Clearscope

Working with freelance authors is a reality when you need to scale a blog with subject matter experts. And, as many SEOs can attest, it's HARD to teach freelance writers to keyword optimize what they're writing without sounding like awkward robots. Enter Clearscope. I was skeptical of Clearscope at first as a veteran SEO content writer. Then, I started seeing results. Our freelancers were producing content that only needed minor keyword tweaks, and we're ranking better than the ones I was hand optimizing. Not only did this free up quite a bit of my time and brain power, but it also made re-optimization and updating articles a breeze. Then, it just kept getting better! Clearscope has added so much neat functionality over the years without losing its original charm. I can still get that rush from an A++ rating, but the keyword recommendations are bounds and leaps better than they were 5 years ago. Keyword research is more intuitive and robust than some top SEO programs out there. AND it's easy to use. Training takes a few hours, and then your writers can run with it. I've ported Clearscope over to 3 companies so far, and recommend it to anyone doing content marketing. It's the first tool I ask for when I start a new position and honestly haven't found anything better. (At this price point or anywhere else.)

Semrush, Ahrefs, Yoast Wordpress SEO Plugins

Clearscope bridges the gap between SEO research tools like Ahrefs, Moz, SEM Rush, etc., and the hours of research a writer needs to create exceptional content. Once you've identified your lead keywords, Clearscope analyzes the top-performing competitive articles to determine the topics you'll want to cover, reading level, and length. Once you've written a draft, Clearscope will analyze your content with a simple letter grade, and show you which topics are missing or underserved. Now, of course, Clearscope won't tell you how *well* something is written--its persuasiveness, organization, flow, etc. But it does tell you how well you've covered the topics to meet a reader's intent. For several clients, and for my own work, I use Clearscope to generate the topics and infuse them into the creative brief for a writer. I'll also use the software to grade the writer's draft and sometimes will include that in their writing process. I'll also run existing content through Clearscope to see what optimization opportunities exist.

Google Drive, Ahrefs, Snagit

Anytime we create an article that's 1000+ words, we are automatically generating a Clearscope report. It comes into our workflow after we do some initial keyword research and decide on a primary keyword. We look at Clearscope as being an important content optimization step. The alternative is paying somebody on your team to do all this research and they may not even do as good of a job.

SurferSEO, Frase and MarketMuse

I have been using Clearscope to help plan and outline my content. Integrated with WordPress with a plugin for easy analysis of your WordPress-based content. It has a really intuitive and easy-to-use user interface that will help you choose keywords, making the content of your website readable, shareable, and clickable so that it can appear among the first websites in search engines like Google.

Semrush

Semrush, ProWritingAid, Versa SASE

We are using Clearscope for our website & blog SEO Strategy. Clearscope provides top-ranking articles with a single specific keyboard & also includes it in the ranking as well. It also provides a detailed reporting & writing readability score. The user interface of Clearscope is user-friendly & easy to understand. Clearscope helps us in high traffic for our technical blogs sections & it provides the best recommendation & insights based on your activity. It provides easy integrations & SERP Analysis as well.

Semrush

Semrush