How to use the beehiiv calendar

The beehiiv calendar is an integrated tool within your dashboard that simplifies scheduling, viewing, and editing your upcoming posts, ad placements, and special events. With this feature, you can efficiently plan both sponsored and non-sponsored content without relying on external tools, keeping everything organized within the beehiiv ecosystem.

In this article, we’ll cover:

• Viewing ad placements and post content on the calendar
• Editing or reviewing a post displayed on the calendar
• Accepting an ad opportunity directly from the calendar
• Adding an ad to an upcoming post

New to the Ad Network? Learn how to get started with beehiiv ads, or browse the Ad Network FAQs for answers to your questions. 

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How to view ad and post content on the calendar

1. From the top navigation bar in your account, click the calendar icon.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. The calendar will display all your beehiiv content alongside any upcoming ad opportunities. Posts and ads scheduled to run will feature a yellow ‘Scheduled’ tag for quick identification.

• Posts: Scheduled posts are pink with a white background, and once published, their background changes to a shaded color.
• Ad Opportunities: Ads yet to be scheduled are purple with a white background. Once an ad is accepted, the background will be shaded to indicate it’s confirmed to run.
  
  
  
  
  
  

3. Clicking on any calendar item opens its details, where you can:

• Ads: Review details of accepted or available ad opportunities.
• Posts: View the post’s scheduled date, author(s), subject line, preview text, and platforms it will be published on (email, web, or both).
  
  
  

3. Once a post is published, its tag turns to green and updates to ‘Published’, and the date updates to reflect ‘Published on [date]. Ads are added upon being accepted or scheduled.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. To reset the calendar view to the current month, click the Today button.
   
   
   

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How to edit or view a post on the calendar

1. Click on the post directly from the calendar. You’ll be presented with the post details and options to View details or Edit post.
   
   
   
   
   
   Alternatively, you can select a post from the Upcoming Monthly panel on the right side of the calendar view.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. To make edits to your post, click Edit Post and you’ll be taken to the Post Builder where you can make changes to the content.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. To see more information about your post, click View Details to be taken to the Post Overview page, where you can see additional details about the post.
   
   
   

 

How to manage ads on the calendar

Accepting an ad opportunity

1. From your calendar, click on an ad opportunity to open its details.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Select View opportunity to review the ad offer and proceed with accepting it.

Adding an accepted an ad to a post

3. Once you’ve accepted an ad, locate it on the calendar and click on it.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Click Add to post to automatically insert the ad into a new post. You can then build the rest of your newsletter around the ad placement