Every year I think I’ll be totally prepared.
Every year the holidays catch me out.
Don’t get me wrong – I’ve been to all those Christmas fairs I’ve told you about, bought a few gifts and even have a tree outside…
But I’m also working to meet deadlines, creating stuff for you and taking care of my daughter, the dog, the cats et al and have a sneaky suspicion Christmas Eve will still arrive like a big surprise.
In case you’re also rushing around trying to get everything done, I’ve come up with some resources this week to help out with that…
Starting with these gorgeous holiday graphics you could even use to create last minute cards as well as products, all kinds of images for social media and your sites and so much more (I know it says 100 but there are actually 761):
While there are 7 tools here to help you create better holiday images for nada:
https://www.constantcontact.com/blog/holiday-images-tools/
And some gorgeous holiday stock photos here which you can use without any attribution:
https://libreshot.com/free-images/holiday/
Love printables? Me too and here are 6 holiday printables you can snaffle:
Along with calendar templates here – perfect for the upcoming year:
https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/download-free-calendar-templates/
Want to create your own printables?
Here’s a good tutorial:
And you can learn to make and sell ‘em here:
Talking of printables, they’re a great income stream to add and here’s how to do that in the new year:
With some more great tips from someone who made 20k in a year with printables:
Back to the holidays and if it’s music you need for your projects, look no further than here:
https://pixabay.com/music/search/holiday/
With all these great resources to use, here’s how to ramp up your holiday marketing on social:
https://sproutsocial.com/insights/holiday-marketing/
With some strategies you can take forward into 2024:
https://www.webfx.com/digital-marketing/learn/holiday-marketing-strategy/
Your TED talk this week is the very on point ‘What will happen to marketing in the age of AI?
On that note, I’ll close with the exciting announcement that I’m finally bringing you BookCash on 17th December!
Stay tuned…
