Marketing Excuses*
SEP
9

Wednesday

September 9, 2026SEVERE

Problem

The NFL's return is siphoning evening traffic.

Excuse

1 / 40

America remembered football exists.

Nothing you are selling can compete with a 20-week commitment.

Sports

Also in effect on this date

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

  • Opening week annexed Thursday through Monday and your campaign lived there.

    Sports · in effect NFL opening week (1d before through 4d after)

  • The Tuesday after Labor Day is the real New Year and everyone is in planning mode.

    Holidays · in effect Labor Day (2d after)

  • Summer is ending, fall has not started, and nobody buys anything during the changeover.

    Holidays · in effect Labor Day (6d before through 2d after)

  • After Labor Day, every campaign in America went to full spend.

    Politics · in effect Labor Day (7d after)

  • Households are adjusting to new school routines, and adjustment does not include your checkout flow.

    Seasonality · in effect 09-01 to 09-10

  • Fantasy football draft prep is currently a second job for your entire audience.

    Sports · in effect 08-15 to 09-10

  • More research is going into twelfth-round sleepers than into any purchase decision.

    Sports · in effect 08-15 to 09-10

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

    Weather · in effect 09-01 to 10-15