Add These Seasonal Topics to Your October Content Calendar

The beginning of Q4, also known as October, is already here—where did the year go?! If you’re a content creator, it’s time to bulk up your editorial calendar and capitalize on higher RPMs (the revenue metric that an advertiser pays for 1,000 views of a single ad unit) and internet searches. There’s a chill in the air, kids are back in school and there are plenty of interesting topics to write about. These topics historically perform well each October and are pulled from data across our total network, including our owned and operated properties like SheKnows and StyleCaster.

Before your readers start brainstorming their Halloween costume, crafting a Thanksgiving menu, and plotting a home makeover, here are the seasonal topics you can get a head start on.

Entertainment

• Fall TV schedule
• Fall TV shows
• Halloween movies
• Scary movies
• Witch-centric TV shows
• Books
• Celebrity Halloween costumes

Halloween

• Costumes
  • Group costumes, costumes for couples
  • Kids costumes
  • Last-minute costume ideas
  • DIY costumes
  • Powerpuff Girls
  • Pirate
  • Circus
  • Stranger Things
  • Alien
  • Mermaid
  • Harley Quinn
  • 80’s costume
  • Poison Ivy
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Superhero
• Decorations/decor
• Plus size halloween costumes
• Halloween parties (adults & kids)
• Hay rides
• Pumpkin patches
• Halloween wedding ideas

Beauty & Fashion

• Fall nails
• Homecoming dresses
• fall outfits
• Homecoming hairstyles
• 70s outfits
• 80s party outfits
• Seamless halo engagement rings
• Turquoise engagement rings
• How to apply fake eyelashes
• How to apply magnetic lashes
• Scarves
• Halloween makeup ideas
• Fall makeup ideas
• Face painting
• Cozy sweaters
• Sweater dresses
• Knit dresses
• Halloween nail art
• Fall hairstyles
• Long sleeve wedding dresses
• Fall wedding trends
• Denim
• Sneakers
• Head to toe leather
• Baggy cardigans
• Chunky sneakers

Food & Recipes

• Tailgate food
• Dinner ideas
• Easy dinner recipes
• Fall recipes
• Pumpkin spice
• Halloween cupcake ideas
• Halloween sugar cookies
• Hot chocolate/hot toddy (warm drinks)
• Candy corns
• Apple pie
• Brimstone Bread
• Witches brew
• Apple cider
• Candy/nut free candy
• Caramel apples
• Squash (roasted, spaghetti, butternut)
• Pumpkin beer
• Mac n cheese recipes
• Pumpkin pie

Lifestyle 

• Warm weather travel
• Outdoor activities
• Outdoor date ideas
• Haunted houses/hotels
• Boho Halloween decor
• Apple picking
• Bonfires
• Astrology (Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius)

Home & Decor 

• Fall decor ideas for the home
• Fall wallpaper
• Scarecrow ideas
• Halloween decor
• Halloween decorations
• Candles
• Gourds
• Wreaths
• Blankets and throw pillows
• Yom Kippur
• Diwali
• Halloween garage decorations
• Pink Halloween & pastel Halloween colors
• Cemetery decorations
• Fall flowers – mums, sunflowers, and chrysanthemums

Health & Wellness 

• Self-care
• Flu shots/seasonal sicknesses
• Outdoor Exercise
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• Mental Illness Awareness Week
• Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Fall superfoods

Parenting 

• Costumes for kids
• Fall festivals
• Halloween safety tips
• Halloween baby names
• Pumpkin carving ideas
• Fall outdoor activities for kids
• Pumpkin patches
• Homecoming
• High school football games
• Halloween games for kids
• Halloween crafts for kids

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