How To Get Started with Content Automation

How To Get Started with Content Automation

Here's a quick step-by-step guide that walks you through the process of turning the Content Automation add-on on and customizing the settings to get the most of it. 

 

Step-by-Step Setup Guide

Follow these simple steps to unlock Content Automation feature: 

1. Purchase Content Automation

Go to the Content tab in the top navigation of your Placester dashboard. From there, you’ll be able to activate the Content Automation add-on. 

You can also activate Content Automation from 'Plan & Billing' > 'Product Add-ons'

2. Review Your Business Profile

Before configuring Content Automation, review your Business Profile.

Your Business Profile provides Content Automation with important information about your business, including:

  • Your display name
  • Your operating areas
  • Your business description
  • Your specialties
  • Your target audience
  • Your main website

This information helps Content Automation create articles that are relevant to your business, audience and local market.

Review the information carefully and update anything that is missing or no longer accurate.

To learn more, see Understanding and Updating Your Business Profile.

3. Choose How Your Articles Are Published

Under Automated Blog Posts, choose how you want Content Automation to handle your scheduled articles.

You have three options:

  • Off: No posts are generated or published. Your selected categories and schedule remain saved until you turn automation back on.
  • Publish immediately: At each scheduled publishing slot, an article is written and published to your website automatically.
  • Draft, then publish: A draft is created 24 hours before the scheduled publishing time. You’ll receive an email when the draft is ready, giving you time to review and edit it. The article will automatically go live at the scheduled time, even if you don’t make any changes.

If you choose Draft, then publish, you’ll also receive an email notification once the article has been published.

4. Choose Your Content Categories

Next, choose at least three types of content you want Content Automation to create. Your selected categories guide the types of articles Content Automation creates for your website.

5. Set Your Publishing Schedule

Choose the days and times when you want your blog posts to be published.

The number of articles available to schedule depends on your Content Automation add-on. Depending on your subscription, Content Automation can create up to one article per month, one per week or one per day.

Set your preferred publishing slots based on the frequency available with your add-on.

6. Choose Your Publishing Destination

Select the website where you want Content Automation to publish your articles. Your automated blog posts will be published to the blog on the website selected here.

7. Review Your Content Automation Dashboard

Once setup is complete, you can use the Dashboard to keep track of your automated content. The dashboard shows an overview of your Content Automation activity, including your last published post and your next scheduled post.

Open History to see a record of the content created by Content Automation. Here, you can check the status of previous posts and access links to articles that have been published on your website.

You can return to the Configuration section at any time to update your automation mode, categories, schedule or publishing destination.

 

Still need help? Reach out to us at support@placester.com.

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