We’ve all seen the lovable canine movies that flood our Instagram feed on Nationwide Canine Day and the artfully shot latte photographs for Nationwide Espresso Day. These holidays won’t be celebrated the world over, however they are often enjoyable solution to have interaction on-line.
On this publish, we’ve outlined a calendar of all the official (and barely much less official) holidays in 2022 to function a blueprint in your content material, plus enjoyable social media publish concepts to jumpstart your brainstorm.
Let’s dive in ✨
Official Holidays
These are the vacations you may already find out about, they usually present up in your calendar routinely. A social media publish for these holidays might be so simple as wishing your followers a contented [fill in the blank], alerting them to your vacation hours, offering a glimpse into the way you’re celebrating together with your workforce, or displaying how your product suits into timeless vacation traditions.
For observances, a good way to honor the group of individuals being acknowledged is to do your analysis and spotlight related people or companies. For instance, we had quite a lot of posts for Black Historical past Month, together with a highlight on Black-owned companies and a name for followers to share their favourite Black social media entrepreneurs.
January
January 1: New 12 months’s Day
January 17: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February
Black Historical past Month (U.S.)
February 1: Chinese language New 12 months
February 2: Groundhog Day
February 14: Valentine’s Day
February 21: President’s Day
March
Ladies’s Historical past Month (U.S.)
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day
March 18: Holi
March 27: Mothering Sunday (U.Ok.)
April
April 17: Easter
Could
Nationwide Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (U.S.)
Could 5: Cinco de Mayo
Could 8: Mom’s Day (U.S)
Could 30: Memorial Day (U.S)
June
Satisfaction Month
June 19: Juneteenth (U.S)
June 19: Father’s Day (U.S. and U.Ok.)
July
July 4: Independence Day (U.S)
August
September
September 5: Labor Day (U.S)
September 15 – October 14: Hispanic Heritage Month (U.S)
October
October 10: Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day (U.S)
October 31: Halloween
November
American Indian Heritage Month (U.S)
November 11: Veteran’s Day (U.S)
November 24: Thanksgiving (U.S)
December
December 18-26: Hanukkah
December 25: Christmas Day
December 31: New 12 months’s Eve
Unofficial Holidays
There are a number of unofficial holidays on the market, this record covers a number of the large ones which can be most relevant to small companies, however there are lots extra. It’s undoubtedly value taking a scroll by ALL of the unofficial holidays
January
Nationwide Mentoring Month (U.S)
A good way to start out out 2022 is to share your expertise with mentoring. You might additionally ask staff to share methods they’ve been mentored and create a slideshow in Canva with their quotes. Or, tag your individual mentors to thank them for the impression they’ve had on you and your enterprise.
January 10: Nationwide Clear Your Desk Day
Taking a look at somebody’s desk might be fairly fascinating. For Nationwide Clear Your Desk Day you may ask just a few members of your workforce to take photographs of their desks and share the desk equipment that they’ll’t reside with out.
February
February 13: Tremendous Bowl Sunday
At the present time means fairly various things for various folks, so take into consideration what your viewers may love most from you, whether or not that’s sharing some workforce spirit, scrumptious snack recipes, or concepts on what to do while you don’t need to be watching the large recreation.
March
March Insanity
Whereas March Insanity is a basketball match, there are limitless methods you may flip this right into a enjoyable social media recreation. Create your individual bracket and use the Instagram Tales vote operate to have your followers vote on their favourite. Tie it again to your enterprise by pitting merchandise in opposition to one another (a good way to get consumer suggestions!).
March 1: World Praise Day
Do because the day says, and pay a frequent buyer or neighboring enterprise a praise. Or, begin a problem in your followers to go with a pal, co-worker, or stranger and publish it.
March 4: Nationwide Worker Appreciation Day
This vacation is the right solution to showcase your staff: Queue up a slideshow or a number of Instagram Tales sharing why they’re wonderful. Not solely will your staff respect it, however you’ll begin (or proceed) to construct a tradition of recognition.
March 8: Worldwide Ladies’s Day
March 20: Worldwide Day of Happiness
Unfold some happiness as we speak by sharing a humorous meme that at all times brightens your day or making a hashtag (like #whatmakesmehappy) and that includes issues that make you and your workforce glad. Ask your followers to affix in and use the hashtag for some nice user-generated content material, too.
March 29: Nationwide Mother and Pop Enterprise Homeowners Day
Though the time period “mother and pop store” is much less used today, it’s nonetheless an amazing alternative to have fun your small enterprise and others you’re keen on. The truth is, use the vacation to share the businesses you purchase from. Create a slideshow and tag your favorites so your followers should buy from them, too.
April
Nationwide Volunteer Month (U.S)
Are there any causes which can be close to and expensive to you? For those who volunteer, whether or not as a enterprise or by yourself, shine a highlight on the trigger this month. In a video or long-form caption, share why the trigger is near your coronary heart and a bit about your volunteer expertise.
April 1: April Idiot’s Day and Worldwide Enjoyable at Work Day
April Idiot’s Day pranks might be enjoyable or fraught, so a safer method may be celebrating how you’ve enjoyable at work. Host an organization lunch or mini-golf match and present your followers what’s taking place behind the scenes. Or, ask staff what they’ve discovered probably the most enjoyable about working at your organization and share snippets—it would even aid you rent new folks!
April 22: Earth Day
Does your organization worth suppliers, companions, or merchandise that concentrate on sustainability? As we speak’s the day to unfold the phrase.
April 28: Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
Cute youngsters at work deserve their time within the limelight. You might stage photographs of children working at desks, youngsters taking or fulfilling orders, or greeting clients. Or, do an Instagram Tales section asking the children who are available what they need to be after they develop up.
Could
Could 21: Cultural Range Day
This United Nations vacation is the right time to share the cultural background and traditions which can be essential to you and your enterprise.
June
June 30: Social Media Day
This can be a large one in our sphere! For Social Media Day you’ll be able to showcase a few of your favourite stuff you’ve posted within the final yr or a giant win that got here from social media, or discuss the perfect posts you noticed out of your followers.
June 30: Work From Residence Day
Much more of us have expertise working from residence now, this can be a good alternative to share lesser-known or off-the-wall ideas for being productive at residence.
July
July 17: World Emoji Day
Enjoyable reality, this date was chosen as a result of the calendar emoji 📅 has a date of July seventeenth on it. There’s an present group round World Emoji Day so this can be a nice day to get entangled. You may share the highest emoji in your model/enterprise or ask your group to vote on which emoji finest represents you. 🛍
August
August 19: World Picture Day
This can be a nice day to share your favourite photograph or begin an Add Yours sticker on Instagram Tales.
August 21: World Entrepreneurs Day
For small enterprise house owners, this can be a nice day to spotlight your journey to this point and share something you have not had the time to share but. Just a few prompts: How did your journey begin? What has been the largest problem to this point? What’s subsequent for you and your enterprise?
September
September 26: Love Be aware Day
Whereas this might be interpreted in quite a lot of methods, a simple solution to bounce on this vacation is to ship a notice to your clients or group. You may design a fast graphic in Canva, and write a heartfelt thanks to your clients for his or her assist.
October
October 7: World Smile Day
Typically, these unofficial holidays simply name for a easy photograph. You may publish a meme of an animal smiling, or showcase workforce members smiling large!
October 16: Boss’s Day
In case you have managers who work at your enterprise this can be a nice day to acknowledge them, or to ask just a few teammates what they’ve discovered from their boss. You might additionally share a number of the finest recommendation you’ve ever obtained from a earlier boss.
November
Nationwide Entrepreneurship Month
This month is a superb time to actually dive into all issues enterprise. You might begin a weekly “Ask Me Something” collection on all issues entrepreneurship and reply any questions that your followers have about how and why you began your organization.
November 19: Ladies’s Entrepreneurship Day
At the present time is all about recognizing girls enterprise house owners. You might share knowledge from well-known girls entrepreneurs in your trade or spotlight a few of your favourite women-owned manufacturers.
November 25: Black Friday
The largest buying day of the yr at all times seems like a giant deal, particularly in case your small enterprise sells a product. For those who’re providing a Black Friday promotion, let your followers find out about it—you may even do a social media-only low cost.
November 26: Small Enterprise Saturday
Small Enterprise Saturday is solely devoted to buying small. If you’re a small enterprise you may share high merchandise or host a particular giveaway. The primary takeaway of as we speak is to indicate off your small enterprise and the purchasers that maintain you going.
November 28: Cyber Monday
To spherical out the buying weekend, you’ll be able to discuss any e-commerce promotions you’re working, or supply a present information that curates just a few of your favourite sale objects.
November 29: Giving Tuesday
This can be a great alternative to spotlight charitable efforts or organizations that you simply assist. We give again at Buffer yearly, and love highlighting companies like Frères Brachiaux, who donate 10 % of their gross sales to homeless shelters.
December
December 14: Free Delivery Day
For those who promote a product, this can be a nice day to supply free delivery as we speak. You may publish in regards to the flash sale on your entire social media channels and body it as an early vacation current or a solution to get your family members their current in time for the vacations.
What Will You Have fun?
The easiest way to go about deciding which vacation developments to leap in on is to contemplate your enterprise and model. What are your values? What do you promote? What issues most to your clients? Search for holidays and occasions that align with these facets of your organization and let you authentically showcase your enterprise.
Most significantly, don’t really feel like it’s a must to publish for each one in all them. The purpose isn’t to get overwhelmed by the choices, however impressed by all of the inventive prospects.
Able to plan out your 2022 content material calendar? See how Buffer’s scheduling instruments might help.
