[VIDEO] How to Plan Your Annual Marketing – plus Marketing Planning Calendar Template

How To Plan 2025 Marketing - Free Template Marketing Planning Calendar

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I use this one-page marketing planning calendar for myself and my clients, and you can access the same calendar in an editable spreadsheet to use for your own purposes.

Learn exactly how I use the calendar to make my online and offline marketing efforts easy to implement!

Links from in the video:

Download the marketing planning calendar spreadsheet template
Choose where to begin using our proprietary 3 by 3 Marketing Matrix training
Blog post walkthrough on how I use this marketing planning calendar
Free social media audit
Training – how to set up a basic marketing and sales funnel
Training – easy video planning method

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