Watch "How to Create a Blog Post" below:
Access the Create Blog Post wizard
Click on Create New from the side menu, scroll down to the Blog.SEO section and select the Blog Post wizard.
Blog Post
Describe the topic you would like Blaze to write for you.
The more detail you can provide, the more focused and unique your blog post will be.
As you type information into the description box, Blaze will automatically start to generate more context for you. Be sure to review this text for accuracy.
Click Have Blaze autofill the rest.
Review Wizard
Review and tweak the rest of the wizard to best suit the concept for your Blog.
Verify and tweak the following:
Doc Name and Project Location
The goal of your blog post
Target Audience
Post Length
Keywords.
Keywords can be things like: discount codes, event names, taglines, sale names, etc...
Brand Kit
More ways to configure allows you to further refine the Blog Post wizard.
Call to Action - what should the reader think, feel, or do after reading the blog post.
Author Persona - The voice of the Blog post (CEO, Consultant, Owner, Employee, Etc...)
Product/Service Description - Include information about your product or service in 1-3 sentences.
Avoid - These are words, phrases, concepts that you want Blaze to avoid when authoring your blog post.
Additional Info - A catchall category for anything additional that you want Blaze to consider before authoring your Blog Post.
To proceed, click Generate Titles
Generate Titles
Blaze will generate a handful of titles for you to review and select.
You can edit all of these titles and even use the Write Your Own button to author something from scratch.
Clicking Generate New Titles will instruct Blaze to automatically generate all new titles.
Once you have a title you like, click Generate Outline to move onto the next step.
Blog Outline
Now review the outline that Blaze has generated for you. All of the text in the Title, Introduction and Outline are editable.
Once you are happy with the outline, click Select Links.
Review / Tweak Links
To ensure good SEO scores your blog should have a selection of internal and external links. Blaze will search for some that may correlate.
The button next to the trashcan will let you visit the link to verify it.
Use the trashcan icon to remove any links that down work.
You can generate more links using Blaze or manually add your own.
Click Select Images to proceed.
Select Images
Blaze will now suggest some images from the Stock Image library that may work for your post. If you see something your like select it. If not, use Show More or Add From Another Source to select something else.
Show More will add in an additional row of images.
Clicking Add From Another Source will bring up the Blaze Image Workflow window. You can use this window to manually upload, select stock, or generate an AI image.
Select your images and once ready click Generate Post.
Review and Edit your Blog Post
Use the outline, Blaze will generate your blog post complete with images and text.
Review and edit the blog post as needed.
Highlighting images will bring up the Replace Image button. that will bring up the Blaze image workflow window, where you can find and replace the image with something different.
Use the tools in the Prepare to Publish category to get insights on improving your Blogs SEO score.
In the Prepare to Publish toolset you can perform a:
SEO Analysis
Check for Plagiarism
Configure Blog Metadata
Copy Text to Clipboard (for manual publishing)
Download Post Media Only (download a zip folder of all media in post for manual publishing)
Clicking Share for Review will bring up the Share for Review options.
You can use the Export tool to export using Zapier, WordPress Integration, Social Media and more.
The Download button will allow you to download a copy of your document in the following formats:
HTML
PDF
Markdown
The Publish to Web button will provide a link you can share with anyone.
The Request Review button will allow you to invite others, using their e-mail address, to review your blog post.
Alternatively, using the Copy Link button will copy a sharable review link to your clipboard that you can paste into an e-mail or chat application to send to others.