According to a SurveyMonkey study, a notable 45% of marketers are leveraging AI to brainstorm content ideas. This statistic highlights the growing reliance on AI to enhance creativity and streamline the content ideation process.
Imagine being able to generate a full year’s worth of marketing ideas in just 30 minutes.
With the help of AI, this isn’t just a possibility—it’s a reality. In this blog post, we’ll show you how.
Why Use AI For Marketing Planning?
You may be skeptical. Why use AI to plan your marketing if you have a designated team to do so?
AI tools can quickly analyze market trends, audience preferences, and historical data to produce a plethora of innovative content ideas, allowing you to maintain a steady flow of engaging and relevant material throughout the year. Meanwhile, the stress is low and the productivity is high.
Most importantly – your team is integral to the success of using AI, too! It only works with the right prompts, strategy, and inputs.
Here’s a few reasons why AI can help a team of one or a team of 10.
Time Efficiency
AI-powered tools can significantly reduce the time required to generate marketing ideas, transforming a process that once took days or weeks into mere minutes.
This increased efficiency allows you, or the rest of your team to allocate more time to strategic planning and execution.
Consistency
AI ensures a consistent flow of creative ideas throughout the year, eliminating the common issue of idea droughts.
By pre-planning ideas for the year with AI, you can consistently maintain a steady stream of engaging content, keeping your audience continually interested and engaged. Each post bettering your following and building credibility.
Data-Driven Insights
AI’s ability to analyze vast amounts of data leads you to uncover trends and provide insights that inform your marketing strategies.
By leveraging these data-driven insights, you can create more effective and targeted campaigns that resonate with your audience.
Scalability
As your business grows, AI-powered marketing tools can easily scale to meet your expanding needs.
Whether you’re increasing your content output or targeting new markets, AI can adapt and support your growth without compromising on quality or efficiency.
Each and every one of these advantages highlight how AI can transform marketing planning, making it more efficient, consistent, and effective in driving business growth.
Not to mention, moving quicker in the marketing world and beating your competitors to the punch, when it matters most.
What Tools Should I Use To Brainstorm Marketing Ideas?
So, where do you start?
Let’s begin with 3 Grade-A tools to ease AI into your process and boost engagement.
#1 ChatGPT
ChatGPT is no stranger to the marketing world. But many marketers have yet to challenge the vastness of its capabilities.
ChatGPT is a versatile tool that can generate marketing ideas using prompts. You can ask the chat specific questions or provide it with context to get creative suggestions for your campaigns.
Its ability to understand and respond to natural language makes it an excellent resource for brainstorming. Undertaking big tasks that require very little editing, makes it a recipe for success.
#2 Gemini
Gemini also requires you to create and use your own prompts to generate marketing ideas. By asking Gemini for specific types of content or themes, you can get tailored suggestions that align with your marketing goals.
This tool allows for a high degree of customization, giving you control over the ideation process. Receive great output without sacrificing your own special touch, that makes your marketing yours.
#3 Hire Mia
But what if you don’t have anything to prompt your AI bot with? Hire Mia comes with pre-existing prompts designed to help with ideation, making it easier to get started.
This AI-powered tool not only generates ideas but also integrates seamlessly with CoSchedule, allowing you to instantly schedule and add projects to your calendar for execution.
This type of integration streamlines your workflow, from brainstorming to implementation, enhancing productivity and efficiency.
Your marketing is in good hands from beginning to end.
These tools offer various features that cater to different needs and preferences, helping you efficiently brainstorm and implement marketing ideas.
Take the time to test out different tools, comparing outcomes. Remember, what works for your neighbor’s marketing, might not be the right fit for yours. And that’s okay!
Step-By-Step Guide: Create A Year’s Worth Of Marketing Ideas In 30 Minutes
1. Create your Hire Mia Account (free).
2. Fill in this prompt.
Create a year’s worth of marketing ideas for {company}. Our target audience is {insert target audience details} and the marketing goals we have for 2025 include {insert company marketing goals}.
Personalize the prompt with your own company or brand’s information, goals, and target audience.
3. Hire Mia works its magic.
4. Review the generated ideas and make any necessary adjustments.
Hire Mia will outline your objectives, target audience, KPIs, and more in a single response.
You’ll even get a year’s worth of marketing ideas to add to your Marketing Calendar right away! 
Need more ideas to fill out your Marketing Calendar? Just ask!
5. Approve and add the ideas into your CoSchedule marketing calendar.
Make changes, versions of documents, and your chats with Hire Mia visible to your entire team. 
This keeps everyone on the same page, diminishing confusion and steamrolling towards success.
Then add them to your Marketing Calendar to get a complete picture of your marketing strategy for the next year!
Bonus: Execute Your Ideas With CoSchedule Calendars
Once your ideas are on your CoSchedule Calendar, you can easily execute them by creating images, content, and social messages – right from your Calendar.
With AI Social Assistant, you can create social messages from a prompt.
Next, you can add images generated by AI.
Finally, you can automatically schedule and publish your messages at the perfect time with built-in, Best Time Scheduling, too! 
Benefits For Marketers And Agencies
Implementing Hire Mia can significantly transform your marketing workflow in almost every aspect you dreamed possible.
Saving you time, giving life to your creative ideas, and partnering with AI to ensure growth.
Time Savings: With Hire Mia, you can spend less time on the tedious task of brainstorming and more time executing your marketing strategies, allowing for increased productivity.
Improved Creativity: AI-generated ideas can inspire new and innovative concepts, giving your marketing campaigns a fresh and dynamic edge.
Consistent Output: Hire Mia ensures a steady stream of marketing initiatives throughout the year, maintaining a consistent presence and keeping your audience engaged.
Data-Driven Decisions: By basing your marketing strategy on AI-analyzed trends and performance data, you can make more informed and effective decisions.
With CoSchedule’s Hire Mia, marketers and agencies can leverage the power of AI to streamline their planning process, boost creativity, and stay ahead of the competition. This powerful tool not only enhances efficiency but also ensures that your marketing efforts are always aligned with the latest trends and audience preferences.
By embracing this innovative tool, you’re not just saving time — you’re revolutionizing your approach to marketing strategy.
Ready to transform your marketing planning? Try CoSchedule’s Hire Mia today and experience the future of AI-powered marketing ideation.
Wanting to learn more about creating a year’s worth of marketing ideas in 30 minutes? Check out our Actionable Marketing Institute Course on generating marketing ideas.
