31

  • Wedding season is extracting registry spend, travel spend, and attention from your exact demographic.

    Seasonality · in effect 05-15 to 06-30, 09-01 to 09-30

  • Hurricane season has coastal customers postponing anything that requires a delivery.

    Weather · in effect 09-01 to 10-15

  • Being a wedding guest is now a four-figure commitment, and your product is the tradeoff.

    Seasonality · in effect 05-15 to 06-30, 09-01 to 09-30

  • Leaf peeping has half your audience on a scenic byway with no signal.

    Weather · in effect 09-15 to 10-31