Skip to content
workflowbeginnerFree

Content calendar workflow

Plan a month of content from goals and pillars, with formats per channel, a realistic cadence and a production schedule you can actually keep.

Fill in your details

Values are inserted into every prompt below. Nothing you type leaves your browser.

7 field(s) left — unfilled variables stay as {{placeholders}}.

  1. 1Set pillars and capacity

    Be honest about capacity. A calendar you can't keep is worse than a small one you can.

    Help me plan content for {{month}}.
    
    Business: {{business}}
    Audience: {{audience}}
    Goals for this month: {{goals}}
    Channels: {{channels}}
    Realistic capacity (pieces per week we can produce): {{cadence}}
    Content pillars (themes we talk about): {{pillars}}
    
    First, check: is this cadence realistic across these channels? If not, suggest which channel to drop or reduce. Then propose the mix: what share of content per pillar and per goal (awareness / trust / conversion), and which formats suit each channel.
  2. 2Build the calendar

    Paste the output into a spreadsheet or your planning tool.

    Create the calendar as a table: Date | Channel | Pillar | Format | Working title or hook | Goal | Call to action | Repurposed from (if any).
    
    Rules: one "hero" piece per week that other posts are cut from; no more than two promotional posts in a row; include relevant dates in {{month}} only if they genuinely fit the business; leave one open slot per week for reactive content.
  3. 3Production schedule

    Work backwards from publish dates so drafting and approvals don't pile up.

    For each hero piece, give a production schedule working back from its publish date: draft due, review due, assets due, scheduled. Then list everything that needs input from someone else (quotes, approvals, photos) with the date I need it by.

Example input

Bike repair shop, November, Instagram + email + Google Business Profile, 4 pieces a week.

Example output

| 3 Nov | Email | Maintenance tips | Newsletter | "5 things that wreck your bike in winter" | Trust | Book a winter service | Hero | | 4 Nov | Instagram | Maintenance tips | Reel | "Your chain after one wet week vs after cleaning" | Awareness | Save this | Hero | | 6 Nov | Google Business Profile | Offers | Offer post | Winter service £10 off until 30 Nov | Conversion | Book | — |

Troubleshooting

  • Calendar is too ambitious: halve the cadence and make every second post a repurpose.

Known limitations

  • Seasonal dates and trends suggested by the model may be wrong for your region; check them.

More from Marketing & business