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Content Batch Planner — Free Printable 2-Page Template

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Posting daily means making one post every day, and making one post every day means starting from zero every day. Batching moves the making into one session: you sit down once, produce several posts in a row, and the rest of the week draws from that pile. This content batch planner is the paper for that session. Page 1 is a 10-row batch content calendar: content idea, format, the day you plan to make it, and whether the piece gets shot or written. Page 2 is the batch-day checklist, six ruled lines for captured ideas, and four opinions about batching that you can take or leave.

The sheet ends where the week begins. Once the batch is made, the social media post planner schedules those posts across seven days, and the monthly content calendar template carries the plan across twelve weeks.

Page 1: the batch planning table

Batch content calendar

#Content ideaFormatBatch day (circle one)Shoot or write (circle one)
1write-inwrite-inMon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sunshoot / write
2write-inwrite-inMon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sunshoot / write
3write-inwrite-inMon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sunshoot / write
4write-inwrite-inMon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sunshoot / write
5write-inwrite-inMon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sunshoot / write
6write-inwrite-inMon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sunshoot / write
7write-inwrite-inMon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sunshoot / write
8write-inwrite-inMon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sunshoot / write
9write-inwrite-inMon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sunshoot / write
10write-inwrite-inMon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sunshoot / write

Format is the shape, not the topic: announcement, quote card, stat card, poll, behind-the-scenes. Circle the batch day when the row is planned and re-circle if it moves. Shoot covers anything with a camera (video, photos); write covers text-only posts. Ctrl+P (or Cmd+P) prints both pages.

Page 2: the batch-day checklist and ideas bank

Batch-day checklist

Prep. Formats picked for every row, numbers and screenshots collected in one folder.

Make piece 1 of 3. Film, shoot, or write it start to finish before touching the next row.

Make piece 2 of 3.

Make piece 3 of 3.

Edit pass 1. Text checked, numbers double-checked, links open.

Edit pass 2, then schedule. Final look at each piece, then queue or schedule all of them before closing the folder.

Six boxes, one session. The last box is the one that decides whether the batch was real: finished posts that never get scheduled stay in the folder.

Ideas bank

Six lines for post ideas that show up mid-week, when making them is not the job. On the next batch day they become rows on page 1. Capture now, make later.

4 opinion tips for a content batch planner

Opinions, labeled as such. These held up for us; take or leave:

  1. Batch by format, not by topic. (Opinion.) Five quote cards in a row share one mental mode, so pieces two through five go faster than piece one. Five posts on one topic in five formats pay the switching cost on every row.
  2. Make only what the calendar will hold. (Opinion.) A batch twice the size of a week's posting slots turns into finished files nobody schedules. Ten rows is the sheet's cap for a reason.
  3. Capture ideas during the week, produce on batch day. (Opinion.) The ideas bank exists so a Tuesday idea survives to the weekend. Deciding and making in the same session doubles how long the session takes.
  4. Do both edit passes the same day. (Opinion.) A batch left overnight unedited tends to still be unedited next week. Same-day editing keeps "done" honest.

What this page is

A planning sheet. It lays out what gets made, in which format, on which day, and it tracks the batch-day steps. It predicts nothing: there is no claim here about what batching does for reach, engagement, or follower counts, and no guidance about how any platform ranks or distributes content. Platforms decide distribution; the sheet only records what you made and what you scheduled.

From the product's README (verbatim)

The paid product behind this sheet is the production step: finished post designs, so a batch means filling in placeholders instead of designing from zero. From its README:

"40 social media templates for web3 projects. Post them as-is or overlay your own text. Dark theme, three accent colors, placeholders marked with [brackets]."

"All files are deterministic renders (no AI image generation), so text is crisp at full size."

"Personal and commercial use, including client work. You may edit the templates freely and post the results anywhere. Do not resell or redistribute the pack or any image as-is. Attribution not required."

Want the posts pre-made?

The blank sheet above is the structure. If you'd rather skip the design work on batch day, the Social Pack ships 40 finished templates: 30 square PNGs (1080×1080, sized for Instagram, X, and LinkedIn feeds) and 10 wide link cards (1200×675), dark theme, with [bracket] placeholders ready to type over.

Get 40 Social Media Templates for Web3 Projects — →

one-time · 30 square PNGs + 10 wide link cards · personal + commercial license · checkout on Getly

Also on this site: the social media post planner for the weekly schedule, the monthly content calendar template, and the full catalog.