One subject
Choose a specific subject connected to something the business sells, not a broad industry label.
Customer quick-start guide
Build your first topical authority content strategy
Turn one commercially useful subject into a connected pillar article and supporting content. This guide shows you what to prepare, what to enter and what to check before you publish.
The 60-second explanation
You provide the business goal, audience, website and page you want the content to support. Content Strategy then plans a connected cluster around one clear search subject. A paid strategy produces one pillar article and twelve supporting articles, with mapped internal links, review-ready metadata and optional relevant images.
Before you begin
Have these five things ready
Website address
Use the live website domain so the strategy can understand the business and linking context.
Defined audience
Describe who needs the information, what they are trying to achieve and what may stop them buying.
Target page
Choose a published service, product or relevant guide page that every article can support. Check it returns 200, not 404.
A genuine quote
Provide an approved quote from the business, client or supplier. Never submit an invented quotation.
Recommended workflow
From brief to review-ready content
Sign in and choose the correct Brand
Use one Brand workspace per business or client. Check the active Brand before starting so content, history and publishing destinations are kept separate.Enter a commercially focused topic
Good topics connect customer demand to a real product or service. Prefer “cyber security support for small law firms” over “technology”, or “tree surveys for property developers” over “trees”.Complete the audience and target-page fields
Be specific about the buyer, market and desired action. Use a published target page on the same business website. Open the URL first and confirm it works.Add quotes and paid research inputs
Supply at least one genuine, approved quote. Paid strategies can also use live keyword-demand data, competitor or reference-domain research and verified third-party evidence where suitable.Generate and let the full process finish
Keep the tab open while the pillar and supporting articles are produced. A strategy credit is reserved for the run. If generation fails before delivery, the protected workflow releases or refunds the credit.Review before publishing
Check factual accuracy, brand tone, legal or sector requirements, quotes, links and calls to action. AI-assisted drafts require human approval. Rankings, traffic, indexing and AI citations are not guaranteed.Export, schedule or publish
Download the approved content for your CMS, or use scheduling where a secure publishing destination has been enabled. Never publish to a client website until the correct Brand and destination are confirmed.
Copy this example
Example of a strong first brief
- Topic to own
- Tree surveys for commercial property development
- Website
- https://example.co.uk
- Audience
- UK property developers and planning consultants who need surveys completed accurately and without delaying an application.
- Commercial objective
- Generate qualified enquiries for pre-development tree surveys and arboricultural planning support.
- Target page
- A live service page describing commercial tree surveys, timescales and how to request a quotation.
- Focus term / anchor
- Commercial tree surveys
- Useful business quote
- “Early survey work helps project teams identify constraints before they become expensive planning delays.” — approved spokesperson.
- Optional research sites
- Up to two relevant competitor or reference domains on paid strategies. These inform opportunity research and are not used as authority or quote sources.
Best practice: begin with one revenue-relevant subject. Do not combine several unrelated services in the same brief. A tighter focus produces a clearer pillar, stronger supporting articles and more useful internal links.
Free preview versus paid strategy
| Capability | Free preview | Paid strategy |
|---|---|---|
| Full articles | One complete pillar + 12-title preview | One pillar + twelve supporting articles |
| Demand evidence | AI-estimated directional opportunity signals, clearly labelled | Current Google Ads search-volume, CPC and competition metrics where successfully retrieved |
| Competitor search-gap research | Not included | Included |
| Evidence | Your supplied, approved quotes | Your quotes plus verified industry sources where suitable |
| Internal linking | Mapped for the preview | Automatic cluster-wide internal-link map |
| Featured images | Not included | Optional relevant images with descriptive alt text and clean filenames |
| Editing and history | Download and edit offline | Review, edit and retain work in the customer workspace |
| Scheduling | Not included | Available for enabled publishing destinations |
Feature availability is governed by the current plan shown inside the application. Generated work must be reviewed before use.
Your final review checklist
The topic supports a real commercial objective.
The audience and market are described accurately.
Every factual claim is supportable and current.
Every named quote is genuine and approved.
External sources are relevant and not competing service providers.
The target page is published, appropriate and returns successfully.
Internal links point to the correct pillar, supporting article or business page.
Image choice, filename and alt text match the article.
Titles, metadata and calls to action read naturally.
A human with suitable business or sector knowledge has approved publication.
Need help—or know someone who does?
Digital Womble can help select the first topic, review an output or discuss agency and referral access. You can also forward this guide to a colleague or client who needs a clearer content plan.
Digital Womble Ltd · Customer guide · Updated September 2026
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