NOTE: Content Marketing Pro is only available for those who have a Content Marketing Pro subscription. If you do not see this option in your Blogs Collection, reach out to your account manager or (833) 203-9165 to learn more. 

1. Select the CMPro app from your dashboard.
   

Step 1: Getting Started

1. Check your settings before beginning.
   
   These settings include:
1. Post Content
   
1. Keywords: Add suggested keywords to your blog posts. These should be comma-separated, up to 5 are allowed.
   
2. How keywords will be used: 3-4 keywords will be used per 300 words. Content Marketing Pro will scan each blog and prioritize the keywords you choose depending on the blog content.
   
3. Hyperlinks: Add internal or external hyperlinks into your blog content (limit 3). Enter what text to add the hyperlink to in the Text field, then enter your URL for a page from your website. To have the link open in a new tab, make sure the icon to the left of your URL is selected and blue. Note: Text field must be unique for each hyperlink. 
   
4. Calls to Action: Automatically add a CTA from your Calls to Action Collection to your blog posts.
   
2. Image Generation Settings
   
1. Featured Image: Select or unselect the checkbox to choose whether to generate a feature/hero image for each post.
   
2. Content Images - Frequency: You can choose to add AI-generated images directly into your blog content. Use the dropdown to set the frequency of AI imagery in your blog post (none, every other section, every 3rd, or every 4th section).
   
3. Placement: Choose where you want your images to appear: Before section header, after section header, or randomly. Here is an example of a blog generated with an AI image after the section header.
   
3. Post Settings
   
1. Select the status of your post(s) upon creation: Scheduled or Draft.
   
2. Select your posting frequency: Daily, Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Monthly.
   
3. Choose an Author: Select from members of your Team Members Collection.
   
4. Tags: Add tags to your blog posts for organizational purposes.
   

Step 2: Create Your Content and Assets

1. From the Overview page, click Create Content.
     
2. Choose which options you want (blogs, socials, emails).
   
1. You’ll get an alert if there are any details missing that prevent emails or socials from being generated. You may need to update these settings in the Brand Profile before proceeding.
     
3. Update any settings that you didn’t review before. This is where you’ll add keywords if you did not do it previously.
   
4. Select up to 12 topics that you like.
   
1. You can click the regenerate button in the top right corner to have new topics populated for you. Note: This will only regenerate blog titles that have not been selected. So, you can select a few blog titles, click regenerate, and it will save your pre-selected titles, and generate new ones.
     
2. Select Click to Edit or Rearrange Topics to add custom topics or edit the titles.
   
1. You may also re-order the blogs by using the drag button on the left side of your blog posts (Blogs will post in order from top to bottom).
   
2. If needed, click the trash icon to delete them.
   
5. Click Create Content when you’re ready to generate the topics. The sparkle icon will show you the progress while your assets are being generated.
     

Step 3: Review Your Assets

1. Locate your content under Ready for Review on the Overview page. Click Review to open the review page for each of your topics.
   Here, you will see all of your blog content, social posts with captions, and the email content, including images for each.
2. For the blog content: 
   
1. Choose the Publish Date. The Publish Start Date is when you want your first blog to be published. Based on the frequency selected, the following blogs will be published daily, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly after that date/time
   
2. Audit the content for readability, relevancy, and accuracy.
   
1. Click the sparkle icon on the right to generate new content. You can select specific text you want to change and the system will offer you options to rewrite, lengthen, or shorten the selected text. You can completely replace it with your own content if needed/desired.
   
3. For the social content: 
   
1. Ensure your captions make sense. You can edit as needed, including adjusting hashtags or adding/removing emojis.
   
4. For the email content: 
   
1. Read through the content for readability and relevancy
   
5. For images: 
   
1. You can regenerate an image by pressing the sparkle icons or upload your own image. When replacing an image, be sure to toggle on “Change in all locations” so the image updates in the blog, social, and email sections.
   
2. The alt title and description will auto-populate for you when you regenerate images.
   
6. Review and approve your content
   
1. Approve and schedule the blog, social posts, and emails separately or do it all together at the top.  
   
2. Anything drafted will have to be reviewed in the corresponding app (Websites, Social, Email), only scheduled things can be seen in the CMPro Calendar. You must finalize any details in each app for drafted assets.
   
3. Social posts will automatically get applied to the end of the automated queue schedule.