Looking to add some extra flair to your monthly content? In this blog, we'll explore a variety of fun holidays and celebrations in October that you can incorporate into your content strategy. By spicing up your page with these engaging ideas, you'll be sure to captivate your followers and keep them coming back for more! 📲
October 14 - National Dessert Day
For National Dessert Day, you can post about topics such as highlighting your favorite dessert shops in the Treasure Valley, sharing fall recipes that celebrate the season, and creating a fun reel showcasing your all-time favorite dessert.
October 15th - National 'I Love Lucy' Day
Ask followers: "Celebrate "I Love Lucy Day" with us by sharing your favorite Lucy moments!"
Highlight how it relates to your business: "We embody Lucy's spirit of creativity and innovation in our services. Our employee, Sarah, is our very own Lucy - always bringing laughter and energy to the workplace."
Example: For National Mean Girls Day, we created a reel mimicking how Cady talks about Regina all the time, and we altered the topic to pertain to us by talking about how we don't stop talking about social media because we are in the industry.
October 16th - National Boss’s Day
On National Boss Day, it's a great opportunity to show your appreciation for your boss. If you plan any sort of surprise for them, don't forget to share it with your followers! Add a call to action about how they are celebrating their boss on this day. Or, create a post highlighting the best qualities of your boss and express your gratitude for their leadership. Most importantly - if you are a boss yourself, take this day to recognize and appreciate your own hard work and dedication.
October 17th - National Pasta Day
If you a blogger, this is a great day to show off your favorite pasta recipe! Create a reel and share your recipe in the caption. To celebrate fall, you could feature using pumpkin pasta shapes or a recipe that is specific to the fall season. Or if you are a restaurant, this a perfect day to show off the most popular pasta dish or what your pasta menu offers!
October 20th - National Chicken & Waffles Day
If you a chicken and waffles lover, this is your day to let your followers know! If you are a restaurant that serves this dish, this is a great opportunity to put together some kind of promotion or discount to encourage customers to stop in.
October 22 - National Color Day
There is endless content that you could create on this day! Talking about your favorite colors, what color scheme is in your house, why you love fall colors, etc. You could put together a poll to ask your followers their favorite colors. For our industry of social media, we could highlight just how important color is to us, and how boring everything we do would be without color!
October 23 - National Horror Movie Day
With this holiday being during the fall season, it is a great time to cozy up with the family and enjoy a horror movie together! Share your movie night setup (snacks and fort setup) with your followers. Create a poll to get followers to share their scary movie recommendations for your next movie night!
October 24th - National Food Day
If you are a food blogger, this is a great day to create a reel that recaps local food spots or favorite types of food to make! If you learn more specifically into the health side of food, put together something to celebrate what food means and its important what we put into our bodies. On this note, you could share your favorite recipes or a weekly grocery list that you make for healthy eating!
October 26th - National Pumpkin Day
Highlight local pumpkin patches that you have visited! Post engagement stories asking followers if they have visited a pumpkin patch or carved pumpkins yet this season.
October 27 - National American Beer Day
Visit your local brewery on this day and capture some content! Feature their most popular beer or what they have on draft. Ask your followers if they have any favorite spots in the area!
October 28th - National Chocolate Day
Another chance to highlight local businesses in the area. Offer to do a collaboration with them to bring your views to your page and theirs! Ask followers to engage by answering if they like dark or milk chocolate.
October 31st - Halloween
There are endless options for content for the week of halloween! Share a post of your favorite costumes throughout the years, what candy you will be passing out, and how you will be spending the holiday. Don't forget to share how you decorated your house and lawn! Put together a 'this or that' engagement set for followers to vote on their favorite halloween items!
Incorporating these fun October holidays into your content strategy is a great way to keep your social media presence fresh, engaging, and relevant. Think of it as adding a dash of pumpkin spice to your social media latte - it's familiar, yet exciting enough to keep your followers coming back for more!
Ready to spice up your October content? 🎃 Start planning now and watch your engagement soar! Which October holiday are you most excited to feature in your content? Share your plans in the comments below! ⬇️
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