ChatGPT Prompt for Content Calendar: 10 for Social Media

A ChatGPT prompt for content calendar work turns your content pillars, channels, key dates, and team hours into a month of planned social media posts. Paste your real posting plan and capacity, ask ChatGPT to make the post counts add up and check the workload, and keep offers to the ones you have approved. The 10 prompts below cover a social media calendar from the first math to the shoot list.

Plan the month

1. Post math by pillar

We post [posts per week] on [channels] for [number] weeks. Our pillars are [pillars with shares]. Calculate the total posts and the number per pillar, rounded so they add up.

2. Monthly calendar by channel

Build a calendar for [month] with date, channel, format, pillar, working title, and asset for each post, using this posting plan [paste] and these assets on hand [list].

3. Content pillars from your audience

Our audience is [description] and we sell [products or services]. Suggest four content pillars with a share of posts for each and three post ideas per pillar.

Key dates and campaigns

4. Key date plan

Here are this month's key dates [events, launches, closures]. For each, plan the lead-up, day-of, and follow-up posts, and list posts to schedule ahead for days we are closed.

5. Offer posts from approved offers

Our approved offers this month are [paste with dates]. Write the calendar slots and working titles for offer posts, with the exact dates and terms, and no other offers.

Fit the plan to your team

6. Workload check

Our team has [hours] a week. Each format takes [time per format]. Add up the hours for this calendar [paste] week by week and tell me which weeks are over.

7. Repurpose map

From this calendar [paste], show which posts can reuse footage or images from another post, and how much time each reuse saves at [time per format].

8. Weekly shoot list

Group the assets this calendar needs [paste] into one shoot session per week, with a shot list for each and a consent note for anyone on camera.

Review and adjust

9. Pillar balance check

Count the posts per pillar in this calendar [paste], compare them with our target shares [paste], and suggest the fewest swaps to get back on target.

10. Month-end review

Here are this month's results from our analytics export [paste]. Compare pillars and formats, list what to keep and change, and draft next month's posting plan. Use only the numbers I pasted.

Build the full month in one run

The flagship Social Media Content Calendar Prompt: Month Plan by Channel does the post math, lays out a dated calendar by channel and pillar, plans key dates, checks the workload against your hours, maps repurposing, and groups a weekly shoot list. Its example plans 20 November posts for a plant shop across Instagram and TikTok in 4.25 hours a week.

Keep it honest

Do not let a calendar promise engagement numbers or offers you have not approved. Get permission before filming customers, and label gifted products and paid partnerships clearly, as the FTC Endorsement Guides require.

Related prompts

If you plan blog posts instead of social posts, use the SEO content calendar for blogs. For the rest of the job, see ChatGPT prompts for social media managers, set direction with ChatGPT prompts for content strategy, and plan one channel in depth with ChatGPT prompts for Instagram strategy.

Need topics to fill the grid? Try ChatGPT prompts for blog post ideas.

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