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.

What to Know Before Generating Content Ideas with AI 

• Ideas is a beta feature. See About Later's Betas to learn more.
• Ideas is available only for current paid plans on desktop. 
• When you generate content ideas within a pillar, 1 credit will generate 3 ideas at once. Generating content pillars does not cost credits. 

Watch the following tutorial to learn more about using AI to generate content ideas in Later: 

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

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

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:

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

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)

About Credits

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