When we say to you “Thanksgiving Images”, what does it conjure up? I bet you’re thinking of gobbling up a feast of turkey, mashed potatoes covered in lashings of gravy, and plenty of sides… You may even be thinking of finishing off the meal with pumpkin pie! In this post, you’ll discover bucketloads of Thanksgiving Images (and ideas) you can create for your social media marketing.
Thanksgiving is a time for family, food and gratitude. It’s also the time for shopping. Whether you live in the USA or not, Thanksgiving is an important date to circle on your social media calendar.
This post is all about celebrating Thanksgiving and giving you some seasonal content ideas that you can use in your marketing on any social platform. 45 images, examples and ideas says you’ll find something useful to spark your creative content juices in this list!
This is the first in a series of Seasonal Marketing articles that highlight the many and varied ways you can create content around an annual event or celebration… like Thanksgiving, Christmas or Valentines Day.
These are the events that come around year after year … so it’s good to have content (and visuals) at the ready to use or even re-use.
Thanksgiving is a great day to mark, in order to give thanks to all your fans and customers for the year and to celebrate family and traditions.
It also marks the unofficial start of the Christmas Shopping Season with the biggest shopping weekend of the year – Thanksgiving Thursday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Fun Fact: In 2017, American Shoppers spent a record $5 billion in 24 hours over Black Friday.
When should you start your Holiday Seasonal Marketing?
Have you wondered when the best time to start your holiday marketing season is on social media?
Union Metrics noticed that the conversation about the holidays always tends to spike around the same time of the year. Jenn Deering-Davis, co-founder of Union metrics, suggests starting your holiday social media marketing about three weeks before Thanksgiving.
During the festive season, people turn to their NewsFeeds for gift ideas. 49% of global surveyed shoppers say that Facebook is influential in their festive season shopping, and 47% of consumers start thinking about festive season gifts before November. Social media usage will increase from early October to New Year’s, when it will finally peak.
JLL Holiday Report for 2017 showed that in America 29.9% of shoppers planned to start their holiday shopping between Halloween and Thanksgiving and by Cyber Monday, 54.5% will have started shopping.
And speaking of Halloween. When Halloween rolls around each year, check out this post, 22 Halloween Quotes for Spooky Social Media Posts – for inspiration.
Thanksgivings is a time for Gratitude and there are wonderful quotes to add to images that capture the spirit of Thanksgiving perfectly. Easil has great templates that you can use to add a text overlay on a seasonal image to create visual marketing for social media.
I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. – Henry David Thoreau.
Love them or hate them, Thanksgiving is a time for getting together with close family and relatives. Almost everyone has their own Thanksgiving traditions in North America, whether it’s visiting a Thanksgiving Parade, watching football or a lazy afternoon watching movies with the family.
Or give some tips for high-energy activities to try before sitting down for a heavy Thanksgiving meal.
Whether macaroni & cheese is an acceptable side.
You can’t go wrong with social media posts about food. “It’s all gravy”.
It’s almost impossible to think of Thanksgiving without thinking about Turkeys. Wild Turkeys used to be hunted by the pilgrims, so the big bird is strongly tied to Thanksgiving traditions.
Of course, you can discuss turkey recipes on social media, or create an infographic about fun facts about turkeys, but why not why not use corny turkey jokes to make your audience laugh.
What did the mama turkey say to her naughty son? If your papa could see you now, he’d turn over in his gravy!
Why did the police arrest the turkey? They suspected fowl play.
My family told me to stop telling Thanksgiving jokes, but I told them I couldn’t stop “cold turkey”.
Who’s not hungry at Thanksgiving? The turkey because it’s already stuffed.
What does Miley Cyrus eat for Thanksgiving? Twerk-ey!
Just to make you laugh, we wanted to share this funny video of twerking turkey with you. You may never be able to look at a Thanksgiving turkey again without smiling after watching this.
The World’s 1st Twurkey by Joel Erkkinen.
The traditional American Thanksgiving meal is 3000 calories! So, the turkey is not the only thing getting stuffed on Thanksgiving. People will be talking about food for days before, during and after Thanksgiving.
What’s your must-have Thanksgiving side dish?
Who cooks your Thanksgiving Dinner?
Where are you having Thanksgiving Dinner this year?
Which Thanksgiving dish takes you back to your childhood?
How long before Thanksgiving do you start stockpiling food?
Most people overindulge over the season, which may mean a few extra pounds. Some people even wear comfy pants to allow for their expanding waist on Thanksgiving. Start a discussion or post Thanksgiving images about how to counteract the effects of turkey banquets during the holiday season.
Fun Thanksgiving Fact: Did you know that pumpkin pies made by the pilgrims were more likely to be a soup made from and served in pumpkin than a sweet custard in a crust?
It was not until the early nineteenth century that pumpkin pie recipes appeared in American cookbooks and became a common Thanksgiving dessert.
For some people, getting the deals in the Thanksgiving weekend sales needs to be planned with military precision.
Online sales increased by 16.8% year on year over Black Friday last year, but people still turned out to the shops in large numbers.
If you have a product or service that you sell, it’s worth thinking about how to promote a sale or special offer while people are in a spending spree.
You will need to plan this well in advance because you want to make sure that you let your customers know about your promotion while they are planning for the Black Friday Sales. Let them know that you are offering a Black Friday or Cyber Monday deal about two weeks before.
Create your visual marketing and social media adverts well in advance and schedule them. Remind customers about your promotion in the Thanksgiving week and schedule eye-catching images, videos or gifs to promote your sales on the day.
Easil has great templates to use for sales promotions and it’s very easy to create thumb-stopping GIFs in Easil’s gif-maker.
You might also want to check out this post about how to create animated GIFs for your newsletters and emails.
Create a shareable visual image with Thanksgiving fun facts by using one of Easil’s Long Pinterest Templates to great a beautifully designed branded infographic easily. Infographics are very shareable.
Use Easil’s Instagram Story Template to share fun facts on Thanksgiving Day.
Reveal the answer to Thanksgiving riddles or questions.
Find out more about creating Gifs with Easil here.
People always remember the way you make them feel, and putting a smile on customers faces is a great way to start Thanksgiving.
And who doesn’t like parody lyrics? Why not create an image with a Thanksgiving slant to a popular song? Encourage everyone to add their favorite lines.
It’s all about the Baste (Parody on Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass) – We couldn’t resist sharing this video just to get you in the Thanksgiving mood while you’re creating your social media images.
Phew! Are you filled to the Brim with ideas for Thanksgiving Images and visual content this year?
Thanksgiving in the U.S.A is always the fourth Thursday of November, followed by Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Make sure it’s on your calendar.
Thanksgiving can be about gratitude, family, food, fun or a sales opportunity. It’s up to you what you do with it.
We hope these Thanksgiving Image Ideas for Social Media will help give you plenty of seasonal marketing ideas. Which ones will you use?
And remember you can create your own unique images here in Easil.