If you’re looking for blog or social media post ideas for next month, then here are some ideas that you could use in October 2022.
Did you miss last month’s ideas? You can see all the posts in this series here.
October 2022 Holidays
October is both Adopt A Shelter Dog Month and National Animal Safety and Protection Month. If you serve clients or partner with a business or non-profit that works with animals, this could fill your whole month of content!
October celebrates books and humanities with a variety of related themes. October is National Arts & Humanities Month, National Book Month, National Reading Group Month, and National Medical Librarians Month, and more. For businesses who work in this area, it can be a great focus for some of your content.
Here are a few other monthlong celebrations in October. October is National Stamp Collecting Month, National Roller Skating Month, Co-op Month, and Employee Ownership Month. It is also Raptor Month, celebrating the birds of prey, and Photographer Appreciation Month.
October is also both the International AAC (Augmentative & Alternative Communication) Awareness Month and National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, encouraging us to make the internet accessible and more secure.
Here are other Holidays in October:
Saturday, October 1 – International Coffee Day
Monday, October 3 – October 7 – Customer Service Week
Monday, October 3 – National Consignment Day
Tuesday, October 4 – Improve Your Office Day
Wednesday, October 5 – National Do Something Nice Day and World Teachers’ Day
Friday, October 7 – Manufacturing Day
Sunday, October 9 – October 15 – Emergency Nurses Week, Veterinary Technicians Week, and National Fire Prevention Week
Monday, October 10 – Indigenous People’s Day, Columbus Day, and International Stage Management Day
Tuesday, October 11 – Ada Lovelace Day
Wednesday, October 12 – National Farmer’s Day
Sunday, October 16 – October 22 – National Business Women’s Week and National Retirement Security Week
Monday, October 17 – National Boss’s Day
Tuesday, October 18 – Information Overload Day
Thursday, October 20 – Get to Know Your Customers Day (quarterly)
Tuesday, October 25 – International Artist Day
Saturday, October 29 – National Cat Day
Sunday, October 30 – Checklist Day
Monday, October 31 – Halloween
October 2022 Activities
Here are some activities that will be happening in October:
- Is fall your season? Maybe it’s soup, hot drinks, or the spooky mix of colors, but fall is in full effect here in the Midwest. There is no shortage of seasonal fall and Halloween activities going on, from hayrides to watching the leaves turn colors, to being scared at a haunted house, there is a wide range of stuff going on.
- Major League Baseball (MLB) begins their playoffs, and the World Series starts on October 26.
- The WNBA Finals begin on October 10, and then the National Basketball Association (NBA) season begins on the 19th.
- The National Hockey League (NHL) also starts their season mid-October, on the 12th.
What other activities or events in your industry are happening in October? What do you do for your business every October? Does it impact your customers?
In Conclusion
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Which holidays are you looking forward to in October 2022? Have you planned your October blog topics? Let me know in the comments!
Business Resources
- Gensler, A. (n.d.). October 2022 Holidays + Fun, Weird and Special Dates. Angie Gensler. Retrieved September 15, 2022, from https://www.angiegensler.com/october-holidays/.
- October Events Calendar for Educators. The Teachers Corner. (n.d.). Retrieved September 15, 2022, from https://www.theteacherscorner.net/calendars/october.php.
- Saylor, H. B., & Golay, B. (n.d.). National Day Calendar. Retrieved September 15, 2022, from https://nationaldaycalendar.com/october-holidays/.
- 2022 Holidays – United States. CalendarDate.com. (n.d.). Retrieved September 15, 2022, from https://www.calendardate.com/year2022_holidays.php.
- Ada Lovelace Day. (n.d.) FindingAda.com. Retrieved September 15, 2022, from https://findingada.com/.
