Composting Service
Marketing Plan

This pre-written plan gives ready-made marketing copy, task lists, and timelines you can edit in Excel. It saves hours of prep and adapts to any composting service model. Swap wording, channels, or audience segments without breaking the plan.

Editable messaging for each channel

Templates for email and social

Swap audience segments instantly

Adjust campaign scope quickly

The plan uses a Gantt chart layout to show tasks over time, dependencies, and critical paths. The visual makes sequencing clear so you avoid missed steps. Zoom to weeks or months for launch or growth phases.

See task start and end dates

Visualize dependencies and overlaps

Color-coded phases for clarity

Filter by owner or channel

Includes 30+ ready marketing actions tailored to composting services: digital ads, municipal outreach, partnerships, events, and sampling. Each action has suggested duration, owner, and success metric to speed execution. Use them as-is or tweak to match your market.

Digital ads and landing pages

Community event checklist included

Municipal partnership outreach steps

Restaurant and cafe outreach templates

Every task's start date and duration are editable so you can model delays or accelerate launches. The sheet keeps logic intact so dependencies update automatically. Change a phase and downstream dates adjust themselves.

Drag to shift multiple tasks

Change duration without breaking links

Auto-adjust dependent task dates

Set campaign buffers easily

Built-in tracking shows percent complete for each task and flags overdue items. A progress dashboard summarizes weekly and campaign-level completion. Use it to spot bottlenecks and reassign work fast.

Percent-complete columns for tasks

Overdue items highlighted automatically

Campaign progress summary table

Filter to pending and blocked tasks

Assign tasks to people, set dependencies, and centralize campaign details so teams know who does what. The plan reduces overlaps and clarifies handoffs between marketing, ops, and field teams. It's made for small teams running local services.

Owner column per task

Clear handoff and dependency notes

Reduce duplicate work across teams

Assign priorities and due dates

The template uses color-coded cells, dropdowns, and protected formulas so no Excel skills are needed. Built-in instructions explain each sheet and common edits. You can run the plan without breaking formulas.

Color guides explain edits

Protected formulas prevent mistakes

Dropdowns standardize status updates

Inline instructions per sheet

Export timelines and task lists to PDF or copy to Google Sheets for easy sharing with partners and clients. Printable Gantt exports work for board decks or city permit meetings. Use the print-ready views for outreach and presentations.

PDF export for stakeholder decks

Google Sheets friendly copy option

Print-ready Gantt for meetings

Shareable single-page campaign summary

The weekly highlight view shows current-week priorities and near-term completions to keep teams focused. A simple completion guide lists next actions and sign-offs by owner. Use it for Monday standups and client updates.

Current-week priorities at top

Next-step checklist per owner

Completion markers for sign-offs

Weekly export for status emails