{"id":36533,"date":"2021-08-11T05:52:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T05:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/act.com\/content-marketing-plan-template-download\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T03:20:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T10:20:47","slug":"content-marketing-plan-template-download","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.act.com\/en-gb\/content-marketing-plan-template-download\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Content Marketing Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"actcrm-page-banner-container standard \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.act.com\/wp-content\/themes\/act-crm\/assets\/images\/actcrm-hero-banner.jpg);\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"page-banner-row\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-banner-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1>How to Create a Content Marketing Plan<\/h1>\n<p>A free template to help you plan great content and achieve your content marketing goals <\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1748512754027{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gap=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1748504330075{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>About this template<\/h2>\n<p>Content marketing can be a powerful tool. If you do it well, producing great content can lead to more website views, more leads, and\u2014ultimately\u2014more sales for your business. If you want to stand out from all the brands that are already producing content, however, you\u2019ll need a plan.<\/p>\n<p>This template will help you create your own content marketing plan in a few easy-to-follow steps. 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