Maximize tests before Black Friday

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Test During Spooky Season and Spend Efficiently

Halloween isn’t just about candy and costumes; it’s your final chance to test campaigns before the most competitive shopping season of the year. Smart brands treat October not as a moment for a sales spike, but as a laboratory for refining offers, creatives, and funnels that will scale during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Steps to Prepare for BFCM Using Halloween

1️⃣ Reskin Your Evergreen Offer:
Refresh existing promotions with a seasonal spin. Add Halloween-themed visuals or codes to make them feel timely. Pull back sitewide discounts and push them through paid ads to create exclusivity. Resetting now ensures your BFCM promotions stand out as bigger and more impactful.

2️⃣ Run Your Final Split Tests:
October is your last reliable window for testing offer mechanics. Compare discount formats (% vs. dollar amount), codes vs. auto-applied promotions, tiered vs. flat offers, and free shipping thresholds. Nail down the most effective structure so your BFCM strategy isn’t guesswork.

3️⃣ Build Black-Themed Creatives Early:
Halloween and Black Friday share a design foundation: black. Launch black-heavy creatives in October to gather data, so when they resurface in November, they’re already warmed up and primed to scale.

4️⃣ Layer in Evergreen Urgency Messaging:
Run urgency-driven ads now (“Ends soon,” “Limited stock”). By BFCM, these creatives will already have traction, often outperforming fresh promos when urgency is at its peak.

5️⃣ Lean Into Halloween Creativity:
This is the season to experiment with playful or quirky tones thatyou might normally avoid. Drop a spooky-themed product, experiment with fun visuals, or push outside your comfort zone. Customers expect it, and it gives you fresh insights into what resonates

The Takeaway
Brands that experiment during Halloween hit November with proven offers, ready creatives, and stronger audience momentum. Treat October as a testing ground, and you’ll enter BFCM prepared to scale efficiently, not scramble under pressure.

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