With February halfway done, marketers might be looking into marketing ideas for the month of March. Just like every other month there are a plethora of calendar based things you can build posts and marketing ideas around to connect to your audience and to attract customers.
March Holidays
With so many holidays during March, the month allows marketers plenty of options for creative marketing campaigns or posts. Here is a list of a few of these holidays:
Read Across America Day
Dr. Seuss’ Birthday
International Women’s Day
Daylight Savings
Girl Scout’s Day
Pi Day
St. Patrick’s Day
First Day of Spring
International Puppy Day
National Medal of Honor Day
Mom and Pop Business Owner Day
MLB Opening Day (so long as the pandemic permits)
Crayon Day
First Day of Spring
The first day of spring is officially March 20th. So why not celebrate the transition from winter to spring with a promotion. Leverage the excitement of winter finally ending and spring arriving with a special offer. You can create promotions for Instagram and Facebook, or even leverage Google My Business to reach potential customers who are searching for you on Google.
National Women’s History Month
March is also National Women’s History Month so take some time to pay homage to the women in your company or industry who have made an impact. If you want some inspiration or information you can check out the Women’s History Month website. You can also create a promo code that coincides with this celebration such as Women21.
Pi Day
Everyone loves Pi Day which is March 14th (3.14). It is a great day for education programs and daycares to prompt math with a Pi Day event. It is also a great time for restaurants and bakeries to create special promotions such as having food or pastries cost $3.14 in honor of PI Day. Make sure when you are promoting your event, that you use relevant hashtags like #piday to get your posts found by more people.
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is on March 17th and is beloved by many. Most communities celebrate with the shamrock festivities and many also have parades. This day is the ideal day to strap on some green and post on your social media. If you have a storefront, give a discount to anyone who is obviously wearing green. Or have a giveaway where if your customers comes to your store wearing green, shares it on their social media and uses specific hashtags, they can win a discount or prizes. As we just mentioned, make sure to use the appropriate hashtags, #stpatricksday or #stpattysday, to increase the reach of your posts.
Hashtags for March Marketing
Using relevant hashtags for your social media posts helps you in your outreach to new potential customers as well as attracting new traffic to your posts. Here is a list of hashtags that you might be able to leverage for March in your posts.
#womenshistory #BrainInjuryawarenessmonth #MarchMadness #youthartmonth #youthart #nutritionawarenessmonth #healthyeating #healthyfood #readacrossamerica #drseuss #internationalwomensday #womensday2021 #womensdayeveryday #piday2021 #piday #314 #pinchme #gogreen #stpatricksday #stpattysday #nationalmomandpopbusinessday
Hopefully some of these celebrations in March are celebrations your business can take part in. We also hope you can leverage some of the examples we provided to guide you in optimizing your posts and promotions next month.