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Content marketing and editorial calendar planning for brand and blog teams

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for content marketers. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 40 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

By Cheryl Duong

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Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 11 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 40 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Content is a plan, not a pile · 7 min

    Before you begin · The Monday meeting · Why are we publishing this?

  • Lesson 2: Strategy: goals, audiences and the funnel · 7 min

    Funnel stages · Match the format · Check

  • Lesson 3: Storytelling and one voice across platforms · 7 min

    A simple story shape · Same message, three platforms · Check

  • Lesson 4: Building an editorial calendar · 7 min

    What goes in a calendar · Fix the calendar · Capacity check

  • Lesson 5: Workflow, approvals, sensitive moments and measures · 7 min

    A simple workflow · Planned post, sensitive news · Match the measure

  • Lesson 6: Plan four weeks and ask for help · 5 min

    Your next steps · Practice

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Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At onboarding for content staff, at the start of each quarterly planning cycle, and when a team takes on a new channel.

Content marketers, editors, and blog and brand team members.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Help contact
  • Policy link
  • Escalation route
  • The brand voice and style guidance, with image and music permissions
  • Who approves content and by when
  • Next course link
  • LMS or record system
  • Course URL
  • Live session URL
Then edit anything else you like: wording, scenarios, your logo.
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