Clipboard checklist
A real clipboard on a brand-colour ground: metal clip, ruled sheet, square checkboxes with a few already ticked in the brand colour — the reader runs the list against their own situation and saves it.
When the AI picks it
MarketiQ’s Creative Director favours the Clipboard checklist for posts that teach, start a conversation or get people to act, when the message is a list or steps or a process. It is built first to teach.
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, Reddit |
| 1:11080 × 1080 px | X, Ads |
| 9:161080 × 1920 px | TikTok |
| 2:31000 × 1500 px |
Single image. 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
- Each item is a specific action the reader can do or check, drawn from what the business actually does.
- Tick only the first one to three items so the list reads as 'in progress'.
Visual rules
- Brand ground with fine diagonal stripes; a night clipboard with a palette-grey metal clip and a white ruled sheet.
- Square ink checkboxes; ticked boxes filled with the brand colour and an overshooting hand-drawn tick.
More Lists & frameworks templates
Numbered tips
A magazine 'N ways to…' page: huge brand-filled condensed numerals with an ink outline, each tip in a bold line and a one-sentence why, separated by heavy rules
Playbook carousel
A swipeable coach's playbook on a night board with chalk pitch lines: a cover, one numbered play per page with its X's-and-O's diagram, and a closing call to action
2×2 matrix
The consultant's 2×2 on graph paper: two labelled axes, four named quadrants and the brand's quadrant filled in its colour with a map-pin marker
Pyramid
A stacked pyramid of three to five levels
Decision flowchart
A 'should you…?' decision tree: a start question in a hexagonal decision node, YES/NO elbow connectors with arrowheads, optional follow-up questions and two to four…
Step by step
A 'how it works' instruction sheet: three to six numbered icon tiles joined by dashed arrow connectors, each with a step name and one-line detail
Swipe file
A copywriter's swipe file: four to six example lines (hooks, subject lines, booth headlines) on ruled index cards held by binder clips and paperclips, each labelled and…
Toolkit pegboard
A workshop pegboard of four to eight tools or resources, each a bordered hang-pack card on its own peg with a catalogue number, icon, name and one-line use
Make a Clipboard checklist 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.