This July 4th holiday will be like no other as America celebrates its 250th birthday! It also falls on a Saturday. Therefore, it’s observed on Friday, July 3. We have a long weekend! However, before you go on vacation, schedule out your social media posts to take advantage of what’s going to be trending in July. Carefully plan out your promotional posts along with your helpful posts.
I highly recommend using Sendible (affiliate link)! It’s easy to schedule posts into the future even repeat posts. They also have great analytics and insights so you can see your social media following growing and what’s working and not working.
I publish this every month so you can plan how you can “spin” your marketing message to take advantage of what’s trending on social media.
These are just some of the observance and awareness days. For the full list, visit these sites:
These calendars offer some links to details on the observances that might help you if you’re blogging.
How to use this list:
Go over the list and note any interesting days or awareness/observances that relate to your business or are fun or generic enough that you an spin your marketing message around it. Then, get creative and have fun! Write a blog post and schedule it to publish on that day.
The months’ observances usually trend (lots of people are talking about it) in the first few days of the month. Weeks tend to trend on Sunday or Monday and days start early in the morning depending if it’s a world/global observance or national. So, take time zones into consideration when scheduling. If you miss the first days of the month, even though it might not be “trending” at the time, publish a post anyway as long as it’s in the month of the observance.
Schedule out tweets using Sendible (affiliate link). And don’t forget those silly, but useful hashtags that trend on X (formerly Twitter) regularly!
Most of these observances will have hashtags. Be careful with apostrophes. Hashtags work only with letters and numbers. When you add a space or a symbol, it ends the hashtag.
Here’s what’s going to be trending on social media in July:
Month
- National Hemp Month
- Cell Phone Courtesy Month
- World Watercolor Month
- Anti-Boredom Month
- National Grilling Month
- Culinary Arts Month
- Ice Cream Month
- Independent Retailer Month
- Hot Dog Month
- Picnic Month
- UV Safety Month
- Eye Injury Prevention Month
- Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
- Smart Irrigation Month
- Disability Pride Month – honoring the 1990 signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
- Beans Month
- Corn Month
- National Family Reunion Month
- National Make a Difference to Children Month
- Pet Hydration Month
Weeks
- Wildland Firefighter Week of Remembrance – June 30 – July 6
- Clean Beaches Week – First Week
- National Childhood Obesity Week — 1st full week
- Therapeutic Recreation Week – 2nd Week
- National Doughnut Week — 2nd Week
- Everybody Deserves a Massage Week – 3rd Week
- Captive Nations Week – 3rd Week – raises public awareness about oppression in communist nations across the world.
- National Parenting Gifted Children Week – 3rd week in July
- Hepatitis Awareness Week – Week of July 28th
Days
1 – Postal Workers Day – be nice to your mail carrier
U.S. Postage Stamp Day
Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day
2 – World UFO Day – considering that UFOs have been in the news a lot lately, this may be a time to have a little fun and get some exposure at the same time!
Made in the USA Day
Special Recreation for the Disabled Day
National Wildland Firefighter Day
International Day of Cooperatives
3 – Independence Day Observed – Happy long weekend!
Stay out of the Sun Day
International Plastic Bag Free Day
National Eat Your Beans Day
4 – Independence Day – the 250th birthday of America!
Invisible Day
National Play Outside Day – 1st Saturday of the Month
Thank You Day
Hop-a-Park Day – 1st Saturday in July
5 – National Workaholics Day
National Bikini Day
6 – Fried Chicken Day
National Air Traffic Control Day
7 – Father-Daughter Take a Walk Day
World Chocolate Day
National Day of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Global Forgiveness Day
International Peace & Love Day
Tell the Truth Day — Gee, why just one day?!
9 – Sugar Cookie Day
Fashion Day
10 – Pina Colada Day
Silence Day (If only!)
Global Energy Independence Day
National Kitten Day
Collector Car Appreciation Day — 2nd Friday in July
Chronic Disease Day
11 – Mojito Day
Cheer Up the Lonely Day
French Fry Day
All American Pet Photo Day
World Population Day
7-11 Day
All-American Pet Photo Day
Cheer Up the Lonely Day
World Population Day
12 – National Simplicity Day — why do we have to complicate things?
Paper Bag Day
13 – Beans ‘N’ Franks Day
14 – Mac and Cheese Day
Cow Appreciation Day – Changes Annually
Bastille Day
15 – Give Something Away Day
Social Media Giving Day – Related: 5 Target Markets for Nonprofits
I Love Horses Day
World Youth Skills Day
Pet Fire Safety Day
Hot Dog Day – 3rd Wednesday in July
16 – Personal Chef Day
World Snake Day
Get to Know Your Customer Day – 3rd Thursday of Each Quarter
National AI Day — Learn how to use the AI tools to save time! $50/hr Summer Special Ends July 31!
17 – International Justice Day
Bladder Cancer Awareness Day
National Tattoo Day
World Emoji Day
18 – Nelson Mandela Day
World Listening Day
Tropical Fruit Day
19 – National Daiquiri Day
National Play Day
National Words with Friends Day – How about calling someone instead of texting?
Ice Cream Day — 3rd Sunday in July
20 – Moon Day – commemorates the day man first walked on the moon in 1969.
Lollipop Day
Hot Dog Day
International Chess Day
21 – Junk Food Day
Be Someone Day
22 – Hammock Day
Mango Day
23 – Gorgeous Grandma Day
Vanilla Ice Cream Day
Refreshment Day
National Refreshment Day — 4th Thursday in July
Lemon Day
24 – Drive-thru Day
Cousins Day
Amelia Earhart Day
Parent’s Day
International Self-Care Day
25 – Hire a Veteran Day
Chili Dog Day
Wine and Cheese Day
World Culinarians Day
Day of the Cowboy – Come on, Arizona! Get creative with this one! – 4th Saturday in July.
26 – Aunt and Uncle’s Day
Bagelfest Day
All or Nothing Day
National Disability Independence Day – commemorates the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26th, 1990.
27 – Love is Kind Day
Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
28 – Milk Chocolate Day
Water Park Day
World Conservation Day
Buffalo Soldiers Day
29 – Lipstick Day
Lasagna Day
Chicken Wing Day
International Tiger Day
30 – Father-in-Law Day
Cheesecake Day
World Day Against Human Trafficking
Climb a Mountain Day
National Whistleblower Day
National Support Public Education Day
National Intern Day – Last Thursday in July
31 – Avocado Day
Talk in an Elevator Day (Got your elevator pitch down?) — Last Friday of the Month
Mutt Day – Yes! Lots of dog pix!
International Day of Friendship
World Ranger Day
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