Steal this Holiday Social Media Content – FREE COA Member Benefit!

Need some content for your practice’s social media pages this holiday season? The COA Member Media Center (MMC) is a COA member benefit which offers timely content for members to use in their newsletters and social media. Right now, the MMC is featuring content about holiday gadgets and eye safety. MMC content is updated regularly, so please check back for new and exciting resources for your practice!

Newsletter content:

Click on the link below for a Word document which contains helpful information for patients on how to keep their eyes safe this winter. You can either download this document in its entirety or just copy and paste the text for your use.

Download newsletter.

Facebook Content:

Use these Facebook posts about holiday gadgets and winter eye safety:

• Lasers, projectiles, and aerosols, oh my! See this list of toys you should avoid to keep your childrens' eyes safe this holiday season! https://goo.gl/hLhpzl
• Winter means outdoor snow sports! It also means you need to protect your eyes. Check out this guide on winter eye safety. https://goo.gl/T3dQaZ
• Want to know the latest in visually stimulating toys this season? Check out first-person viewing (FPV) headsets, that allow you to see what your drone camera sees. It's video meets virtual reality. https://goo.gl/nzn1jI
• Feast your eyes! Virtual reality is huge for the 2016 holiday season. Check out this guide to the top VR headsets! https://goo.gl/Wi7K0A
• You still need UV protection in winter! One of the biggest eye health oversights is not wearing sunglasses when spending time outdoors in the winter. This can cause something call "snow blindness." Learn more here. https://goo.gl/m6Zttr

Twitter Content:

Here are some Tweets to use about the holiday gadgets and winter eye safety:

• Lasers, projectiles, & aerosols, oh my! A list of #toys to avoid to keep your eyes safe this #holiday season! https://goo.gl/hLhpzl
• Winter means #snow sports! It also means you need to protect your #eyes. Check out this guide on #winter eye safety. https://goo.gl/T3dQaZ
• Check out first-person viewing (FPV) headsets that allow you to see what your drone camera sees. https://goo.gl/nzn1jI #holiday #gadgets
• Feast your eyes! #VirtualReality is huge for the 2016 #holiday season. Check out this guide to the top VR headsets! https://goo.gl/Wi7K0A
• One huge #eyehealth oversight is not wearing #sunglasses in the winter. This can cause "snow blindness." Learn more. https://goo.gl/m6Zttr

If you have any questions or comments about the MMC content or if you need step-by-step instructions for how to use this content for Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin etc., contact:

Rachael Van Cleave

Social Media & Communications Manager

California Optometric Association

(916)-329-9450

rvancleave@coavision.org