Valentine’s Day isn’t just for roses and chocolates—it’s the perfect chance to make your customers fall in love with your brand. Whether you’re looking to charm new leads or deepen connections with loyal patrons, BeeLiked promotions can add a little magic to the season.
This Valentine’s, you can:
❤️ Go Public: Launch a gamified promotion to attract fresh leads, gathering key customer insights through an engaging entry form.
💌 Keep it Private: Create an exclusive, invite-only experience for existing customers, adding personal touches like their name on a virtual gift tag.
For this edition, we’re creating a special campaign for Velvet & Vines, a romantic restaurant ready to wow their guests. With our “Unwrap the Gift” promotion, customers can reveal prizes like a free meal for two, a glass of champagne, or even a sweet discount.
Stick around, and I’ll show you how to craft the perfect Valentine’s Day promotion for your business!
01 – Why Valentine’s Promotions Work
Why is Valentine’s Day such a powerful marketing moment?
- It’s Recognized and Loved: People are primed to expect offers, gifts, and campaigns themed around love, making it a relatable and timely hook for your brand.
- Drives Emotional Connections: Associating your brand with “love” builds stronger customer loyalty.
- Perfect for Lead Generation: Public campaigns let you collect valuable customer insights via entry forms while delivering fun, shareable experiences.
- Exclusive Rewards Build Loyalty: Invite-only promotions make your existing customers feel appreciated and special, which encourages repeat engagement.
BeeLiked’s Flexible Promotion Options:
- Public Campaigns: Encourage broad participation, promote your brand widely, and grow your database.
- Private Campaigns: Reward your loyal customers with personalized games and faster access, removing the entry form for seamless play.
02 – Featured Design – Unwrap the Love
Unwrap the Gift is one of BeeLiked’s most elegant promotion types and perfect for Valentine’s Day. A single beautifully wrapped gift box, branded to your business, magically opens with a suspense-building animation to reveal a surprise inside.
Design Idea for Valentine’s:
- The Setup: A virtual gift box wrapped in your brand colors or Valentine’s themes like red, pink, and gold. Add a tag with a personalized name to make customers feel it’s meant just for them.
- The Reveal: When the gift box opens, it reveals a Valentine’s reward. This could be a:
- Suspense and Delight: The animation builds excitement as the box slowly opens, making the reward feel extra special.
How to Create It
Ready to wrap your brand in love? Our step-by-step guide will help you design an Unwrap the Gift promotion that’s sure to capture hearts.
📚 Click here to view the full tutorial!
03 – Incentivizing loyalty with Display to Play
Restaurants thrive on repeat customers, and BeeLiked’s Display to Play is the perfect tool to incentivize diners to come back again. Timing is everything—catching your guests just before they pay is a golden opportunity to engage.
How It Works:
With BeeLiked’s Display to Play, restaurants can engage diners at the perfect moment — just before they pay. Servers present a dynamic QR code on a tablet or phone, allowing guests to scan and play a quick game for a chance to win rewards.
Here’s what it looks like:
- After a meal, the server offers the guest a chance to play.
- The guest scans the QR code and instantly accesses the game.
- They could win rewards like a free dessert, a discount on their next visit, or even their meal for free!
By setting the probabilities, you can customize how often rewards are given and whether the prizes are instant or tailored to incentivize a future visit.
Why Use This Method?
- Perfect Timing: Engaging customers just before they pay makes them more likely to participate, as they’re already in a positive frame of mind after their meal.
- Encourages Repeat Visits: By offering rewards for their next visit, you keep customers coming back.
- Data Collection: Gather valuable customer details, like emails, for remarketing and loyalty programs.
- Personalized & Secure: Display to Play ensures secure, invite-only participation, with a personal touch provided by the server.
- Seamless Experience: There’s no need for printed materials—dynamic QR codes make it quick, easy, and paper-free.
04 – Wrap-Up: Turn Valentine’s Day Into a Love Story for Your Brand
Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to build connections with your customers, whether through a public campaign that attracts new leads or an exclusive invite-only promotion that deepens loyalty. With BeeLiked, your brand can be their Valentine!
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Launch a promotion live in December and you’ll be in for a wheel su’prize.
When you put a promotion live in December, you’ll see a little gift alert icon appear when you are signed into the BeeLiked Platform. Click it to play our version of the Santa Sleigh Machine game and you’re likely to win a $ prize.
If you fancy integrating personalized invite only rewards like this into your own apps and portals, do learn about our Rewards Plugin to see what’s possible.
