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Need November marketing ideas?

This month, we transition from autumn and harvest (in the Northern hemisphere) to the Christmas and holiday season.

Thanksgiving in the U.S. sets the tone for a month of gratitude.

Try some unique business marketing ideas to make your readers and followers grateful for a fresh and amusing take – instead of the same old-same old.

I also offer them in a super-simple to follow format, which you’ll hear more about later!

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November Monthly Holidays

November is definitely still autumn, but with Halloween marketing starting earlier every year, your audience may be tired of pumpkins and Fall leaves already.

If your business is local, take cues from your weather. The northern and midwest states have probably raked their last leaf and are anticipating snowfall already.

Does one of the month-long holidays below resonate with your business and audience?

Plan a promotion for the month of November that might include blog posts, sales, social media posts, contests and more. I’ll discuss how you might use one of them in detail below!

• National Gratitude Month
• Adopt A Turkey Month
• National Entrepreneurship Month
• Movember (moustache growing for men’s health awareness!)
• National Inspirational Role Models Month
• Family Stories Month
• National Novel Writing Month
• Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
• National Healthy Skin Month
• National Native American Heritage Month

National Gratitude Month marketing ideas

One of the most popular and well-loved themes for November is a month of gratitude. And it’s sure to get your followers engaged, too!

Be sure to show appreciation for customers, clients, followers and subscribers throughout the month. If you work with businesses, they’d definitely appreciate a shoutout on social media.

But you might want to take it farther!

Use these gratitude quotes to create branded images you can share through the month, perhaps one each #ThankfulThursday.

You might even want to get your followers involved by creating a “30 Days of Gratitude” challenge.

Positively Present offers a photo prompt per day as Instagram post ideas, and follows through with an illustration of her own each day.

Here’s an example of her initial “prompt” post. Her followers will save this to refer to through November, which sends positive signals to the IG algorithm. This image is followed by one of her simple yet delightful daily sketches.

Images ©PositivelyPresent and used with permission.

Or you could run a contest for your customers!

Ask them to submit a video or photo of themself using or recommending your product, with permission for you to use it on your website or social media platforms.

Be sure to offer a discount or freebie to all who participate, and a prize for the best submission, if you like.

It’s truly a win-win, as customers get good vibes from supporting you plus a goodie, and you get loads of free content, which you can repost as fantastic social proof.

8 November 2021 Weekly Holidays

These holidays last for a week(ish).

Asterisked dates* change year to year.

Dates are correct for 2021 and will be updated each year in early September.

• World Communication Week: 1–7
• National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week: 7–14*
• Dear Santa Letter Week: 7–13
• World Kindness Week: 7–13*
• National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week: 14-21*
• National Global Entrepreneurship Week: 15–21*
• International Games Week: 20-27*
• National Family Week: 21–27*

If these don’t work for you, there’s a whole page of weekly holidays in my Planner below!

November 2021 Daily Holidays

Setting the tone for the month of November is U.S. Thanksgiving, which falls on the fourth Thursday.

Most businesses won’t want to miss the Friday and Monday after for big sales: Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

In addition, if you’re a small business you should definitely jump in on the “Small Business Saturday” action!

Asterisked dates* below change year to year.

Dates are correct for 2021 and will be updated each year in early September.

Here are some favorite November holidays:

• November 1: Día de Los Muertos / All Saints Day
• November 7:* Daylight Saving Time ends at 2am
• November 9: World Freedom Day
• November 11: Veteran’s Day
• November 13: World Kindness Day
• November 14: International Girls Day
• November 17: National Unfriend Day
• November 19: International Men’s Day AND Women’s Entrepreneurship Day
• November 20: Universal Children’s Day
• November 24: Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day
• November 25:* Thanksgiving
• November 26:* Black Friday
• November 27:* Small Business Saturday
• November 29:* Cyber Monday
• November 30:* Giving Tuesday

And there are still more ideas in Your Social Plan. Keep reading!

Which November Holidays for Your Business?

There are truly holidays for every business and personality. Some days have more than 10 to choose from!

I love social media holidays and am compiling huge lists for each month.

But just knowing the holidays doesn’t mean you’ll:

• Remember which happens when.
• Know how to use them in your marketing.
• Or have time to come up with eye-catching images and engaging captions to go with them.

That’s why there’s Your Social Plan!

Your Social Plan is a daily posting plan that combines beautiful, done-for-you content with powerful business-building prompts so you’ll never wonder what to post again.

Each day your business benefits from a combination of 3 posts:

M – Motivational / Inspirational
V – Visibility Boosting
P – Promotional / Business Building

Check out Your Social Plan now and save hours on your social media marketing this month!

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Psst… it’s not too early to start thinking about Christmas marketing ideas.

Which November marketing ideas will YOU use?

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