Where the texts come from: a short guide for those who want to save on content for SEO
Before starting a small disclaimer: here I offer some tips for those who want to write their own texts for the site. I will not describe what texts rule, agitate for or against certain types of content, talk about LSI and classic SEO texts in this material. Only the creative process and sources of inspiration for those who have difficulty with themes and creativity, but for one reason or another do not want to trust the professionals.
Now that we have agreed with the original, let's get to the bottom line.
If texts are written for promotion, then it is not worth starting without TK. The SEO specialist knows what texts he needs for the chosen strategy; you do not. Even if you write yourself, this part requires cooperation and maximum understanding, so that you do not have to redo the work and there is no unpleasant climate in the relationship.
Got TK? If you do not like something in it or raises questions, then discuss all the nuances before starting work. Most likely, some of the provisions can be slightly changed and choose the option that suits everyone. SEO-specialist may not guess about the features of your business, known only to you.
If you are one of those who are trying to master SEO on their own, so as not to hire third-party people for money, then you will have to work out the TK yourself. Prepare for the very tests and errors, in honor of which the method is named. From the tips I can only say that it would be more correct to read as many relevant materials as possible (and not start writing a checklist from the first link).
Writing texts on TK at first will not be easy, especially if we are talking about LSI-copywriting. This is normal. Treat your abilities with healthy criticality. In the end, it's just words, they can be rewritten. It would be strange if at the first attempt you could conquer a new area for yourself.
In addition to the requirements for occurrence, compatibility, and a long list of additional words (as well as stop words), there can be minimum values for “nausea”, “water”, and some other parameters in the TOR.
They are checked by special services (ask the SEO specialist at the TK discussion stage). With high probability, the first results of such checks you do not like. Do not be lazy to rewrite until you get the desired result. In any case, you will have to do it and better sooner than later. And practice improves the quality of future work.
If you need several articles on the same topic, it is better to divide it into parts. For example, if you tell how to choose a hair clipper, then do not write three identical texts with different words. It is better to tell separately about the types of mechanisms, equipment and ergonomics of different models.
Your task is to fit in a given volume all that you would like to tell about a product or service. What exactly this volume depends on your project (it will be indicated in the statement of work). It can be 100 texts of 2000 characters
each , and maybe 5 texts of 1000 characters each . If you need to write articles that will be laid out in stages, you can plan a cycle in which all materials are logically connected to each other.
The competitors probably already have materials that you do not have. Copying is not necessary, but it is recommended to draw ideas. Even if you do not find anything of value, a random phrase can give an unexpected thought and from this a good and unique text will be born.
Products and services are different: some can be talked about for a very long time, while others have practically nothing to say. But whatever you offer to the market, you always solve someone’s specific tasks. And you can write about it endlessly.
If your product is a snow shovel, then think about the situations in which the buyer uses it. Think about the difficulties that he faces. About the comfort that creates a product for him. Where he keeps this shovel, how long it serves, why the curved handle is more convenient and how long it fits most trunks.
Tell us why you are selling a shovel, why not a tractor. Why such a shovel, and not the one that competitors have. Share your experience, expertise, emotions, in the end.
Practically about any phenomenon you can find an interesting historical background. Or little-known facts. If we are talking about a wedding dress with a corset, then a simple trip to Wikipedia will give a lot of information about the history of this item of clothing. On the mere information that the corset was the cause of frequent fainting, you can create an interesting plot.
The advantage of such texts is that they are really interesting and easy to read.
One of the best suppliers of high-quality content is the foreign Internet. It is there that you can find unique materials that competitors have not yet been taken away for the reason that they do not know languages or simply have not guessed to search in a foreign language segment.
For tourist sites, for example, this is a real goldmine: there is a lot of content, you can update and increase it indefinitely. Just make sure that the translated material is reliable and written without factual errors.
This refers to the news section or blog. If it is on your site and needs to be updated, then go to Yandex.News and search for keywords you need. This is the easiest way to make sure that something constantly happens on any topic, even if it seems to be "dead."
No need to invent anything, everything is already collected and sorted before you. We take what we like and react. We do not copy, but we write in our own words and with the author's comment. And if something has hurt you especially, we memorize and write detailed material on the topic. While writing, a couple more interesting topics will come to my mind, worthy of individual articles.
If nothing really can be found, then go to related topics and adapt to your own.
The easiest way to generate the text descriptions, if there is a template suitable for the entire product group. For example, if we are talking about children's overalls, then information about materials, the design of latches on the straps and the print. According to this template, you can describe at least 1000 products and all texts will be unique.
Make a description for one product that fully takes into account all its features, allows you to logically and organically enter any keywords and is most useful for the buyer. Highlight in it the semantic parts and write the rest of the texts on this model. On the one hand, it simplifies the work for you (no need to reinvent the text from scratch every time), and on the other hand it structures the information, making it more convenient for perception.
Oddly enough, much of what is on Youtube is missing in a regular search. And this is usually really useful information: the video format is used to illustrate what is difficult to describe in plain text. For you, this can be an excellent source of content, and not only visual: information can be adapted in the form of a thematic article, topics for the question-answer section, and publication in a blog.
It often happens that there is information in the network, but it is scattered and scattered. Feel free to make reviews or even whole series of articles based on what you find. This is useful for site visitors and helps solve the problem of finding topics.
Forums today are considered practically dead, but in many topics they are in fact “more alive than all the living”. During periods of creative crisis, visit the thematic areas where your colleagues discuss urgent and relevant issues - the flow of ideas is guaranteed.
Similarly with thematic communities in social networks, especially closed ones. There is always something going on here.
Firstly, if you have not agreed on proofreading work, you will have to read the written out yourself. And it is better to do this "fresh head". Otherwise, guaranteed to miss a lot of errors and misprints with a “zamylenny eye”, then you have to correct and post it again.
Secondly, when reading out, say, the next day, you will most likely want to improve or correct something, add some ideas that you didn’t think of yesterday, but give up something.
A good option would be to give your text to read an employee who understands the described area well. By the way, employees and colleagues are also a source of new ideas.
By many years of experience, I can say that the materials written by representatives of the customer (if they correspond to the supplied TK) are almost always better than those ordered on the side. There are a lot of mistakes in them, they require some editing in terms of style, but the semantic and, importantly, the emotional side is always priceless.
This is especially true for complex areas where real work experience cannot be replaced by anything. Therefore, be sure to write. This saves the budget for promotion, helps to structure the thoughts, and is simply useful for personal development.
Good luck!
Now that we have agreed with the original, let's get to the bottom line.
Take TK
If texts are written for promotion, then it is not worth starting without TK. The SEO specialist knows what texts he needs for the chosen strategy; you do not. Even if you write yourself, this part requires cooperation and maximum understanding, so that you do not have to redo the work and there is no unpleasant climate in the relationship.
Got TK? If you do not like something in it or raises questions, then discuss all the nuances before starting work. Most likely, some of the provisions can be slightly changed and choose the option that suits everyone. SEO-specialist may not guess about the features of your business, known only to you.
If you are one of those who are trying to master SEO on their own, so as not to hire third-party people for money, then you will have to work out the TK yourself. Prepare for the very tests and errors, in honor of which the method is named. From the tips I can only say that it would be more correct to read as many relevant materials as possible (and not start writing a checklist from the first link).
Don't be scared
Writing texts on TK at first will not be easy, especially if we are talking about LSI-copywriting. This is normal. Treat your abilities with healthy criticality. In the end, it's just words, they can be rewritten. It would be strange if at the first attempt you could conquer a new area for yourself.
In addition to the requirements for occurrence, compatibility, and a long list of additional words (as well as stop words), there can be minimum values for “nausea”, “water”, and some other parameters in the TOR.
They are checked by special services (ask the SEO specialist at the TK discussion stage). With high probability, the first results of such checks you do not like. Do not be lazy to rewrite until you get the desired result. In any case, you will have to do it and better sooner than later. And practice improves the quality of future work.
Crush
If you need several articles on the same topic, it is better to divide it into parts. For example, if you tell how to choose a hair clipper, then do not write three identical texts with different words. It is better to tell separately about the types of mechanisms, equipment and ergonomics of different models.
Your task is to fit in a given volume all that you would like to tell about a product or service. What exactly this volume depends on your project (it will be indicated in the statement of work). It can be 100 texts of 2000 characters
each , and maybe 5 texts of 1000 characters each . If you need to write articles that will be laid out in stages, you can plan a cycle in which all materials are logically connected to each other.
Use someone else's experience
The competitors probably already have materials that you do not have. Copying is not necessary, but it is recommended to draw ideas. Even if you do not find anything of value, a random phrase can give an unexpected thought and from this a good and unique text will be born.
Watch from different angles
Products and services are different: some can be talked about for a very long time, while others have practically nothing to say. But whatever you offer to the market, you always solve someone’s specific tasks. And you can write about it endlessly.
If your product is a snow shovel, then think about the situations in which the buyer uses it. Think about the difficulties that he faces. About the comfort that creates a product for him. Where he keeps this shovel, how long it serves, why the curved handle is more convenient and how long it fits most trunks.
Tell us why you are selling a shovel, why not a tractor. Why such a shovel, and not the one that competitors have. Share your experience, expertise, emotions, in the end.
Find the unusual
Practically about any phenomenon you can find an interesting historical background. Or little-known facts. If we are talking about a wedding dress with a corset, then a simple trip to Wikipedia will give a lot of information about the history of this item of clothing. On the mere information that the corset was the cause of frequent fainting, you can create an interesting plot.
The advantage of such texts is that they are really interesting and easy to read.
Translate
One of the best suppliers of high-quality content is the foreign Internet. It is there that you can find unique materials that competitors have not yet been taken away for the reason that they do not know languages or simply have not guessed to search in a foreign language segment.
For tourist sites, for example, this is a real goldmine: there is a lot of content, you can update and increase it indefinitely. Just make sure that the translated material is reliable and written without factual errors.
Use aggregators
This refers to the news section or blog. If it is on your site and needs to be updated, then go to Yandex.News and search for keywords you need. This is the easiest way to make sure that something constantly happens on any topic, even if it seems to be "dead."
No need to invent anything, everything is already collected and sorted before you. We take what we like and react. We do not copy, but we write in our own words and with the author's comment. And if something has hurt you especially, we memorize and write detailed material on the topic. While writing, a couple more interesting topics will come to my mind, worthy of individual articles.
If nothing really can be found, then go to related topics and adapt to your own.
Build templates
The easiest way to generate the text descriptions, if there is a template suitable for the entire product group. For example, if we are talking about children's overalls, then information about materials, the design of latches on the straps and the print. According to this template, you can describe at least 1000 products and all texts will be unique.
Make a description for one product that fully takes into account all its features, allows you to logically and organically enter any keywords and is most useful for the buyer. Highlight in it the semantic parts and write the rest of the texts on this model. On the one hand, it simplifies the work for you (no need to reinvent the text from scratch every time), and on the other hand it structures the information, making it more convenient for perception.
Look for inspiration on Youtube
Oddly enough, much of what is on Youtube is missing in a regular search. And this is usually really useful information: the video format is used to illustrate what is difficult to describe in plain text. For you, this can be an excellent source of content, and not only visual: information can be adapted in the form of a thematic article, topics for the question-answer section, and publication in a blog.
Unite
It often happens that there is information in the network, but it is scattered and scattered. Feel free to make reviews or even whole series of articles based on what you find. This is useful for site visitors and helps solve the problem of finding topics.
Read colleagues on thematic resources
Forums today are considered practically dead, but in many topics they are in fact “more alive than all the living”. During periods of creative crisis, visit the thematic areas where your colleagues discuss urgent and relevant issues - the flow of ideas is guaranteed.
Similarly with thematic communities in social networks, especially closed ones. There is always something going on here.
Do not give "in the room" immediately
Firstly, if you have not agreed on proofreading work, you will have to read the written out yourself. And it is better to do this "fresh head". Otherwise, guaranteed to miss a lot of errors and misprints with a “zamylenny eye”, then you have to correct and post it again.
Secondly, when reading out, say, the next day, you will most likely want to improve or correct something, add some ideas that you didn’t think of yesterday, but give up something.
A good option would be to give your text to read an employee who understands the described area well. By the way, employees and colleagues are also a source of new ideas.
Parting words
By many years of experience, I can say that the materials written by representatives of the customer (if they correspond to the supplied TK) are almost always better than those ordered on the side. There are a lot of mistakes in them, they require some editing in terms of style, but the semantic and, importantly, the emotional side is always priceless.
This is especially true for complex areas where real work experience cannot be replaced by anything. Therefore, be sure to write. This saves the budget for promotion, helps to structure the thoughts, and is simply useful for personal development.
Good luck!