1. A holiday technically recognized by some national organization, but mostly leveraged for marketing purposes, most notably on social media.
2. Stupid holidays celebrated only by brands on social media
Example: National insert food day, national insert profession appreciation day, etc.
2. Stupid holidays celebrated only by brands on social media
Example: National insert food day, national insert profession appreciation day, etc.
Brand: I need more likes on my Facebook page.
Marketer: Let's use a fauxholiday like National Donut Day to give away free donuts in exchange for Facebook likes.
Marketer: Let's use a fauxholiday like National Donut Day to give away free donuts in exchange for Facebook likes.
by MadMarketeer October 10, 2014
Get the Fauxholidaymug.