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Content calendar for the next 90 days

What should you publish in the next 90 days?

You choose one goal for your content and one main audience. The Content Strategist agent chooses three to five themes. It also chooses two or three formats you can keep producing. You decide how often you publish. The Calendar Builder agent puts 12 topics on a 90-day calendar. Each topic has a publish date and a named person.

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What you get
Content plan · November 2026 to January 2027
Ready to write
12 / 12
topics with a publish date and a named person
3
themes with 10 or more topic ideas each
Main goal Qualified leads from content
Theme · Brand identity 4 topics
Theme · Websites for product brands 4 topics
Theme · Monthly design retainers 4 topics
Formats Long articles and LinkedIn posts
Publishing schedule 4 articles a month
Calendar In a shared Google Sheet

Your team publishes each piece on its date in the calendar.

See it run

A content plan in progress

Calendar in planning
November 2026 to January 2027 · One writer and one reviewer
Topics with a date and a person 9 / 12
Run log
  1. You
    “Plan the content for November to January. The goal is more inbound leads.”
    Your instruction
    ✓
  2. You
    Goal and audience chosen You
    You chose qualified leads from content as the main goal. Saltmarrow Studio gets 18 inbound leads a month today. Your content is written first for the buyer persona you serve best.
    ✓
  3. C
    Three themes and two formats chosen Content Strategist
    The themes come from your keyword map. The three themes are brand identity, websites for product brands and monthly design retainers. Each theme has 10 or more topic ideas. The formats are long articles and a short LinkedIn post for each article.
    ✓
  4. You
    Four articles a month You
    The Content Writer can write at most 17 articles in 90 days. You chose to publish 12 articles, about 70% of 17. The Content Writer writes each piece. The Marketing Lead approves each piece.
    ✓
  5. C
    Putting topics on the calendar Calendar Builder
    The Calendar Builder wrote 20 topic ideas. It ranked them mostly by fit with your content goal. It chose the best 12. 9 of 12 topics have a publish date and a named person.
    •
  6. ↓
    Core messages used Upstream
    The core messages come from Define Core Messages.
    ✓
  7. ↓
    Keyword map used Upstream
    The keyword map comes from Find the Keywords Buyers Use.
    ✓
  8. ↓
    Buyer personas used Upstream
    The buyer personas come from Develop Buyer Personas.
    ✓
How it works

A content calendar for the time you have

You start with one goal for your content and one main audience. The Content Strategist agent chooses three to five themes from your keyword map. Each theme has at least 10 topic ideas. You decide how often you publish. If you publish about 70% of the most pieces your team can write, you keep spare time for busy weeks. Each topic on the calendar has a publish date and a named person.

What it needs
Your ideal customer profile and buyer personas
Your keyword map
An honest estimate of the time you have for content creation
A list of upcoming business dates or events that matter for content
What you get

A content strategy with one main goal, three to five themes, and two or three formats you can keep up. A 90-day content calendar of 12 topics in a shared tool, each with a publish date and a named person.

Run sequence

Start to finish

The work starts from your core messages, keyword map and buyer personas. It has four stages and ends with a content plan.

  1. 1
    Content Goal and Audience

    Choose one goal and one audience

    You name the result you want from your content
    You choose the buyer persona to write for first
    You choose the buying stage, such as comparing options
    You
  2. 2
    Themes and Formats

    Choose the themes and formats

    Three to five themes from your keyword map
    Each theme tested for at least 10 topic ideas
    Two or three formats you can keep producing
    Content Strategist
  3. 3
    Publishing Schedule

    Decide how often you publish

    You count the most pieces your team can write
    You leave spare time for busy weeks
    You name who writes and who approves
    You
  4. 4
    90-Day Content Calendar

    Build the 90-day calendar

    20 topic ideas written and ranked
    Best 12 get a date and a named person
    You approve the content plan
    Calendar Builder + You
Before it starts

What Works asks you

A few questions in plain words. The answers set up the run for your business.

What is the one most important result your content must bring you this year?
YouGenerate qualified inbound leads
Which buyer persona should your content speak to first: the one you serve best, or the one you want more of?
YouThe buyer persona you serve best today
How many themes do you want for the year: a focused three or a broader five?
YouThree focused themes for deep authority
How often can the writer really produce each format without falling behind in a busy week?
YouOne long article a week
Do you want to set the publishing frequency at full capacity, or near 70% so there is room to recover?
YouAbout 70% of peak capacity
Where should the calendar live so your whole team uses it: a shared sheet, Notion, or your project tool?
YouA shared Google Sheet
Who runs it

The agents behind this workflow

The Content Strategist chooses your themes and formats. The Calendar Builder puts your topics on a dated calendar.

Playbook specialist
C

Content Producer

Owns this area

Produces your content: blog posts, social posts, the newsletter, and a podcast or video series.

Draft articles in your brand voice that are written for searchplan and post social contentkeep content coming out on schedule
On this workflow
C

Content Strategist

Chooses the themes and formats, and tests each theme for enough topic ideas before it goes into the plan

Generate sample topics to test a theme for depthMatch formats to your real capacityTurn keyword groups into possible themesFlag a theme with too few topic ideas
C

Calendar Builder

Generates and ranks topics, then places them on a dated 90-day content calendar in a shared tool, with a named person for each slot

Generate topic ideas across themesRank topics on goal fit and keyword opportunityAssign named people and publish dates
Jeanie, your Chief of Staff Works Crew

Jeanie leads a core crew of seven that runs your company day to day. They direct the specialist and workflow agents in each playbook, including the ones on this workflow.

Connections · apps · integrations

Bring what you already run

The apps and accounts this workflow reads from and writes to. Connect them once and Works keeps them in sync.

  • Google Sheets. You can keep the calendar in a shared Google Sheet.

These are starting points, not a limit. Connect the tools you already use.

Related workflows

11 Marketing workflows use this plan.

This one
Plan the Content Calendar
Feeds into 11 workflows
Publish Blog PostsEstablish Social Presence
Launch Newsletter
Repurpose Content
Track Content Performance
Create Lead Magnets
Run Webinars
Create Pillar Content
Launch a Podcast or Video Series
Distribute Content
Establish Content Operations
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One workflow inside your whole business

In Marketing, Plan the Content Calendar is part of the Content Marketing work.

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Templates

What comes with it

Built for this workflow
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Content Funnel Coverage Matrix
A table where you match your content to each buying stage. It opens in Works after you sign up.
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Content Idea Backlog
A list where you keep topic ideas for later. It opens in Works after you sign up.
DOCX
Content Strategy Brief
A document where you write your content goal, audience and themes. It opens in Works after you sign up.
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Editorial Calendar
A calendar where you plan each piece with a date and a named person. It opens in Works after you sign up.
Also included here
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Keyword Research Model
A sheet where you list and compare the keywords buyers search for. It opens in Works after you sign up.
XLSX
Search Intent Matrix
A table where you sort keywords by what the person searching wants. It opens in Works after you sign up.
DOCX
Blog Post Brief
A document where you plan one blog post before you write it. It opens in Works after you sign up.
XLSX
Social Content Pillar Planner
A sheet where you plan the main topics of your social posts. It opens in Works after you sign up.
XLSX
Newsletter Send Schedule
A sheet where you plan the date of each newsletter. It opens in Works after you sign up.
XLSX
Content Performance Tracker
A sheet where you record the numbers for each published piece. It opens in Works after you sign up.
XLSX
Lead Magnet Idea Inventory
A list where you keep ideas for free resources to offer buyers. It opens in Works after you sign up.
DOCX
Buyer Persona Canvas
A page where you describe one person in the buying decision. It opens in Works after you sign up.
XLSX
Pillar-and-Cluster Planner
A sheet where you plan one main page on a topic and the pages related to it. It opens in Works after you sign up.
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Episode Planner
A sheet where you plan each episode of a podcast or video series. It opens in Works after you sign up.
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Cluster Planning Matrix
A table where you group related topics. It opens in Works after you sign up.
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Content Operations Calendar
A calendar where you plan the content tasks of your team and their dates. It opens in Works after you sign up.

Each template opens inside Works after you sign up.

Questions

What people ask

How many topics go on the calendar?

The Calendar Builder agent writes 20 topic ideas. It then ranks them. You decide how they are ranked: by the chance to reach buyers through search, by fit with your content goal, or by both. The best 12 topics go on a calendar for your next 90 days. Each topic has a publish date and a named person.

Why publish at about 70% of what your team can write?

If you publish the most pieces your team can write, you can fall behind in a busy week. At about 70% of the most pieces your team can write, you keep spare time for busy weeks. You decide the pace. You can also start with fewer pieces and add more once you publish on schedule.

How many themes and formats do you choose?

You decide how many themes you want for the year: three, four or five. The Content Strategist agent tests each theme for at least 10 topic ideas. You also choose two or three formats, such as long articles, short social posts or video. Choose only the formats your team has the time to keep producing.

Where do you keep the calendar?

You keep the calendar in a shared tool that your whole team uses. You decide which tool. It can be a shared Google Sheet, a Notion content board or your existing project tool. Each topic on it has a publish date and a named person.

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