October: Let's create and Plan Content Special Days
What are you planning for your October social media content? If you haven’t already planned out your content you can get started by looking at some of the special days for this month. It’s an especially fun month for creating fun ideas because Autumn has arrived and Halloween is coming up too.
If you are struggling for images, check out Unsplash - they offer a free and high quality database of images that you can literally do anything with. In terms of time saving, using tools like Canva, Design Wizard, Adobe Spark and Wordswag means you won’t have to wait a long time for creative because you can create images quickly using templated designs (Just add your brand fonts and colours). Use a content calendar such as ContentCal to schedule, plan and analyse content across multiple social networks.
Don’t forget to do your hashtag research using tools like Hashtagger to see what relevant hashtags are available for these days and topics.
Here are some key dates from around the globe that you can create content around:
1st - International Day for the Elderly
1st - National Homemade Cookies Day
1st - World Vegetarian Day
2nd - National Custodial Worker Day
2nd - Name Your Car Day
3rd - National Boyfriends Day
3rd - National Kale Day - first Wednesday of October
3rd - Techies Day
3rd - Virus Appreciation Day
4th - National Golf Day
4th - National Frappe Day
5th - Do Something Nice Day
5th - World Smile Day first Friday of month
5th - World Teacher's Day
6th - Come and Take it Day
6th - International Frugal Fun Day - first Saturday of the month
6th - Mad Hatter Day
6th - Physician Assistant Day
6th - World Card Making Day - first Saturday of the month
7th - Bald and Free Day
7th - Oktoberfest in Germany ends, date varies
8th - American Touch Tag Day
8th - Columbus Day - second Monday of month
9th - Curious Events Day
9th - Fire Prevention Day
9th - Leif Erikson Day
9th - Moldy Cheese Day
10th - Emergency Nurses Day- second Wednesday of month
10th - International Newspaper Carrier Day
10th - National Angel Food Cake Day
10th - Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day -Second Wednesday of month
11th - It's My Party Day
12th - Cookbook Launch Day
12th - Old Farmer's Day
12th - Moment of Frustration Day
12th - National Gumbo Day
12th - World Egg Day - second Friday of month
13th - International Skeptics Day
14th - Be Bald and Free Day
14th - National Dessert Day - take an extra helping, or two
15th - White Cane Safety Day
16th - Bosses Day
16th - Dictionary Day
17th - National Fossil Day - Wednesday of Earth Sciences Week
17th - National Pasta Day
17th - Wear Something Gaudy Day
18th - No Beard Day
19th - Evaluate Your Life Day
20th - Brandied Fruit Day
21st Babbling Day
21st - Count Your Buttons Day
21st - National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day find a recipe, too.
20th - Sweetest Day - third Saturday of month
22nd - National Nut Day
23rd - National Mole Day
23rd - Tv Talk Show Host Day
24th - National Bologna Day
24th - United Nations Day
25th - Punk for a Day Day
25th - World Pasta Day
26th - Frankenstein Friday - last Friday in October
26th - National Mincemeat Day
27th - Make a Difference Day- fourth Saturday of the month, neighbors helping neighbors.
27th - National Tell a Story Day - in Scotland and the U.K.
27th - Navy Day
28th - Plush Animal Lover's Day
28th - Mother-In-Law Day - fourth Sunday in October
29th - Hermit Day
29th - National Frankenstein Day
30th - National Candy Corn Day
30th - Mischief Night
31st - Carve a Pumpkin Day - no surprise here
31st - Halloween
31st - Increase Your Psychic Powers Day