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!
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@harris_bryan I love a good blog checklist and I am sure that my friend I am helping with will enjoy this new product too.
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What if you're using it to inform people, tell a story or to share information? The three motives I have to choose from already kinda tells me it's only useful for marketers or salespeople, not actual writers.
Pros:
Lovely design and grate for sales tactics
Cons:
Not really sure if it's useful for anything but sales-based blog posts. Very limited scope and that reduces its usefulness
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Eric Ackley, theZone9Gardener--I'm always looking for ways to improve my writing. It reminded me again that one of the most important things in writing is what your user takeaway is. Remember, WIIFM--What's In It For Me?
Pros:
Great checklist . . . Actionable items to improve your writing.
Cons:
Maybe more checks, and links to other educational articles.
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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.
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For me the biggest benefit of this product is clarifying my main goal and realizing my main goal is either going to be traffic, leads, or sales.
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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 :)
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This is awesome. Always struggle to know whether my posts are good enough. Gonna start checking my posts now. Thanks
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I'm really excited about this free app. Going to be using this in the future for my own content writing.
Don't Hit Publish
What if you're using it to inform people, tell a story or to share information? The three motives I have to choose from already kinda tells me it's only useful for marketers or salespeople, not actual writers.
Pros:Lovely design and grate for sales tactics
Cons:Not really sure if it's useful for anything but sales-based blog posts. Very limited scope and that reduces its usefulness
Eric Ackley, theZone9Gardener--I'm always looking for ways to improve my writing. It reminded me again that one of the most important things in writing is what your user takeaway is. Remember, WIIFM--What's In It For Me?
Pros:Great checklist . . . Actionable items to improve your writing.
Cons:Maybe more checks, and links to other educational articles.
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.
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 :)