How to Plan a Website Content Calendar for a Small Business

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1. Step 1: Collect topics
2. Step 2: Map topics to services
3. Step 3: Choose content types
4. Step 4: Set a realistic schedule
5. Step 5: Write, publish, promote
6. Step 6: Refresh old content
7. Measure

Consistent, useful content helps your website rank and gives customers reasons to trust you. A content calendar turns "we should post something" into a simple, realistic plan.

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Step 1: Collect topics

• Questions customers ask on calls, WhatsApp and email
• Objections before they buy: price, timing, process, alternatives
• Search Console queries that already bring impressions
• Seasonal topics; see seasonal campaigns
• Case studies of recent projects

Step 2: Map topics to services

Every article should connect to something you sell. Group topics into clusters around each main service, and link each article to that service page. See internal linking explained.

Step 3: Choose content types

• How-to guides and checklists
• Comparisons (X vs Y)
• Cost and timeline guides
• Case studies and project stories
• FAQs and myth-busting articles

Step 4: Set a realistic schedule

Consistency beats bursts. Two good articles a month that you keep up for a year beat twenty in one week followed by silence. Put dates, topics, target service page and owner in a simple spreadsheet.

Step 5: Write, publish, promote

1. Write from real knowledge and examples
2. Run through the on-page SEO checklist
3. Share on LinkedIn, WhatsApp and your newsletter
4. Link to it from related older pages

Get more mileage from each post by repurposing it for social media.

Step 6: Refresh old content

Every quarter, update your best-performing and outdated articles: new information, better examples, fresh internal links and updated dates. Refreshing often delivers more than publishing new posts.

Detailed process: how to update old blog posts.

Measure

Track which articles bring traffic, enquiries and links, and write more like them. See analytics metrics that matter.