Make the Holidays the Social Time of Year

It’s the holiday season and with it comes events and parties!

Time for cookie swaps, ugly sweater parties, office get-togethers and cocktails with old friends.

With social media, you can make your plans much easier and make sure everyone is included.

Whether you are hosting a fabulous party at your house or planning the office white elephant gift exchange at the restaurant down the street, jump on social media to make the most out of your party.

From beginning to end, social media will be your liaison in your party planning.

Here we go…

• Gather your guess list – You can use a Facebook page to plan your party and invite guests. Send out details here and let guests respond. Even if you are sending out traditional invitations or ones through email, social media is a great way to gather everyone’s most current contact information. Also, if you are missing someone’s contact information, someone else on social media is sure to have it;

• Invite – Send out your invitations via social media. It makes it easy on you and easy on your guests to respond. They can see who is invited and you can see who is coming. You can also send event reminders out as well as the date gets closer;

• Plan the party – If the party is at your home, you’ll want to decorate. Take a look at Pinterest or Instagram for inspiration and ideas of what you’d like your theme and decorations to be. Whether you want an elegant white winter theme or a tacky ugly sweater one, social media will help get your creative juices going.

• Post pictures -. During and after the party, you and your guests can post pictures from the party on social media. As the following article looks at, come up with a fun hashtag or two to use and make sure you are capturing holiday memories when you’re hosting. Social media makes photo sharing so easy, no more worries on getting pictures from your friends afterwards.

• Share recipes – If it’s a cookie party of anything else with shared food – post your recipes on social media. It beats making multiple copies of recipes that many people won’t really want or that they’ll lose.

Social media is your perfect party-planning buddy.

From the guest list to the invitation to the food and decoration and photo sharing, it’s all easier with social media.

So pick your platform and get started. This one can be an event to remember!

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