Content Writing Checklist Template
From setting your intention to technical editing, check off these 44 essential steps before you publish your next blog post. This content writing checklist template by Growth Marketing Specialist Aazar Shad covers what you need to get done for a well-performing long-form online post.
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- Add your own steps, and customize this checklist if you’d like.
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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.
- What’s best is that you can also drag and drop visual references, embed links, and videos on this page.
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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