05/29/2026
Summer Social Media Checklist: Advice From A Social Media Manager 👩🏼💻🌴🌞
✨ Audit Last Month's Content
Open your insights. 10 minutes of data will tell you more than any trend report.
✨ Update Link in Bio
Is it sending people where you actually want them to go? Update it. Takes 2 minutes.
✨ Pick ONE Main Goal for June
More inquiries? More engagement? Your content gets better when everything points back to one goal.
✨ Map Out Every Important Date
Father's Day, your launches, your promos, any collabs — get it ALL on a calendar before June 1st.
✨ Follow More Accounts That Inspire You
Follow creators and brands that make you excited to create better content.
✨ Clean Out Who You’re Following From the Past
If someone’s content constantly makes you compare yourself or feel overwhelmed… unfollow them.
✨ Make a List of FAQs Your Audience Asks You
That’s your content strategy right there. If one person asked it, other people are thinking it too.
✨ Batch at Least the First Week of June
You don't have to have the whole month done. But get week 1 done before June starts.
✨ Plan Your Reels/Video Content Separately
Video takes longer. It needs its own slot on your calendar.
✨ Set Your Stories Intention
Are you showing up in Stories this month? What's the vibe — educational, BTS, personal?
✨ Schedule Your Engagement Time
Put it in your calendar like a meeting. 15 mins before you post, 15 mins after.
✨ Prep a "Rainy Day" Content Folder
Screenshot quotes, save inspo, write down random ideas. When you're in a creative drought, you'll have something to pull from.
✨ Pick ONE Platform to Go Harder On
Trying to be everywhere equally is how you burn out. Where is your audience actually hanging out? Go there first. Go there harder.
✨ Give Yourself a Realistic Posting Goal
3x a week you'll actually stick to > 7x a week you'll abandon by June 12th.
✨ Celebrate Last Month's Wins
What worked? What grew? What are you proud of? You're doing better than you think.
✨ Reuse Your Best-Performing Content
You do not need a new idea every single day. Rework what already proved people care.
