What is your blog writing process?

snowmanstudio

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How you research, gathered and write your blog?

Suppose you have - KEYWORD SAMPLE ,
then what next step you do to write and finished your blog post....
 
If I already have the keyword I will be targeting....
  • Check the SERP
    • To check the intent of the keyword
    • To check how the top-ranking results craft their headlines/titles
  • Check the top-ranking and most relevant results
    • In order to build the article outline and/or content brief
    • Get some data in regards to the average length of the articles, number of headings, number of images, internal links, bullet points, etc
  • Do some research on the topic
    • Heavily focus on studies, statistical data, quotes from experts in the field, and anything that will help "fact-check" my insights/opinions.
  • START WRITING!
  • Run the article through Grammarly
    • I ALWAYS check my articles to prevent any grammar, punctuation, or spelling errors
    • I also check the readability score - For me this is important
  • Run the article through Copyscape
    • I want to make sure there are NO duplicate issues
  • Craft any custom graphic element I will need for the article
    • Go to pixabay or unsplash to find high-quality images for the featured image
    • Any other graphic element
      • Graphs, stats or % - Bars, pies, etc
      • Quotations boxes
      • Summary boxes
      • Any other I might need
I might be leaving some stuff out but that´s pretty much the gist!

Cheers!
 
  • Your subject, or resources readily available to you, should be well-understood
  • Create a headline that stands out. If the headline doesn't hook them, they won't read. That's 80% of your writing.
  • Begin with an introduction.
  • and include at least three points.
  • Conclusion
The process will be much faster if you know your subject and outline your ideas.
 
My process is pretty straightforward.

I reverse-engineer my competitors.

I find their domains and enter them into paid SEO tools like Ahrefs and SEMrush.

I filter their organic keywords based on difficulty.

I also filter based on monthly search volume.

Once I find keywords that are easier to rank and which have a decent monthly search volume, I then study each keyword closely.

I enter them into Google and I pay attention to the results.

Does the content appeal to my target audience?

What is the search intent behind these keywords?

Once I'm satisfied with how relevant my keyword list is, I then go on to the next step, which is to look for contextual keywords.

You can do this manually, but I use tools like SurferSEO or Frase and they make quick work of finding contextual keywords.

And next, I look for the top search results and I use them as a model.

I'm not gonna rewrite them or copy them word for word.

Instead, I'm going to use them as a quality model.

How do they lay out the content?

How do they flow?

What are they missing?

This is how I come up with something more comprehensive and easier to understand.

By focusing on producing superior content, my blog posts are more likely to outrank their existing competitors.

Does this work all the time?

Of course not!

The key is to publish enough posts, targeting many different keywords so you can rank higher overall than your competitors.
 
I normally do some research online and write a rough outline and then come back later to fill in the details. There are also a number of different tools and techniques that you can use. Example, Surfer SEO and Frase io.
 
If I already have the keyword I will be targeting....
  • Check the SERP
    • To check the intent of the keyword
    • To check how the top-ranking results craft their headlines/titles
  • Check the top-ranking and most relevant results
    • In order to build the article outline and/or content brief
    • Get some data in regards to the average length of the articles, number of headings, number of images, internal links, bullet points, etc
  • Do some research on the topic
    • Heavily focus on studies, statistical data, quotes from experts in the field, and anything that will help "fact-check" my insights/opinions.
  • START WRITING!
  • Run the article through Grammarly
    • I ALWAYS check my articles to prevent any grammar, punctuation, or spelling errors
    • I also check the readability score - For me this is important
  • Run the article through Copyscape
    • I want to make sure there are NO duplicate issues
  • Craft any custom graphic element I will need for the article
    • Go to pixabay or unsplash to find high-quality images for the featured image
    • Any other graphic element
      • Graphs, stats or % - Bars, pies, etc
      • Quotations boxes
      • Summary boxes
      • Any other I might need
I might be leaving some stuff out but that´s pretty much the gist!

Cheers!

Okay, this guy laid out anything and everything that's needed. @Roger Marquez refund my money for the content I need to be written by you :D I have your secret sauce now, :)
 
I study the article of at least 2 sites that have 20 DA or lower on the top 10 SERP (I'm only after low comp keywords since I'm a beginner) and then surpass what they do on their content. Simple but hard to do at least on my level ...............of laziness LOL
 
I normally do some research online and write a rough outline and then come back later to fill in the details. There are also a number of different tools and techniques that you can use. Example, Surfer SEO and Frase io.
Are there any free tools that you use?
 
Oh dear, this is a long process ...

Research some general topics
research some specific keywords by volume (why people search for this, what do they want to find really)
write an article trying to combine a lot of the keywords in the same topic using LSI etc...
Check to got more content than competitors

Try to write a nice to read article, at the end of the day SEO is just an optimization of the article, if the text makes no sense no one will read it.
Using some facts, links from reputable sources like pubmed (yes I do read 50+ sites of research to grab the best of )
In the process of work I find new ideas for keyword research
go to update the new terms and fix the wordings

Get some quality images
Internal links, meta optimization, alt text etc... technical must haves


Publish and wait a few weeks.
Checking GSC/ahrefs to see for new terms that I rank somewhere and if yes, try to get the exact match phrase or optimize additionally around the new keywords
Repeat this process every few months for single article if there is good volume


Since I recently re-started writing articles after a few years it takes me a week to write a good article, but I see the new articles on brand new domain started to rank for a lot of keywords in just a few days.

Maybe some backlinks...


What I want to improve:
use some additional text tools like seosurfer or rank math keyword analyser just to save some time
get a writer(s) to scale the procees, but I have to show him how it works
Since I write not in English I need to find a good writer that also dosn't cost 100+ $ a hour. I see some companies even charge for such articles above 500 USD
 
My process is pretty straightforward.

I reverse-engineer my competitors.

I find their domains and enter them into paid SEO tools like Ahrefs and SEMrush.

I filter their organic keywords based on difficulty.

I also filter based on monthly search volume.

Once I find keywords that are easier to rank and which have a decent monthly search volume, I then study each keyword closely.

I enter them into Google and I pay attention to the results.

Does the content appeal to my target audience?

What is the search intent behind these keywords?

Once I'm satisfied with how relevant my keyword list is, I then go on to the next step, which is to look for contextual keywords.

You can do this manually, but I use tools like SurferSEO or Frase and they make quick work of finding contextual keywords.

And next, I look for the top search results and I use them as a model.

I'm not gonna rewrite them or copy them word for word.

Instead, I'm going to use them as a quality model.

How do they lay out the content?

How do they flow?

What are they missing?

This is how I come up with something more comprehensive and easier to understand.

By focusing on producing superior content, my blog posts are more likely to outrank their existing competitors.

Does this work all the time?

Of course not!

The key is to publish enough posts, targeting many different keywords so you can rank higher overall than your competitors.
Thanks for your information, It is very helpful for me.As I was planning to start one.
 
I just put a keyword on my python script and it scrap me 10000+ related PAA wich I use for constructing articles
 
That's your opinion. I prefer it over Rank Math.
man, I have been doing on-page optimization for a long time now (outside of WordPress) and I never felt that I need a plugin for optimization. All of my websites are doing good on SERP and generating good revenue.
 
Once I have the primary keyword, everything else just falls into place, about 5 minutes later.
 
I give it to writer with instructions like how many times keyword is to be added. What keyword is to be added and so on.
 
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