How to create a content calendar for March

The never-ending task of content creation can be the bane of a business owner’s existence, which can result in procrastination, and in worst-case scenarios, not even posting at all — especially if you’re starting from scratch every month. 

One of the best ways to crank out relevant, engaging content like a boss is to pull inspiration from monthly themes and holidays. This will jumpstart your creativity and help you to easily fill in the gaps in your content calendar. 

With spring just around the corner, now’s the time to get your March content prepared and organized. To begin creating content that will engage and delight your audience, browse through the following list of social media post ideas, choose topics that will speak to your specific audience, and tweak them to vibe with your own brand message.  

GENERAL MARCH THEMES

March is the month that ushers in the spring season, and with it comes a fresh sense of new life, new beginnings, and vibrant colors. A few general monthly theme ideas for March can include: 

• Organizing
• Budgeting
• Spring Cleaning
• Travel and Spring Break
• March Madness and Basketball
• Luck, St. Patrick’s Day and the Color Green

MARCH MONTHLY THEMES 

March is packed full of monthly observances that can create excellent opportunities for customer engagement. Choose one or more theme that relates well to your audience and create several posts during the month based on that theme. 

• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Craft Month
• National Credit Education Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Optimism Month
• National Women Inventors Month
• Spiritual Wellness Month
• Social Work Month
• Women’s History Month
• American Red Cross Month

MARCH WEEKLY OBSERVANCES

Use these themes to create relevant, engaging posts for your audience for an entire week at a time.

• March 1–7 is National Consumer Protection Week
• March 1–7 is Read an E-Book Week
• March 8–14 is Sleep Awareness Week
• March 15–21 is National Introverts Week
• March 16–22 is Act Happy Week
• March 22–28 is National Cleaning Week

The Ivory Mix library is full of styled stock images covering a range of niche’s. Plus if you are a VIP member you can use search our library of over 4,500 photos through keywords.

MARCH DAILY HOLIDAYS

In addition to these general themes, March is packed full of holidays and national observances that can be used as a starting point for engaging your audience.

These include International Women’s Day , Organize Your Home Office Day , and Pi Day . 

Here’s a complete list of March 2020 Holidays (some common and others obscure) for you to utilize in your social content calendar:

• National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day (1st)
• Dr. Seuss Day / Read Across America Day (2nd)
• National Grammar Day (4th)
• National Snack Day (4th)
• National Employee Appreciation Day (6th)
• National Be Heard Day for Small Businesses (7th)
• International Women’s Day (8th)
• National Proofreading Day (8th)
• National Plant a Flower Day (12th)
• Pi Day (14th)
• St. Patrick’s Day (17th)
• National Awkward Moments Day (18th)
• First Day of Spring (19th)
• Client’s Day (19th)
• International Day of Happiness (20th)
• Twitter’s 14th Birthday (21st)
• World Down Syndrome Day (21st)
• National Puppy Day (23rd)
• Celebrate Exchange Day (27th)
• National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day (29th)
• National Virtual Vacation Day (30th)
• World Backup Day (31st)

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Looking to create a post in under 10 minutes? With Ivory mix this is more than possible, take one of the Ivory Mix styled stock photos, pair this with a caption from our captions that convert sheet, then get your content seen by using the holiday hashtags found in the captions that convert sheet.  It can be that simple!

Choose the holidays and themes which work best with your brand and schedule content around the themes discussed here and never feel like you have nothing to post ever again.

Use the Ivory Mix Membership to Create March Content 10x Faster

Now that you’re armed and ready to create killer content for the month of March, don’t spend hours and hours slaving away at the keyboard. Learn my system for creating content 10x faster. 

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