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title: "The 12 Days of Christmas (or what you can do before the year ends)"
description: "Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Season’s Greetings. Between egg nogs, scratch some to-do items off your list. Polish Up Your Social Media 1. Give your social media avatars and profile photos a new..."
url: https://www.boxcarmarketing.com/the-12-days-of-christmas-or-what-you-can-do-before-the-year-ends/
date: 2011-12-08
modified: 2025-10-10
author: "Monique Sherrett"
image: https://www.boxcarmarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2011-holiday.jpg
categories: ["Marketing Strategy & Tips"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# The 12 Days of Christmas (or what you can do before the year ends)

**Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Season’s Greetings.**

Between egg nogs, scratch some to-do items off your list.

**Polish Up Your Social Media**

1. Give your social media avatars and profile photos a new look.

2. Deck the halls: – (https://www.boxcarmarketing.com/how-to-manage-your-facebook-business-page/) – (https://www.boxcarmarketing.com/how-to-build-a-killer-linkedin-profile/)

3. Double check the list. (https://www.boxcarmarketing.com/facebook-marketing-plan-checklist/)

4. Make sure the reindeer can find your place. (https://www.boxcarmarketing.com/how-to-enable-google-places/)

**Exercise Your Analytics**

5. Familiarize yourself with (https://www.boxcarmarketing.com/new-facebook-insights-whats-new-and-who-cares/)

6. Switch to the new version of Google Analytics.

7. (https://www.boxcarmarketing.com/filter-internal-traffic-google-analytics/)

8. Review your site’s top visited content and plan blog posts for next year that build on this content.

**Be Merry & Bright **

9. Set up keyword searches in Tweet Deck or Hootsuite to monitor what people are talking about in your industry and join the discussion.

10. Thank your supporters for a great year. Spend time reading their blogs and posting comments. Retweet, #FF or mention their awesomeness on Twitter.

**Dream of Sugarplums**

11. Ask yourself (https://www.boxcarmarketing.com/seasons-greetings/)

12. Sketch out a 6-month editorial calendar for your blog, newsletter, and social media profiles.

*We will start with No. 10 and say Happy Holidays and thank you very much for continuing to read the Boxcar Marketing blog! *