# Content Calendar Setup {% embed url="" %} Managing social media content efficiently can be exhausting. But with Blotato, you can plan your content in advance, schedule posts, and maintain a consistent online presence without having to manually post each day. In this step-by-step guide, we’ll walk you through setting up your Blotato content calendar, scheduling posts across various platforms, and troubleshooting common issues. ## Navigate to Calendar Your content calendar is the foundation of your scheduling process. It allows you to plan posts across different platforms at optimal times for engagement. * On the left-hand menu in Blotato, navigate to "Calendar". * If you’re using Blotato for the first time, you’ll see "No upcoming posts scheduled." * You’ll need to configure your slot schedule for posting.
*** ## Setup Slot Schedule ### Create Slot Schedule A schedule ensures that you have designated time slots for different platform posts. * Click on "Slot Schedule" * You will see available time slots for each social media platform. Example: *You have a LinkedIn post slot at 8:23 AM on Monday.*
### **Add New Slots** If you want to add a new posting slot: * Click "+ Add Slot" * Select the time of day and days of the week for your slot * Choose the social media platforms for this slot *** ## Enabling Slots for Different Platforms Within the slot schedule, you can click on the icons for each platform to enable slots for that platform. Enabling a slot for a platform means that at the specified time, you have an available slot for posting content to that particular platform. For instance, you can enable slots for Twitter, Threads, TikTok, and Blue Sky at a specific time on a particular day. This allows you to customize your posting schedule according to your content strategy and target audience for each platform
*** ## Schedule Post Now that your calendar is ready, let’s schedule a post: * Go to the "Remix" screen * Click "Schedule" * Select "Next Free Slot" * Blotato displays your next free slot for the platform, such as *"Sunday 8:23 a.m. for LinkedIn"* * Confirm your choice to schedule the post for that time. Once scheduled, you can review all your posts in "Upcoming Posts" screen. *** ## Managing Scheduled Posts You can easily view, edit, and delete scheduled posts. "Upcoming Posts" shows all your scheduled content. ### Edit Scheduled Post To edit a scheduled post, simply click on the post. You will be able to make text-based edits.
### Reschedule Scheduled Post You can reschedule a post directly from your Calendar. From Upcoming Posts: 2. Click the three-dot menu on the post 3. Click "Reschedule" 4. Pick a new date and time in the modal 5. Click "Save" From Calendar (BETA): 2. Click on the scheduled post 3. Click "Reschedule" 4. Pick a new date and time in the modal 5. Click "Save" ### Move Scheduled Post Back to Drafts To move a scheduled post back to drafts: 1. Select the upcoming post 2. Click the three-dot menu on the right 3. Click "Move to Drafts" This brings the post back to the Remix screen where you can change its media or keep working on it before publishing. ### Delete Scheduled Post Click "Delete" to delete a scheduled post. To delete multiple posts at once, select the posts you want to remove in the "Upcoming Posts" list, then click the red bulk delete button at the bottom of the screen. ### Delete an Already-Published Post Once a post is on the social platform, Blotato can no longer remove it. Open the social platform directly and delete the post there. **TikTok exception**: do NOT delete posts on TikTok. Instead, change the post's privacy to "Private" to hide it. Deleting hurts your TikTok account's algorithm; hiding preserves account health. See [TikTok Best Practices](/platforms/tiktok/best-practices-playbook.md#your-main-account). ### Posted to the Wrong Account? If Blotato published to a different connected account than you intended: 1. Delete (or hide, on TikTok) the post on the social platform itself — Blotato cannot remove already-published posts. 2. Go to **Settings → Social Accounts** to verify which account is currently connected to each platform. 3. To prevent recurrence, see [Connecting to the wrong account?](/support/faqs.md#how-do-i-connect-a-second-social-account-connecting-to-the-wrong-account). *** ## Viewing Published Posts To view all of the posts you've published, go to the "Published Posts" screen in the left sidebar menu. You can filter by platform, or search by keywords:
*** ## Troubleshooting Posts that Failed to Publish If a post fails to publish, go to the "Failed Posts" screen. Each failed post will display error details explaining why it didn’t get published.
The most common reasons for posts failing to publish are:: 1. **Expired Social Media Account Connection** * Social platforms require you to reintegrate 3rd-party apps periodically for security * Go to "Settings" → click "Login with \" to reconnect the platform 2. **Unsupported Media Size** * Ensure that your images and videos meet a platform's specifications. * Example: If you try to post a non-standard video size to Tiktok, it will likely fail, whereas the 9:16 vertical format is a standard accepted aspect ratio. * To fix this, ensure your images or videos match the platform’s preferred aspect ratios. Upload a correctly formatted media file and reschedule the post. After fixing the issue, click "Move to Drafts" to bring the post back to your Remix screen, so you can try to publish it again.
*** By following these steps, you can efficiently organize and schedule content using Blotato. With a well-planned content calendar, scheduled posts, and the ability to troubleshoot failed posts, maintaining an active social media presence becomes much easier. > :bulb:Pro tip! Spend a few hours each week to batch-create posts and schedule them in advance. This will keep your content strategy consistent and free up your time for other important tasks. *** ## Manage Your Calendar via API You can manage your entire content calendar programmatically -- list, update, reschedule, and delete scheduled posts, and configure recurring time slots. * [Scheduled Posts API](/api/schedules.md) -- list, update, and delete scheduled posts * [Schedule Slots API](/api/schedule-slots.md) -- create and manage recurring time slots * [Calendar Management Recipes](/api/workflows.md) -- pseudocode and examples --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://help.blotato.com/start/calendar.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.