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SEO Blog Writing and Strategy

Turn what your business knows into strategic content built around what your audience is searching for.

Your blog needs a reason to exist

Publishing a blog because “we should probably be blogging” isn't a content strategy. Topics get chosen on a whim, publishing becomes inconsistent, and nobody really knows what the content is meant to achieve. Strategic blog writing connects what your audience wants to know with what your business knows, supporting visibility, authority and commercial goals.
SEO & Blog Writing StrategyDoes your business really need a blog?
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A blog is an investment in time and money.  A strategy makes sure that investment has a purpose.

What can blogging do for your business?

SEO blogs can bring more of the right people to your website, build authority around your expertise and create more opportunities for them to become customers.

Expand your visibility

Build content around what your audience is searching for, creating more opportunities to appear across Google and AI search.

Build authority

Develop depth around the subjects you want to be known for, using your expertise and perspective to build trust with people and search platforms.

Create pathways to your business

Connect informational content with relevant services and products, directing interested readers towards the commercial parts of your website.
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Your expertise is what makes the content worth finding

Search behaviour can tell us what people want to know, but it can't supply your experience, opinions or perspective. I use each topic as a starting point to draw out what your business knows that isn't already being said, turning your expertise into useful, original content people want to read, and search platforms have a reason to reference.

The internet doesn't need another AI-written blog

AI can generate generic information in seconds, but so can your competitors. Strong blog content adds what they can’t easily replicate: first-hand experience, specialist knowledge, original insight and real examples. These strengthen the experience, expertise, authority and trust (E-E-A-T) behind your content, giving Google, AI search and your audience more reason to trust what you have to say.
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AI search doesn't reward more content. It looks for useful, authoritative sources to support its answers.
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12-Month SEO and AEO Blog Strategy

$1,200 + GST
A 12-Month Blog Strategy takes “what should we write about this month?” off your list. I research searches, questions, competitors and content gaps, then map the strongest opportunities against your expertise and commercial priorities. You get a year of strategic content with a reason behind every topic.

Your 12-month blog strategy includes:

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AI search and keyword research
Audience questions and search intent
Competitor and content gap research
12 strategic topics aligned with your expertise and goals
A brief for each blog covering intent, angle and key content
Monthly E-E-A-T questionnaires to capture your expertise, experience and opinions
Internal links to relevant commercial pages
A prioritised 12-month publishing schedule
You know your business. I know how to turn what you know into content people are searching for.
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SEO Blog Writing

$800 + GST per blog | monthly retainer
Knowing what to write is one thing. Finding the time and structuring it for search, your audience and a commercial outcome is another. On a monthly retainer, I turn your strategy into an optimised blog that combines SEO and AEO with your personality, original thinking, expertise, and perspective. 

You get consistent, useful content that sounds like you, supports your services or products and gives people a reason to choose you.

What goes into every SEO blog

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1,500+ words of researched, original content
Search and AI optimisation, written for humans
Topics and angles that fill useful information gaps online
Your E-E-A-T, including expertise, experience, opinions and perspective
Content structured for readability, engagement and search
Your brand voice, personality and positioning
Clear pathways to relevant services or products
Internal links that strengthen your wider website
Content designed to strengthen your authority as a source Google and AI search can understand and reference
Optimised title tag and meta description
My Happy Clients
  • SEO Strategy + 6 pages of website content + 6 location-optimised project pages + 12-month blog strategy + 12-month blog writing

    “Working with Renee has completely changed the way we think about our blog. We have a clear purpose behind every topic, based on what our ideal audience is searching for and the questions they’re asking. We’re using our blog to share our experience and perspective, build trust and guide people towards the services that can help them. Renee has a wonderful ability to draw out our expertise and turn it into content that still feels very much like us, while building our visibility and authority with Google and AI.”

    Larissa Davis — Founder and Principal Designer, Lewisham Interiors

Start with a blog strategy

Who strategic blogs are designed for

SEO blog strategy and writing may be a good fit if you're:
Sitting on years of expertise but rarely turning it into content.
Blogging inconsistently because you're never sure what to write next.
Publishing regularly without seeing enough organic visibility.
Trying to build authority around a specialist service or subject.
Short on the internal time or specialist skills needed to research and write consistently.
Using AI for content but finding the result sounds suspiciously like everyone else.

One good blog can do more than rank

Your website should be home to your strongest long-form content, but the thinking doesn't have to stay there. One strategic blog can feed your newsletter, LinkedIn, social content, sales resources and customer conversations, making your expertise work harder.

Final thought

Strategic blogging turns what your business knows into content that keeps building visibility, authority and opportunities to be found long after it’s published.
Talk to me about your blog
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Make Words work

with Renee Mariette
Your friendly SEO Expert
renee@makewordswork.com.au