Internet Halloween Contest

Halloween is one of the most popular holidays. This is a great way to get your business name out there or promote your apartment community. Use the internet as a tool and reach even more traffic by having a contest. There are a couple ways you can do this. If you have a facebook page, have a costume contest. Post pictures of the contestants and the costume with the most likes wins. This can be humans or pets. Another fun way to gain attention is to change up your website to a scary home page. Change up your logo to have a scary image or if you don’t want to be scary, change it to a pumpkin or a happy ghost. Have a promotion on your homepage giving away a free gift related to Halloween. They will receive this gift if they tour your community or try your product. The gift can be something like a pumpkin or a face painting kit or even a candy collecting bag with your logo on it. If you are on twitter have a hashtag contest. Post twitters rules on hashtags to be safe but this can be a great way to get people involved! Have a Utube contest for the scariest story or the most creative recipe or Halloween dish. Make sure that all of these items have your community name or business name in the titles. Be creative and have fun!

Halloween a Marketing Opportunity?

Halloween can be a great marketing opportunity! You will have lots of kids and parents coming to your home for candy that night. Use this time to let the neighborhood know about your apartment community/business. Create labels to put on each piece of candy that you will be handing out or tape your business card to it. If you can set up a table or tent in your front yard with a banner or a sign and talk to the parents as they come up to trick or treat! Dress up and decorate! Give out candy to the kids and hand out your business card to the parents with a little gift for them. Get creative and use this time to spread the word about your apartment community/business!

Fall Festivities - Pumpkin Carving Contest!

Fall is upon us and it’s time to start thinking about events for the season. A few fun ideas and some festive decorations and you can put together a party to remember! Every year we ask our residents to decorate their patios for the holidays and we have a contest to see who is the most creative. Why not do the same thing for Halloween and have a Pumpkin carving contest? Send out a fun flier and give a deadline in which you will be walking around your Community to take pictures of their pumpkin in order to choose the best carved pumpkin. You can have a couple different categories such as  Most creative, Scariest, cutest etc. or you can have first, second and third place. Partner with the haunted houses in your area and maybe ask for free tickets or partner with the area Halloween costume stores and purchase gift cards from them for the prizes! Purchase DVD’s of scary movies or purchase gift cards to the local theaters. You can also have an adult contest and a separate children’s contest  with pumpkin pales for collecting candy filled with Halloween coloring books, crayons and other small toys as prizes. Try and partner with the area businesses to make the party a hit. You would be amazed at the business owners who want to be included in your events and would be happy to donate raffle prizes  especially the businesses that are seasonal. Be creative and most of all have fun!.

Fall Bean Bag Toss-Leasing Game!

 Looking for ways to make leasing your vacant units more fun? Why not start a bean bag toss game? They are very easy to make and you can tie it in to a few different areas. First you can use it for your future residents. After you take them on a tour ask them to toss the bean bag for a prize. This can be prizes such as coffee cups or bags with your logo on them or you can give them different specials such as $100, $200 or $300 off their first month’s rent. Next you can use it for your leasing agents. Every time they get a lease they can toss the bean bag for a gift card. $5.00, $10.00 and $15.00. All you need is a large box, some paint and a box cutter. After you’re done using it for leasing you can use it for the kids at the Halloween Party!