10 Must Haves For Your Editorial Calendar [+FREE TEMPLATE]

Posted by adamjayc under Marketing
From http://www.uklinkology.co.uk 3823 days ago
Made Hot by: SJC on November 10, 2013 9:50 pm

Are you planning your blog’s editorial calendar? Whether you’re a new business looking to start a blog or a brand that needs to plan next week/month/year’s content, there’s one thing that holds true for all businesses – you need an organized editorial calendar to maximize views, shares, content, and efficiency. Social media experts today agree that content marketing is leading the way as we head into 2014.

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Written by lyceum
3818 days ago

Adam: That could be the case! I think that Carollynnrivera has nailed it with the overview feature of a spreadsheet. I wonder if a mindmap or a Workflowy document would work?

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Written by carollynnrivera
3818 days ago

I'm a scheduling junkie so I love to see what other people are doing. I don't usually track links in my posts but that's a great idea. As for spreadsheet... I think it's just the grid format that works so well. You can get an at-a-glance view as opposed to something like a real "calendar" where you may have to click on each day to get more detail.

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Written by adamjayc
3818 days ago

I think you've hit the nail on the head with the grid format thing :) I like to see things from a birds eye view I guess.

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Written by lyceum
3819 days ago

Yes, I agree. But I wonder why the market place hasn't been filled with new alternatives...

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Written by adamjayc
3818 days ago

Good point - maybe we've found a gap in the market!

I know there are WordPress plugins that suit this type of thing but there's nothing really ground breaking at all.

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Written by lyceum
3819 days ago

Adam: I will test this editorial calendar. I wonder why the spreadsheet format still is the best way for doing this kind of task. Wasn't the original purpose formulas, calculations and figures, not words, texts and instructions?

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Written by adamjayc
3819 days ago

You're right, it was for formula and calculations but no matter which tools I try or other document formats, spreadsheets still come out on top - I'm sure Eileen, the post author would agree too.

Above all else, it's whatever works!

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