# The Bare Minimum You Should Do With Every Blog Post You Publish \| Ep\. \#563

**URL:** https://www.singlegrain.com/episodes/marketing-school/the-bare-minimum-you-should-do-with-every-blog-post-you-publish-ep-563/  
**Published:** 2018-02-14  
**Author:** Selena Templeton  
**Summary:** In episode \#563, Eric and Neil lay out what they do with their blog posts and how it helps them succeed\. Tune in to hear some great blogging tips\!  TIME\-STAMPED\.\.\.  

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In episode #563, Eric and Neil lay out what they do with their blog posts and how it helps them succeed. Tune in to hear some great blogging tips!

**TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:**

- \[00:27\] Today’s Topic: _The Bare Minimum You Should Do With Every Blog Post You Publish_
- \[00:38\] Neil thinks he’s published 6,000-7,000 blog posts.
- \[00:57\] Neil always has a simple checklist for writing blog posts.
- \[01:12\] When using [BuzzSumo](http://buzzsumo.com/), you need to look at what has worked in the last year.
- \[01:33\] Go after social traffic and search traffic ([SEMrush](https://www.semrush.com/)).
- \[01:52\] Come up with better headlines, outline the post, then complete it.
- \[02:11\] Go above and beyond and be super thorough.
- \[02:21\] Add custom images from stock photos or graphs.
- \[02:31\] Email everyone you link out to in your post.
- \[03:00\] Reach out to everyone who shared similar articles and direct them to your article.
- \[03:38\] Take the article and put it into [Ahrefs](https://ahrefs.com/) and see who links to it.
- \[04:05\] Eric’s strategy: automate the process of sharing to your social channels using Zapier.
- \[04:39\] Blogging Checklist is a great plug-in for [WordPress](https://wordpress.com/).
- \[04:55\] Have a word count, image count, source count, etc. and put it on the checklist.
- \[05:24\] Think about how to upgrade or repurpose your content.
- \[05:43\] That’s it for today!
- \[05:45\] Go to [Singlegrain.com/Giveway](https://www.singlegrain.com/giveaway) for a special marketing tool giveaway!

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