Best monday.com content calendar template for editorial teams
Our content team manages blog posts, social media, and email newsletters across 3 channels. Looking for a monday.com template or board structure that can handle: - Content pipeline from idea to publish - Approval workflows - Asset management - Publishing schedules - Performance tracking after publish
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This is our exact setup - we manage 50+ content pieces monthly: Board Structure: - Groups: Ideas, In Progress, Review, Scheduled, Published - Columns: Content Type (Dropdown), Channel (Multi-select), Author (Person), Due Date, Status (Status column with workflow), SEO Score (Numbers), Publish Date Automation Recipe: 1. When status changes to 'Ready for Review' → Notify editorial manager 2. When status changes to 'Approved' → Move to Scheduled group, set Publish Date 3. When Publish Date = Today → Change status to 'Published', create task in Analytics board Integration: Connect to Google Docs for draft storage, Slack for review notifications. We also built a simple Zapier integration that posts to our social accounts when status hits 'Published'. Pro tip: Use subitems for each channel. One blog post has subitems for: LinkedIn post, Twitter thread, Email newsletter. Keeps everything in one place.
Don't forget to add a 'Keyword/Topic' column for SEO tracking. We also added a formula column that calculates 'Days Until Publish' = Publish Date - TODAY. Helps us spot delayed content quickly. The template works great but becomes messy at scale - we archive items after 90 days.