by Edie Melson, @EdieMelson
I know November is just starting, but December will be here before you know it, with Christmas right on its heels.
It only takes a little advance planning to cut down on the marketing stress that can come during the holidays.
Now is the time to get your social media ready for the holidays.
Update Images
The first thing you want to look at your cover photo on the different platforms. Consider ways you could enhance it to give it a warm, holiday feel.
Beyond changing the look of your platforms by changing your images, you’ll need to plan ahead for social media updates. Below is the header I’m creating for my Facebook page (and yes, I’m working on new holiday headers for all my pages).
Plan Updates
Let’s face it, the holidays are fun, but they’re also hectic. By planning out some holiday updates in advance can save your sanity and keep the momentum going. Here are some ideas for fun social media updates:
- Share your favorite holiday recipe and ask your friends/followers to share theirs.
- Ask your followers to give you tips on sanity savers during the holidays.
- Share a crazy holiday faux pas and ask others to share theirs.
- Share some of your favorite holiday reads.
- Ask for decorating ideas.
- Share a holiday tradition and ask for others to chime in.
- Ask about favorite holiday movies.
- Share your favorite Christmas carol and ask your friends to share theirs.
I think you get the idea.
But by planning these out in advance, you can have a list ready to go and not have to spend valuable time creating them.
Plan Blog Posts
You can also plan some blog posts in advance. The holidays are a good time to plan a giveaway. You can also plan a holiday cookie recipe exchange and a holiday potluck recipe exchange for your blog. The easiest way to do this is through a Meme. I use Linky to do all my link-ups.
Now it’s your turn, share some holiday conversation starters, and blog post ideas.
Maiden of Iron by Edie Melson
A Steampunk Fable
When Marion’s brother is killed in a duel fighting for her honor, their father, the Engineering Guildmaster withdraws refusing to speak with anyone. It’s now up to Marion to save the guild’s children and reclaim the family honor. But will a chance encounter with the prince of thieves be an answered prayer or will he just steal her heart and abandon them all?
Edie Melson—author, blogger, speaker—has a passion to help those who are struggling find the God-given strength they need to triumph through difficult circumstances. She’s written numerous books, including her most recent, fiction, Alone, and nonfiction, While My Child is Away. Her popular blog, The Write Conversation, reaches thousands each month and is a Writer’s Digest Top 101 Websites for Writers.In addition you can find her sharing articles on the military family blog at Guideposts.org. She’s also the director of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference and the Vice President of the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, as well as the Social Media Director for Southern Writers Magazine, Social Media Mentor at My Book Therapy, and the Senior Editor for NovelRocket.com.