My Content Creation Workflow: How I Use the Optional Content Area

1️⃣ Start with Research: I always kick things off with the WA HUD, using the Content Ideas and Strategies section to brainstorm a strong title for my topic. Once I have the title, I dive into keyword research with Jaaxy, picking 4-5 solid keywords that fit my niche and what my audience is searching for.

2️⃣ Organize My Thoughts: After I’ve done my research, I head to the Optional Content Area. This is where I plug in the title, the keywords, and a list of specific points I want the article to cover. It’s like my roadmap for the AI to follow, ensuring everything stays on track and hits the key topics I’ve outlined.

3️⃣ Use the Right Tools: Before I even open the WA Content Creator, I use a few other tools to get everything ready:
   •   Google Docs: Perfect for outlining my ideas and getting them organized.
   •   Jaaxy: Great for keyword research and sparking new ideas for the article.
• Google: to research the title & Keywords
Once I’ve pulled everything together, I add it into the content area to give the AI a strong base to work from.

4️⃣ Pick the Right Tone: For my niche, the conversational blogger tone works best. It keeps things relatable and makes my articles feel more like a chat with the reader than a lecture.

5️⃣ Polish It Up: After the article is generated, I go through a full editing process to make it shine:
   •   ChatGPT: I run the draft through to get feedback, see if there’s anything I missed, and make tweaks.
   •   Grammarly: It’s my go-to for cleaning up grammar, spelling, and flow.
   •   DeepAI & Canva: I create custom images that fit the vibe of the article and make it visually appealing.
   •   Add Links: Lastly, I add in links to social media, other blogs, WA resources, or my Amazon author page to guide readers where I want them to go.

This process keeps things smooth and helps me create content that’s engaging, professional, and aligned with my goals. It might take a little time upfront, but the results are so worth it!
Good luck to you all
Shawn

This is what I do:

STRATEGY
1. I pick out the Content Idea for the particular website or niche from My Business Hub in Wealthy Affiliate. I copy and head across to ChatGPT;
2. Ask ChatGPT to create an article outline for an article on that particular idea in my niche. Ask ChatGPT to also generate the searched after keywords or keyword phases, and any other information regarding the topic. I also do the keyword research at Jaxxy and advise ChatGPT to include those keywords .
3. Copy and come back to WA and paste into "Add Content Details", with the command, "also include";
4. WA Article writer creates an outline that is more refined and guided to exactly what I want.
5. Choose your favourite AI assistant to help write the article.
6. Review, edit and ensure your keywords are included. Publish.

Note: I also ask ChatGPT to:
(a) Generate the image for featured image as well as image to use in the article.
(b) Write a keyword rich 55-word excerpt for the article;
(c) Write the 160 character meta tag description; and
(d) Suggest me 5 or 10 catchy meta title that is 50 characters long.

IMPACT
Nowadays, Google ranks those articles written using the above method much faster than those articles I have written in the past where I did not include anything in "add content details".

The articles are also very concise and requires less chop, trim and edits. They are also unique articles that discusses the topic in much more detail.

WAY FORWARD
I will continue to use ChatGPT to generate the outline and some content in some cases. I have also tried with Google Gemini and it works. Gemini comes with many ideas too so its good to be very specific on the instructions so you have an article targeted for the identified audience.

I ask Chat GPT4o to generate an outline for the title of my article, using the main keyword and LSI keywords where appropriate while adhering to Google's EEAT policy. I scan the outline for accuracy and then put it in the details panel.

I also ask Chat for suggestions on image type and placement positions.

I use 4o because 1o generates an outline that is typically too long for the details panel.

Mine is very simple at this stage. It may need refining a little into a more comprehensive strategy, later down the line, but for now, this seems to be serving me well.

1. I simply do a Google search for the title of my new blog post.
2. I look through the list of questions Google throws up that are also being searched for.
3. I choose 3 or 4 from near the top of the list.
4. I include these questions in the "Add Content Details" section.
5. I then let our AI content writer get on with writing the article.

That's it. Short a sweet this time.

I add the outline of the article in bullet points, previously generated by ChatGPT. I provide ChatGPT with the article title and the target keywords for ranking.

Additionally, I ask for its opinion on the topic's relevance to my website and an estimate of the word count needed to rank well in search engines.

After reviewing ChatGPT's response, I input all this information into the 'Add Content Details' section.

Since I started doing this, I feel the articles are better structured and of higher quality. They also get indexed quickly on Google, though I can't be certain it's directly because of these changes.

I use the AI optional content area to request references be placed at the bottom of the post that pertain to the article. Such as wellness professionals' websites, any other published articles from health advisers, etc. I also use it to suggest adding other information that might otherwise be overlooked. It's been a great help.

Hey, I use it. I provide information to it about the article I want to create, but I don't use any of my prompt engineering techniques because I think these are built-in to the system.

I just need to describe the article as best as I could, using my own style, and the Content Creator does the rest.

About the success, I don't know yet how effective this strategy is since I am barely a month old here. I'll keep sharing my progress along the way.

Blessings,
John

I kep it simple.
1. Outline any points of my own that I want AI to include.
2. Outline any priorities I have for the post.
3. If I have any special output needs, such as a table or infographic, I attempt to clarify that. To be honest, although AI attempts to cover this, I usually need to go elsewhere to create what I have in mind and add it in WordPress later.

BTW, I always publish as a PAGE because that way it's not visible in my Blogroll, allowing me to edit before turning into a visible POST.
;-)
Richard

Good morning WA Family!

My process is a little bit inverse, since I actually really like writing, I use Optional Content Area to submit my own text, asking the AI to correct it if it is necessary.

My process is:
1. Go to Pinterest > search for the trending topics (and keywords)
2. Go to Google > I validate the Pinterest keywords + I add those I found on Google + people also asked + frequently asked questions.
3. Go to Jaaxy > I search the most interesting keywords to check which performs better
4. I ask the AI to outline the article according to the main keywords I found
5. I WRITE THE ARTICLE BY MYSELF (adding my tone of voice, experiences and ideas)
6. I add my written article in the Optional Content Area
7. I ask the AI writer to re-write it and organize it into sections (I can always get new ideas I had never thought about)
8. I quickly re-organize the content with the new infos
9. I add any important internal or external link
10. Finally, I hit publish and drink one liter of coffee!!! Lol!

This method helped me creating 14 articles I published on Medium in 18 days (I will write about Medium in another post!)

Good luck everyone!!! :)

P.S. As the Great Frank would have said "100% Human written content"

I use the optional content area to make the writing sound more personal. I've been practising with prompts over on chatgpt which has caused some hilarity. Then use the prompt in the optional content area.

Asking it to write as someone from the UK needed to be reworked quite a few times before it got the plot. 'Ta ta for now' and 'Bob's your uncle' featured quite a bit so they needed to go! It's a work in progress.

I use questions from Google's 'People Also Ask' and give some of my own using the 'voice' of someone who has no knowledge of the subject. eg.
'What is a hyperlink? 'changed to 'What are those things you click on in texts or pictures that go somewhere else?'
It sounds daft but that way I get a response that my readers will understand.

There are some words I don't like in the response eg. 'folks', 'you've got this' and, the worst, 'don't worry your pretty little head' ugh.

I'm very new to this AI lark but am thoroughly enjoying learning more and more about it. I love the way it can be 'trained' and I find that process enjoyable especially when I need a laugh.

So, in my humble opinion, you shouldn't worry your pretty heads, folks. AI is the way to go. I think if you can get your prompts just right it will soon understand you and ' Bob's your uncle' you have a text that sounds like you.

You've got this!!

Ta ta for now
Jackie
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