Love how you have set this up, Tushar. I also collect snippets of info in Evernote and tag them with a post idea topic so I can pull everything together once I start writing.

Really creative use of Wunderlist!

I keep a running list of post ideas in Wunderlist (my fave!) and simply put them in Google Calendar as an all-day event (so they stick to the top) in their own “Blog” calendar in a different color. I also block off time to create the posts beforehand – it’s no good having a posting schedule if I haven’t also planned when I’m going to create the content!

PS. Shauna, I love how you’ve simplified the definition of editorial calendar – THANK YOU! I think it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the idea, but really, “In a nutshell, it boils down to having your blogging schedule planned out in a calendar format. That’s it!”.

Hi Ruud – it’s been a while! I don’t think we have used the calendar for pure social content planning, but we do incorporate social media (we call it socialization) into the calendar to support the whole content marketing plan.

So we assign content promotion tasks to people in that calendar. Once in a while we have content that we post exclusively on social media channels – and that goes on the calendar too.

Good job on the calendar, Arnie. Do you use the same calendar for social content planning?

Thanks for the compliment, and sharing the calendar. I don’t mind at all, since you’ve done a great job putting it together.

Here is the link: http://www.verticalmeasures.com/calendar

Arnie