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How to Fill a 30-Day Content Calendar With the Ideas Deck

Swipe right to keep, left to skip. Fill a month of daily posts in one sitting, then approve as you go.

By the Next5 team · October 18, 2026 · 2 min read

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In this article+
  1. How the Ideas deck works
  2. Fill your month in 4 steps
  3. Approve as you go
  4. Campaigns: more posts on one theme
  5. Next step

In this article

  1. How the Ideas deck works
  2. Fill your month in 4 steps
  3. Approve as you go
  4. Campaigns: more posts on one theme
  5. Next step

Posting once a day is how accounts grow. Planning 30 posts is the hard part. In Next5 it takes one sitting with the Ideas deck.

How the Ideas deck works

Ideas are post ideas made for your business. Each one is built on a hook and format that already gets views in your market. You see them one at a time, like cards.

  • Like it? Swipe right. The idea is kept and made into a post.
  • Not for you? Swipe left. The idea is skipped.

Fill your month in 4 steps

  1. 1

    Open Ideas

    In your workspace, tap Ideas in the menu.

  2. 2

    Swipe through the deck

    Keep the ideas that fit your business and your buyers. Skip the rest. Need more? New ideas are written for you.

  3. 3

    Check the Calendar

    Tap Calendar. The ideas you kept are made into posts and placed on days. Tap a post to see it.

  4. 4

    Change a date if you need

    Open a post and change the posting date. Move offers near paydays or busy seasons.

Keep a good mix

Try to keep tips, mistakes, proof and offers. A month of only offers feels pushy. A month of only tips never asks for the sale. See our free 30-day content calendar for a good mix.

Approve as you go

Every post waits for your OK. Open it, check the slides, then approve. You can approve a week at a time or day by day.

Each morning, Next5 can send you an email with the posts to approve that day. One tap and you are done.

Campaigns: more posts on one theme

Want a run of posts on one topic, like a launch, a season or a new listing (coming soon, just listed, just sold)? Open Campaigns and start a new one. It is the place to make a batch of posts around one goal.

Next step

After a week or two of posts, check what worked. Read the next guide: how to read your Analytics and make more of what works.

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