Buckle up and get ready to craft compelling content that captivates your audience and drives meaningful connections throughout April. This blog post content inspirations to spark meaningful conversations and foster community engagement with fun ideas you can infuse into your existing content strategy ensuring that your online presence remains vibrant and compelling.
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Ideas for anytime in April
Spring - Infuse ideas into your plan like spring cleaning, spring journal prompts, spring or outdoor activities. Or simply add some spring elements to your posts like flowers blooming etc. Look back and se what you posted in the spring last year and see if there's anything that can be repurposed and reposted now that won't take too long to create.
World Autism Awareness Month - If supporting this cause relates to your business talk about how (5% of your profits) or why you chose Autism Awareness, what about this cause is important to you.
National Poetry Month (US) - I'm not much of a words smith but you could write a few of your social media captions in poetry or send a poetic email to your email list if writing is central to your business. If you have published poems this is a great opportunity to share them.
Stress Awareness Month - Life (and business) is stressful, create a reel sharing 5 tips on how you manage stress as a business owner or create a post that features how your product/service and release stress for your ideal client.
Move More Month - Take of video of your daily workout/movement and use it as b-roll for a reel. Walking, hiking, biking etc. are great actives to film to use as b-roll for a quick and easy reel.
Week-Long Events
April 1-7: Laugh at Work Week -What do you do to infuse laugher into your work week? Share a behind-the-scenes reel of these activities or kick it high-school yearbook style and nominate (in a post) an employee as "class clown".
April 7-13: National Library Week - I love a good read, especially if it will help me improve my business or personal life. Write a blog post or create a carousel of the 5 top books you've read recently and why they left an impact on you.
April 14-20: National Volunteer Week - Does your business work with volunteers? This is a great reminder that a little appreciation goes a long way! Create a social media series for the week featuring your 5-7 best volunteers and why you're so grateful for them and/or the impact they have in your organization.
April 22-26: Every Kid Healthy Week - If you're a nutritionist or a lifestyle blogger this is the perfect opportunity to share (or re-share) content about healthy meal or snack ideas for kids. Publish a new blog post or create a reel to promote an existing one. Not every piece of content you create needs to be new!
Ideas for (Almost) Everyday
April 1:
Easter Monday - In your stories, share if your business will be open over the holiday weekend.
April Fools -Be anti-April Fools, and create a myth vs. facts post about something in your niche that people always get wrong, for example, a travel agent could share that myth that the people booking a vacation pay her when the fact is the company the trip is booked through does.
International Fun at Work Day - Create a behind the scenes reel of your "having fun at work", aka. doing the project you enjoy the most. It's a great opportunity to feature the product or service creation process and share about why it's your favourite/what the impact is for your clients which is why you love it so much.
Handmade Day - Call all crafty business owners! This is your guilt free excuse to share about your products, think product feature, or a reel showing how you make it.
April 2:
International Children's Book Day - This one is perfect for children's authors to promote your book (if published already), or share about one you're working on and get your audience excited for you to release it.
Education & Sharing Day - Teach your audience something new in a reel or carousel post. Maybe it's an Instagram hack they won't want to miss or a tip to make calming your upset toddler easier. Make sure you include a CTA in the caption inviting people to save or share this post with others who need it.
April 3: World Party Day - We like to party, but we don't always like to plan it. Can you create a carousel post sharing 2 party planning tips that will help people stay on budget or create a memorable party? Don't forget to include a sentence in your caption letting people know you're available for hire as a party planner if they don't want to do it themselves!
April 4: Tell A Lie Day - Connecting with your audience is very important to build know, like and trust (the precursor to sales), play two truths and a lie and share some personal information with your audience.
April 7:
World Health Day - Put a fun spin on this and share what one thing business owners need to have a healthy business (relate it to the services you offer and invite people to book with you), ex. accountants would promote organized financial records to make informed decisions and would invite people to connect for a discovery call to talk about their bookkeeping packages.
No Housework Day - I'm include this one mainly because I want to partake in a no housework day 🤣. Could you partner with a cleaning company or home organization company and do a giveaway to grow your following (or email list) by offering up 1-hour of a cleaning/organization service?
Walk to Work Day - Create a reel you walking to work. This would be funny even if you work from home and you can show how short your walk is and talk about the benefits of working from home. Having someone video you from behind like the picture below makes great b-roll for content creation
April 9:
Name Yourself Day - Create a post talking about the history of your business and how it got it's name
Unicorn Day - Share who your "unicorn" is by creating a post calling out your ideal clients and inviting them to work with you
April 10: Hug Your Dog Day - Develop more know, like and trust with your audience and share a picture of you with your furry friend, invite your followers to do the same and see if any of you have the same breed of dogs, that's a great way to start a conversation with a potential customer or client.
April 11: National Clean Up Your Pantry Day - This is the perfect day to show off your organizational business or products with a CTA to purchase and "spring clean" your pantry. This could be a carousel post or a before and after reel or your organized pantry.
April 13:
National Scrabble Day - Create a static post spelling something relevant to your niche using scrabble tiles. If you're pretty tech savvy you could also create a stop-motion reel of the process
Make Lunch Count Day - Connect with your audience in your stories and put up a poll asking if people take a lunch break or if they work through their lunch breaks for maximum productivity and shorter work days
April 14:
International Moment of Laugher Day - Much like "Laugh At Work Week", what do you do to infuse laugher into your work week? Share a behind-the-scenes reel of these activities or kick it high-school yearbook style and nominate (in a post) an employee as "class clown".
Reach As High As You Can Day - We all have goals, create a post sharing what your current goals are and invite your followers to comment theirs so you can all "reach as high as you can". If you're a life or business coach you could create a reel sharing tips on how to set realistic goals and how to stay motivated to reach them.
April 15:
World Art Day - Share your art with your followers in a post today and remind them of how they can purchase your amazing artwork
Take A Wild Guess Day -Develop connections with your audience by creating a post asking them to talk a wild guess about _ related to your niche/products/services. You can use the poll feature in a reel to get easy votes/guesses or use the 'Poll" sticker in your stories. Make sure you respond to everyone who guesses and then share the answer the next day.
Husband Appreciation Day - I don't know about you, but my business wouldn't be successful without Grayson's support. Create a post today sharing your appreciate for your spouse and how they support your business allowing you to have _ (impact with your business). Remind your followers what your goal/objective is in your business.
April 16:
Good Deeds Day - Do a good deed for your followers and share a free resource you have that can help them solve a problem. This is a perfect opportunity to share or re-share about one of your freebies or lead magnets and also grow your email list.
Wear Pyjamas to Work Day - Show up in your stories in your pjs and let people know what you're working on today, tag any clients you're doing work for, hopefully they will re-share it and you might get some new followers!
April 19 - Humorous Day - Can you make your caption funny today? Remember, creating content shouldn't be hard, even adding a few emojis etc. can make a post more humorous.
April 20: High 5 Day - Show your appreciation for your clients by sharing a testimonial (a high 5 from your client) and thanking your client for trusting you to solve _ problem. End with a CTA for others to provide you with a testimonial or you can invite your audience to work with you to solve the same problem your client had.
April 21: National Tea Day - Spill the tea by busting a myth or misconception in your niche. Your reel hook could be something like "one things I wish _ (ideal clients) would stop doing".
April 22: Earth Day - Do you offer a product that helps keep the earth clean or safe? Talk about the benefits of your product and use the Instagram product feature to tag or link the product for ease of purchase. Also include a CTA in the caption sharing how the reader can purchase the product and support the earth.
April 23: World Book Day - Similar to "International Children's Book Day", this one is perfect for children's authors to promote your book (if published already), or share about one you're working on and get your audience excited for you to release it.
April 25: National DNA Day - share the "DNA" or core values of your business in a post or carousel. This would be a great pinned post for your business that can help you connect with potential clients and customers who have the same goals and vision.
April 26:
Get Organized Day - If you created a post for April 11, "National Clean Up Your Pantry Day" share it to your stories today with a sticker "in case you missed it" or "throwback". You can also create b-roll of your cleaning & organizing your office to use as the base of your next reel.
Stop Food Waste Day - So many options for food based businesses! Share how your business is committed to reducing your food waste, or promote a product consumers can use at home to safe money and reduce food waste.
April 27:
Tell A Story Day - Tell a story about your client who had _ problem before coming to work with you and how working with your solved that problem for them. End with a CTA for the reader to connect with you if they want to solve the same problem.
Take Our Kids to Work Day - This would be a fun post if you bring your kids to work, or if you work from home with your kids you can do a "day in the life" reel sharing how to balance kids and work.
April 29: International Dance Day - If you love to dance share a personal post to connect with your audience and see who else is a dancer at heart (even if it's just dancing in your kitchen).
April 30:
Honesty Day - Create a reel with the hook "Honestly, I _" and be real about something in your business or niche. This is a great way to grab attention and establish trust with your audience.
Pet Parents Day - If you missed "Hug Your Dog Day" this is a great opportunity to share about your 4 legged friends, or if you're more of. cat person this day works better for you to feature your purr-fect partner.
Remember to only use the ideas that relate the best to your business and try to limit the number of posts you're creating for these National holidays to a few. they should be a fun way to shake up your content mix but shouldn't be the foundation of your strategy!
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