Content ideas for Summer 2024

How to use this guide

This pick ‘n’ mix guide is packed with inspiration and ideas for your marketing efforts over the summer period, from June to August 2024.

For each month, I’ve prepared an event calendar, which might inspire a post, promotion or tie-in. I’ve included links where possible, so you’ll find all the information you need, including themes and full event details.

Please double-check the 2024 dates and that the events are still going ahead before you invest time and money on marketing.

There are also three seasonal content themes for each month, which you should be able adapt for your brand and your audience.

Remember, your content should be about helping rather than selling, so make sure it’s customer focused with a clear What’s In It For Me (WIIFM).

This is an evolving post that I return to and update every year. For advance notification of updates, make sure you’re following me on LinkedIn.

If you need more ideas, you’ll find plenty in my blog post:
111 Blog post ideas to benefit your business.

*Denotes events held on the same dates every year.

Content ideas for June 2024

June 2024 event calendar

Month-long events

1st* — Pride Month (UK)
1st — March for Men (UK), Various dates and locations, check website

Week-long events

3rd — Volunteers’ Week (UK)
3rd — Child Safety Week (UK)
3rd — National Growing for Wellbeing Week (UK)
3rd — World Heart Rhythm Week
10th — Aromatherapy Awareness Week
10th — Bike Week (UK)
10th — Carers’ Week (UK)
10th — Healthy Eating Week (UK)
10th — Loneliness Awareness Week (UK)
10th — Men’s Health Week (UK)
11th — Nutrition and Hydration Week (UK)
12th — Diabetes Awareness Week (UK)
15th — Drowning Prevention Week (UK)
15th — English Wine Week
17th — Children’s Hospice Week (UK)
17th — Learning Disability Week (UK)
17th — Refugee Week (UK)
17th — National School Sport Week (UK)
19th — National Picnic Week (UK)
20th — #GladToCare Awareness Week (UK)
24th — Rabbit Awareness Week (UK)

Days

1st* — World Milk Day
1st* — Global Day of Parents
1st — The Big Lunch (UK)
2nd — Cancer Survivors’ Day
3rd* — World Bicycle Day
4th* — International Day of Innocent Child Victims of Aggression
5th* — World Environment Day
5th* — International Day Against Illegal Fishing
6th — National Fish and Chip Day (UK)
7th* — World Food Safety Day
8th* — World Oceans Day
8th — 75 years since George Orwell’s 1984 was published
9th — LEAF Open Farm Sunday (UK)
10th — World Gin Day, TBC
14th* — World Blood Donor Day
15th* — National Beer Day (UK)
15th* — World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
15th — International Surfing Day, third Saturday in June
16th — Father’s Day (UK), third Sunday in June
17th* — World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
18th* — Autistic Pride Day
18th* — International Picnic Day
18th* — Sustainable Gastronomy Day
19th — World Martini Day
19th — National Writing Day (UK)
20th — Clean Air Day (UK)
20th* — World Refugee Day
21st* — World Humanist Day
21st* — Global MND Awareness Day
21st* — Summer Solstice, Northern Hemisphere
21st* — World Music Day
21st* — International Day of Yoga
21st — Take Your Dog to Work Day (UK), Friday after Father’s Day
21st — Wallace and Gromit’s Wrong Trousers Day (UK)
23rd* — UN Public Service Day
23rd* — International Widows’ Day
23rd — International Women in Engineering Day
26th* — International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26th* — UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
27th* — Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
28th — National Cream Tea Day
29th* — International Day of the Tropics
29th* — Haro Wine Festival, Spain
30th* — International Asteroid Day

June 2024 content ideas

1. World Environment Day

June 5th is World Environment Day.

Talk about your environmental policies and show how you’re making a difference
If you sell products, talk about ways your customers might reuse or recycle them or their parts
Introduce a new environmental initiative and write a blog post about it
Ask your employees where the waste problems are in your business and take steps to tackle them — show others how you did it so they can do the same.

2. Summer holiday

With summer holidays just around the corner, why not help your customers prepare? Offer some tips, create an inspiration guide or write on a relevant topic. Choose something that’s relevant for your brand. Here are some ideas to inspire you:

Self preparation: tanning, waxing, hair styling
Inspiration: hairstyles, fashion, beach-ready looks
Winding up at work: checklists, advance preparation, autoresponders
Health and safety tips: sun care, healthcare, first aid, dos and don’ts
Travel tips: regulations, restrictions, money, vehicle hire,
Activities: hiking, water sports, camping, photography, video
Equipment: wetsuits, sunglasses, hiking shoes, cameras, canoes, tents, caravans, awnings, furniture, backpacks and bags
Packing tips: holiday essentials, checklists, ‘don’t forget’ lists.

3. Making the most of the season

Summer offers and promotions
Cooking: fresh seasonal produce, new ideas, recipes or flavour combinations
Summer drinks: cocktails/virgin cocktails, punches and party drinks, best for hydration
Health: summer diet, benefits of keeping hydrated, ways to drink more water, best exercise for hot weather
Getting out and about: things to do, places to go, activities to try
Being outdoors: garden furniture recommendations, how to style a balcony or small garden, bringing the outside in with healthy plants.

Content ideas for July 2024

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July 2024 event calendar

Month-long events

1st* — Disability Pride Month
1st* — Plastic Free July
1st* — Sarcoma Awareness Month
1st* — Talk to Us Month, for the Samaritans (UK)

Week+ long events

1st — Alcohol Awareness Week
1st — Great British Pea Week, TBC
13th — Festival of British Archaeology
15th — Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Awareness Week (UK)
26th — Love Parks Week (UK), TBC
27th — National Marine Week (UK)

Days

1st* — International Reggae Day, TBC
1st — National Bereaved Parents’ Day (UK), TBC
3rd — International Plastic Bag Free Day
5th — 70 years since the BBC broadcast its first television news bulletin
7th* — World Chocolate Day
8th — SPANA’s World Tea Party, for sick and injured working animals
10th* — Don’t Step on a Bee Day
11th* — World Population Day
12th* — National Simplicity Day (UK)
13th — World Rum Day
15th* — World Youth Skills Day
17th* — World Emoji Day
17th* — World Day for International Justice
18th* — International Nelson Mandela Day
20th* — World Chess Day
24th* — Talk to Us Day, 24/7 for the Samaritans
24th* — World Tequila Day
25th* — National Schi zophrenia Awareness Day (UK)
28th* — World Hepatitis Day
29th* — International Tiger Day
30th* — World Friendship Day
30th* — World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

July 2024 content ideas

1. War on plastic

It’s Plastic-Free July. Here are some ideas for a tie-in, choose something that’s relevant for your brand:

A how-to on how to find all the sources of plastic in your business — even the hidden ones — and talk about alternatives for buying better in the future
Create a tutorial for reusing and repurposing plastic: in arts and crafts, for storage, for decoration, making toys, plant holders etc
Write about projects in your industry where plastic waste is being repurposed, reused or recycled
Compile a guide to plastic-free alternatives, where to find them and how to use them
Launch an initiative in your business to cut or reduce your use of plastic and write about it — or talk about your current efforts to cut plastic waste.

2. School summer holidays

The school summer holidays start in July, so it’s a good time to look at content that will involve families and children.

Activities: new things to try, places to go, sports, gaming
Create a challenge to encourage creativity, promote learning or help the community
Devise an online or outdoor treasure hunt
Write about planned events in your local area
Put together a list of books to read or films to watch
Family barbecue: food, activities, games, theme, ideas
Create an arts and crafts tutorial.

3. Communication

July 17th is World Emoji Day, so it could be a good time to talk about the way we communicate, how it’s changed and how it’s changing. Here are some ideas:

Write about AI and how it’s changing the way we communicate
Create an on-brand emoji or picture quiz — for fun or with a prize draw for correct answers
Write a piece about the best communication strategies in your industry and what makes them so effective
Run a customer survey to learn about communication problems in your organisation, publish the results and show how you plan to improve
Write about your experience of automated communications, when they work well and when they don’t
If you’re improving or changing the way you communicate with your customers, use this as an opportunity to talk about your plans
Write about how our language and communication styles are evolving with new generations and technologies.

Content ideas for August 2024

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August 2024 event calendar

Month-long events

1st* — National Road Victim Month (UK)
1st* — Swim 15, for bowel cancer (UK)

Week-long events

1st* — World Breastfeeding Week
12th — National Allotments Week (UK)
12th — Afternoon Tea Week (UK)
25th — World Water Week

Days

1st* — Yorkshire Day (UK)
1st— Cycle to Work Day (UK)
2nd — International Beer Day, first Friday of August
7th — Play Day (UK), first Wednesday in August
8th* — International Cat Day
8th* — National CBD Day (UK)
12th* — International Youth Day
13th* — International Left-Handers Awareness Day
13th* — National Prosecco Day (UK)
19th* — World Photography Day
19th* — World Humanitarian Day
21st — World Plant Milk Day, TBC
31st — International Bacon Day

August 2024 content ideas

1. Back to school

The new school term starts next month. If this is relevant to your brand, you could write a post aimed at the members of your audience who have children. Here are some ideas:

Lunch prep ideas to make things quicker and simpler
Back to school checklist: stationery, uniform, school shoes, school bag, PE kit, trainers, software/apps
Parental advice to help their children with productive study, being active, staying hydrated, handling stress, keeping a positive attitude, bullying, online safety, friendships and relationships
Compile helpful resources to help parents and their children get back to school, such as study guides, tips and advice.

2. Last days of summer

As we’re edging closer to autumn and a new school term, it’s time to make the most of the last days of the summer holiday. You can use this as an opportunity to inspire your audience with ideas on how to do that.

Inspire your readers to compile an end of summer bucket list, filled with fun family things to do — give them lots of ideas
Last minute summer break ideas featuring late details and where to find the best sunshine spots
Talk about the best new attractions, places to go and events happening in your area during the last weeks of summer
Write about the best seasonal produce that’s still available to enjoy.

3. World Photography Day

August 19th is World Photography Day: A worldwide celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography. Here are some ideas for photo and image based posts:

Run an on-brand photo challenge or competition on your social media and publish your best entries in a blog post
Put together a photographic post that will show your audience inspiring ways to use or style your product
Present a series of photographs, images or mood boards that represent your brand, then write about them in a blog post
Produce a photo diary for a week behind the scenes in your business.

Want to add an event?

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