This view is why I switched from using a spreadsheet in Google Docs to using Airtable for managing my blog content. The next view that I really like is the calendar view. Or you can change the existing filter to focus on posts to write, or published content. You can have as many filters as you want.
You simply have to expand the records + scroll to the hidden field section. If the field is hidden, you can still change it. But the reason I keep it visible is because when I work on something then I can easily change the status. If you want you can choose to hide the status field since it’s filtering by the status already. If I have an editor, that means I need to send them off for edits. Specifically it’s showing anything with a status of “Draft” so that I know these specific blog posts need to be edited. “Content to edit” is another grid view that is filtering all of the entries by status. Within the views drop-down, I have three additional views to look at. You might be like “this isn’t much different than a spreadsheet, why are we doing it this way?” Well the magic is in views. Starting with the spreadsheet view, or as Airtable calls it a grid view, you see simply the columns with the content in them. I kept this pretty simple because what it’s about is organizing your blog post within a calendar view - that’s what makes it an editorial calendar. The publish on column is a date field, which is important to note. In the research column, I can put anything I might find valuable as I’m planning out blog posts. The fields or columns that I think are essential to using this editorial calendar for blog content are the post title, publish date, category, status of the blog post, and then an area for research. Or you can have it all live in this same tab or table.
For example, Instagram, Facebook, newsletters, that sort of thing. One thing that you can do is add additional tabs (or tables) to manage the different types of content. I only have one tab in this base + the “blog content” tab. And then you can expand on it as you get more comfortable with Airtable. But know that my editorial calendar has evolved quite a bit now that I manage my social media posts in there as well.įor this base, I wanted to stick with the essentials to get you started. This sample editorial calendar that I’ve created in Airtable is based off of how I started to manage blog content for tiny blue orange. Grab a copy of this Airtable editorial calendar base.
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