Template example construction company editorial calendar. Use this as a template and update for the current year and your company's particular marketing needs.

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Monthly Topic Focus 2018: Editorial Calendar Framework Construction Company
For additional information about Safety Events  http://www.nsc.org/learn/about/Pages/Safety-
Observance-Calendar.aspx
Good sources / blogs:
http://commercialconstructionblog.com
http://www.construction-today.com/
http://www.constructionexec.com
https://www.constructconnect.com/blog/
https://connect.bim360.autodesk.com/
http://www.ccr-mag.com/
https://aec-business.com/
(additional: https://blog.capterra.com/construction-news-sites-and-blogs)
January – general topic: Steel Erection
Superbowl Sunday
National Radon Action Month
National Book Month
Celebrate the 100th Day of School
Celebration of Life Week (1st – 7th)
1st - New Year’s Day
4th – Trivia Day
6th – Technology Day
9th* – Clean Off Your Desk Day (2nd Monday)
15th – Inauguration Day
15-21 – Hunt for Happiness Week
18th – Martin Luther King Day (3rd Monday)
19*– Get to Know Your Customers Day (3rd Thursday of each quarter)
23-27 – Clean Out Your Inbox Week (last business week)
24 – Compliment Day

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27-31 – Tax Identity Theft Week
28 – Have Fun At Work Day (isn’t that every day!? ;-))
31 – Backwards Day (tie into kids and go do a community service project to do service for others
vs expecting service to the self?)
February – general topic: Metal Buildings
Annual Safety & Health Conference
Utah Safety Conference & Expo
Library Lovers Month
Black History Month
Dental Health Month (arrange with local dentist to have check-up and cleaning for all employees
and cover that expense for them?)
5 – 11 - National Burn Awareness Week
Chinese New Year
1st Get Up Day
1st – National Freedom Day
2nd – Groundhog Day
11 – Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
11 – Inventor’s Day
11 – Make A Friend Day
14th – Valentine’s Day (tie in with making your customers love calling into your contact center)
15th – President’s Day
16th – Do A Grouch A Favor Day
17th – Random Acts of Kindness Day
March – general topic: Fabrication
Careers in Construction Awards Ceremony (Craft Professional of the Year)
Ohio Safety Congress & Expo
Texas Safety Conference & Expo, Fort Worth
Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety

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National Patient Safety Awareness Week
Caffeine Awareness Month
National Nutrition Month
Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Save Your Vision Month
March Madness (Basketball)
Music In Our Schools Month
Women’s History Month {NAWIC – connect}
National Poison Prevention Week
* Celebrate Your Name Week (2nd week)
1st – Ash Wednesday
2nd – Dr. Seuss birthday | Read Across America Day
3 – National Day of Unplugging (1st Friday)
3 – Dress In Blue Day
3 – Employee Appreciation Day (1st Friday)
3 –Salesperson Day (1st Friday)
4th – Grammar Day
5-11 Sleep Awareness Week (week before Daylight Savings Time)
7 – Be Heard Day
7 – 9 – Associated General Contractors of America Convention
10 – Pack Your Lunch Day
12 – Plant A Flower Day
12th – Daylight Savings {Spring forward! 2nd Sunday)
13th – Napping Day (day after return of Daylight Savings Time)
13th – Good Samaritan Day
14th – Pi Day
15 – Kick Butts Day

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17th - St. Patrick’s Day
19th – Let’s Laugh Day
21st – Spring Season Change: 1st day of Spring (Vernal Equinox)
26th – Make Up Your Own Holiday Day (tie into USP of brand)
27th – Easter Sunday
28th – Something on a Stick Day
20th – Mom & Pop Business Owners Day
31st – National Crayon Day
April – general topic: Plumbing
Wisconsin Safety and Health Conference & Expo
New Hampshire Safety Conference
IISC Professional Conference & Expo
Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Alcohol Awareness Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
Stress Awareness Month
Volunteer Month
Distracted Driving Awareness
Arbor Day
Administrative Professionals Week
National Work Zone Awareness Week
National Public Health Week
Customer Loyalty Month (tie in with creating a great customer experience – how your company
does it better)
1st – April Fool’s Day
1 – Love Our Children Day (1st Saturday)
1-7 – Golden Rule Week

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2 – Peanut Butter And Jelly Day
2nd – World Autism Day
3 – Find A Rainbow Day
3-10 – Explore Your Career Options Week
5th – Walking Day
7th - World Health Day
8– All Is Ours Day
9-15 – Library Week
10 – Encourage A Young Writer Day
10-18* – Passover
14 – Reach As High As You Can Day
15 – 1st Qtr. Estimated Tax payment due
16 – Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day
16 – Healthcare Decisions Day
16th – Easter
20 – High Five Day (3rd Thursday)
20th – Look Alike Day
22nd – Earth Day
24-28 – Every Kid Healthy Week
28th - Workers' Memorial Day
28th – Arbor Day
30th – Last day of Passover
May – general topic: Industrial Construction
Minnesota Safety & Health Conference
National Electrical Safety Month
Building Safety Month
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month

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Clean Air Month
Global Youth Traffic Safety Month
Mental Health Month (tie into Heart Gallery?)
Motorcycle Safety Month
Physical Fitness Month
Get Caught Reading Month
Recommitment Month
Small Business Week (1st week)
Pet Week
National Teacher Day (Tuesday of the first week in May)
1st – May Day
1st – Loyalty Day
1 – 3 – RICS Summit of the Americas
2nd – Brothers and Sisters Day
5th – Cinco de Mayo
8th - Mother’s Day (tie in with teamwork)
9* – Teacher’s Appreciation Day (1st Tues)
14th – Dance Like A Chicken Day (film various employees doing this day of – go LIVE!)
18 – Visit Your Relatives Day
19 – Bike To Work Day
24 – Brother’s Day
25 – Brown-Bag It Day
25* – Red Nose Day
30th - Memorial Day
June – general topic: Process & Utility Piping
Oklahoma Safety & Health Conference
National Safety Month

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Safe + Sound Week
1st – Say Something Nice Day
3 – 7 – Construction Financial Management Association Annual Conference & Exhibition
4* – Cancer Survivors Day (1st Sunday)
6th – D-Day
6th - National Yo-Yo Day
14th – Flag Day
15 – 2nd Qtr. Estimated Tax payment due
19th - Father’s Day
19th – Juneteenth (aka Emancipation Day, Freedom Day)
21st - First Day of Summer
28th – Paul Bunyan Day
July – general topic: Leadership / Apprenticeships / Teamwork
National Fireworks Safety Month
Get to Know Your Customers Day (3rd Thursday of each quarter)
Parents Day (4th Sunday of July)
4th - Independence Day (tie in with leading vs. managing – autonomy)
12 – Simplicity Day
21st – National Ice Cream Day
30th International Friendship Day
August – general topic: HVAC
National Immunization Awareness Month
Children's Eye Health & Safety Month
Coffee Month
Golf Month
Family Fun Month
1-7 – Simplify Your Life Week

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Friendship Day USA (1st Sunday in August)
16th – National Tell A Joke Day
Smile Week (2nd week)
21 – World Entrepreneurs Day
25-31 – Be Kind to Humankind Week
September – general topic: Culture of Safety
NSC Congress & Expo
National Preparedness Month
National Food Safety Education Month
Self Improvement Month
Courtesy Month
Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15 – 10/15)
National Child Passenger Safety Week
Fall Prevention Awareness Week
Grandparents Day (1st Sunday after Labor Day in September)
3 – 4 – Kids Fishing Days for Reel Future Fishing Tourney
5th - Labor Day (tie in with workplace safety)
8 – Stand Up To Cancer Day (2nd Friday)
8 – 9 – A Reel Future – Charity Fishing Tourney
10 – Swap Ideas Day
11th - 9/11 Remembrance Day (aka Patriots Day)
11* – Boss/Employee Exchange Day (Monday after Labor Day)
12 – Day of Encouragement
15 – 3rd Qtr. Estimated Tax payment due
17th Constitution Day
18th – National Tradesman Day
19th – Talk Like A Pirate Day

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21st – Fall: Autumnal Equinox
30 - Family Health and Fitness Day
October – general topic: Customer Service: Preventative Maintenance | Emergency Repairs |
Replacement
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Book Month
Positive Attitude Month
Self-Promotion Month
Fire Prevention Day
Rosh Hashanah (163 days after Passover, but never on a Weds/Fri/Sunday)
Child Health Day (1st Monday of October)
2 – 6 – Drive Safely to Work Week
3rd – Rosh Hashana
5 – Do Something Nice Day
6th – Mad Hatter Day (a day to celebrate all things silly and ridiculous or just have team wear
silly hats)
8 – 10 – Construction Management Association of America National Conference & Trade Show
8th – 14th – National Fire Prevention Week
12th – Columbus Day (2nd Monday in October)
12th - Yom Kippur
13 Train Your Brain Day
14th - Home Fire Drill Day
15 – 21 - National Teen Driver Safety Week
16 – 20 - National School Bus Safety Week
16 – Dictionary Day (share your favorite words)
16 – Boss’s Day
19 – Get to Know Your Customers Day (3rd Thursday of each quarter)
21* – Sweetest Day (3rd Saturday)

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23-29 – Get Organized Week
23rd – Last Day of Sukkot
25th – World Pasta Day
28 – Make A Difference Day (4th Saturday)
31st – Halloween (tie in with how NOT to provide scary customer service)
31 – Knock-Knock Jokes Day (tell your favorite one!)
November – general topic: Rigging
Inspirational Role Models Month
Movember (have guys participate by growing a mustache/facial hair and gals not shave their
legs?)
Alzheimer’s Disease Month
Diabetes Month
Education Week
American Indian Heritage Month
Children’s Book Week
1 - Tie One On For Safety
1 – Family Literacy Day
1 – Stress Awareness Day (1st Wednesday)
2 – Men Make Dinner Day (1st Thursday – no BBQ allowed!)
3 – National Housewife’s Day
5 – 8 – IRMI Construction Risk Conference
5 – 12 - Drowsy Driving Prevention Week
6-12 – Rad Tech Week
7 – Job Action Day
7-11 – Young Reader’s Week
7-13 – Dear Santa Letter Week
8th – Election Day
11th - Veterans Day

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12th – Young Readers Day
14th – World Diabetes Day
14-20 – Book Award Week
15 – Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
15 – Philanthropy Day
15th – Election Day
16 – Great American Smokeout (Thursday before Thanksgiving)
17 – Take A Hike Day
21-27 – Better Conversation Week
22-28 – Deal Week
24th – Thanksgiving
28 – Giving Tuesday
December – general topic: Holidays / Giving Back
Safe Toys & Gifts Month
Holiday Season Drunk Driving Campaign
1 – Eat A Red Apple Day
3 – Roof Over Your Head Day (work at a Habitat build on that day?)
4 – Sock Day 7th – Pearl Harbor Day
8th – National Brownie Day
15 – Ugly Christmas Sweater Day
15 – 4th Qtr. Estimated Tax payment due
16 – Wreaths Across America (3rd Saturday)
18 – Answer the Telephone like Buddy the Elf Day
21st – Winter (Winter Solstice)
24th - Christmas Eve
25th - Christmas Day
25th - Chanukah (lasts 8 days starting on the 25th day of the Hebrew month Kislev –
Nov/December)

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26 – Thank-you Note Day
26th – Boxing Day (a day when gifts are given to people in the service industry like mail carriers,
doormen, porters, and tradesmen)
31 – Universal Hour of Peace
31 – New Year’s Eve