Copywriting Ideas To Help Start The New Year With A Bang

Every holiday has its own brand of copywriting: Halloween has the spooky, creepy stuff; Thanksgiving has its turkey, endless dinners, football, and family themes; Christmas - Santa, Christmas trees, snow, etc. And New Year's? Songs, dancing, resolutions, parties, gifts...and more football.

Everyone just about anywhere is gearing up for 2026...and that includes copywriters, content writers and content marketers. New Year's Eve, New Year's and the days following it, are a great time to 'jumpstart' your copywriting and content with New Year's related content: Resolutions, parties, 'New Year's guide to...' Or how about a blog titled How I recreated the Times Square New Year's Experience in My Own Backyard?' (hint: You can do it...). Below you'll find some quick copywriting ideas to start the New Year with a bang.

Also, there are many classic New Year themed songs. You can use them effectively by adding them in your content, whether social media, or 'harness' the songs themselves for source material, such as: We may be in 2026, but it doesn't mean that you can't party like it's 1999! Or, It's the final countdown for an extra 10%. Or, about damn time you can now do...or Another Year Has Gone By -time to tell that fauly machine bye-bye... or Don't stop believing -here are 5 tips to get your office into shape...

Dog food ad suggestion: "Dogs celebrate, too! [dog food brand] Helps them barking on the right tree."

Some useful New Year's phrases:

Don't drop the ball!

Here's a corker of a deal...

You don't need bubbly to have a blast!

Spare yourself a hangover with this special offer! [alt: This offer will CURE your New Year's hangover!]

Mamma-mia! Spaghetti fireworks...

5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

Happy 2025! (nothing catches the eye more than a typo in a promo, or subject line)

These tips will give fireworks to your [product/service]

"2025 may have felt to some like The Poseidon: It started out with jingle bells, only to capsize, leaving people and businesses upside down and swimming for

safety..."

Can't go wrong with a "which celebrity/outrageous resot you can't afford" would you stay at for New Year's?" trivia.

Clever Audi New Year's promotion...

Because there's something very visual about New Year's eve, chances are you don't need a lot of words, like with MacDonalds:

The triple F: French fries fireworks...

Social media is more about displaying the products. Adding a holiday touch to the content adds a festive spirit. A few might find phrases like "ring in the New Year" corny, but you know what? Leave it out and you'll find the texts...rings a it hollow.

How Sephora rings in the New Year on social media

...And how about this twist to 'final sale' campaign - get a head start?

Who says a final sale needs to start at the beginning of the year?

Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous 2026!