Great beginnings start with a single idea!
Juggling multiple ideas at the same time?
Fine! Because with Planly's Saved Ideas feature, you can jot down your crazy ideas and come back to them anytime you want.
Creative flow can start anytime. So you need to be present to welcome any ideas and save them for later. We made the saved ideas tab just for this.
What is the Saved ideas feature?
The Saved ideas feature lets you create a digital idea store with the help of the AI Content Assistant results or of yours. Ask AI questions and click the Save icon to collect your favorite AI-generated results.
Or, jot down your ideas and never miss a single creative spot ever again. You can add a title, relevant tags & star to easily find them anytime you need.
Note: The Saved Ideas feature is available for all free and premium users. We rolled this feature together with the AI Content Assistant to help you save your favorite AI results and also write ideas of your own. Depending on the course of AI Content Assistant credits, we may change the availability of the Saved ideas feature among plans. For now, you can enjoy this feature as much as you want.
Why use the Saved ideas feature?
As a Content Writer, I juggle different editors to write, edit, save, and share posts all the time. The Saved ideas feature saves you from running back and forth between different tools and gathering all of your social media assets in a single place.
Jot down your ideas anytime creative flow finds you. Add media files and select the social channels you want to schedule posts.
What is the difference between the draft posts and Ideas?
That's great you asked! Drafts are social media posts that you plan for a particular social channel. While preparing draft posts you select at least one social channel, set an approximate time and date on the calendar, and maybe add media. Once you are ready, you just click the schedule button and finish it.
Also, draft posts are directly visible on your team's calendar. You can see your draft posts next to the scheduled and published posts on your calendar.
On the other hand, ideas are to save your thoughts as they are. You do not need to select any social channel to use this feature. You can always visit to your ideas and use them to schedule posts. Also, you can schedule the after you write them.
Compared to draft posts, saved ideas are not visible on your team's calendar. You can only find them via Resources > Saved Ideas tab. Another major difference between draft posts and saved ideas is you can ask AI your questions and save the results in the Saved ideas tab.
What are the similarities between the Drafts and Saved ideas?
Just like drafts, schedules, and media files, Saved ideas belong to teams. You can create as many ideas as you want in a single team and only access that in that team's Resources section.
Although, AI limits are distributed based on the plan of the account owner, ideas belong to teams. When you use AI Content Assistant while generating an idea, you will use your AI credits. You can always see your AI Content Assistant credits underneath the Generate button.
So, how to
How to create ideas in Planly?
- Head to Resources > Saved ideas tab in your team's calendar
- Click the Generate idea button at the right-top of the screen
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On the idea composer, write your idea and add title
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From the Manage tags section, create or add relevant tags to easily find them
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You can also star your favorite ideas to make them more visibly findable
If you want to benefit from the power of AI, you can simply click the Ask AI.
- Enter your prompt in the text area. On the right-top corner, click on the adjust icon.
- Choose your preferred tone of voice
- Enable emoji and hashtags if oyu want
- Enter the ideal word count and post count you would like AI to generate.
- Click on the Adjust icon to and click the Generate button to see results
Here are the things you can do at this point:
- Insert your favorite result by clicking on that
- Click the bookmark icon. When you click the bookmark icon, the idea will be saved to another idea composer
- Like & dislike your the ideas. At this point, this will help us to track what kind of AI-generated results users like most. This will help us to improve the quality of AI Content Assistant feature and bring more accurate results.
- Star the idea if you liked it
- Add tags to easily find them while searching
- Click the Create post button to create a post by adding media and setting time & date
- Click the Save idea button to just save the idea
Important: By default, AI will generate you results around 33 words and only 1 post count. Each time you increase your post count, the equivalent amount of AI credits will be removed from your account. Also, keep in mind that AI may generate results around the words you have given.
How to use the Saved ideas tab?
If you want to find your saved ideas or adjust them, head to the Resources > Saved ideas tab in your team's calendar
Hover over individual idea boxes to select them, start or extend their size
Click on the Filter dropdown to easily find your ideas. You can filter out by who created the idea, their tags, and stars.
If you want to delete the media, hover over the idea, select the idea boxes, and click the Delete icon.
How to create a post from the Saved ideas?
When you feel it is time to create a post out of your ideas, you can create drafts or schedule posts.
- Head to Resources > Saved ideas
- Hover over your preferred idea and click on the Extend icon
Click on the Create Post button
- On the opening composer, select the channels you want to schedule posts.
- Choose media from the library
- Click the Customize button to customize the text for each channel
If you want, you can also refer to other Saved ideas or Ask AI by clicking on the respective icons.
If you want to keep the post on as a draft just slide the Draft.
- To schedule the post, click on the Edit button.
- Select the date and time on the calendar
- Click the Apply button
- Or, click slide the Share immediately to instantly publish.
Voila!
Remember. Your ideas are valid!