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I like my own :-). Create a calendar for the year for your business: event (online & offline), launches, promotions etc. Then go into more detail in terms of key topics (these should align with your main keywords and business areas that you have researched). Then create (I like to do it in Excel) a rolling calendar for 3-6 months, where you enter content you will create each month/week/day (depending on level of detail you need or prefer) in correlation with your "events" calendar. Bottom line is, figure out the big things happening in the year and align all your marketing activities - this will make it much easier to create pre-, during and post-buzz and the content you need. Home-made is good if you don't work with a huge team. If you do, you might need to invest in some software or a tool that helps you integrate a calendar. I can schedule blogs in Wordpress, for example...that's the tip of the iceberg.

These questions help you create an effective content calendar that builds your online community…Most people take the wrong approach to content calendaring. They treat it like a fill-in-the-blanks exercise. A successful content calendaring is a lot more nuanced than scheduling dates and brainstorming blog titles.Fortunately, you can simplify the process by asking the following questions:1) What are your goals? Goal-setting is always the first step. Write one pie-in-the-sky goal. Maybe it’s “Increase readership by a million in a year.” Or, maybe it’s to "Increase sales by 50 percent in six months.” Make it a big goal that excites you and your team. Next, write down some everyday goals to set some parameters.Here are a few examples of everyday blogging goals. Make sure to create your own:One blog post per week.Post content on time, every time.Review content calendar with marketing team every Friday.Project the following image in every post: “We’re the best [fill in the blank] company in the world.”2) How often will you post? Regular content posted consistently on the same day(s) of the week is key. Decide if you’ll have a once-a-week, twice-a-week or everyday content posting schedule.3) What are your most important dates? Map out your publishing dates for the next few months. Calendar six months ahead if you’re really motivated but start with the first three months. Make a list of your publishing dates with space to write a rough title and description. You can do this with a pencil and paper or use one of the free content calendaring templates at the bottom of this article!4) What are your keywords? This is where the magic happens. Keyword research is a valuable skill in the internet age. If your team doesn’t know how to do this, invest in crash course training program, or load up on YouTube tutorials. When you research keywords for every piece of content, you’ll harness the true power of a well-planned content calendar.5) What are your thoughts? Make a “content brief” for every piece of content you calendar. This could be a few notes or a complete outline for the blog. If you have some infographics, websites or photos for a post, organize them accordingly. Create a folder on your computer where you store graphics and notes for each post, or use the calendar software and templates linked at the bottom of this Scripted article – these are powerful tools to help you stay organized.ConclusionEvery large and successful organization has a well-thought-out blogging calendar. Although it takes time, commitment and hard work to build this plan – it could reap tremendous financial rewards for your company. For more detailed information on this process, you might want to check out Scripted.com’s guide to content calendaring. It's an excellent resource on the topic.Did you enjoy this question-filled answer? Please smash the upvote button. It doesn’t cost you anything but it means a lot to me. :)Photo credit: Pixabay.com user jambulboy.

Calc or Excel spread sheets still may be the best choice.Try Time Hive or Study Habits. Both are iphone apps, if you want ready made. See which one works best for you. Or, you can use Freeplane (not as good). Realtime Board, a website started in Russia, is also very good, and well worth checking out. This is one site I hope to invest in down the road.Pros:StudyHabit guides you through the process. And the developer is very good! Portable on your iPhone. Just have a look at it and see if this works for you. It may or may not work.TimeHive is more intuitive for seeing the monthly view, but does has some bugs on iOS9. Same deal, This may or may not work. But it will be on your iphone, which can make it more convenient. And, I do like the background I can choose for the calendar.*****Calc is an excel like spreadsheet. You can easily make columns however you want. This is the MOST portable provided your computer doesn't get stolen. And, you can store it on DropBox, then with internet access, access it from any computer.Realtime Board - You get 3 free private boards, but you do have limited space. They have many templates already started for you. And, they are highly customizable. However, it is online and may not be as accessible. But, you can access it online from any computer.Freeplane - It is a mind map, but it is easily customizable to your needs. What is brilliant is that you can customize each and every colour from background, to text, to connecting lines. And, you can arrange it in columns if you wish, too. Also, you can use this to help you visually learn any subject in which a mind map would help you learn the material better with.Home made Using Calc:What should those columns and heading be?First tab would be the Weekly Chart: I would put in row 1, Time, then the days of the week either starting with Monday, or which ever day you prefer to start with, then the 9th column would be Time.Columns 1 and 9: Add in the time increments you want to see, whether they be by hour, half hours, or 15 minute increments.I would then put in the mandatory places you must be and should not try to get out of. Classes, work schedule, and so on.Add in as close to when a class ended, as humanly possible, time to rewrite the class notes.Add in homework and study time for which ever classes. Be sure to add in any library time you might need.Start a new tab. I would put the daily schedule here. This is where you put in the details of what you need to study for those classes.The columns would be Time; Day; Check;Thus, for Maths: Monday, 8am - 9am; Study time 9am - 9:30, rewrite notes. 11am study Maths.Daily page: 11am Maths Do evens page 23-34 or whatever it is.When I was done, I would then put X in the Check column so that I knew I had finished that assignment. Thus, I would have checks under the 9am-9:30am slot, and then 11am slot.