Weekly social media content plan with Canva briefs — 5 posts, 5 minutes

Paste into ChatGPT or Claude:

'Build me a 5-post social media content plan for this week for my small business, with a Canva design brief for each post. I want variety — not 5 versions of the same type of post.

My business: [WHAT YOU DO]
My audience: [WHO FOLLOWS / SHOULD FOLLOW ME]
My goals for social media: [e.g. get more local customers / drive website traffic / build trust / increase bookings]
Platform: [Instagram / Facebook / LinkedIn / Pinterest — pick the main one]
My brand style: [e.g. clean and minimal / warm and earthy / bold and colorful / professional and polished]
My brand colors: [YOUR COLORS — or say "I don't have set colors"]
Anything happening this week: [PROMOTIONS, EVENTS, SEASONAL HOOKS, or "nothing specific"]

Give me 5 posts, one per type:

POST 1 — VALUE POST: Something useful my audience can save or share (tip, how-to, or insight)
POST 2 — SOCIAL PROOF: A customer testimonial, result, or before/after
POST 3 — BEHIND THE SCENES: A glimpse of how I work or what goes into my product/service
POST 4 — PROMOTIONAL: A gentle push for my product, service, or booking (not salesy)
POST 5 — PERSONALITY/STORY: Something personal or brand-voice-forward that builds connection

For each post:
- The caption (ready to post, with 3-5 relevant hashtags at the end)
- A Canva design brief: canvas size, background, font choice, what text goes where, any visual element to search for in Canva
- Best day and time to post for my content type

Keep the captions sounding like a real person, not a brand. Short paragraphs. No corporate language.'

Tip: save this output as your weekly template and change only the specifics each week — the post TYPES stay the same, only the content changes; after 4 weeks you'll have a rhythm where planning takes 15 minutes instead of hours.