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A Greek Warship, a Horse Named Sally, and the Mother's Day Sale You're About to Run
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- The Art Marketing Podcast
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- Apr 23, 2026
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- 2444
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Summary
Mother's Day is 18 days out. At the end of the last episode, I promised you a refreshed anatomy of a properly run sale. This is that episode. Want to join Patrick for a live webinar? He hosts one every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Register here: asf.today/webinar Two things today: how a properly run sale actually works, and why omnichannel marketing is the whole game — today, 30 years ago, and 25 years from now. The rules are the rules. By the end, you'll have the playbook for Mother's Day and every sale you run for the rest of your life. In this episode: Why attention in 2026 is 15 tiny flashes, not one long read The Trireme: why coordinated oars beat more oars every time The 20+ marketing surfaces you already own (and the 3 you actually use) The Sale Equation: Incentive + Scarcity × Attention The 3-4 week calendar: warm-up, launch, reminders, 24-hour push, extend day, follow-up Why humor and memes charge the battery for the sale push The Mustang Sally walkthrough: one message, 8 coordinated channels The life-skill reframe: these rules work for bake sales, gallery openings, fundraisers — any promotion you'll ever run This week's Mother's Day homework: the 6 steps that start today The Omnichannel Campaign Prompt (copy into Art Helper, ChatGPT, or Claude): Act as my marketing strategist. I'm running [SALE TYPE] ending [DEADLINE] with [INCENTIVE]. I make [ART DESCRIPTION] for [AUDIENCE]. My voice is [VOICE]. My 4 hero pieces are [LIST]. Build me: (1) a day-by-day 3-week calendar with warm-up humor content, launch day, mid-sale reminders, 24-hour push, and extend day; (2) one 60-word core sale paragraph; (3) full asset set — 4 emails with subject lines, Instagram caption, IG carousel slides, IG Story frames, a Reel/TikTok script, Facebook post, SMS, and hello bar copy.…