Hookle
Oct 24, 20214 min
Updated: Nov 8, 2022
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November 2021 is full of fun and exciting ways for small businesses to build out their social media content calendar. From Black Friday and Cyber Monday, to feel good and fun national holidays, there are a ton of fun ways to create content that is engaging and isn’t too salesy during the sales season.
A good mix of fun, festive, and sales-focused content can help keep your audience connected to your brand throughout November.
A good mix of fun, festive, and sales-focused content can help keep your audience connected to your brand throughout November.
It’s no secret that the holiday season can be a busy time for everyone and you may be wondering: does spending my time on social media pay off? Yes!
Through social media, you have the opportunity to connect with your target audience during the hectic holiday season, and it shouldn’t be pushed to the sidelines when things start to get busy. If anything, you should be posting more!
No matter the type of small business you own, social media holidays can be a great guide to creating content throughout November that will hopefully help you increase your following and gain new customers over time.
Here is a complete list by themes of national holidays with social media content ideas that you can use to create content throughout the upcoming month of November 2021.
The Complete List of November Calendar Content
November Weekly Observations
Nationally Recognized Holidays
Health Focused National Holidays
Business Focused National Holidays
Feel Good and Fun National Holidays
Other Social Content Ideas for November
More November Content Ideas
Utilize social media scheduling tools
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November 1: World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
November 1: National Author’s Day #NationalAuthorsDay #authors #authorsofinstagram #author #writers #writersofinstagram #books #writer #bookstagram #writing #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #authorlife #writerslife #writersofig #booklover #love #authorssupportingauthors #bookworm #poetrycommunity #readers #authorslife
November 3: National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
November 3: National Sandwich Day #nationalsandwichday #sandwich #foodie #sandwiches #sandwichday
November 3: Cliche Day #Cliche
November 3: Election Day #ElectionDay, #Election2021
November 5: American Football Day #americanfootball
November 7: Daylight Saving Time Ends #DaylightSavings
November 7: Book Lover Day #bookloversforlife #booklovers #bookstagrammer #bookworm #bookish #bookaddict
November 8: National Cappuccino Day #NationalCappuccinoDay #cappuccino #coffee #coffeetime
November 8: STEM/STEAM Day #STEMDay
November 10: International Accounting Day #internationalaccountantsday #accountingday
November 10: the United States Marine Corps Day
November 11: Veterans Day #VeteransDay
November 13: World Kindness Day #WorldKindnessDay #WKD #WKD21
November 14: World Diabetes Day #WDD #WDD2021
November 15: America Recycles Day #BeRecycled #Recycle
November 15: National Philanthropy Day #NationalPhilanthropyDay #philanthropy #charity #nonprofit #donate #giveback #community #socialgood #volunteer #dogood #love #givingback #support #causes #donation #instagood #donations #volunteering
November 17: National Entrepreneurs’ Day #EntrepreneursDay
November 17: Take a Hike Day #nature #naturelovers #hiking
November 19: International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay
November 24: Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day #CelebrateYourUniqueTalentDay
November 25: Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2021
November 26: Black Friday #BlackFriday #BlackFriday2021
November 26: National American Heritage Day #NAHeritage #NationalAmericanHeritageDay #NativeAmerican
November 27: Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall #SmallBusinessSaturday #SmallBusinessSpotlight
November 28: Hanukkah #Hanukkah #HappyHanukkah
November 29: Cyber Monday #CyberMonday #CyberMonday2021
November 30: Giving Tuesday #GivingTuesday
November 30: Computer Security Day #cybersecurity #security #technology #infosec #informationsecurity #privacy #cybersecurityawareness #datasecurity #dataprotection
November 30: National Mississippi Day #mississippi #louisiana #tennessee #memphis #michigan #illinois
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November 6-12: National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week
November 8-14: Global Entrepreneur Week
November 13-19: National Nurse Practioner’s Week
November 13-19: Geography Awareness Week
November 13-21: National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week
Third Week of November: World Kindness Week
Third Week of November: World Communication Week
November 20-26: International Fraud Awareness Week
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November 2: Election Day #ElectionDay, #Election2021
November 11: Veterans Day #VeteransDay
November 25: Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2021
November 26: National American Heritage Day #NAHeritage #NationalAmericanHeritageDay #NativeAmerican
November 28: Hanukkah #Hanukkah #HappyHanukkah
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November 1: World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
November 8: STEM/STEAM Day #STEMDay
November 14: World Diabetes Day #WDD #WDD2021
November 19: International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay
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November 10: International Accounting Day
November 17: National Entrepreneurs’ Day #EntrepreneursDay
November 26: Black Friday #BlackFriday #BlackFriday2021
November 27: Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall #SmallBusinessSaturday #SmallBusinessSpotlight
November 29: Cyber Monday #CyberMonday #CyberMonday2021
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November 1: National Author’s Day
November 3: National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
November 3: National Sandwich Day
November 3: Cliche Day
November 5: American Football Day
November 7: Daylight Saving Time Ends #DaylightSavings
November 7: Book Lover Day
November 8: National Cappuccino Day
November 10: the United States Marine Corps Day
November 13: World Kindness Day #WorldKindnessDay #WKD #WKD21
November 15: America Recycles Day #BeRecycled #Recycle
November 15: National Philanthropy Day
November 17: Take a Hike Day
November 24: Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day
November 30: Computer Security Day
November 30: National Mississippi Day
November 30: Giving Tuesday #GivingTuesday
Friendsgiving
The World Series Games
November 25: The National Dog Show
November 28: The start of Advent
Scorpio Season (October 23- November 22)
Sagittarius Season (November 23-December 21)
Dio De los Muertos- “Day of the Dead” (November 1-2)
Employee Spotlights
Service Spotlights
Product Spotlights
Flash Sales and Promo Codes
Giving Thanks or Gratitude Spotlights
Remember: not all of these national holidays will be right for your small business content calendar. The best part about capitalizing on national holidays throughout the month is that you get to make them unique to your brand's voice, message, and values.
Your target audience and how you choose to represent your brand play an integral role in the content you create. Consider finding ways to showcase office life or get your team involved!
Do employee spotlights that align with a national day or show off that awesome cappuccino machine you have in the office on National Cappuccino Day! Whatever you choose to post, we recommend having fun and utilizing this list to help drive real connections with your audience.
Use a social media management app to plan and schedule
We know that small business owners and entrepreneurs can use an extra hand with their social media content calendar during the busy month of November. With so much planning and scheduling that needs to be done leading up to the busy shopping season, it's never a bad idea to utilize social media management tools.
One of the best ways to ensure that your social media content is scheduled and ready to go is by using an easy-to-use social media scheduling platform, like Hookle.
We make it easy for busy entrepreneurs to stay on track with their social media marketing efforts. The best part? You get to plan and schedule out your social content for the entire month and sit back and relax knowing that everything is taken care of and good to go.
For an easy tool to plan, share, and schedule posts to all your social networks, try the Hookle App.