Thanks to the StoryChief calendar, you can have an overview of your content and its progress. This is a great way to brainstorm better, maintain consistency, manage deadlines, assign articles to colleagues and see what everyone is working on. Learn more about how to boost your content marketing strategy by using StoryChief's content calendar.
Watch our Academy video 📹 on using the Content Calendar and Editorial briefs for a step-by-step guide:
In this article:
Start using the content calendar
1. How to plan content from the calendar:
Step 1. In your dashboard click on: Calendar 👉 Quick link.
Step 2. To start planning in content, click on a day and then a pop-up will appear asking if you want to:
Plan an article (learn more)
Create a social post (learn more)
Add an Event
Add a Campaign (learn more)
Step 3. Once you've selected one of the four options, a second pop-up will appear asking you to fill in the details.
For example, if creating an article, you can add a title, language, due time, assign it to a user in your account, add it to existing campaigns.
Below the SEO keyword, there is a button to add an editorial brief. This is the perfect place to leave instructions and details for the writer team so they can create the best possible article.
💡 Tip: Once you've filled in the details of your article, click on Save or Save and add another to keep planning in articles.
Step 4. To get more information on the content, simply click on an article, social post, event, or campaign.
If you click on an article or social post, the pop-up provides a preview of the content, the channel, the title or caption, the status, the review status (if any), the campaign(s) and the collaborator(s).
Simply click on the gear icon to open the sidewindow (see step 3.) or click on somewhere else in the popup the start editing the post or to unschedule/unpublish it.
2. Drag & drop content around in the calendar
Draft content, tasks and events can be freely moved in the content calendar. This way, empty gaps in the calendar can be filled easier.
Hovering over content shows a "drag icon" and can be dragged to other days. The time value remains the same.
❌ Limitations: Scheduled & published content can't be moved through drag-and-drop to maintain a flawless experience.
3. Change the view of your calendar
Use the buttons located near the top-right to change between a month and week view. You can change the start of the week in your Account page (Sunday/Monday).
The weekly view shows straight away a small preview of each single article or social post per day, together with its channel, title or caption, status, the review status (if any), campaign(s) and the collaborator(s).
By clicking on this preview, you'll be able to edit it right away.
💡 Tip: Did you know that you can also add collaborators to your articles, social posts or campaigns in bulk? follow this article to know more.