October Key Dates
Why Observe Key Dates as a Business?
- To grow your online following and customer base
- To celebrate recognised events with your followers
- To help new people discover your business (remember to use relevant and trending hashtags online!)
Here are some key dates to add to your business calendar this October:
1st - 31st October - National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
This month, concentrate on confidentiality.
Ways to observe:
- Dedicate some time to expanding and updating your current cybersecurity.
- Reset your passwords! October could be an excellent reminder to finally ditch ‘password 123!’
- Reassess your processes. Is there anything you can do more securely or effectively? Dedicate some time to researching new available security measures.
1st - 31st October - Breast Cancer Awareness
Share pink to make you think.
Ways to observe:
- Wear pink!
- Consider changing your website theme to pink or creating dedicated social media posts.
- Time for a fundraiser! This could effectively raise awareness and give back while creating great content through team-building activities.
1st - 31st Black History Month
Dedicate this month to learning, supporting, and appreciating everyone.
Ways to observe:
- Support employee resource groups!
- Encourage learning about black history month - celebrate black influences on your industry.
- Harness the power of social media- maybe do an employee spotlight to amplify black voices, ask if there is anything your employees would like to share or talk about and pass the mic!
1st October - World Vegetarian Day
Lettuce, do our best!
Ways to observe:
- Share some of your favourite vegetarian recipes on social media
- Photo opportunity! Take your staff out for a vegetarian meal
- Commit to eating a vegetarian meal a week
10th October - World Mental Health Day
The time to help your team support, share and shine
Ways to observe:
- Consider sharing some mental health support tips on your social media.
- Raise awareness - maybe the CEO could give a message showing mental health can affect anyone.
- Host a tea and talk event for your staff members.
16th October - World Food Day
A day to appreciate culture and delicious food!
Ways to observe:
- Get your team to all cook something and have a shared staff lunch! This could make some heartwarming social media content.
- If you work with food-related clients, this could be a good opportunity to showcase the flexibility of their products and how they can be used to make multicultural dishes.
- Even if you don’t work in the food sector, you could still share some of your favourite foods and recipes from around the world!
31st October - Halloween
Trick or Treat time!
Ways to observe:
- It’s to get your spook on with a specialised spooky playlist!
- Don’t forget to get festive, wear some costumes to work, and take some spooky shots to share on your social media.
- Consider using some spooky template to give your website and posts a spooky feel!
- And if you love Halloween like we do, why not visit a pumpkin patch with your staff for team bonding? This can make some great content and shake things up from a usual staff meal.
