How to write a $1,000 blog post in a few hours.
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1 - Know your niche. This is the hard part.
You can only write quickly AND authoritatively about topics you're an SME in.
Spend time learning your core topic and interviewing people.
For me, it was 10 yrs in product before becoming a writer.
I said this was the hard part.
You can only write quickly AND authoritatively about topics you're an SME in.
Spend time learning your core topic and interviewing people.
For me, it was 10 yrs in product before becoming a writer.
I said this was the hard part.
Small dose of reality here. You CAN'T write a $1,000 blog post in a few hours if it requires extensive research.
Don't even try it. You will compromise the quality. Do it properly.
Don't even try it. You will compromise the quality. Do it properly.
PSA: You also need to find the right client.
Businesses that don't appreciate content marketing, or who have low-value clients, won't often pay good money.
Businesses that don't appreciate content marketing, or who have low-value clients, won't often pay good money.
2 - Create an outline.
Having a structure to what you're about to write makes the actual writing 10x easier.
For SEO posts, use Google FAQs to plan what needs to be in your post: youtube.com
Plan for an intro, conclusion, examples, and connecting everything.
Having a structure to what you're about to write makes the actual writing 10x easier.
For SEO posts, use Google FAQs to plan what needs to be in your post: youtube.com
Plan for an intro, conclusion, examples, and connecting everything.
3 - Have an outreach plan.
This means making friends in-industry.
Who can you ask for quotes at short notice without compromising on quality?
Some quotes take weeks to get back. Networking, helping others out, and being accessible goes a long way here.
This means making friends in-industry.
Who can you ask for quotes at short notice without compromising on quality?
Some quotes take weeks to get back. Networking, helping others out, and being accessible goes a long way here.
4 - Smash the intro.
Literally just smash it out. You can come back to it later.
What's the post going to help the reader do/what problem are you addressing?
Use the subheadings from your outline as a table of contents.
Literally just smash it out. You can come back to it later.
What's the post going to help the reader do/what problem are you addressing?
Use the subheadings from your outline as a table of contents.
5 - Write the CTA.
You don't have to write the conclusion yet but you should know the desired next step for the reader.
That's the purpose of the blog post, after all.
It might be to download an eBook, follow you on social media, sign up for your newsletter, have a free trial.
You don't have to write the conclusion yet but you should know the desired next step for the reader.
That's the purpose of the blog post, after all.
It might be to download an eBook, follow you on social media, sign up for your newsletter, have a free trial.
6 - Fill in the blanks.
By now, you've got a solid outline of what you're going to write (and likely a few hundred words).
Like painting by numbers, you can write the majority of your copy now by answering queries and dropping examples.
By now, you've got a solid outline of what you're going to write (and likely a few hundred words).
Like painting by numbers, you can write the majority of your copy now by answering queries and dropping examples.
You're stuck? Move on. The section will still be there later.
7 - Read everything back.
Then:
- Touch it up
- Finish off what you skipped
- Spell check (you won't believe how many writers miss this)
- Use Grammarly so you don't upset your editor
- Use Hemingway to sharpen your copy
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Then:
- Touch it up
- Finish off what you skipped
- Spell check (you won't believe how many writers miss this)
- Use Grammarly so you don't upset your editor
- Use Hemingway to sharpen your copy
youtube.com
8 - Read it back on another device.
DON'T skip this.
It's about what your eyes are used to. It's easy to think you've got something right when you've written it on the device you use the most.
Our eyes and brain work together to change what we wrote to what we THINK we wrote.
DON'T skip this.
It's about what your eyes are used to. It's easy to think you've got something right when you've written it on the device you use the most.
Our eyes and brain work together to change what we wrote to what we THINK we wrote.
9 - Peer review.
The most important part.
As writers, we're biased towards our own work. There is no other writer better than YOU.
Well, shock horror, you're friends don't think so.
Honest friends make a great blog post.
The most important part.
As writers, we're biased towards our own work. There is no other writer better than YOU.
Well, shock horror, you're friends don't think so.
Honest friends make a great blog post.
10 - Submit your post.
Or let it breathe for a day or two.
Just because you smashed it in a few hours doesn't mean you have to send it right away.
You might think of something better while walking your dogs.
Say hi to Frankie while you're here 🐾
Or let it breathe for a day or two.
Just because you smashed it in a few hours doesn't mean you have to send it right away.
You might think of something better while walking your dogs.
Say hi to Frankie while you're here 🐾
I use this process for every single blog post I write.
Some take a few hours, some take weeks, but the process makes me the most efficient writer I know.
In fact, it helped me earn 75% more last year my previous six-figure year.
Some take a few hours, some take weeks, but the process makes me the most efficient writer I know.
In fact, it helped me earn 75% more last year my previous six-figure year.
In my first year as a freelance writer, I made the same amount as my salary as a full-time employee.
But I wanted more. So I forced myself to make it so.
But I wanted more. So I forced myself to make it so.
Thanks for reading and let me know if I can ever help ✌️
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