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300+ holiday hashtags and days of observance for your 2024 marketing calendar

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Altimese NicholeFounder, The Ezer Agency

As marketers, we’re all familiar with the significance of holidays to consumers, but have you considered those that could be uniquely special to your audience? To help you curate your own marketing calendar, bookmark our list of social media holiday hashtags for 2024, with examples of companies that engaged with thoughtfulness and clear intent within their marketing strategy.

For instance, beyond New Year’s Day and Valentine’s Day, you can connect with your customers and fans on social media with holidays like #OrganizeYourHomeDay on January 14th or National Make Life Beautiful Day on June 11th — and make your spin on the holidays your own. And although there are an array of options throughout the year, the key to your company’s success with socially relevant holidays is to embrace thoughtfulness, a little fun (and intentional messaging), and a genuine approach to cultivating community with your audience.

Jump ahead to each month on our social media hashtag calendar:

Ignite your audience with action in January.

At the beginning of the year, it’s highly likely that your audience will be focused on creating a new mindset for new possibilities within the new year. Consider a monthly theme like Get Organized Month or National Vision Board Day on January 13th that supports the consumer mindset of starting the new year off with productivity and focus.

In 2022, Brookshire Brothers shared insightful tips on how their customers could live a balanced life in all areas of their lives. They provided a thoughtful approach to sharing information with their fans, from health to self-care. If you take this angle to your messaging, remember to speak with your audience (not at them).

January 2024 monthly themes:

January 2024 holiday hashtag calendar:

  • January 1 – New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay#NewYears2024
  • January 2 – National Motivation and Inspiration Day #MotivationandInspirationDay
  • January 2 – Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay
  • January 2 – World Introvert Day #WorldIntrovertDay
  • January 4 – National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
  • January 6 – National Technology Day #NationalTechnologyDay
  • January 9 – Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay
  • January 11 – Human Trafficking Awareness Day #HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay
  • January 13 – National Sticker Day #NationalStickerDay
  • January 13 – Public Radio Broadcasting Day #PublicRadioBroadcastingDay
  • January 13 – National Vision Board Day #VisionBoardDay
  • January 14 – Organize Your Home Day #OrganizeYourHomeDay
  • January 15 – National Hat Day #NationalHatDay
  • January 15 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day #MLKDay
  • January 18 – Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
  • January 21 – National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay
  • January 23 – National Pie Day #PieDay
  • January 23 – Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD
  • January 24 – National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
  • January 25 – Opposite Day #OppositeDay

Inspire remembrance or connectivity in February.

February is all about remembering heritage, personal commitments, or human connection. If you’re planning to celebrate Black History Month or Random Acts of Kindness Day, lead your messaging to bridge connection rather than merely celebrating for visibility. If you plan to show your support, do it with intention, like Target’s Black Beyond Measure Campaign, which has a mission of honoring the sacrifice of Black leaders of the past while amplifying and celebrating the voices of the Black community of today.

February 2024 monthly themes:

February 2024 holiday hashtag calendar:

  • February 2 – Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
  • February 2 – World Wetlands Day #WorldWetlandsDay
  • February 3 – National Bubble Gum Day #BubbleGumDay
  • February 4 – World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
  • February 5 – National Weatherperson’s Day #NationalWeatherpersonsDay
  • February 7 – National Send a Card to a Friend Day #SendACardToAFriendDay
  • February 7 – Safer Internet Day #SID2024
  • February 8 – National Boy Scouts Day #BoyScoutsDay
  • February 9 – National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
  • February 10 – Chinese New Year #YearOfTheDragon
  • February 11 – Inventors Day #InventorsDay
  • February 11 – Super Bowl LVIII #SuperBowl2024
  • February 13 – Self-Love Day #SelfLoveDay
  • February 13 – World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay
  • February 13 – Mardi Gras #MardiGras
  • February 14 – Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
  • February 14 – International Book Giving Day #InternationalBookGivingDay
  • February 17 – Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
  • February 18 – National Battery Day #NationalBatteryDay
  • February 19 – Presidents’ Day #PresidentsDay
  • February 20 – World Day of Social Justice #SocialJusticeDay
  • February 20 – Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
  • February 21 – International Mother Language Day #IMLD
  • February 22 – National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay
  • February 23 – Digital Learning Day #DLDay
  • February 28 – National Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay

Celebrate progress in March.

March is packed with socially relevant holidays, including Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day on March 8th. As you build your content messaging, consider ways to connect your audience beyond the content. For example, Pinterest amplified the presence of women-owned businesses during Women’s History Month 2022 while leveraging its Pinterest Elevates program to incorporate women from their platform community into high-profile initiatives beyond its celebration in March.

March 2024 monthly themes:

March 2024 holiday hashtag calendar:

  • March 1 – National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day #PeanutButterLoversDay
  • March 2 – National Read Across America Day #ReadAcrossAmerica
  • March 2 – World Book Day #WorldBookDay
  • March 3 – World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
  • March 3 – National Day of Unplugging #DayOfUnplugging
  • March 3 – National Employee Appreciation Day #EmployeeAppreciationDay
  • March 4 – National Grammar Day #GrammarDay
  • March 6 – National Dentist’s Day #DentistsDay
  • March 7 – National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay
  • March 8 – International Women’s Day #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2024 #EachforEqual
  • March 8 – National Proofreading Day #NationalProofreadingDay
  • March 9 – Popcorn Lover’s Day #PopcornLoversDay
  • March 10 – Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NWGHAAD
  • March 10 – Daylight Savings #DaylightSavings
  • March 11 – National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay
  • March 12 – National Girl Scout Day #GirlScoutDay
  • March 14 – Organize Your Home Office Day #OrganizeYourHomeOfficeDay
  • March 14 – Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay
  • March 14 – Pi Day #PiDay
  • March 15 – World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
  • March 16 – National Freedom of Information Day #FreedomOfInformationDay
  • March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay
  • March 18 – Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay
  • March 19 – National Let’s Laugh Day #NationalLetsLaughDay
  • March 20 – International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
  • March 20 – World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay
  • March 21 – First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring
  • March 21 – Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day #RacialDiscriminationDay
  • March 21 – World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
  • March 22 – World Water Day #WorldWaterDay #Water2me
  • March 23 – World Math Day #MathDay
  • March 23 – National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
  • March 25 – Tolkien Reading Day #TolkienReadingDay
  • March 25 – Earth Hour Day #EarthHourDay
  • March 26 – National Spinach Day #NationalSpinachDay
  • March 26 – Purple Day #PurpleDay
  • March 29 – Good Friday
  • March 31 – Transgender Day of Visibility #TDOV
  • March 31 – Easter #Easter

Spark fun in April.

Humor can go a long way into your messaging, but you must be clear on your audience and how they would resonate with your company’s humor. If you plan to share chuckles with your audience, remember that human temperament varies, and it’s all about knowing your audience. Be thoughtful in your approach and strategic in your angles (and responses) while preparing for the outcome. In 2012, Adult Swim’s April Fool’s prank went so well that it relaunched the fandom’s rebirth around Toonami and anime.

April 2024 monthly themes:

April 2024 holiday hashtag calendar:

  • April 1 – April Fools’ Day #AprilFools
  • April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD
  • April 3 – Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay
  • April 4 – Hug a Newsperson Day #HugANewsperson
  • April 5 – National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay
  • April 7 – World Health Day #LetsTalk
  • April 10 – National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay
  • April 10 – Encourage a Young Writer Day #EncourageAYoungWriterDay
  • April 11 – National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
  • April 12 – International Day of Human Space Flight #HumanSpaceFlightDay
  • April 16 – National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
  • April 17 – Haiku Poetry Day #HaikuPoetryDay
  • April 18 – National Tax Day #TaxDay
  • April 19 – Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay
  • April 20 – National High-Five Day #NH5D
  • April 20 – National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay
  • April 22 – Earth Day #EarthDay2024
  • April 23 – National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay
  • April 25 – World Malaria Day #EndMalariaForGood
  • April 26 – National Administrative Professionals Day #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay
  • April 26 – Denim Day #DenimDay
  • April 27 – Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day #COUNTONME
  • April 28 – Arbor Day #ArborDay
  • April 29 – International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
  • April 30 – National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
  • April 30 – International Jazz Day #JazzDay
  • April 30 – National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day #AdoptAShelterPetDay

Think outside the box in May.

I know there are a few off-the-wall social media holidays that can appear random at first glance, but if you think a little deeper about the connections, you could find something so unique for your company it garners attention beyond your campaign. If you plan to participate in a quirky social media holiday, lead your messaging with a desire for a sincere connection with your readers.

May 2024 monthly themes:

May 2024 holiday hashtag calendar:

  • May 1 – International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay
  • May 1 – May Day #MayDay
  • May 2 – Teacher’s Day #ThankATeacher
  • May 2 – World Asthma Day #WorldAsthmaDay
  • May 3 – World Press Freedom Day #WPFD2024
  • May 4 – Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay
  • May 4 – International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay
  • May 4 – World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
  • May 5 – Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
  • May 6 – National Space Day #NationalSpaceDay
  • May 6 – National Nurses Day #NursesDay
  • May 9 – Europe Day #EuropeDay
  • May 10 – World Lupus Day #LupusDay
  • May 10 – National Receptionist Day #NationalReceptionistDay
  • May 12 – National Limerick Day #NationalLimerickDay
  • May 12 – Mother’s Day #MothersDay
  • May 15 – International Day of Families #FamilyDay
  • May 15 – National Chocolate Chip Day #ChocolateChipDay
  • May 16 – Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay
  • May 17 – Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia #IDAHOT
  • May 19 – Endangered Species Day #EndangeredSpeciesDay
  • May 24 – National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay
  • May 26 – Heat Awareness Day #NoFryDay
  • May 27 – Memorial Day #MemorialDay
  • May 28 – National Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
  • May 30 – National Creativity Day #NationalCreativityDay
  • May 31 – World No-Tobacco Day #NoTobacco

Unite your community in June.

From Juneteenth to Pride Month, socially relevant holidays in June can inspire your community to discover more similarities than differences. However, beware of “rainbow washing” your company and adding your support to your messaging without clear, intentional support within your company values and among your people. To be supportive is to not only include messaging that says you support love for all, it means living it through company practices, like Proctor & Gamble, which lives its support all year-round.

June 2024 monthly themes:

June 2024 holiday hashtag calendar:

  • June 2 – National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay
  • June 4 – National Cancer Survivor’s Day #NCSD2024
  • June 5 – World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
  • June 6 – Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
  • June 8 – World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
  • June 8 – National Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
  • June 11 – National Make Life Beautiful Day #MakeLifeBeautiful
  • June 14 – National Flag Day #FlagDay
  • June 14 – World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood
  • June 16 – Father’s Day #FathersDay
  • June 19 – Juneteenth #Juneteenth
  • June 20 – World Refugee Day #WorldRefugeeDay
  • June 20 – First Day of Summer #FirstDayOfSummer
  • June 21 – National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
  • June 21 – World Music Day #WorldMusicDay
  • June 21 – International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
  • June 23 – National Columnists’ Day #NationalColumnistDay
  • June 27 – National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
  • June 30 – Social Media Day #SMDay, #SocialMediaDay

Activate fun for July.

The summertime brings fun, vacations, and memories. Discover ways to utilize socially relevant holidays in current campaigns already planned within your content marketing strategy. Additionally, emojis can be a light-hearted way to deepen the connection with your audience. Companies like OkCupid and Adobe Spark have mastered incorporating socially relevant content and the play of emojis into their push notification messaging.

July 2024 monthly themes:

July 2024 holiday hashtag calendar:

  • July 1 – National Postal Worker Day #NationalPostalWorkerDay
  • July 2 – World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
  • July 4 – Independence Day #July4th
  • July 7 – World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
  • July 11 – Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay
  • July 12 – Malala Day #MalalaDay
  • July 12 – National Simplicity Day – #NationalSimplicityDay
  • July 15 – Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
  • July 17 – World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
  • July 18 – Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay2024
  • July 30 – International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship

Motivate your audience in August.

With back-to-school underway and many people reshifting their focus to productivity for business health and the good of humanity. A great way to engage your audience with socially relevant holidays is to encourage their participation in the process by sharing information on ways they could share content with their friends and family or highlight influential people connected to the theme or day. Companies like Nordstrom recently highlighted Black-owned businesses with pop-up shops nationwide. During the pop-up shops, Black-owned businesses were encouraged to participate as vendors to promote sales and visibility for their businesses.

August 2024 monthly themes:

August 2024 holiday hashtag calendar:

  • August 1 – Planner Day #PlannerDay
  • August 2 – National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay
  • August 6 – American Family Day #AmericanFamilyDay
  • August 8 – International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
  • August 9 – National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay
  • August 11 – National Sons and Daughters Day #SonsAndDaughtersDay
  • August 12 – International Youth Day #YouthDay
  • August 12 – World Elephant Day #WorldElephantDay
  • August 13 – International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay
  • August 15 – National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
  • August 16 – National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay
  • August 19 – World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
  • August 19 – World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay
  • August 20 – National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
  • August 26 – National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
  • August 26 – National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay

Educate in September.

September is packed with monthly themes and days that spark curiosity on how someone could support, give homage, or learn something new! Consider using a monthly theme or social media observance that would provoke your audience to research and think deeper about a cause, mission, or purpose connected to themselves or others.

September 2024 monthly themes:

September 2024 holiday hashtag calendar:

  • September 2 – Labor Day #LaborDay
  • September 4 – National Wildlife Day #NationalWildLifeDay
  • September 5 – International Day of Charity #CharityDay
  • September 6 – Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
  • September 8 – International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
  • September 8 – Stand Up To Cancer Day #KissCancerGoodbye
  • September 8 – National Grandparents Day #NationalGrandparentsDay
  • September 11 – National Day of Service and Remembrance #911Day
  • September 12 – National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement
  • September 12 – National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
  • September 14 – Live Creative Day #NationalLiveCreative Day #LiveCreativeDay
  • September 15 – Online Learning Day #OnlineLearningDay
  • September 18 – Civic Day of Hacking #HackForChange
  • September 19 – Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay
  • September 21 – International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
  • September 21 – World Alzheimer’s Day #Alzheimer’sDay
  • September 22 – Hobbit Day #HobbitDay
  • September 23 – First Day of Fall #1stDayOfFall
  • September 26 – European Day of Languages #EDL2024
  • September 27 – World Tourism Day #WTD2024
  • September 28 – World Rabies Day #WorldRabiesDay
  • September 28 – National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay
  • September 29 – International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
  • September 29 – National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #FitnessDay
  • September 30 – International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
  • September 30 – National Love People Day #NationalLOVEPeopleDAY

Showcase awareness in October.

Many socially relevant holidays are fantastic for educating your audience about something new, but that doesn’t mean you have to be an expert. Collaborate and partner with organizations or other companies that provide that expertise and great synergy to your fans.

October 2024 monthly themes:

October 2024 holiday hashtag calendar:

  • October 1 – International Day of Older Persons #UNDOP
  • October 1 – World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
  • October 2 – Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence
  • October 2 – World Habitat Day #WorldHabitatDay
  • October 3 – National Techies Day #TechiesDay
  • October 4 – World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay
  • October 4 – National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay
  • October 5 – World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
  • October 10 – World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
  • October 11 – International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl
  • October 12 – World Sight Day #WorldSightDay
  • October 13 – National Train Your Brain Day #TrainYourBrainDay
  • October 14 – Indigenous Peoples’ Day
  • October 14 – National Dessert Day #DessertDay
  • October 15 – Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay
  • October 16 – National Boss’s Day #NationalBossDay #BossDay #BestBossEver #HappyBossDay
  • October 16 – World Food Day #FoodDay
  • October 16 – National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day #CleanYourVirtualDesktopDay
  • October 17 – Eradication of Poverty Day #EndPoverty
  • October 21 – Reptile Awareness Day #ReptileAwarenessDay
  • October 24 – United Nations Day #UNDay
  • October 25 – Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
  • October 28 – National Chocolate Day #NationalChocolateDay
  • October 30 – National Candy Corn Day #CandyCornDay
  • October 30 – National Publicist Day #NationalPublicist
  • October 31 – Halloween #Halloween

Give thanks in November.

From World Kindness Day to Thanksgiving, November can hold a place for reflection and care for your audience. During this season, many companies will focus on sales and shopping, but think of ways to bring mindfulness to those dealing with holiday grief or seasonal depression. Utilize socially relevant holidays to remind your audience that you’re thankful for them beyond sales and brand advocacy. They matter to you as human beings.

November 2024 monthly themes:

November 2024 holiday hashtag calendar:

  • November 1 – World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
  • November 1 – Diwali #Diwali
  • November 1 – National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
  • November 1 – National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
  • November 3 – National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
  • November 4 – National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
  • November 5 – Daylight Saving Time Ends #DaylightSavings
  • November 8 – National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay
  • November 8 – STEM Day #STEMDay
  • November 11 – Veterans Day #VeteransDay
  • November 13 – World Kindness Day #WKD
  • November 14 – World Diabetes Day #WDD
  • November 15 – Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay
  • November 15 – America Recycles Day #BeRecycled
  • November 16 – International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay
  • November 17 – International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay
  • November 19 – International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay
  • November 19 – Women’s Entrepreneurship Day #WomensEntrepreneurshipDay
  • November 19 – World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims #WDoR2024 #WDoR
  • November 21 – National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
  • November 21 – World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
  • November 24 – National Day of Listening #DayOfListening
  • November 25 – Small Business Saturday #SmallBusinessSaturday
  • November 26 – National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
  • November 28 – Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
  • November 29 – National Native American Heritage Day #NAHertitage #NativeAmericanHeritageDay
  • November 29 – Black Friday #BlackFriday #BlackFriday2024
  • November 30 – Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay

Be jolly in December.

To wrap up the year, brainstorm ways to infiltrate your core values into your holiday messaging approach, especially when it comes to unique holidays outside of those we often think of for the holiday season. It’s okay to be different but always remain intentional.

December 2024 monthly themes:

December 2024 holiday hashtag calendar:

  • December 1 – World AIDS Day
  • December 2 – Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
  • December 3 – Giving Tuesday #GivingTuesday
  • December 3 – Persons with Disabilities Day #IDPWD
  • December 4 – National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
  • December 5 – World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay
  • December 8 – Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay
  • December 10 – Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
  • December 10 – Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize
  • December 11 – International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
  • December 21 – Crossword Puzzle Day #CrosswordPuzzleDay
  • December 21 – First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice
  • December 25- January 2 – Hanukkah #Hanukkah
  • December 25 – Christmas Day #Christmas
  • December 26 – January 1 – Kwanzaa #Kwanzaa
  • December 27 – No Interruptions Day #NoInterruptionsDay
  • December 31 – New Year’s Eve #NewYearsEve2024

Five mantras to follow when striving for a better message — all year long

Whenever possible, try to send a better message — not just another message. So put yourself in the mindset and space of your customer. Here are five important mantras to consider whenever you’re crafting messaging for your company. Follow the links to listen to curated inspirational talks for each:

And find more inspiration on Cordial:

 

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Amp up engagement all year long with personalized marketing

No doubt about it: personalization is here to stay. People of all ages appreciate it when companies they know and trust provide customized information and offers. The only question is will your company step up and embrace this reality? By harnessing the power of an advanced customer data platform (CDP), your company can achieve best-in-class personalization tactics.

A good CDP platform needs to:

  • Unite robust data management with email, SMS, and mobile app marketing — all in one platform
  • Consolidate all data from anywhere in your tech stack and activate it to power your outreach
  • Provide easy-to-use workflows to simplify and accelerate campaign development
  • Leverage predictive analytics to let you delight customers by anticipating their needs
  • Empower you to deliver the consistent, cross-channel experiences customers expect

Companies today are on the edge of an unprecedented opportunity to transform how they engage with customers. Those who move swiftly and embrace personalization can dramatically improve their customer experience, increase retention, and remain powerful players in the market.

Cordial automates billions of data-driven emails, SMS, and mobile app messages to create lifetime customer connections for leading companies. Get in touch to schedule a demo.