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Content Writing Checklist Template

Created by Aazar Shad | Updated December 16, 2022

From setting your intention to technical editing, check off these 44 essential steps before you publish your next blog post. This thorough list by Growth Marketing Specialist Aazar Shad covers what you need to get done for a well-performing long-form online post. 

  • Click and start checking off the list.
  • Add your own steps, and customize this checklist if you’d like. 
  • Try first. No credit card is required. Save your progress if you enjoy Xtensio.
Use This Template

Beautiful living documents, built like web pages.
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Use This Template

Beautiful living documents, built like web pages.
Join 102,994 professionals using Xtensio.

From setting your intention to technical editing, check off these 44 essential steps before you publish your next blog post. This thorough list by Growth Marketing Specialist Aazar Shad covers what you need to get done for a well-performing long-form online post. 

  • Click and start checking off the list.
  • Add your own steps, and customize this checklist if you’d like. 
  • Try first. No credit card is required. Save your progress if you enjoy Xtensio.

BONUS: Read the user persona how-to guide.

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This Content Writing Checklist is courtesy of fellow growth marketer, Aazar Shad. If you like what you see subscribe to Aazar’s newsletter. We turned his blog post into an actionable tool with Xtensio’s task list module. Use it as a starting point and make it your own.  

  • Set the status for each task to Next, In Progress, or Completed. 
Set the status for each task to Next, In Progress, or Complete
  • Hide completed tasks if you prefer and see your big checklist shrink down.
Hide completed tasks if you prefer and see your big checklist shrink down.
  • Move the order of items around. 
Move the order of items around.
  • Add your own items to the checklist. 
Add your own items to the checklist.
  • What’s best is that you can also drag and drop visual references, embed links, and videos on this page.
Embed links and videos
  • You can even take notes and start drafting your piece right next to your checklist. 
 take notes and start drafting

If you are responsible for writing a lot of content, you are also likely dealing with a lot of related tasks, drafts, and documents. We invite you to tap into resources and templates available on Xtensio to keep an elegant documentation hub for your content marketing. Develop your target Personas to always keep who you are writing for on your radar. Think long-term, and lay out your Content Strategy Planner to publish quality pieces and achieve content velocity. Be sure to express with a coherent brand tone of voice. If your organization’s Brand Guidelines are not established yet, pick among these Style Guide templates to start one. Mood Boarding before starting to type is also a great way to get the creative juices flowing. We use Xtensio to draft our blog posts and landing pages before moving them over to our webmaster. Start with a blank page or a template to build beautiful documents like web pages. 

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Yes! You can invite other marketing team members, content writers, graphic designers, and content managers to your Content Writing Checklist. Work on it together, remotely. As a platform, Xtensio helps improve the way your team works. Here’s more on real-time collaboration .

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