We produce 30 blog posts per month for Alien AI Tools. Our team of two manages this using a systematic AI workflow that we’ve refined over 12 months. Here’s exactly how we do it — including the actual prompts we use.
Phase 1: Topic Generation (30 minutes)
Start with Semrush’s Keyword Magic Tool to identify 50 target keywords in your niche with moderate search volume and low difficulty. Export these to a spreadsheet. Then feed the list to Claude with this prompt:
“You are a content strategist for [your business]. Here are 50 keyword ideas: [list]. Group them into content clusters, identify the 30 most commercially valuable for our audience, and suggest an angle that would make each article genuinely useful rather than generic. Output as a structured table.”
Phase 2: Outlines (60 minutes)
For each of your 30 selected topics, use Surfer SEO’s Content Editor to generate an AI-powered outline. These outlines are based on what’s already ranking, so they’re structured to compete in search. Review each outline and add your unique angles — proprietary data, personal experience, contrarian takes.
Phase 3: First Drafts (4 hours)
Use Jasper’s long-form assistant with this template prompt:
“Write a [word count]-word article on [topic] for small business owners. Use the following outline: [outline]. Tone: authoritative but conversational. Include: a compelling hook, 3-5 specific examples, one data point per major section, and a clear takeaway at the end. Do not use generic filler phrases.”
Set Jasper’s Brand Voice to yours before running. Run all 30 drafts in sequence, spending 5-8 minutes reviewing and refining each one.
Phase 4: Expert Polish (2 hours)
This is the step most AI content workflows skip — and it’s the most important. Review each draft for: factual accuracy, unique insights only you can provide, specific examples from your experience, and anything that sounds generically AI-written. Spend 4-6 minutes per article on this step.
Phase 5: SEO Optimisation (30 minutes)
Copy each article into Surfer SEO’s Content Editor and optimise to achieve a content score above 70. This typically involves adding or adjusting a handful of keyword phrases, adjusting heading structure, and occasionally adding more detail to thin sections.
Phase 6: Media & Scheduling (30 minutes)
Use Adobe Firefly or DALL-E 3 to generate featured images for each post. Schedule all 30 articles in WordPress using a publishing calendar — we publish Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for consistency.
The Total Output
In approximately 8 hours of focused work, two people with this workflow produce 30 SEO-optimised articles with original insights, proper structure, and compelling angles. At a typical agency rate of $150/article, that’s $4,500 worth of content produced for approximately $100 in AI tool costs.
AI doesn’t replace the strategic thinking and subject matter expertise — it eliminates the mechanical work that was consuming your most valuable time.
