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What AI Looks For in Your Content

This is what I’ve found when it comes to getting AI to use your content.

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Planning Content for AI Search: My Blueprint for Content

As search engines evolve, content isn’t just written for people—it’s also scanned and summarised by AI tools.

That doesn’t mean stripping out personality—it means shaping your ideas so they’re easy to follow, understand, and reuse.

Here’s how we do it.
Note: this follows what I think is basic, writing styles that you can find all over the web, but we know people get lazy and just autopilot everything, so hopefully this is a little bit of a better framework to follow. You can take 15min save your self hiring a writer and just include the following in any writing prompt you create. Sorry to all the writers out there! It's just the blueprint we now follow for writing, of course you still need to get your article to rank to get featured but this isn't about that. This is just the blueprint or the framework we now follow that's actually working for us when creating content using nothing but AI to target AI!

1. Use Clear Headings

Start with one H1 (your main title) to set the topic. Then break your content into sections using H2s and H3s to show which ideas are connected.

This structure helps both real readers and AI models follow the flow. Avoid making everything a H1 or limited to H1s & H2s—it tells search engines nothing about what matters most.
It helps to work as a flow.

Good headings aren’t just tidy—they’re essential.

Think of it like a dinner Menu

2. Keep Paragraphs Short and Focused

Every paragraph should deliver a single idea. Long, dense blocks of text can overwhelm readers and confuse AI, which may skip over key info or misquote you.

Shorter paragraphs also improve readability, making your content easier to skim, understand, and remember.

Personally, we have started to keep paragraphs sort to 2-3 lines each time. I find it a pain to write like that, but the reading flow does help if you can sort out your own line height styling. I’ve also seen more articles get picked up by AI written this way.

3. Use Lists, Tables, and Simple Structures

Where it makes sense, format your content as:

• Bullet points
• Numbered lists
• Comparison tables


These formats help highlight important information. AI loves structure—and so do busy readers.

I got to be honest, we use tables ALOT. I like them, I find the information structure just works for our type of content, most things or comparing products, data, lists, problems whatever can fit in a table it’s also nice to use the tabs or if a product is mentioned to internally link.

We use tables to format all sorts of data.

4. Put the Good Stuff at "the Top"

Share your key point or best advice early on. Don’t bury it halfway down the page. Both AI and readers tend to prioritise what appears first.

We have started to write content like each article as if it’s an email. How do we summarise this as an email preview? Whatever we can come up with tends to go at the top as a sub heading or an opening summarising paragraph, and then the content flow below.

I’ve never been a firm believe in “the top” or “the bottom” style of writing, if it’s good it’s there. People will read and find it. I have thought the ‘email preview’ way of thinking is good for AI, though. Insert the preview at the top of the text as your article summary.

5. Don’t just use titles, break it up into helpful cues

Guide the reader (and the machine) with phrases like:

• Step 1
• Most common mistake
• In summary


These little signposts make it easier to navigate your content and to understand the purpose of each section.

Common mistakes is a good one that allows you to interlink to another article on the same subject something like ‘common mistakes to avoid with X or Y’ that can then link back to this article and so on.

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That's it.

That's my blueprint we follow in work and it serves us very well. Still using it today.

I kept it brief, just focusing on a blueprint or I guess 'formula' god knows what you want to call it, for creating an article structure rather than a 'this is how you write lesson.

Enjoy

A lot of stuff if you are in to n8n.

Review.

I was offered a free Digital Journal post by @indianmojojojo and more than happy with this service.
They did the article for me, sent it for approval and made a tiny change that they suggested.

Post it live, it is indexed and this is a very good service from a highly respected provider.

Highly Recommended!

I HAVE NOT TRIED THIS! JUST SHARING FOR YOU FOLKS.

"Great step by step guide, unsaturable, could be outsourced. Has huge potential and could be changed and used on your own.
I started to implement some techniques, so far so good."

Table of Contents
Introduction
Step 1: Finding the Right CPA Offer
Step 2: Setting Up Your Email & Reddit Account
Step 3: Creating the Ad That Converts
Step 4: Building a Simple Landing Page
Step 5: Setting Up Automatic Email Replies
Step 6: Posting Like a Pro on Reddit



Sales page:
https://buysellmethods.com/1-hour-cpa-hustle/

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VT File Results

Not sure if/why this hasn't been shared here as of yet.

But this document will take your prompt game from 0 to 70 in a short while.

I recommend reading all 69 pages in one go. And then coming back to it for reference later. For referencing, you can also make use of Google NotebookLM or even ChatGPT

Key Takeaways
- Decent Discussion on Zero-shot prompting, Few-shot prompting, Chain-of-thought prompting, Role-based prompting
- Quality of Prompts
- Design Principle/Automation
- Application/Usage
- Best Practices

I am sharing the updated copy (February 2025) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eP3IsXpcYtFlL4IFh3S_G8SSQ3gXVG07/view?usp=sharing

Virus Total - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/720971199397bc6e15f190169bc245eeed9f561878fd91d3add3c2ac33a6859c

And the winner is... @Boostify

Hey @Boostify , I’ve just sent you all the login details for Google AI Pro along with the steps

ChatGPT picked the winner

What is the absolute worst job you ever had?

The worst job I had some 40 years ago as a youth was cleaning pipes a month in the summer on the yearly cleaning stop at Shell, dirty as fck and 12 hour shifts.

Let’s make a thread with our favourite AI tools.

I’ll start with mine.

My favourite AI tool is Grok 3.

"I just heard an interesting story from a ZimmWriter user. Over the past year, they've created dozens of ZimmWriter sites using only the cheapest AI models for both images and text. They're even using a standard theme from Envato with minimal customization (just changing the site title) for each one.

Their moto is: cheap, cheap, cheap. People with 7 fingers? Who cares. AI words in the text? No problem!
Below is the last 30 days of data from their seventy-five (yes 75) ZimmWriter sites and it speaks for itself!

Is this user flooding the internet with AI-generated content? It sure looks like it. But are they making good money doing it? Absolutely.

Everyone has their own approach to online content creation, but at the end of the day, what matters is whether that approach is profitable."




NOW, clearly niche, research , product selections etc all come into play here.

NB; This is not my original post, I borrowed it from the Zimm group.

Review.

I got a nice Digital Journal PR article and links for free from @indianmojojojo

Great value for the $20 he charges normally.

For full openness, here is the published result.

@INCC started a thread here and then suggested I make my own

Hiring staff is one of the most personal things you can do in my opinion. There are plenty of people with more money and experience than I will say it's just business, and yes, if that company is running without you, it is just business. Until then it's your baby it's something we will protect and often take feedback and negative reviews and critism to heart because this is something THAT YOU are working on, so until then it sucks and hurts. It's your baby. Trusting someone to come in and work for you is very personal and is often a very frightening thing to do.

There is no book, really, I don't think that tells you how to do it, it's something all us just figure out along the way and I've made TONS of mistakes with it.

Don't get me wrong I've hired freelancers before now, or part time warehouse drones to help get orders out. I don't think it's the same as taking someone on full time.

Before Covid my idea or dream for this company was a nice big HQ building, custom-built like an old Victorian red brick factory. I had planning approved, was ready to break ground and I was going to fill my dream building with my dream workforce, starting with my number two. That all changed.

For me personally, my idea of having staff was a clone of myself. I wanted to start with a number two, someone you can train up through the very ropes of the company and your day to day and then you let them build up things for you. It doesn't work. I've tried. You get burnt. The perfect number 2 does not exisit, it's a dream.

I've hired people in real life, friends, online, total strangers everyone who you think will be a good number or two or how you even go about finding that person will fuck you over - because you are tring to emply an entrepreneur, and no true entrepreneur want's to work for you or anyone else they want to work for themselfs. They will spot your mistakes and try and compete, believe me I've had it done to me so often it's depressing.

I've struggled.

I do everything. Like many of you. I just run day to day. It wasn't till I started to have business mentoring from people with more experience than me, my thinking and goals changed. I will admit COVID helped it took away the need to have buildings it made me re-think the entire finding staff.

I decided to shift from hiring a number 2 to start building teams and departments. This way they took the pressure off me to do other things. This is when I got introduced to a skill matrix:

A skills matrix is a visual tool, typically a table or grid, that maps the skills and competencies of employees or team members. It helps organizations identify strengths and weaknesses, address skill gaps, and make more strategic decisions about talent management

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I have two versions of this:

• Version 1 is for myself.
• Verion 2 is for staff.

Version 1 My own skill matrix

I use a spreadsheet exactly like above, and I rate ALL My tasks into categories. I rate them like this:

1. No time at all
2. Some time
3. I can manage this task
4. I do this job constantly

At the end of each week, I updated my chart based on the job lists and I keep multiple tabs of each working week and it tallies up at the end of the month, where my time is focused. This helps me find staff rather than a number 2 and I think it's a great start for most people. I wish I started off this way, it's not going to be for everybody but for most of you looking for staff give it a go.

If I got no time to do the job normally it's because I hate it, not just hate but fucking hate it. So I avoid it like the plague, if I'm spending all my time on a task as well (which isn't growing the business) then that's a problem also. Working for the business and working on the business are two different things. You want to always be working ON it.

If I'm spending not enough time in an area or too much time in another then if that date is still the same over 2-3 months, then I know it's time to get a new hire, part time or permanent OR I need to pass a job off internally.

For me I started with customer services, I HATE customer services. I can't just tell a paying customer to fuck off, and I have sadly, so now I got people to do that for me.

So find your own problem and hire from there.

As I said in that post most big companies like mine people will tell you to get an accountant first, yeah, chasing bills, late payment, paying suppliers is great. BUT if I can manage the task that's not where I need help. Also once you get to the point of having accountants on full roll (per employment) your business is changing anyway.

Version 2. Staff Skill Matrix

This is different as I use it to manage staff they are ranked a little bit differently. The scoring system for staff goes:


I use this skill system to track what staff are doing. I mean we have all had jobs at some point in our life where you might be hired to sell burgers but then you get asked to clean the toilet, my point is you get people to chip in. BUT I've learnt theres no point asking someone to chip in a job they suck at, because they will mess it up and it will need doing again. Who wants to pay twice for something?

As you can see my table above I have a staff member with no experience with admin work, id not ask them to start using excel!

I meet with staff every 3 months and review the skills matrix see what they learnt and what can be updated.

We do this as we like to develop my team internally:

• I want my staff to learn and evolve I want them to feel like they can progress; it's cheaper to pay them a bit more and they like work than it is to hire someone new.
• If staff are unhappy it's because they are doing too much of something and they might need more help, team leaders are key to start finding this out for as some of the buggers wont tell you they are struggling, but once you have it in front of you, you can have a quiet talk. Most wont ask for help not till you start shouting because stuff isn't being done and they start crying. This avoids all this TRUST ME.
• If someone wants a pay rise you can see are they learning, are they bringing more to the table than when they started?
• If someone wants to go on a course you can track why and if they learn*
  
  * we tie the skill matrix into staff qualifications as well so if they go on a course, learn first aid, learn to drive a forklift or whatever and they need refreshing courses, we can see that. It also means as well if your JANE DOE decides to give someone a holiday but you have an order or ask need going, can anyone else in the office do it.
  
  It stilly things and thinking like that, that helps you later on.

The BEST thing about a matrix like this is when a new member of staff starts. Day 1 is between giving passwords and whatever else set up. We have an hour and we go through this and we ask them to be honest and we list what they can and can't do.

This is good because if someone says they can't do something but on day 1 they said they are a 4, 4, 4, 4 for most things you got to ask why. It's not like you are going off a conversation,n you got something documented day one.



So yeah, hiring staff is a super personal thing, it can be done. I try and take it slow and work on building up with departmnt thinking first, having someone come in and take a simple thing like social media off your back or doing emails can make a massive difference to you and your companies growth long term than hiring a dogs body who you struggle to find work for.

Good luck

What's your current pain point(s) you have at the moment?

Doesn't need to be customer focus like on a journey.

Can be operational or anything like that.

Mines growth. As in moving up a notch.

Read on..

Works especially if you are looking to suppress bad links and build a positive reputation around your brand name when people look you up.

I have noticed SERP collect data from UGCs, UGRs and PRs.

Mom: We already have a music thread at home.

Music thread home:

That's very "in your face" of you.

(all images in the thread are made by me, feel free to download and use them.)​

Basically, a guide on getting shit done.

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Does any of this apply to you?

• You get distracted easily
• You endlessly refresh pages in a cycle
• You start working on something, then your mind starts wandering elsewhere
• You have what seems an endless amount of tasks and feel overwhelmed
• You don't know what to prioritize and what to delegate
• You perform tasks and activities sporadically with no set goals or schedule

If you recognize any of these applying to you or just want to learn how to better direct your attention, this guide is for you.

Let's get started.

First, we need to understand your current state of attention. To do this, we create an attention management matrix (AMM).

An AMM is split up into four quadrants, parts, sections, or whatever you want to call them.

These are:

1. Unnecessary: Tasks that are both unproductive and unenjoyable - like sitting through a long and boring meeting with no significant outcomes or sorting a pen drawer.
2. Distracting: Tasks that are enjoyable but unproductive, like playing a video game, scrolling on tiktok, etc.
3. Necessary: Tasks that are productive but unenjoyable, like administrative work, etc.
4. Meaningful: Tasks that are both productive and enjoyable. These are often quite few but help fulfill your broader purpose in life.

These four sections are very similar to the Eisenhower matrix that splits tasks into sections based on urgency and importance.



What you need to do is fill in these boxes with tasks and activities that you perform on a regular basis, whether it be client outreach or scrolling tiktok, put it all in there.

Once finished you'll now have a better idea of where your attention is being spent. Most likely you are spending more time in unnecessary and distracting activites than you would like to.

Meaning you are operating in autopilot mode. Instead of deliberately directing your attention, you react automatically to external triggers that pique your interests - maybe its a notification on your phone or something else.

Below you can see a map of these four sections, notice that while unnecessary and distracting activities require little attention, hence the low entry barrier. While meaningful and necessary tasks require a bit more oomph and discipline when performing them.



So how do we direct our attention and boost our productivity?

We're going to use a slight twist to a method called "Bailey's method".

To do this, we need to understand how our memory works - or rather, our working memory.

Whenever you do a task or engage in an activity, it occupies some portion of your working memory, which holds information your mind is actively processing. You have a limited working memory capacity.

This means you really need to focus your activites and tasks to one at a time, thats right, only one.

We are talking hyperfocus here and for those of you who love multi-tasking, this ain't it.

If you try to focus on more than you're capable of, you'll crowd information out of your working memory and forget it. Only focus what fits in your working memory.



The complexity of the task or activity also plays a part in how much space it occupies in your working memory, a more complex task will naturally crave more deliberate attention from you.

So what are the five steps for hyperfocus?

Step 1: Choose when to focus

Step 2: Choose what to focus on

Step 3: Limit and manage distractions

Step 4: Focus for a set period of time

Step 5: Maintain your focus



First plan when and for how long you'll hyperfocus. Pick a duration you are comfortable with and wont put you off from doing it again tomorrow. Hyperfocusing works best as a daily habit and the more you do it, the longer you'll be able to maintain it.

Think of it like training for running a marathon, you wouldn't run the whole marathon everyday, to train for it, you would run a little bit everyday, ever so slightly progressing and running further with each day.

Try to find a space in your schedule, where your energy levels are not too low and when distractions are as low as possible.

Don't feel like your energy levels are high enough? Try exercising, like going to the gym or going for a run.

Contrary to what many think, exercising actually boosts energy levels and productivity in general.

Our lives are compromised of what activities we do in our daily life, when you choose what to hyperfocus on, you are indeed - quite literally - changing your life.

So how do we pick the right task or activity to put our attention towards?

Let's go back to our AMM, what tasks or activities did you put into the meaningful and necessary boxes?

Sum those up in a list, then consider the impact of these, focus on the ones that have the biggest positive impact and long term effects.

When we focus on high-quality tasks, we perform high-quality work and have high-quality impact. What sets high income earners apart from low income earners is prioritization (among a lot of other things as well).

You must set priorities for your life, because if you don't, others will do so for you. More often than not, for their benefit, not yours.

But what are tasks and activities without goals? Try to set up to three goals each day. No more, as you don't want your working memory to suffer.

Start by setting a yearly goal, quarterly goals, monthly goals and weekly goals as well.

When you have your goals set, you'll naturally find high-priority tasks that support those goals.

Read more about how to reach your goals in this thread I made a while ago.

What is a distraction?

In this case, it is anything that diverts our attention from our current prioritized task or activity.

Limiting distractions is critical for hyperfocus. Especially in this day and age when they're lurking behind every screen, sound and browser tab.

One reason for this is that we have a so called novelty bias, we love new things - it triggers our dopamine receptors - and so getting distracted, quite literally, feels good. Want to go the hardcore route and start making distractions feel bad? Punish yourself somehow everytime you get distracted (note, take this with a pinch of salt).

The possibility of avoiding loss or avoiding punishment is often more motivational than potential gain. Try to focus on what you can control when distractions occur, maybe an annoying colleague strikes up conversation while you're trying to focus - politely but firmly ask them to come back some other time.

And if you do get distracted during your hyperfocus (which you definitely will) write down what distracted you and keep a list, then redirect your attention back towards your task.

Another thing you can do is to write down potential distractions you think will occur before they occur.

Then distance yourself from them, make accessing them inconvenient. Turn off your notifications on your phone, use a browser extension to block visiting distracting websites for a time.

Lots of advice out there for breaking bad habits are about making them as inconvenient as possible.

Use your creativity.

Take some time each week to reflect on what distracted you during the week and adjust your schedule or activities based on your findings. Be more intentional with your time. Are you constantly being distracted with responding to emails? Or maybe checking each and every notification you get on your phone? Find a time in your schedule to answer emails and a time to check your notifications, only perform these tasks in their own timeslot.

And when you do these tasks, hyperfocus on them as well. Just because you're checking and responding to emails, does not mean you should be doing it lazily without attention.

Or, let's say you're in a boring meeting, hyperfocus on it. Get the most value out of them. Having trouble keeping yourself engaged? Trust me, actively look for drama and disagreement in your boring meetings. You'll be engaged.

To make this easier, incorporate two daily habits, mindfulness and meditation.

Now, there is lots of mumbo jumbo gurus out there spouting all sorts of things about mindfulness.

Want my advice?

Follow the design principle of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid).

Mindfulness is when you pay attention to everything you experience in a given moment. Though some define it as just general awareness of your circumstances.

Use meditation to improve your focus, schedule a time to meditate. This is important for several reasons.

1. It improves your working memory.
2. More working memory = less distractions
3. Less distractions = higher productivity

To prevent your mind from wandering and maintaining your focus, match your tasks to your skill level.

If you find that your mind wanders a lot as you focus on your tasks, it might be because you are bored or stressed.

Boredom occurs when your tasks are too easy and stress occur when they are too difficult. Therefore, try to match your tasks to your skill level, not too easy, not too hard.

Also note that just because a task is easy, does not mean it has a low positive impact on your life, take this into consideration.

Regularly revisit the AMM, you might find that you are filling your time with unimportant tasks or distractions after a while, make sure to take some time each week or month to realign your activites with your goals.

Just like SEO, this is a long-term strategy, not a quick fix.

Though you can use it to make quick improvements in your work and life, it is a continuous process which should be practiced with deliberate intention, not with a passive attitude.

So how are you going to implement all this advice and make a habit out of it without doing it for 2-3 days then quitting?

Systemize it. Automate it as much as possible.

I personally use a note-taking program called Obsidian which works wonders for me. It's so much more than just regular notes, in fact, the images you've seen throughout this guide has been made with Obsidian.

More precisely, a community plugin in Obsidian, Excalidraw.

Whether you choose to use Obsidian or any other system to automate your focus and life, be sure to pick something that you can use for a long time.

Research various systems, some like notion, some like evernote, I prefer Obsidian.

I won't go into too much detail as to why in this thread, that's for another time.

Just take 5-15 minutes and read the thread, you'll gain so much more from it than reading a summary that couldn't possibly explain it all

That's all for today, cheers!

References:
ShortForm
Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve More - Chris Bailey
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihayli

Have you ever wondered how those top performing blog posts create such high-quality visuals to support their messaging? I’m talking professional level stuff. Not your average $5 fiverr canva template sh*t.

Paying graphic designers for 2-3 visuals for every piece of content you create can quickly stack up in costs… While this might be fine for some companies with larger budgets in their content marketing, it’s not for your average joe (not saying you’re average, calm down)

But even if you have the budget for graphic designers to create visuals for your content, this guide might save you couple hundred dollars or more.

Now, to the good stuff.

What if I told you there was a alternative that not only allows you to create these visuals yourself (or your VA) with AI, but ALSO that is completely FREE!

Sound too good to be true?

It’s not.

At least for a while longer (at the time of writing, 17th of September 2024)

Not only is the tool completely free while still in beta, it’s also very easy to use.

Let me explain.

The tool is called Napkin, it allows you to paste (or write) your content in it’s own editor, and automagically generate visuals based on the text you select.



You a visual learner? Good, let me give you an example.

Heres a piece of content we are going to generate an image for:

What Are Cookies?​

Cookies are small packets of data stored on your computer by websites to enhance and personalize your online experience. They remember your login details, shopping cart items, and site preferences.

Types of cookies include session cookies, which are temporary and deleted after closing the browser, and permanent cookies, which stay on your device until manually deleted. Third-party cookies are created by domains other than the visited site to track activities across multiple websites.

While cookies improve user experience, they also raise privacy concerns. If you want to understand more about managing and deleting cookies, further information awaits.
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And here is another example of a visual generate from the same piece of content (yes, thats right, you get to choose and customize the visual that is generated!)



Cool right?

Here’s what it looks like in the tool:



This way you can enhance and improve your content dramatically, in a short amount of time, with no costs.

To get started, simply:

1. Create your account on Napkin.ai
2. Click on the “+New Napkin” button in the upper left corner (unless you get thrown into a new one already)
3. Paste or write your content
4. Select the piece of content you want to generate visuals for
5. Click the lightning button
6. Select the visual you want
7. Customize it if needed
8. Select it completely and click the download button, you’ll get to choose between PNG, SVG, and PDF. You’ll also get the option between 1x, 2x and 3x resolution as well as to download either a light or dark mode version.
9. Make sure to name your file something related to your article to optimize further for SEO
10. Upload your image to your website
11. Add a short but descriptive ALT-text

Voila!

There you have it, now go wild.

And be quick about it too, the tool is only free for as long as it’s in beta.

You can find it here: https://www.napkin.ai/

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Napkin.ai in any way, shape, or form. Any references to Napkin.ai are purely for informational purposes.

Why not go for their API directly, pricing is quite fair tbh: https://rapidapi.com/salimaksoy010/api/bulk-da-pa-checker1

Then build your own bulk checker, so you're not bound to their pricing limits. Easy enough to do with lovable/bolt + cursor. That's what we did (as we do really high volume checks / mo for DA/PA/DR/Traffic/RD/SS)

for DR and Traffic: https://rapidapi.com/ayushsomanime/api/ahrefs-dr-rank-checker - this one works and is actually in line with v3 api and SO MUCH cheaper (for those of you that dont have a legacy acc.)

Hey buddy,

Spoilers aren’t a backend feature. They’re just a combination of JavaScript and CSS. If you view the page source (CTRL + U on desktop), you’ll still see the “Spoilers” content.
If your goal is to hide it from bots, you’ll need to place it inside a members/premium-only section.

Cheers!