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Generate Content Ideas with AI

Later’s AI-powered Ideas tool generates unique, on-brand content ideas for your social media profiles. First, generate content pillars (core themes) based on a description of your brand in your own words. Then, you can generate specific, actionable ideas within each pillar.

Important:

  • Ideas is a beta feature Learn more
  • Ideas is available on current paid plans on desktop (not available on mobile)
  • When you generate content ideas within a pillar, 1 credit will generate 3 ideas at once
    • Generating content pillars does not cost credits
    Tip: Your first 3 content ideas in one pillar are on us—no credits required!

Generate Content Pillars

Before generating specific content ideas, you’ll need to generate content pillars. A pillar is a core theme or topic that your brand consistently posts about. Content ideas are related to and generated within an overarching content pillar.

Generating (and re-generating) content pillars does not cost any credits. To generate your pillars:

  1. From app.later.com on desktop, click Ideas in the left sidebar
  2. Under Describe Your Brand, enter a short description of your brand or business
    • This description will be used to generate your content pillars
  3. Click Generate Ideas →
    • Once your pillars have generated, you’ll see them laid out as 5 columns
    • Your first 3 content ideas will automatically be added to the first pillar for free
    Note: It might take several moments for AI to finish generating your pillars.
  4. [Optional] To rename a pillar, click Edit to the left of the pillar name > type the new name > click Save

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Regenerating Pillars

You can regenerate your content pillars individually at any time, no credits required:

  1. Click Edit to the left of the pillar name
  2. Click Regenerate

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Tip: Renaming or regenerating a pillar will not affect or remove any ideas previously generated or manually added to it.

Update Brand Description

You can also edit or update your brand description at any time:

  1. Click Edit next to your current brand description at the top of the Ideas page
  2. Enter a new brand description between 3-200 characters
  3. Click Save

After editing your brand description, your existing ideas and pillars won't be updated; however, you'll be able to regenerate your pillars based on the new description, if desired.

Generate Content Ideas

Once you’ve generated your pillars (see above), you’re ready to generate ideas within them! Here’s how:

Note: When you generate content ideas within a pillar, 1 credit will generate 3 ideas at once. You can see how many credits you have remaining for this month in the top right corner of the screen.
  1. From app.later.com on desktop, click Ideas in the left sidebar
  2. Under the pillar of your choice, click Generate new ideas (1 credit)
    • If you already have ideas in the pillar, they won’t be removed
    Note: It might take several moments for AI to finish generating your ideas.
  3. To edit an idea, click on it > make your changes > click Save
  4. To remove an idea, click the trash icon > Delete Idea
    • Deleted ideas can’t be recovered
Tip: See an idea you like? Click Use Idea and then Create Draft Post to turn it into a draft post where the idea is used as the caption, or Copy Idea to paste it into Calendar Note (or anywhere else you want!).

Add Your Own Ideas

You can also add ideas manually. Manually-added ideas do not cost credits and won’t be removed even if you generate new ones in the same pillar. Here’s how:

  1. Under the pillar of your choice, click Add your own idea
  2. Type in your idea
  3. Click Save (or X to cancel)

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About Credits

Note: Credits for both Ideas and Caption Writer come from the same pool.

Every time you successfully generate Ideas, you will get 3 ideas for 1 credit. You can’t generate ideas if you don’t have any credits. Learn more about credits

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