The must-have 2021 Social Media Calendar for the Holidays
Fuel
October 14, 2020
It seems like, almost every day of the year, the internet is celebrating something from more weird celebrations like Fun at Work Day, and the National Tortilla Chip Day, to the more traditional like Valentine’s Day and Christmas.
Nowadays, the holidays are considered one of the most meaningful seasons of earnings. They are a huge opportunity to make sales, because who doesn’t want to give something lovely on Valentine’s, or something funny and delicious on Thanksgiving? Turn the gift-buying mode on!
The New Year is just a few days away. We advise you to start planning the marketing strategy for your print-on-demand business. Having a content strategy for your social media platforms will help your brand recognition in your future customers, will save you time when thinking about the types of content you want to publish, and will help boost your sales.
Remember that social networks are a top place to advertise your brand. Did you know that there are 3.81 billion people actively using social media in the world?
To help you take advantage of these important dates in your posting schedule, we have compiled a list of the most popular and notable holidays to turn them into sales opportunities for your business:
January
January 1st: New Year’s Day
January 6th: Three Kings Day
January 15th: Martin Luther King Day
January 16th: Get to know your customers Day
January 18th: Blue Monday
January 27th: National Community Manager Day
February
February 2nd: Groundhog Day
February 3rd: Super Bowl
February 5th: Chinese New Year
February 14th: Valentine’s Day
February 14th: YouTube's 16th B-Day
February 18th: Chinese New Year
February 20th: Hoodie Hoo Day
March
March 17th: St. Patrick’s Day
March 20th: First Day of spring
April
April 1st: April Fool’s Day
April 4th: Easter
April 7th: National Beer Day
April 9th: National Unicorn Day
April 21st: Easter
April 22nd: Earth Day
May
May 3rd: National Textiles Day
May 5th: Cinco de Mayo
May 9th: Mother’s Day
May 19th: National Endangered Species
May 24th: Brother's Day
May 31st: Memorial Day
June
June 1st: Pride Month / LBGTQ Community
June 1st: World Reef Awareness Day
June 20th: Father’s Day
June 21st: First Day of summer
June 30th: Social Media Day
June 30th: National OOTD Day
July
July 4th: Independence Day
July 17th: World Emoji Day
July 25th: National Wine and Cheese Day
July 31st: National Avocado Day
August
August 8th: International Cat Day
August 10th: Lazy Day
Later in August: Back to school
September
September 6th: Labor Day
September 15th: National Felt Hat Day
September 22nd: First Day of Fall
September 26th: National Singles Day
September 29th: National Coffee Day
October
October 1st: Inktober
October 4th: World Animal Day
October 6th: National Plus Size Appreciation Day
October 16th: National Boss Day
October 22nd: National Color Day
October 31st: Halloween
November
November 6th: National Nachos Day
November 6th: National Jersey Friday
November 8th: National Cappuccino Day
November 11th: Veteran’s Day
November 25th: Shopping Reminder Day
November 25th Thanksgiving
November 26th: Black Friday
November 29th: Cyber Monday
December
December 4th: National Sock Day
December 14th: Free Shipping Day
December 18th: National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day
December 22nd: First Day of Winter
December 24th: Christmas Eve
December 25th: Christmas
December 26th: Boxing Day
December 30th: National Bacon Day
December 31st: New Year’s Eve
There are so many more festivities during the year to plan your social media strategy for your Shopify print-on-demand business. Nonetheless, remember to choose only those who are relevant to your brand.
Plan your content of the year with this calendar and attract more buyers to your store!