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The Fall Social Media Reset: 7 Things to Update Before the Holiday Rush
Fall is more than pumpkin spice and cooler weather. For businesses and marketers, it’s the perfect opportunity to reset your social media strategy before one of the busiest marketing seasons of the year.
Between Halloween, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and the December holidays, your audience is about to see a lot more content competing for their attention.
Instead of waiting until November to start planning, use September to get ahead. Here are seven things to update now so your social media is ready for the holiday rush.
1. Review Your Social Media Profiles
Start with the basics.
Check your Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and other active profiles. Update outdated descriptions, contact information, website links, business hours, services, and calls to action.
Your profile may be someone’s first interaction with your brand, so make sure everything is accurate before holiday traffic increases.
2. Look Back at Your Analytics
Before planning what’s next, review what has already worked.
Which posts earned the most saves, shares, comments, clicks, or conversions? Which topics consistently attracted attention? Which formats underperformed?
Use those insights to make smarter decisions about your fall and holiday content.
3. Refresh Your Visuals
Fall is a natural time to give your content a seasonal refresh, but don’t abandon your branding.
Consider updating graphics, photography, cover images, templates, or other creative assets while maintaining recognizable brand colors, fonts, and messaging.
Seasonal doesn’t have to mean generic.
4. Build Your Holiday Content Calendar
Don’t wait until the week of Thanksgiving to decide what you’re posting for Black Friday.
Map out important dates now, including promotions, events, product launches, deadlines, educational content, customer appreciation posts, and holiday announcements.
Planning ahead also gives you time to create stronger content instead of rushing to fill your calendar.
5. Prepare Content You Can Schedule
September is a great time to create content in batches.
Develop evergreen tips, FAQs, videos, customer stories, testimonials, and educational posts that can be scheduled ahead of time. This gives you more flexibility when your calendar becomes busier later in the season.
6. Update Your Calls to Action
Your business priorities may change during Q4, and your calls to action should change with them.
Do you want people to shop early? Join your email list? Register for an event? Schedule before the end of the year? Download a holiday resource?
Make the next step clear in your content and profiles.
7. Start Building Engagement Now
Don’t disappear in September and expect your audience to suddenly pay attention in November.
Start conversations now. Respond to comments, engage with your community, share useful information, and create content worth saving and sharing.
The relationships you strengthen today can make your holiday marketing more effective later.
Make This Fall Count
The holiday rush doesn’t have to feel rushed. A strong September reset can give you the strategy, content, and momentum you need to finish the year strong.
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This article is an original contribution by Michelle Hummel
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