The Bulk Blog Writer allows you to queue up to 1,000 blog posts for generation! It’s a fantastic method to generate high quality articles, at scale, for pennies!
The Bulk Blog Writer shares many of its options with the SEO Blog Writer and those options are fully explained in the SEO Blog Writer guide. Be sure to check it out if you’re looking for an explanation of the following items:
- # of H2 Subheadings
- Section Length
- Voice
- Enable Literary Devices
- Enable Lists
- Enable Tables
- FAQ
- Enable Midjourney Prompt for Each H2
- Enable Key Takeaways
- Enable Tease
- Write in the Style of ______
- Auto Style
- Automatic Keywords
- Boost Chance of Detection as Real
- Disable Skinny Paragraphs
- Disable Active Voice
- Disable Conclusion
- Out in Non-English Language
- Best of 2
- GPT Model
- Enable Image API
- WordPress
- YouTube Videos
- Etc
So, from here on out, I’ll cover what’s unique to the Bulk Blog Writer.
List of Blog Post Titles
Specify up to 1,000 blog post titles in this input box. You are limited to 70,000 characters, which allows for about 63 characters per title (which is about the limit for a meta title anyway).
You can input your titles in one of two ways:
- In a single list where every title is separated by a semicolon
- In a single list where every title is on a separate line
You can click the “Start Bulk Writer” button to see a preview of the titles parsed by ZimmWriter to confirm they are correct. If you don’t like what you see, you can go back and edit your list of blog post titles to the appropriate formatting.
Blog Post Title Variables
ZimmWriter has a few custom variables you can append to the end of a blog post title.
In ZimmWriter speak, a custom variable is encased in curly brackets (e.g., { }) and follows a particular format.
{category=}
- Allows you to specify a category to assign to a specific blog post title if uploading to WordPress. While the WordPress menu has categories you can specify, this variable allows overriding of those choices. If the category does not exist, then ZimmWriter will automatically create it on your WordPress site.
- Example for a blog post title “How to Wash a Dog”:
- How to Wash a Dog{category=Washing Your Dog}
{outline_focus=}
- Allows you to give a direction to the AI as it creates the outline. Useful when you either want the AI to go in a specific direction when creating the outline or when the title may be ambiguous to the AI.
- Example for a blog post title “Analyzing Trump’s Public Statements”:
- Analyzing Trump’s Public Statements{outline_focus=The context for the numeric list is “Analysis of Donald Trump’s Public Statements” for the topic of “Public Statements” in the context of “Donald Trump”.}
- Note: you can combine certain variables. Here is another example:
- Analyzing Trump’s Public Statements{category=Statements}{outline_focus=The context for the numeric list is “Analysis of Donald Trump’s Public Statements” for the topic of “Public Statements” in the context of “Donald Trump”.}
Use # of H2 as Suggestion
If you uncheck this box, then ZimmWriter will write each article with the exact number of H2 items that you specify.
If you check this box then amazing but complicated things happen…
If Use # of H2 as Suggestion is checked then:
ZimmWriter will examine each title and look for a listicle (eg., 5 Tricks to Land a Job):
- If a listicle is not detected for an article title + the number of H2 subheadings is 5 or less, then ZimmWriter will write that many subheadings for that article.
- If a listicle is not detected for an article title + the number of H2 subheadings is 6 or more, then ZimmWriter will choose a random number between 5 and your number of H2 subheadings, and write that many for that article. Note that the random number is re-computed for each article.
- If a listicle is detected + the listicle number it detects is 15 or lower, it will write that many H2 subheadings.
- If a listicle is detected + the listicle number it detects is 16 or higher, then ZimmWriter will re-title the article to 15 items and then write 15 H2 subheadings.
Use CAUTION with titles containing multiple numbers. The foolproof method is to have your listicle quantity appear before other numbers in the title.
- 15 Tricks to Land a Job in 2023
- OK.
- ZimmWriter finds the first one to three digit number, which is 15. It does not rename the title because 15 is less than 16. ZimmWriter then proceeds to write 15 x H2s.
- 5 Key Considerations for Life at 25 Post-COVID
- OK.
- ZimmWriter finds the first one to three digit number, which is 5. It does not rename the title because 5 is less than 16. ZimmWriter then proceeds to write 5 x H2s.
- Life at 25 Post-COVID: 5 Key Considerations
- BAD.
- ZimmWriter finds the first one to three digit number, which is 25. It thinks that is the listicle amount, so re-titles the article to “Life at 15 Post-COVID: 5 Key Considerations” and then writes 15 x H2s.
- Top 20 Things to Do When You turn 25
- OK.
- ZimmWriter finds the first one to three digit number, which is 20. It renames the title to “Top 15 Things to Do When You turn 25” because 20 is greater than 15. ZimmWriter then writes 15 x H2s.
- Live in Paris in 2023: Top 20 Things to Do
- OK.
- The 2023 is four digits, not two, therefore ZimmWriter keeps looking and finds 20 which is the next one to three digit number. It renames the title to “Live in Paris in 2023: Top 15 Things to Do” because 20 is greater than 15. ZimmWriter then writes 15 x H2s.
Enable H3
You can check this box for each H2 to have a 20% chance to contain H3 items. At the moment, the number of H3 items that an H2 can contain in the Bulk Blog Writer is between two and three.
SEO CSV
What if you could have a bulk version of the SEO Writer? Now you can!
The SEO CSV feature is a way to upload a specially formatted CSV file into ZimmWriter in lieu of specifying a list of blog post titles in the input box.
The CSV file allows you to specify your:
- Titles
- Outline focus
- Background
- Outline
- SEO Keywords
- Category
It’s basically a bulk version of the SEO Writer with a slight difference. It does not allow any subheading background information as that would be too complex for a CSV file.
A few important notes:
- Google Sheet Template of the CSV
- The “Outline” in the CSV is not the same as the “Custom Outline” button in the Bulk Writer.
- The Outline is a full blown outline in the accepted ZimmWriter format
- The Custom Outline button is for when you’re writing multiple articles that you want to follow a common outline format.
- Specifying an Outline in the CSV will override…
- any Custom Outline (just for that row in the CSV)
- any # of H2 setting (just for that row in the CSV)
- any Enable H3 (just for that row in the CSV)
- Double click on the cells in the CSV file to see that they are more than they appear.
- Read the CSV directions in the Google Sheet.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are a few frequently asked questions that I get a lot regarding bulk generation.
What if I specify 1,000 blog post titles and it stops on 256?
Sort the successful blog post files in the output directory by date. Find the last generated blog post and delete everything in the input box up to that point. Then start generating again.
How do I get more or less words in a blog post?
The following items affect blog post length:
- # of H2
- It should be obvious, but some people need reminding that adding more H2s will increase the length of your article.
- H2 section length
- Keep in mind that this option has very little affect when automatic keywords are selected, a table is used, a bullet point list is used, or tease is used.
- Lists / Tables
- Enable FAQ
- It can add between 700 and 1,500 words.
- Enable H3
- It can add between 500 to 1,500 words for every 5 x H2s, depending on your length settings
- Automatic Keywords
How do I get my article to cost less?
I recommend generating bulk articles using GPT 3.5 Turbo. With the recent update to ZimmWriter v7 the quality of GPT 3.5 Turbo is astounding.
Other ways to reduce cost are to write less words per article. It sounds simple, but I get so many questions about this subject. The best way to write less words are to follow the directions in the previous answer.
