I know, I know, we are right in the middle of summer and the last thing you want to do is think about August (already!).
Welp, grab your poolside drink and enjoy it while you plan August’s social media content – I promise these ideas will make it much easier.
First, let’s use this list of August 2020 holidays to see if any of these resonate with your business and audience…
- Admit You’re Happy Month (um, ok)
- Family Fun Month
- National Catfish Month (what the!?!)
- National Eye Exam Month
- National Golf Month (yaass!)
- Peach Month
- Romance Awareness Month
- Water Quality Month
Here’s the LONG list of August 2020 daily holidays…
- August 1 – National Girlfriends Day
- August 1 – National Mountain Climbing Day
- August 1 – National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
- August 2 – National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
- August 3 – Grab Some Nuts Day
- August 3 – National Watermelon Day
- August 4 – International Beer Day (yes, please!)
- August 4 – National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
- August 4 – U.S. Coast Guard Day
- August 5 – Campfire Day
- August 5 – International Hangover Day
- August 5 – National Clown Day
- August 5 – National Mustard Day
- August 5 – National Underwear Day
- August 5 – Work Like a Dog Day
- August 6 – Friendship Day
- August 6 – Sisters Day
- August 6 – Wiggle Your Toes Day
- August 7 – International Forgiveness Day
- August 7 – National Lighthouse Day
- August 8 – Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day
- August 9 – Book Lover’s Day
- August 10 – Lazy Day
- August 10 – National S’mores Day
- August 11 – Presidential Joke Day (this could be interesting…)
- August 11 – Son and Daughter Day
- August 12 – Middle Child’s Day
- August 13 – Left Hander’s Day
- August 14 – National Creamsicle Day
- August 14/15 – V-J Day
- August 15 – Relaxation Day (wait! I thought that was the month of July?)
- August 16 – National Tell a Joke Day
- August 17 – National Thriftshop Day
- August 18 – Bad Poetry Day (is there good poetry? JK)
- August 19 – Aviation Day
- August 19 – National Honey Bee Awareness Day
- August 19 – National Potato Day (I have 4 of them – you?)
- August 20 – National Radio Day
- August 20 – World Mosquito Day
- August 21 – Senior Citizen’s Day
- August 22 – Be an Angel Day
- August 22 – National Tooth Fairy Day
- August 23 – Ride the Wind Day
- August 24 – Vesuvius Day
- August 25 – Kiss and Make Up Day
- August 26 – National Dog Day (love me some Detroit Coney Island Dogs!)
- August 26 – Women’s Equality Day
- August 27 – Global Forgiveness Day
- August 27 – Just Because Day
- August 28 – Chinese Valentine’s Day/Daughter’s Day
- August 28 – Race Your Mouse Day
- August 29 – More Herbs, Less Salt Day
- August 30 – Frankenstein Day
- August 30 – Toasted Marshmallow Day
- August 31 – National Eat Outside Day
- August 31 – National Trail Mix Day
And here are some other social media content ideas that might help you:
- Your Company’s Blog Posts
- Industry News
- Curated Content (I call it OPP – “other people’s content”)
- Company Videos
- Customer Testimonials
- Quick Tips
- Recommended Resources
- Memes or GIF’s
- Photos from Company Events
- Photos of your work-from-home workspace (thank you COVID19)
- Live Videos
- Inspirational Quotes (these always do well!)
- Company Announcements
- How-to Videos
- Reshare a Top Performing Social Post
- Reshare a Popular Blog Post
Phew! That’s quite a few ideas! Hopefully, this helped give you some ideas for your August 2020 social media strategy.
Be sure to follow us on Facebook to get notified when we post next month’s (September 2020) list of ideas.
