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Athenous Templates

Free social media post templates for a real week

Each template is a situation, a line for when to use it, and a draft with brackets. Use it for LinkedIn, Instagram, X, or an ad, then open it in Athenous Post.

  • 30+use-case posts
  • 7categories
  • 1workspace

Social post templates, ad copy, and campaign starters

Use a LinkedIn post when the week was quiet, an Instagram caption when the photo is the proof, or ad copy when you need a headline, a body, and a button. Campaign, automation, and analytics starters are in the same library.

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The line under each title is when to use it.

Content

The week nothing shipped

For a week where the work stayed open and a launch post would be a lie.

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Content

A take you would defend

When you keep saying the same thing in meetings and have never posted it.

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Content

Say the price out loud

When people keep asking what it costs and the post should answer first.

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Content

Show the work halfway done

For a build, campaign, or redesign that is not ready to announce.

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Post & Ad

Name the weekly pain

For an ad aimed at people who already do the job by hand.

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Post & Ad

Say the discount and the end

When the offer has a price and a date you will honor.

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Post & Ad

The draft they left open

When they started a post, a trial, or a cart and stopped.

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Post & Ad

One customer, one number

When you have a result and the post should keep the constraint.

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Creatives

Show the work, not the slogan

When the ad should name a weekly task people already recognize.

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Campaigns

Product launch

Objective, messaging pillars, and channel checklist.

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Campaigns

Lead generation

Funnel brief for gated content and CRM handoff.

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Campaigns

Brand awareness

Reach-first framing with creative angles and measurement.

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Campaigns

Retargeting

Warm-audience flight for site visitors and engagers.

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Automation

Spend spike → Pause + Slack

Watch spend and notify before budgets burn.

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Automation

ROAS drop → Notify team

Alert when return dips—route to Slack or email.

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Automation

Weekly report

Scheduled digest of posts and campaign highlights.

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Automation

Post failed → Notify

Catch publish failures so the calendar stays on track.

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Analytics

Attribution

Lab preset for channel contribution and conversion paths.

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Lab

Saved Lab presets

Reuse winning prompts and tool configs without starting over.

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In the product

Fill the brackets, then create the post

Open a situation in Templates. Replace each bracket with this week, then send the draft to Athenous Post. Lab can write more from the same situation.

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Athenous social media template library with a content draft and Create post

Three steps to this week’s post

Pick the situation that matches the week, then edit the draft.

  1. Pick the week Choose the situation: a quiet week, a price, a take, a customer number.
  2. Fill the brackets Replace each bracket with a detail from this week. Leave the structure.
  3. Create the post Open the draft in Athenous Post, or ask Lab for more variations.

Questions about these social media templates

Are these social media templates free?

Yes. You can browse every template on this page. Opening a draft in Athenous is included with your workspace.

Do you have LinkedIn and Instagram post templates?

Yes. The library includes LinkedIn posts, Instagram captions, a short thread, and a 30-second clip. Each one is a situation with a draft you edit.

Can I use a template for an ad?

Yes. Post and Ad templates include a headline, a caption, and a full creative with a button. Open one in Athenous Post or save it to Creative Library.

How do I use a template?

Open the template, replace each bracket with a detail from this week, then create the post. Use in Lab writes more variations from the same situation.

Can I save my own templates?

Yes. Save Lab prompts as presets and keep post or ad drafts in Templates for your team.

What goes in the brackets?

A real detail from this week: the thing you did not ship, the price, the customer's constraint, the number. The sentences around the brackets stay.

Open the full library

Search the situation, fill the brackets, and create the post.