Commonplace book
A commonplace book, the notebook people copy memorable lines into: one entry per page, the line in italic serif under a hanging quotation mark, who said it and why it was kept — a numbered page inside a double-ruled frame.
When the AI picks it
MarketiQ’s Creative Director favours the Commonplace book for posts that start a conversation or teach, when the message is a quote or a list. It is built first to start a conversation.
It reads each post’s goal and shape first, then its own words, the platform and the facts you have, and offers this template only where it fits.
Who it’s for
Any business. Nothing in it assumes what you sell, so the Director can offer it to a software company, a café or a coaching centre alike — whenever the post fits.
Platforms and sizes
| Size | Where |
|---|---|
| 4:51080 × 1350 px | Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads |
Carousel of 3–10 slides. Each size is laid out for its canvas, not cropped; the sample above is the 4:5 version.
What it needs
Only your post. It is made from your copy and your brand kit — there is nothing else to prepare.
Rules the AI follows
Word for word from the template library. The Director follows the copy rules when it writes into the template, and the visual review checks every creative against the visual rules.
Copy rules
- Every line is quoted word for word from the copy, and attributed only to the person the copy names.
- Never put words in a real person's mouth; no famous names the copy does not give.
- Each note says, in one sentence, why the line matters to this business or its readers.
Visual rules
- A warm book page inside a double-ruled frame; 'No. n' in italic serif at the top of each entry.
- Each entry hangs a large brand-colour quotation mark over the line set in italic serif, the attribution in small capitals, a diamond ornament and the note in grey serif.
- The cover is a centred title page: 'A commonplace book', an ornament, the title in italic serif.
More Teaching carousels templates
How-to stepper
A how-to on a transit-line stepper: each page lights the next station with its big step number, the step and how to do it, and names the step after it
Index-card tip stack
Tips that build, on ruled index cards: each page lays one more numbered card on a growing stack, the earlier tips' numbers peeking above it
Mistakes and fixes
A proofreader's correction sheet, one mistake per page: the mistake struck through in the brand's ink, a caret sweeping down to the fix set bold on a slip
Myth-buster scratch card
A lottery-style scratch card per myth: the myth printed and struck through at the top, the foil panel beneath scratched away to reveal the fact
Pillar-by-pillar framework
A framework drawn as a temple with one numbered column per pillar on every page, each page lighting its pillar above the pillar's name and meaning
Glossary thumb index
A dictionary-page glossary with thumb-index letter tabs down the edge: each page sets one headword large in serif above its plain-words definition
FAQ flip deck
An FAQ as a deck of folded cards: each page's brand-coloured flap carries one question under a big 'Q' and opens onto its answer under an 'A'
Head-to-head rounds
Two options in opposite corners, a brand half and a dark half with a 'VS' seal, compared one criterion per round with each side's answer and the verdict
Make a Commonplace book with your brand.
MarketiQ writes the post, picks the template that carries it best — this one, when it fits — and fills it with your logo, colours, facts and copy.