It’s that time of the month again folks — time to pay your bills, flip a page on your calendar and refresh your linkbait ideas .  The month of October should be a big one for social media, and ideally you could use this to help aid in linkbait and content creation for your promotions.  By looking at some of the topics and finding a way to relate to your field, you can harness the momentum of that topic and hopefully get more traction.  Here’s what will be hot on social media this October!

• MLB
  It is playoff time!  Who’s in, who’s out?  How long has it been since teams have won a title?  Take a look at any of these angles as it is about the only time of the year that baseball gets hot.
• Halloween
  Get this type of linkbait going early, as the later in the month you go the more saturated the topic will be.
• 2016 Olymipcs
  The new venue is Rio De Janeiro  and there should be an easy week of analyzing the location and what could go right/wrong.
• Michael Moore & the Movie “Capitalism”
  Moore’s newest movie drops today and he is always loved in social media.  This movie might not be a blockbuster, but could bring up some good (and hot) topics for you to write about.
• Horror
  October is the month for lists of the scariest books, movies and more.  Putting together any list that will scare the pants off of readers is sure to do well in October!
• The Stock Market
  After seeing such a rebound in September, the market is sure to be a hot topic in October in whichever way it moves.  Goes up?  We are back to normal!  Goes down?  Another recession.  Any analysis should do well this month.
• Pumpkins
  This may sound silly, but any pumpkin cut-outs, recipes, or products are LOVED at this time of the year.  If you can work your piece around pumpkins (like carving a nerdy jack-o-lantern), you will have instant momentum due to the season
• Roman Polanski
  In case you have had your head in the sand, filmmaker Roman Polanski has been caught and could be extradited back to the US.  The court case was pretty clouded originally, so if you have any need for legal linkbait (tainted trials, extradition, fugitives, etc) use this for extra momentum.
• NHL
  The new hockey season has started so get your linkbait out there while people still care.  Hockey is usually a tough social sell, so try doing it while at least a few  people are talking about it.
• Protesting
  It seems that there is more protesting going on today than there has been in recent years. Whether you are having a tea party, protesting health care or are just mad at the world, protesting has been hot recently and will continue to be throughout October.

Now let the ideas flow and get creative (with the momentum on your side!).  Have a happy haunted month of linkbait!

Have any other hot topics for the month of October?  Feel free to share examples below!

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