Create a practical social media content strategy for the business or creator below. Build for the audience’s real information needs and the team’s capacity, not for posting volume alone. Do not assume a platform is useful simply because it is popular. Inputs - Business, offer, and evidence of value: [BUSINESS AND OFFER] - Primary audience, their context, and objections: [AUDIENCE] - Business goal and the action social content should support: [GOAL AND CONVERSION ACTION] - Current channels, performance evidence, and owned assets: [CURRENT CHANNELS AND ASSETS] - Team capacity, voice, constraints, and time horizon: [CAPACITY AND CONSTRAINTS] Start with a short diagnosis: audience job, buying stage, content gap, and the one measurable role social should play. Recommend no more than three platforms, assigning each a distinct role based on the supplied audience and assets. If evidence is insufficient, label the platform choice as a hypothesis. Then provide: 1. Three to five content pillars, each with audience need, proof source, recurring formats, and a “do not post” boundary. 2. A four-week editorial calendar with 3–5 posts per week total, naming platform, format, working topic, hook angle, source material, desired action, and production owner. 3. A repurposing workflow that turns one substantive source into channel-native posts without merely copying it. 4. A measurement plan with one primary metric, two leading indicators, a baseline to collect, review cadence, and decisions triggered by weak or strong results. 5. A community and reply guideline that identifies when to answer publicly, move to direct messages, or route a question to a human. Use only claims, testimonials, results, and customer stories supplied in my inputs. Do not promise reach, follower growth, or revenue. Before answering, check that every proposed post maps to a pillar and a stated audience need, and that the posting cadence fits my capacity. Ask up to 3 clarifying questions only if a required input is missing.
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| Placeholder | What to enter | Example |
|---|---|---|
| [BUSINESS AND OFFER] | Describe what you sell, who buys it, and any evidence or proof you can responsibly use. | A bookkeeping firm serving independent creative agencies; monthly bookkeeping, cash-flow reporting, and quarterly tax coordination; can use anonymized workflow examples but no client names. |
| [AUDIENCE] | Describe the primary audience, their work or life context, needs, and objections. | US agency owners with 5–25 employees who understand creative work but avoid financial admin and worry about uneven cash flow. |
| [GOAL AND CONVERSION ACTION] | State the business goal and the specific action content should encourage. | Generate qualified discovery calls from agency owners; action is booking a 20-minute fit call. |
| [CURRENT CHANNELS AND ASSETS] | List existing accounts, performance observations, source material, and content assets. | LinkedIn company page, founder LinkedIn profile, and Instagram; a monthly cash-flow newsletter, three webinar recordings, and common client questions; LinkedIn founder posts get the most replies. |
| [CAPACITY AND CONSTRAINTS] | State available people, hours, brand voice, approval rules, and strategy time horizon. | Founder has 90 minutes weekly; marketer has four hours weekly; calm and candid voice; client data requires review; plan for 90 days. |
How to use
- Use evidence from your current channels and sales conversations, including weak results, instead of asking AI to infer performance.
- Choose fewer platforms than the prompt recommends if no one can reliably produce native content for them.
- Turn the calendar into assignments with source links and approvals before committing to a publishing cadence.
- Follow up with: “Expand week one into final post drafts, each using only the listed source material and preserving our voice rules.”
Variations
Launch campaign
Use this for a defined product, feature, or event launch.
Plan a [TIMEFRAME] social launch campaign for [OFFER] aimed at [AUDIENCE]. The conversion action is [ACTION], and available proof, assets, and launch facts are [MATERIALS]. Create a phased plan for pre-launch, launch, and follow-through across [PLATFORMS]. For each post, specify purpose, format, key message, source evidence, CTA, and owner. Include an FAQ and comment-response guardrails. Do not invent testimonials, scarcity, outcomes, partnerships, or launch dates. Check that every claim is supported and that content does not reveal confidential information.
Founder-led LinkedIn
Use this when a founder is the primary voice and has limited time.
Create a 30-day founder-led LinkedIn strategy for [FOUNDER] at [COMPANY]. The target reader is [AUDIENCE], the business goal is [GOAL], and the founder can contribute [CAPACITY]. Use these real experiences and evidence: [SOURCE MATERIAL]. Define 3 content themes and create 12 post briefs with hook, point of view, supporting detail, conversation prompt, and repurposing source. Avoid ghostwritten-sounding declarations, generic lessons, fabricated metrics, and engagement bait. Check that each brief could only credibly come from this founder’s supplied experience.
Content audit
Use this before building a new strategy for existing accounts.
Audit this social content and performance summary: [CONTENT AND DATA]. The business is [BUSINESS], audience is [AUDIENCE], and desired action is [ACTION]. Create a concise audit covering audience fit, message consistency, formats, proof quality, conversion path, and operational constraints. Separate observed facts from hypotheses. Identify five keep/change/stop decisions, then propose a four-week test plan with post concepts, success measures, and learning questions. Do not infer platform analytics or audience sentiment beyond the supplied material. Check that each recommendation responds to a stated observation.
Tips
- Assign each platform a job, such as discovery, trust-building, or customer education; duplicating every post everywhere makes measurement and production weaker.
- Build pillars from questions customers already ask before they buy, not only from product features or company announcements.
- Keep a source library of sales calls, support questions, demos, and subject-matter notes so every post has evidence behind it.
- Measure the action closest to the business goal alongside reach; saves, replies, profile visits, and qualified calls reveal different stages of intent.
FAQ
How many social platforms should a small business use?
Usually one or two well-supported channels are more useful than maintaining many inactive accounts. Add another only when you have a clear audience reason and repeatable source material.
How often should we post?
Choose a cadence that leaves time to make useful posts and respond to people. Consistency matters less than sustaining a credible format and learning from results.
Can AI create a full social media strategy from scratch?
It can organize a plan, but its recommendations improve sharply when you provide audience research, existing performance, capacity, and real proof.