NOVEMBER 2019 HOLIDAYS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT & PROMOTIONS
Social media content ideas can be a struggle for small businesses. It can be difficult to find the time to create interesting content. If you’ve been reading this blog or follow my business on Facebook or Instagram, you know that one thing I love to do for my business is to post information about special “holidays” each month.
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Creating graphics to post on Social Media for various holidays – both traditional and fun – is a great way to engage your followers. And, if you include your website address at the bottom of the graphics it’s a great way to promote your business when the graphics are shared. As I was researching holidays a few ago I had a “lightbulb moment.” I figured if I find these holidays helpful to create social media content, that other businesses will too. So, I decided to share. Why should you compile your own list when I’ve already done the work? You’re welcome!
Here’s what you can do to create social media content for holidays:
- Look at the list and determine which holidays you’d like to feature.
- Create simple graphics regarding each holiday that includes your website address.
- Post them on Social Media the day of or the day before the actual holiday.
To create the graphics, use whatever graphics program you prefer. If you have a program or app on your computer or mobile device that works, use it. If you need a source for royalty-free graphics and photos, a great source is Pixabay. For online design options, try Fotor or Canva.
You can also use these holidays to create promotions. Here are a few examples:
- On Stress Awareness Day, businesses associated with the health industry (gyms, doctors, massage therapists, spas), could offer special deals or workshops.
- On National Entrepreneur’s Day you can feature your business owner and offer a discount on his or her favorite product or service that you offer.
- Small Businesses should definitely offer promotions on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. Make your business a destination that your customers won’t want to miss with new products at discounted prices, discounts on bundled services, etc. Offer drawings, refreshments . . . in other words, make it festive!
Of course these examples don’t apply to everyone, but you get the idea! Think of how you can relate the holidays to your business and offer something special on some of the days. Customers like free things and discounts. They also like promotions that are fun. Instead of copying what other businesses do, think of ways you can use these holidays to make doing business with you a memorable and fun experience!
11/1 Author’s Day
#NationalAuthorsDay
11/1 World Vegan Day
#WorldVeganDay
11/3 Daylight Savings Time Ends
#DaylightSavings
11/3 National Sandwich Day
#Sandwich Day
11/4 International Candy Day
#NationalCandyDay
11/6 Stress Awareness Day
#StressAwarenessDay
11/8 National Cappuccino Day
#CappuccinoDay
11/8 Science, Technology, Engineering & Medicine Day
#STEMDay
11/11 Veterans Day
#VeteransDay
11/13 World Kindness Day
#WorldKindnessDay
11/14 World Diabetes Day
#WDD
11/15 Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
#CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay
11/15 America Recycles Day
#BeRecycled
11/16 Button Day
#NationalButtonDay
11/16 International Day for Tolerance
#ToleranceDay
11/17 International Students Day
#InternationalStudentsDay
11/17 Unfriend Day
#NationalUnfriendDay
11/17 National Adoption Day
#NationalAdoptionDay
11/19 International Men’s Day
#InternationalMensDay
11/20 National Entrepreneur’s Day
#NationalEntrepreneursDay
11/20 Universal Children’s Day
#UNChildrensDay
11/21 World Hello Day
#WorldHelloDay
11/26 National Cake Day
#NationalCakeDay
11/28 Thanksgiving Day
#Thanksgiving
11/29 Black Friday
#BlackFriday
11/29 Electronic Greeting Card Day
#ElectronicGreetingCardDay
11/29 National Day of Listening
#DayOfListening
11/30 Small Business Saturday
#ShopSmall
11/30 Computer Security Day
#ComputerSecurityDay
I hope you find this helpful. I’ve also shared some of the graphics I’ve created to help get your creative juices flowing.
For more social media content ideas, go to 90 SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT IDEAS.
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