When it comes to creating blog posts, there are some elements that can help you get more views and increase your read ratio.Headline and thumbnails: Get the clicks Writer’s voice and useful information: Boost reader engagement
AI can help with that. The problem is that some writers are either skeptical about AI or use it the wrong way.I’ve been writing and using AI tech for a couple of years. Here’s how I use AI to improve my blog posts.Use AI as a Cheap Research Assistant If you’ve been writing for a while, probably you know that besides your own ideas, you need to add information to your blog posts to clarify concepts, back up your ideas, and provide examples. Researching on the internet is time-consuming sometimes. The good news is that AI tools can become your research assistant for a low price. AI tools like ChatGPT or Jasper can provide information for your articles in seconds. You only need to give a prompt describing what you want and they’ll generate text with the info you need.
For example, I asked ChatGPT to generate a 500-word article on “5 ways AI can boost your writing skills.” Here’s part of the text it generated.
Yes, the text generated sounds too formal and boring, but the idea isn’t to copy/paste the words as is, but to use them as a starting point. In fact, after reading this text, I could come up with new ideas when writing this article.
As of today, ChatGPT is free and Jasper starts at $24/mo for 20,000 words.
Use AI to Sound Less Like Other Writers
Do you know what differentiates one writer from another? Their voice.
And I’m not talking about speaking voice but the writer’s voice. A writer’s voice is what makes a writer unique. It’s adding your own words, personality, emotion, and some vulnerability to your stories, so it comes alive.
That isn’t something you get overnight, but until you get there, you can use AI tools to sound less like the rest. You only need to tell the AI tool the writing style, and emotions the text should have.
The problem is that most writers don’t know how to make the most of AI. Here’s an example of how most use AI writing tools.
The generated text doesn't sound bad if you plan to add it to a Wikipedia page, but if you want to get something unique, you should add more details to the prompt.
I can’t see myself writing “feel like chillin’ with a homie” as ChatGPT suggested, but after reading the whole paragraph, I could come up with new ideas to write a less boring definition of a writer’s voice.
Use AI as an Idea Generator for Your Headlines
The headline is the reason why people click (or don’t click) on your article.
In my experience, AI writing tools don’t always suggest good article titles. Here are 5 titles that ChatGPT suggested for this article