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Event-Driven Marketing Calendar

October 12, 2018 by AngelAnderson

We suggest getting a quick calendar together of what kind of promotions you’d like to run through the year. This doesn’t need to be anything fancy but take a look at holidays and milestones event throughout the year.

Here’s a list of major holidays that might be used for promotions…

If you want us to help you create your marketing calendar, send a message to start a conversation.

  • January 2020
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December

January 2020

  • New Years, Wednesday, January 1st
  • National Personal Trainer Day, Thursday, January 2nd
  • National Spaghetti Day, Saturday, January 4th
  • Clean Your Desk Day, Monday, January 13
  • Get to Know Your Customer Day (1 of 4), Friday, January 17th
  • National Popcorn Day, Sunday, January 19th
  • Martin Luther King Jr Day, Monday, January 20th
  • National Compliment Day, Friday, January 24th
  • National Plan for Vacation Day, Tuesday, January 28th

Pro Tip: Not every holiday will work for your business, choose the ones that are a good fit for you and have fun with them!

February 2020

  • Super Bowl Sunday, Sunday, February 2nd
  • World Nutella Day, Wednesday, February 5th
  • Wear Red Day, Friday, February 7th
  • National Pizza Day, Sunday, February 9th
  • Valentines Day, Friday, February 14th
  • Presidents Day, Monday, February 17th
  • National Drink Wine Day, Tuesday, February 18th
  • Mardhiah Grass (Fat Tuesday), Tuesday, February 25th

Pro Tip: Promoting your business during slower seasons keeps you top of mind with potential customers. When they are ready to buy, you’ll be at the top of their lists.

March 2020

  • Read Across America, Monday, March 2nd
  • Employee Appreciation Day, Friday, March 6th
  • National Cereal Day, Saturday, March 7th
  • St. Patrick’s Day, Tuesday, March 17th
  • First Day of Spring, Thursday, March 19th
  • International Day of Happiness, Friday, March 20th
  • Earth Hour, Saturday, March 28th

Pro Tip: March marks the end of Q1. Take some time to review your numbers and analyze your marketing ROI. Don’t forget Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are coming up/

April 2019

  • April Fools Day#AprilFools – April 1
  • World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD – April 2
  • National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay – April 3
  • Hug a Newsperson Day #HugANewsperson – April 4
  • World Health Day #LetsTalk – April 7
  • Equal Pay Day #EqualPayDay – Aril 9
  • Encourage a Young Writer Day #EncourageAYoungWriterDay – April 10
  • WordPress Workshop for Beginners – Entrepreneur Collaborative Center – April 12, 2018
  • National Tax Day #TaxDay – April 15
  • National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay – April 16
    Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay – April 16
  • National High-Five Day #NH5D –  April 18
  • Earth Day #EarthDay2018 – April 22
  • National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay – April 23
  • World Book Day #WorldBookDay – April 23
  • National Administrative Professionals Day #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay – April 24
  • Denim Day #DenimDay – April 24
  • National Telephone Day #NationalTelephoneDay – April 25
  • National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day #COUNTONME – April 25
  • Arbor Day #ArborDay – April 26
  • International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay – April 29
  • National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay – April 30

May 2019

  • Red Nose Day #RedNoseDay – TBD
  • May Day #MayDay – May 1
  • International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay – May 1
  • World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay – May 2
  • World Press Freedom Day #WPFD2019 #PressFreedom – May 3
  • Space Day #SpaceDay – May 3
  • Jeff Adams Show – BeliveTV – May 3, 2018
  • International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay – May 4
  • Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo – May 5
  • National Nurses Day #NursesDay – May 6
  • World Asthma Day #WorldAsthmaDay – May 7
  • Thank a Teacher Day #ThankATeacher – May 7
  • National Receptionist Day #NationalReceptionistDay – May 8
  • Europe Day #EuropeDay – May 9
  • Florida Veterans Entrepreneurship Program Graduation – May 12, 2018
  • Mother’s Day #MothersDay – May 13
  • Pace for Girls Hernando Believing in Girls Friendraiser Breakfast – May 15, 2019
  • Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay – May 16
  • International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia #IDAHOT2019 – May 17
  • National Bike to Work Day #BTWD – May 17
  • The Military Women, Your Time is Now even – May 17, 2019
  • National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay – May 21
  • National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay – May 24
  • Memorial Day #MemorialDay #MDW – May 27
  • Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay – May 28
  • Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay – May 29
  • World No-Tobacco Day #NoTobacco – May 31
  • Heat Awareness Day #NoFryDay – May 31

June 2019

  • National Cancer Survivor’s Day #NCSD2019 – June 2
  • Leave The Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay – June 3
  • World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay – June 5
  • Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay – June 6
  • National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay – June 7
  • Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay – June 8
  • World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood – June 14
  • National Flag Day #FlagDay – June 14
  • Women in Leadership Summit – June 14, 2019
  • Father’s Day #FathersDay – June 16
  • WordPress Workshop for Beginners – Entrepreneur Collaborative Center – June 19, 2018
  • National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay – June 21
  • National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay – June 27
  • National Handshake Day #HandshakeDay – June 27
  • Action Zone Kick Off Party – The Bad Monkey Ybor – June 28, 2018
  • Rewriting the Marketing Rulebook – Entrepreneur Collaborative Center – June 29, 2018
  • Social Media Day Brooksville 2019 – June 28, 2019
  • Social Media Day #SMDay – June 30
  • Angel Anderson last day in the U.S. Air Force – December 11, 1996, to June 30, 2017

July 2019

  • Independence day – July 4
  • World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay – July 7
  • Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay – July 15
  • Hypergrowth Giveaway Begins – July 16 – August 3, 2018
  • Chente Ydrach Interview – Miami – July 16, 2018
  • WordPress Workshop for Beginners – Entrepreneur Collaborative Center – June 17, 2018
  • World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay – July 17
  • Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay – July 18
  • Techstars Startup Weekend – Tampa – July 20-22, 2018
  • International Day of Friendship – July 30
  • New House Construction Started – Las Vegas – July 2005

August 2019

  • National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay – Aug 9
  • National Lazy Day #LazyDay – Aug 10
  • National Sons and Daughters Day #SonsAndDaughtersDay – Aug 11
  • International Youth Day #YouthDay – Aug 12
  • International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay – Aug 13
  • National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay – Aug 15
  • National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay – Aug 16
  • World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay – Aug 19
  • World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay – Aug 19
  • National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay – Aug 20
  • How to use video testimonials to light up your marketing – Entrepreneur Collaborative Center – August 21, 2018
  • National Dog Day #NationalDogDay – Aug 26
  • National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay – Aug 26

September 2019

2. Monday, Labor Day #LaborDay
Hypergrowth East – Boston, MA – September 4, 2018
4. Wednesday, National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay
6. Friday, Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
8. Sunday, International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
8. Sunday, National Grandparents Day #NationalGrandparentsDay
11. Wednesday, National Day of Service and Remembrance #911Day
12. Thursday, National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement
13. Friday, Stand Up To Cancer Day #KissCancerGoodbye
21. Saturday, International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
23. Monday, First Day of Fall
25. Wednesday, National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #FitnessDay
27. Friday, World Tourism Day #WTD2019
28. Saturday, National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay
30. Monday, International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay

October

1. Tuesday, International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
2. Wednesday, International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence
3. Thursday, National Techies Day #TechiesDay
4. Friday, National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay and World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
5. Saturday, World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
7. Monday, World Habitat Day #WorldHabitatDay
10. Thursday, World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
11. Friday, International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl
13. Sunday, National Train Your Brain Day #TrainYourBrainDay
14. Monday, National Dessert Day #DessertDay
15. Tuesday, Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay
16. Wednesday, World Food Day #FoodDay
16. Wednesday, Bosses Day #BossesDay
17. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day#GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
20. Sunday, World Statistics Day #StatisticsDay
21. Monday, Reptile Awareness Day #ReptileAwarenessDay
24. Thursday, United Nations Day #UNDay
25. Friday, Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
30. Wednesday, National Publicist Day #NationalPublicistDay
30. Wednesday, Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
31. Thursday, Halloween #Halloween

November

1. Friday, National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
3. Sunday, National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
4. Monday, National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
8. Friday, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay
11. Monday, Veterans Day #VeteransDay
13. Wednesday, World Kindness Day #WKD
14. Thursday, World Diabetes Day #WDD
15. Friday, Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay
15. Friday, America Recycles Day #BeRecycled
16. Saturday, International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay
17. Sunday, International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay
19. Tuesday, National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
20. Wednesday, Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay
21. Thursday, World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
26. Tuesday, National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
28. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
29. Friday, National Day of Listening #DayOfListening
29. Friday, Electronic Greeting Card Day #ElectronicGreetingCardDay
30. Saturday, Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall

December

1. Sunday, World AIDS Day #WAD2019
2. Monday, Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
3. Tuesday, International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD
4. Wednesday, National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
5. Thursday, World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay
6. Friday, Microwave Oven Day #MicrowaveOvenDay
8. Sunday, Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay
10. Tuesday, Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
11. Wednesday, International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
13. Friday, National Salesperson Day #SalespersonDay
21. Saturday, Crossword Puzzle Day #CrosswordPuzzleDay
30. Monday, No Interruptions Day – Last Work Day of the Year #NoInterruptionsDay
31. Tuesday, New Year’s Eve #NYE

How to implement this?

Using your favorite word editor or pen and paper write your important personal and business dates, also include important industry dates.

Use these dates to plan your content marketing.

However, if you want help coming up with the right content for your important dates or implementing this strategy you should book a 1:1 consulting session (Click here)

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