Have you got your March content calendar planned yet? If not, no worries.
In this article, I’ll cover a few of the holidays and special days and observances that you can use to tie-in to (as appropriate) with your content and message.
March, of course, is perhaps best known for “March Madness,” the NCAA’s men’s and women’s college basketball tournament to crown the national champions. But March also features St. Patrick’s Day, International Women’s Day, Employee Appreciation Day, World Kidney Day and Earth Hour. Other “days” such as Napping Day, Awkward Moments Day, Take a Walk in the Park Day and even Pi Day have great promotional possibilities.
The video below from PLR.me — a private label rights content production website — outlines the many observances in March and even offers some content ideas and promotional tie-ins to consider.
Here’s a few of the highlights for the month.
- March 1 — World Compliment Day.
- March 2 — Old Stuff Day
- March 6 — Employee Appreciation Day
- March 8 — International Women’s Day
- March 9 — Napping Day (sounds like it might be my favorite!
- March 12 — World Kidney Day
- March 14 — World Pi Day
- March 17 — St. Patrick’s Day
- March 18 — Awkward Moment’s Day
- March 19 — Let’s Laugh Day
- March 20 — World Storytelling Day
- March 21 — Common Courtesy Day
- March 22 — International Goof Off Day
- March 28 — Earth Hour
- March 30 — Take a Walk in the Park Day
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Another good source of special days, weeks and months is the National Day Calendar website.
You’ll want to plan something for:
- March 1 — National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day
- March 2 — National Read Across America Day (also known as Dr. Seuss Day)
- March 2 — Also National Banana Cream Pie Day
- March 3 — National Cold Cuts Day
- March 4 — National Pound Cake Day
- March 4 — National Grammar Day
- March 6 — National Oreo Cookie Day / National Frozen Food Day / National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day
- March 8 — National Proofreading Day
- March 10 — National Pack Your Lunch Day
- March 12 — National Girl Scout Day (hey, anyone have any Girl Scout cookies left?)
- March 13 — National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day
- March 14 — In addition to being Pi Day, it’s also National Potato Chip Day
- March 16 — National Freedom of Information Day
- March 21 — National Common Courtesy Day
- March 22 — National Goof Off Day
- March 23 — National Puppy Day
- March 26 — National Epilepsy Day (Purple Day)
- March 28 — National Weed Appreciation Day
- March 31 — National Crayon Day
Learn more on these and lots of other March events on the national day calendar.
Whatever the day, week or special month, there’s lots of promotional possibilities to “newsjack” the event and get publicity for your business. It’s not hard, and most of the time it takes very little money — perhaps just a bit of creativity and ingenuity.
So what are you waiting for? Get producing that content!
