I've been writing emails and blog posts for Videofruit for 3.5 years. And I can count on one hand the number of things I've written that I've loved and thought was really good. A few months ago I had a thought… “What if there was a tool you could use that would tell you if your blog posts and emails were good enough to publish?” 1. You pick your goal of the post/email 2. Answer 5 basic questions 3. It tells you if it’s good enough and gives you suggestions to make it better Then I talked to my friend Jeff Goins, an author. And he showed me his process for vetting his writing and making sure that it was good and led to a business result. He had a basic checklist. Once he was done writing, he ran the post through the checklist and then went and fixed the parts that failed the checklist Welp - we turned his checklist into a free tool. Meet Don’t Hit Publish This is a new tool we built and just launched that will help you be more confident and get better results from your writing. Hope you enjoy!

Looks interesting @harris_bryan! How does your technique/approach differ from Gramarly?

Funny little tool and surprisingly helpful for such a simple product.

I'm on the Videofruit team and am so excited for our students to use this tool. It fired me up to go and use it on my blog posts to see how I compared. Great tool to help you get better and more effective at writing so that you can help more people with your content.

Pros:

Easy to use, gives you EXACT steps to take

Cons:

It doesn't do it for you :)

Very fun and creative :) Just need to work on it and make it better.

Appreciate the checklist style. No need to reinvent the wheel.

This is awesome. Always struggle to know whether my posts are good enough. Gonna start checking my posts now. Thanks

Excited to see how much better my writing - and business results - are once I get into the habit of using Don't Hit Publish

Pros:

Love the tips being on hand, just as I'm about to put something new out into the world

Cons:

Would love it I could FORCE myself to use this EVERY time I'm about to put something out.

I'm really excited about this free app. Going to be using this in the future for my own content writing.

My first go got a pass so I don't yet know if this feature is installed but maybe a feedback on the topic

I'm definitely going to be recommending this to others. ☺ Great job as usual 👌👌👏👏 My only regret is that I didn't learn of Bryan & Jeremy sooner.

Pros:

I love that it's simple to use and has the suggestions at the end about how I can improve.

Cons:

None yet

Several friends have started their own blogs but are afraid to post. I've shared the website with each of them and they have committed to me that they will post more often.

Bryan Harris and the Videofruit team always puts out quality products! You can't go wrong with this one!

Pros:

I like having another strategy to look over my blog post!

Cons:

None that I can see!

Good Job!

This is a very helpful checklist and useful suggestions for improvements. Thank you.

I love that this product is available. Sometimes I feel my posts are great and the ones that are not truly great I usually wonder what would make them better. This is helpful.

Pros:

I love that it gives tips on how to make the blog post better. I'm not the best writer yet so that is truly very helpful.

Cons:

I've not used it more than once yet, so I'm not sure on this one.

Excited to use for my next post.

Pros:

The details on what to do if the post doesn't pass muster.

Cons:

Topics that were rated 5 star still show up.in the advice with how to improve.

I am relatively new to the content marketing game, but this is definitely a tool I can see value in. A simple checklist to follow before you send your content out into the world...and it's free!

Pros:

Simple and effective, like a checklist should be.

Cons:

None that I can see.

Keeps you from getting lost in the weeds and focused on why you should be posting in the first place.

Pros:

A checklist of the simple, but effective ways to benefit from a blog post

Cons:

Maybe have a downloadable PDF after you've gotten results

I like the idea of running down a checklist before publishing. Really can help to make you stand back a little and consider what you want to achieve with a post.

While the tips are helpful, they are also very generic and very predictable as they are probably based on your own star ratings in the checklist. Without the app reading and reviewing the actual content, I guess there isn't much more that can be done.

Pros:

Checklist

Email with the tips straight to your inbox

Cons:

Tips are generic

Look forward to trying this. Nice work @harris_byron