How And Why You Need To Create A Content Calendar For Your Blog (That You Actually Use)

Posted by adamjayc under Marketing
From http://www.bloggingwizard.com 2862 days ago
Made Hot by: luvhealthcare on January 27, 2017 4:51 pm

Have you created a content calendar for 2017 yet? If not, the time is now. In this post, Elna Cain shares the why, the how and a bunch of tools to help you along the way.

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Written by lyceum
2851 days ago

Thanks Adam! I will continue to drink tea with honey.

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Written by lyceum
2851 days ago

Adam: I will try. I am feeling a bit under the weather at the moment. Do you have tips on remedies for cold and coughing?

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Written by adamjayc
2851 days ago

Get better soon, Martin. Unfortunately I don't know of much that works.

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Written by lyceum
2852 days ago

Thanks Adam! Have a nice weekend!

All the Best,

Martin

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Written by adamjayc
2852 days ago

You too, Martin!

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Written by lyceum
2852 days ago

Adam: Thanks for sharing your workflow!

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Written by adamjayc
2852 days ago

Sure thing, Martin!

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Written by lyceum
2852 days ago

Adam: I using Trello for our podcast show on productivity & tea (Produktivitéet in Swedish). Do you have content calendar template that you could share?

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Written by adamjayc
2852 days ago

I don't have a template as such, but what I do is lay out the different post statuses I need as lists, then add posts as cards and drag them across.

Here are the ones I use (yours may need adjusting slightly for your needs):

> Post ideas

> With Writer

> With Editor

> Ready to schedule

> Scheduled

> Published

You could archive them instead of moving to the published list, but we like to see past articles within Trello so we keep them there.

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Written by lyceum
2852 days ago

Adam: Is CoSchedule useful if you are mostly doing the content creation by yourself?

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Written by adamjayc
2852 days ago

Some would say yes, but personally I think it's overkill. My girlfriend helps me editing and even though there is two of us, we find Trello more straight-forward than CoSchedule.

I guess it's more personal preference really.

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Written by lyceum
2852 days ago

Adam: Is CoSchedule similar to Hootsuite, Buffer, etc.?

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Written by adamjayc
2852 days ago

It has some functionality but not exactly.

Best way to think of it is like an editorial calendar with task management and social sharing functionality. The social sharing element is designed around the publication of blog posts, but you can use it in a similar way to Buffer (like Buffer, you can't view social streams etc). You schedule social shares via CoSchedule or you can choose to push them to your Buffer account which is useful.

There's also features such as notes, various reports etc. Integration with Evernote, and their own headline analyzer.

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Written by nationalfunding
2852 days ago

You might also want to consider adding social channels and then setting dates as to when you will post to the various channels.

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Written by adamjayc
2852 days ago

Definitely. Fortunately that's handled very easily inside CoSchedule.

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Written by lyceum
2857 days ago

Adam: That is good to hear! ;) A weekly review could be a real challenge to implement in your workflow.

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Written by lyceum
2857 days ago

Adam: Cheerio! Have a great end of your weekend! Maybe Sunday could be a good day to do my weekly review of content creation for the upcoming week? ;)

All the Best,

Martin

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Written by adamjayc
2857 days ago

Thanks Martin, you too! Yep - the perfect time for a review :)

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Written by lyceum
2859 days ago

Adam: I am glad to see your posts here! :)

All the Best,

Martin

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Written by adamjayc
2858 days ago

Cheers Martin - have a great weekend :)

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