A well thought out editorial calendar can help you keep focus on your blog’s mission and larger goals. Since I mentioned the necessity of an ed calendar, I’ve gotten a few puzzled tweets and emails asking me for an example.

I prefer to handwrite my blogging plan. It feels much more personal, but while preparing to share my personal editorial calendar with you guys, I realized my content planning needed an upgrade.

I put together this editorial calendar template that you can complete online or download as a PDF.

Plan up to four weeks of content at a time. Put it to good use!

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Kimberly N. Foster is the founder of Black Girls Blogging and Editor of For Harriet. Email or Tweet her.

Don’t get it twisted. Great content is the key to successful blog. Without it you’ll get lost in the crowd. Many bloggers fall victim to their own disorganization as they try to lure readers with compelling blog posts. Create a content plan, and hopefully you’ll never have to scramble for a blog idea again.

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These are just a few things I’ve learned during the 5 or 6 years I’ve spent building blogs. My site is nowhere near “massively popular,” but it’s much more successful than I thought it would be nearly two years ago.

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