Social Media Ideas for July 2024
July should mean that summer is in full swing, and the days are longer. The UK weather is unpredictable but perfect for outdoor fun. People are looking for all sorts of summer ideas, from recipes to holiday planning tips and more! There are plenty of summer activities happening this month and we have lots of content ideas to help you to support and reach your audience. Need even more social media ideas? Download our 30 FREE SOCIAL MEDIA IDEAS pdf.
National Days for July
1st – 14th Wimbledon Tennis Championships
4th – American Independence Day
5th – 7th – British Grand Prix
6th – 7th – Independents’ Day UK
7th – World Chocolate Day
14th – Emmeline Pankhurst Day
14th – UEFA Euro 2024 Final
15th – St Swithin’s Day
17th – World Emoji Day
17th – National Tattoo Day
18th – 21st – The Open Championship (Golf)
21st – Tour de France ends
22nd – 25th – Royal Welsh Show
24th- National Tequila Day
24th – Samaritans Awareness Day
25th – 28th – Camp Bestival
26th July – 11th Aug Olympic Games Paris 2024
29th – International Tiger Day
31st – Harry Potter’s Birthday
Social Media Content Ideas for July
Health & Wellbeing Post Ideas for July
The annual awareness campaign for Samaritans is back this month – Samaritans Awareness Day on the 24th July is promoting that they are available 24/7. On this date and throughout July, they will be running their awareness-raising campaign Talk to Us, to remind people that they are here for anyone who needs someone to listen.
Sporting & Cultural Events in July
July is a huge sporting month on the calendar. The Wimbledon Tennis Championships start on the 1st July. The British Grand Prix comes to Silverstone from the 5th – 7th. The Open Championship returns to the stunning Old Course at Royal Troon in Scotland, from the 18th – 21st for the 152nd Open. The Tour De France is set to end on the 21st this year, after beginning back in June.
The UEFA Euro Final will take place on the 14th of July and then Paris will host the Olympic Games on the 26th July.
The Royal Welsh Show 22nd – 25th, is back at the showground at Llanelwedd, the pinnacle event in the British agricultural calendar. Along with an exciting four days of livestock and equine competitions, with entries travelling from far and wide to compete, the show has something to interest everyone through its wide range of activities including forestry, horticulture, crafts, countryside sports, shopping, food, and drink and a 12-hour programme each day of exciting entertainment, attractions and displays.
Camp Bestival, taking place from the 25th – 28th, the UK’s best-loved and most successful festival at Lulworth Castle in Dorset combines action-packed festival adventures with a fantastic family feel.
Historical National Days in July
July has plenty of historical days to celebrate and honour the people involved. For our US friends – American Independence Day- the “Fourth of July” is a federal holiday in the US commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States on 4th July 1776. The day is associated with fireworks, parades, barbeques, and carnivals and if you have an American audience or products, it’s a great day to get involved with.
The Battle of the Boyne, on the 12th, was a battle in 1690 across the River Boyne near the town of Drogheda, in the modern-day Republic of Ireland. King William’s forces defeated King James and he fled for France.
The 14th sees Emmeline Pankhurst Day – the British political activist who helped women get the vote and who has been named one of the most important people of the 20th Century.
St Swithin’s Day – Swithin’s Day, also called St. Swithun’s Day, (15th July), a day on which, according to folklore, the weather for a subsequent period is dictated. In popular belief, if it rains on St. Swithin’s Day, it will rain for 40 days, but if it is fair, 40 days of fair weather will follow.
Food and Drink Post Ideas in July
National Tequila Day is celebrated in the US on the 24th and is the celebration of everything to do with this classic drink, whether it is enjoyed straight or as part of a tasty cocktail.
The 7th of the month brings International Chocolate Day, not that we need an excuse, but it is a day that allows chocolate lovers around the world to indulge in their favourite treat guilt-free! On this day, anything chocolate goes, including hot chocolate, chocolate cake, chocolate bars, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, vegan chocolate, or anything covered with chocolate!
Fun Social Media Post Ideas for July
International Joke Day on the 1st is not just a day for you to prove to everyone how funny you are. It is the perfect day for you to share laughs and to put a smile on people’s faces, could you organise a joke contest?
Who can remember the days before emojis? World Emoji Day is a celebration of all emojis, and the calendar emoji date is the reason the 17th was chosen. Do you have a favourite emoji?
On the 31st Harry Potter shares his birthday with author J.K. Rowling. It is a day when you can indulge a love of the wizard by reading, watching a movie, sipping a butterbeer or munching on a bag of Bertie Bott’s Every-Flavour Beans.
National Tattoo Day is on the 17th and we can learn more about the tattooing process and its societal importance and history, if you don’t have a tattoo, you’re likely to know someone who does!
Finally don’t forget Independents’ Day UK – a day to celebrate and support independent retailers across the UK.
We stay on top of our monthly social media marketing ideas blogs, releasing them in advance to help you plan, so look at our other blogs across the year to help you gain ideas and inspiration to include in your marketing for your business.
Sharing your content on social media means you are visible (and sometimes vulnerable!)
Experiencing moments of unease about sharing online is perfectly normal. We’ve all had days where it feels overwhelming to put yourself out there.
You worry about what you’ve written.
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One worry escalates into another until you’re doubting your entire online existence.
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