SharpSpring's Content Calendar is a bird's-eye view of the content that you are publishing to the world. Choose a date on the calendar, select the time you want to publish your content, and watch as it goes out. With the Content Calendar, you will never have the issue of sending the same email on the same day, or worry about publishing your content too frequently. This article will detail how to create and visualize all of your schedule content in SharpSpring's Content Calendar.Article Contents |
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Using the Content Calendar
In SharpSpring's top toolbar, do one of the following:
The The Content Calendar not only provides a view of your scheduled events, but it also enables you to create content directly in the calendar view. |
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You can click into each calendar event to see a preview of your email, blog article or social post. The preview is a direct reflection of that content, aside from blog articles. Blog articles will take on the look and feel of the landing page template.
New Social Posts
Before being able to use the social media tools, you will need to first connect your social media platforms. Once your social media platforms are connected, yo will be able to post directly to those social platforms in SharpSpring. To create and publish a social post in the Content Calendar, click Create > Social Post. |
For more information on creating new social posts, refer to the following articles:
- Publishing Facebook Posts in SharpSpring
- Publishing LinkedIn Posts in SharpSpring
- Publishing Twitter Posts in SharpSpring
- Adding Media Center Assets and Images to Social Media Posts
New Email Sends
You can schedule emails to lists directly in the Content Calendar. To send emails to lists, do the following:
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For more information, refer to Sending Emails to Lists.
New Blog Articles
Within the Content Calendar, you can create a blog article. To create a blog article, do the following:
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Planning Events
Planning events allow you to plan your marketing strategy without the need for the content to be completely done. With planning events, you can organize your content distribution plan and plan for social posts, blogs, and email sends without the content being ready to go.
To create a planning event, do the following:
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Managing the Content Calendar
The Content Calendar offers many ways to view, edit, and otherwise curate content.
The Content Calendar provides an overview of what content has been published in the past, as well as what content is scheduled to be published at a later date. To further narrow this content overview, you can filter content. On the left side of the calendar, there is a filter section. Here, you can click the checkboxes to hide or show your email sends, blog articles, or social posts. You can further filter which social content is shown on the Content Calendar. When the social posts filter is on, you can click checkboxes to hide or show all Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter posts. |
Navigating the Calendar
When viewing content, you can change the overall calendar view. The calendar has the following options available: | ![]() Click to enlarge. |
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View Day |
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This icon allows you to view all social media posts posted |
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View Week |
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This icon allows you to view all social media posts posted |
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View Month |
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This icon allows you to view all social media posts posted |
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View Agenda |
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This icon allows you to view all social media posts posted |
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Previous |
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This icon allows you to navigate backward a given period |
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Next |
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This icon allows you to navigate forward a given period |
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Today |
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This icon returns your calendar view to the current day. |
Editing Posted Content
To edit published social posts, do the following:
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Copying Posted Content
To copy posted content, do the following:
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Deleting Scheduled Content
To delete future posts, do the following:
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Deleting within the Content Calendar will unschedule your content. Your emails, blog articles, and social posts will no longer be published when deleted. You cannot delete previously scheduled content that has since been published.