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Posting calendar: before and after a content mix
Five real weekly calendars, across five different small businesses, showing what changes when one repeated post type is replaced with a planned mix — plus the four habits behind every one of them. No signup required; use it to plan your own week if you'd rather do it yourself.
Coffee shop
Before: one post type all week
- Mon: 10% off lattes this week
- Tue: Try our new seasonal drink
- Wed: Loyalty card = free coffee
- Thu: Ask about our pastry deal
- Fri: Weekend hours reminder
After: a planned mix
- Mon: How we choose the beans we roast
- Tue: 10% off lattes this week
- Wed: Behind the counter during the morning rush
- Thu: Which milk do you default to — ask the followers
- Fri: Weekend hours reminder
Why it works: Five offer-shaped posts in a row trains people to scroll past as soon as they recognise the pattern. Moving three of the five slots to a story, a glimpse behind the counter and a question leaves the one offer post room to actually land.
Hair salon
Before: one post type all week
- Mon: Book your cut today
- Tue: Colour appointments available
- Wed: Gift cards on sale
- Thu: New client discount
- Fri: Book your weekend slot now
After: a planned mix
- Mon: A before-and-after from this week's chair
- Tue: New client discount
- Wed: What to ask for if you want "low maintenance"
- Thu: Which cut are you considering for autumn? — poll
- Fri: Book your weekend slot now
Why it works: A client deciding whether to book wants to see the work and get a reason to trust the salon, not five separate asks to book. The before-and-after and the poll do that; the two booking posts still get their slots.
Plant nursery
Before: one post type all week
- Mon: Succulents 2-for-1
- Tue: New shipment just arrived
- Wed: Spring bulbs on sale
- Thu: Visit us this weekend
- Fri: Last chance for the sale
After: a planned mix
- Mon: The one mistake that kills most new houseplants
- Tue: Succulents 2-for-1
- Wed: A customer's plant shelf, three months in
- Thu: What's struggling on your windowsill right now? — ask the followers
- Fri: Last chance for the sale
Why it works: Plant buyers often hesitate because they're worried about killing the plant, not because they haven't heard about the sale twice. A care tip and a real customer result address that hesitation directly.
Mobile car detailing
Before: one post type all week
- Mon: Book your detail this week
- Tue: Interior + exterior package
- Wed: Gift certificates available
- Thu: Limited slots this weekend
- Fri: Book before the weekend
After: a planned mix
- Mon: What "ceramic coating" actually protects against
- Tue: Interior + exterior package
- Wed: A van, before and after today's job
- Thu: Limited slots this weekend
- Fri: Which part of the car do people neglect most? — ask the followers
Why it works: A mobile service lives or dies on trust, since the customer is handing over their car and their driveway. A plain explainer and a visible before-and-after do more for that trust than a fourth booking prompt.
Children's tutoring service
Before: one post type all week
- Mon: Enroll for this term
- Tue: Spots filling for after-school slots
- Wed: Ask about our math program
- Thu: Parent info session this week
- Fri: Last chance to enroll
After: a planned mix
- Mon: A simple way to practice times tables in the car
- Tue: Spots filling for after-school slots
- Wed: What one of our tutors wishes more parents knew
- Thu: What subject is your kid dreading right now? — ask the followers
- Fri: Parent info session this week
Why it works: Parents follow a tutoring page for reassurance and usable tips as much as for enrollment news. A practical tip and a tutor's perspective give them a reason to keep following between terms, not just during sign-up weeks.
The four habits behind every calendar above
No post type more than twice in one week
If every slot is an offer or a booking prompt, the mix is gone before the week starts. Spread tips, behind-the-scenes and questions across the same five or six slots instead.
Earn attention before asking for the sale
A tip, a question or a real result gives someone a reason to stop scrolling. Save the direct offer for after that, not as the opening move every single day.
Put one genuine question in every week
A post that asks something real — not a disguised sales pitch — is often the one that gets replies, and replies are what a feed algorithm and a human both notice.
Keep the calendar's logic honest to the business
The mix should reflect what the business actually has to show — a real job, a real question staff get asked — not an invented statistic or a result nobody has measured yet.
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