A repeatable routine for turning a client's month into a full, balanced calendar: fixed dates first, then themes, then posts, then a single upload.
Before any ideas, list what is already decided: launches, sales, events, holidays the audience cares about, days the business is closed. These are the posts you cannot move, and everything else fits around them.
Pillars are the recurring themes a brand posts about, for example product, behind the scenes, customers and tips. Rotating them keeps the feed from becoming a stream of adverts. Give each pillar a rough share of the month, such as 40 / 20 / 20 / 20.
Decide how many posts per week each network gets. A rhythm you can sustain for a year beats an ambitious one that collapses in week three. Spread the pillars across the week so two product posts do not land back to back.
For each slot, write the date, time, pillar, network(s), a working caption, the image or video you need and the link. Mark the status: idea, drafted, needs asset, ready. Our free social media calendar template has these columns, plus a month overview.
Write all captions in one or two sittings rather than a post a day: you will write faster and the voice stays consistent. Then adapt each caption for its networks; our guide to writing one post for seven networks explains what to change.
Look at the calendar view before anything is scheduled: are pillars balanced, are there gaps, is the same call to action repeated three days running? This is also the moment for client sign-off.
In PostRoost, the template’s posting columns match bulk upload: date, time, caption, accounts, media, alt, link, first_comment, title. Upload the sheet, check the rows PostRoost flags, and the month is scheduled. How bulk scheduling works.
10 questions
A month is a good unit for most brands: far enough ahead for client sign-off, close enough to stay relevant. Keep a few slots open for news.
The three or four recurring themes a brand posts about, such as product, behind the scenes, customers and tips. Rotating them keeps the feed from becoming a stream of adverts.
The number you can sustain for a year. A modest rhythm that never slips beats an ambitious one that collapses in week three.
Fixed dates: launches, sales, events, holidays the audience cares about and days the business is closed. Everything else fits around them.
Early ideas, pillars and owners are easier in a spreadsheet; posts that are ready belong on the calendar. Our calendar template bridges the two.
Leave one or two open slots a week, or plan evergreen posts that can move if something topical comes up.
When the month is drafted and before anything is scheduled. Reviewing the whole month at once is faster than approving posts one at a time.
Write captions in one or two sittings instead of a post a day, and keep the brand voice notes next to you.
In PostRoost, upload the sheet with bulk upload from the Essentials plan; every row is checked before anything is created.
Pillar balance, gaps, the same call to action on consecutive days, missing images or alt text, and every network's limits.
Start on the Free plan with one client. Upgrade when you need approvals, more people or more clients.
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