RAMP: How To Generate Organic Traffic with AI Blog Posts
Every day, thousands of marketers use AI to generate traffic to their blog posts, saving up to 99% compared to traditional blog-writing methods. However, the overwhelming majority are using AI incorrectly and aren't seeing real results for their businesses.
Artificial Intelligence is a powerful tool for testing content, finding what resonates, and quickly improving search rankings. But it's not a great way to generate new customers. No half-brained reader will convert into a paying customer after reading a generic AI-generated article slapped on a website.
So, how does Blog Runner use AI to generate the impressive traffic results shown below?
We developed the RAMP method to enable any website to scale and rank their blog content in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost.
The RAMP Method
RAMP speeds up the blog writing and traffic generation timeline by using a hybrid AI & human-generated approach to scale your blog traffic.
- Research long-tail keywords
- Auto-Generate and Auto-Publish Blogs
- Monitor Blog performance
- Personalize winning blogs
Step 1: Research Long-Tail Keywords
Before we can start generating blogs, we need to know what to write about. If you know your customers, you probably have a pretty good base to start with. However, we don’t want to write general blogs for the mass market to compete against the thousands of other articles and blog posts from high-ranking websites.
We want to focus on long-tail keywords, or niche phrases that have lower search volume but are easier to rank for.
- Competitive Keyword: “tomato plant”
- Long-tail keyword: “why are tomato plants turning yellow?”
By niching down and providing more context, you lower the competitive bar and increase your opportunity to dominate the rankings for that search term.
How to Do Long-Tail Keyword Research:
- Start with Base Keywords: As the owner of your blog, you should have a decent idea of base keyword searches. For Blog Runner, ours revolve around “AI-generated blogs,” “AI SEO,” and “AI blogging software.” Come up with 5-10 of these as your base and put them in a list.
- Target Your Audience: The best way to niche down is to talk directly to the very specific customer you want to reach. If you want to drive traffic from vertical software companies with less than 10 employees, tailor your blog content (and keywords) to that cohort. Consider the search terms they would use and add them to your list.
- Use AI to Expand Ideas: Put your initial base and your customer profile into an AI model and ask it to return 50 long-tail keywords, with none of them being too similar. Most will be bad, but you should find a few good takeaways or ideas.
- Check Competitor Keywords: Review your competitor’s website content and identify if there are keywords you can use or further niche down into. For example, if your competitor has a blog post called “How to generate blogs with AI,” you might niche down to “How vertical SaaS companies can use AI to create SEO blogs.”
- Assess Keyword Difficulty: By now, you should have a list of 20-30 long-tail keywords. Use tools like Google Keyword Planner, AHrefs, or Semrush to check search volume and keyword difficulty. Look for terms that are low KD (keyword difficulty) but still have search volume. Also, google each term to see the competition. If the search results are full of high-quality, SEO-optimized content, de-prioritize that keyword. If the quality tails off quickly, you have a great opportunity.
Step 2: Auto-Generate and Auto-Publish Blogs
Writing and publishing have always been the most time-consuming and costly steps in blogging. With AI and direct integrations, this can now be done in minutes!
With Blog Runner, just:
- Click “Generate a Blog Post”
- Enter keywords and any extra info
- Schedule or publish immediately
Blog Runner handles SEO optimization, headers, meta descriptions, images, and keyword-focused content, publishing straight to your blog via integrations with major platforms. (If yours isn’t listed, reach out!)
Instead of spending hours or months on uncertain rankings, you can quickly build and test dozens of blogs in seconds.
But… didn’t we say AI alone won’t convert readers to customers? That’s where the next steps come in.
Step 3: Monitor Blog Performance
Once your long-tail keyword, SEO blogs are generated and published, it’s time to monitor search traffic. We monitor search traffic to know which blogs look like they’re going to rank and which are struggling to rank. We want to double down on the potential winners.
- Sign up for Google Search Console: Connect your website, go to the index page, submit your sitemap (www.yourwebsite.com/sitemap.xml), and prompt Google to review new pages.
- Weekly Check: Every week, check impressions, position, and click traffic for each blog. Within a few weeks, you should see at least one post gaining traction.
- Track Search Queries: When a blog starts to rank, examine the search queries driving traffic, noting your position and search volume. Once you hit a threshold (e.g., 1,000 impressions or a single click), it’s time to personalize.
Step 4: Personalize Winning Blogs
Congratulations! You have a blog post beginning to rank and is primed to jump to the top of the search results. Now is the perfect time to add your human touch and optimize the post for conversions.
- Edit the Content: Look for obviously AI-generated sentences and rewrite them in your own words. Usually, only about 10% of the content needs updating.
- Optimize the Content: Use the search queries the blog is ranking for and optimize the content for those specific keywords. For example, if your initial blog was focused on a “vertical SaaS” keyword but is ranking for “CRM platforms,” add more context around CRMs.
- Conversion-Optimization: Add a closing paragraph and CTA to pitch your services. Include buttons to contact/call and a contact form at the bottom of the blog if not already there.
- Re-Publish: After editing, optimizing, and adding CTAs, republish the content.
By adding your human touch and optimizing further, you increase your chances of moving up in the rankings and converting clicks into customers.
The RAMP Method Summary
In summary, the RAMP method enables you to leverage AI to drastically speed up your blog content creation, save money, and rank faster than traditional methods.
- Research Long-Tail Keywords
- Auto-Generate and Auto-Publish directly to your website
- Monitor Blog Performance
- Personalize the Winners with your magic touch
We have used this for our own websites and our client sites, and we can testify to its success. It is the entire reason we built Blog Runner.
If you’re ready to implement the RAMP method and start generating more traffic, sign up for a Blog Runner free trial ASAP.