How To Use AI to Turn an Article Into an SEO Strategy

Most AI tools will happily rewrite your article and sprinkle in a few keywords. But what if you don’t want a rewrite? What if you want the strategy behind SEO?

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5/8/20241 min read

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Most AI tools will happily rewrite your article and sprinkle in a few keywords. But what if you don’t want a rewrite? What if you want the strategy behind SEO?

AI PROMPT TUTORIAL SEO Optimizer

Act as an expert SEO strategist. Your task is to analyze the provided article and create a comprehensive on-page SEO optimization plan. Do not rewrite the article content.

1. Context (Fill this in):

Article URL or Text: [Paste your article URL or the full text here]

Target Audience: [e.g., "Beginner home cooks," "Enterprise-level software developers," "Small business owners in California"]

Primary Goal of the Article: [e.g., "Drive traffic for the term 'content marketing'," "Generate newsletter sign-ups," "Sell the 'X' product"]

2. Your Analysis & Recommendations:

Part A: Keyword & Semantic Analysis

Primary Keyword: Identify the single best keyword to target.

Secondary Keywords: List 3-5 important, related keywords.

LSI (Semantic) Keywords: Provide a list of 10-15 conceptually related terms and entities to enrich the content and demonstrate topical authority.

Long-Tail & Question Keywords: Suggest 3-5 long-tail variations and 3-5 questions that can be used for an FAQ or "People Also Ask" section.

Part B: On-Page Optimization Plan

Title Tag Suggestions (under 60 chars):

Meta Description (under 160 chars):

URL Slug: Propose a clean, keyword-rich URL slug.

Header Structure: Propose an optimized structure for H1, H2, and H3 tags that logically incorporates the target keywords.

Part C: Content Enhancement Opportunities

Internal Linking: Identify 2-3 specific phrases in the text that would be good anchors for internal links to other relevant pages on a website.

External Linking: Suggest 1-2 opportunities to link out to a high-authority, non-competing external source to build credibility.

Image SEO: Provide a best-practice example for alt text relevant to the article's topic.

Call to Action (CTA): Recommend a clear CTA to add at the end of the article that aligns with its primary goal.

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