How to Write a Blog Post with AI (Using Free Tools) to Get SEO Traffic

Yes, you can absolutely write a blog post with AI and still get an avalanche of Google traffic… if you go about it the right way. And trust me, it’s a big if. But that’s why you’re here, and I’ll show you how.

Google has no problem with AI (artificial intelligence) being used to create blog content. In fact, their own guidelines explain that they are “rewarding high-quality content, however it is produced.“

The key here though, is high-quality. Every aspect of your blog post needs to be great, the relevance of the idea itself, the structure of the content, the points you make, the writing style, and the quality of your editing.

It might sound like a big ask. And it is! You’re not going to get there with just a basic ChatGPT prompt. Instead, you either need significant prompt engineering experience, or you need a high-quality AI tool that’s designed around writing long-form content. Enter: RightBlogger’s SEO Article Writer.

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RightBlogger’s Article Writer is one of our most powerful and flexible AI tools, and with the right inputs it can produce engaging content that earns SEO traffic.

You can try it out with a free RightBlogger account, which includes 2,000 AI words a month and most of the Article Writer’s advanced options.

In this guide, we’ll take a closer look at the Article Writer, everything it can do, and how to write a blog post with AI (step-by-step).

How to Write a Blog Post with AI

Now, let’s run through the process of writing a blog post using AI tools like our Article Writer.

1. Choose the Right Keyword

First, make sure you’ve got a great primary keyword in mind, something that matches a real audience pain point, challenge, or problem area you’re going to help your people solve. Enter this into the Topic / Keyword / Title box.

Tip: If you’ve already got a full title, incorporating your keyword, you can instead add the whole title here.

Not sure what your keyword should be?

Use the free Keyword Research Tool to pinpoint a low difficulty and medium volume (1,000-10,000 monthly searches) keyword.

2. Set Up Your Article Writer Options

The Article Writer has a wide range of advanced options so you can tailor the output to exactly what you need in your content.

Tip: Without you, the AI blog posts you write (using any tool) are going to sound bland and uninspired. Garbage in, garbage out, as they say. It’s super important you add as much detail into the creation process as possible, if you want an output that’ll actually deliver real results.

I recommend choosing:

Option	My pick	Why
Edit Outline	Yes	You can refine exactly what the AI will include: move sections around, add or remove sections, and reword subheadings.
Images	Maybe	Images help readers and SEO (search engine optimization). If you already have your own images or plan to source them, switch this off.
External Links	Yes	Links to reputable sources let readers check your claims and make the post more trustworthy.
Realtime Knowledge	Maybe	The AI pulls up-to-date information from the web, which matters most for time-sensitive or news-oriented posts.

3. Choose the Perfect Tone and Writing Style

If you’ve tried to use AI to write blog posts, you might have been put off by the stilted writing style. I’m sure you know what I mean: articles that sound like this:

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to get caught up in day-to-day expenses, subscriptions, and the pressure to keep up with trends. However, one of the most important financial habits you can develop is saving money regularly. Whether you’re saving for a rainy day, a big purchase, or retirement, boosting your savings is essential for financial stability.

Filler phrases like “in today’s fast-paced world” are a dead giveaway that this is written by an AI. And words like “however,” “essential,” and “stability” are all quite formal. The reader is probably already yawning within a few sentences.

In RightBlogger, we’ve fixed this in all our AI writing tools with our Tone & Writing Style dropdown. You can choose from 16 tones for your blog post, like Casual, Excited, Authoritative, Passionate, and Professional.

Tip: Every RightBlogger plan also includes MyTone, which saves your own custom writing styles: 1 on the free plan, and 5 (Solo), 15 (Pro), or 50 (Agency) on paid plans. MyTone can learn your style from your website, up to 10 article or YouTube URLs, a pasted writing sample, or a written description, then use it across RightBlogger’s content creation tools.

4. Select Your Language (or English Variety)

Writing in a language other than English? Or in UK vs US English? RightBlogger has you covered.

Our AI can produce content in over 100 different languages. We also have 4 different varieties of English to choose from, for the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.

5. Generate Your Blog Post

Go ahead and generate your blog post.

If you chose to edit your outline (which I strongly recommend), you’ll first see an outline that you can adjust however you like.

Once you’re happy with the outline, you can generate the full post:

You’ll want to read through and check you’re happy with the content before publishing it. You might want to tweak the introduction and conclusion in particular to fit with your own style.

Using the Advanced Options in the Article Writer

Even on our free plan, you get access to most of the Article Writer’s advanced options. You can open these up by clicking the “Article Length & Point of View & More” link.

Each option at a glance:

Option	What it does
Article Length	Choose from Micro-form (about 500 words) up to Ultra Long-form (about 4,500-5,500 words), or leave it on Automatic. Free accounts get Micro-form and Short-form (about 1,000 words).
Point of View	Write in first person (I or we), to “you” the reader, or in a more neutral third person (“they”).
Use Exact Title	Uses your Topic / Keyword / Title input as the title, word for word.
Blank Outline	Starts from a blank outline instead of a generated one, which is handy if you already know your sections.
Include Key Takeaways and Include FAQs	Adds a Key Takeaways summary after the introduction, an FAQ section near the end, or both.
Include Relevant Video	The AI will try to find a relevant YouTube video to go with your article.
Internal Links	Add your site’s URL and the AI will include links to relevant content on your site.
Primary Keyword	The keyword you want this article optimized around.
Use SEO Report During Creation	Runs an SEO report on the finished article and optimizes it automatically. It uses one SEO report credit, so you’ll need a paid plan.
Target Audience	Details about your readers so the AI can tailor the article to them.
Additional Instructions for Outline and Article	Extra direction for each stage, like “include a section on…” for the outline or “include an exercise for the reader at the end” for the article.
Creativity	Makes the AI more (or less!) creative and unpredictable in its response.

Refine Your Draft with Chat

Every finished article gets a Chat tab. Chat is unlimited on paid plans; on the free plan it counts toward your 2,000 monthly words.

You can use this to have the AI adjust your article however you want. For instance, if the tone isn’t quite right, you could say, “Rewrite this article in a more engaging, conversational tone.” RightBlogger understands normal language, so you can give it instructions in the Chat in the same way you’d ask a human writer for edits.

Edit Your Post Manually in the Editor

The Editor tab lets you make any manual edits you want to your post. Rewrite sentences, change headings, add bold text … you can use it just like a word processor.

You can even get AI help with your editing. Just highlight the piece of text you want to change and click “Ask AI”. You’ll see a range of options, like “Paraphrase,” “Expand Text,” and more.

Get Meta Tags and Other SEO Elements

RightBlogger can instantly create a meta title (SEO title), meta description, permalink (URL/slug), and primary keyword for your post. Just click on the SEO tab to get all of these, and boost your SEO optimization with zero effort.

Adding Images to Your Blog Post

The Images tab gives you ready-made searches on free stock photo sites (Pexels, Unsplash, and Pixabay) for images you can use in your post. It’ll also create social images with a title card for sharing.

Write Your First AI Blog Post Today

RightBlogger’s Article Writer is an incredibly powerful tool for bloggers and content writers, especially when you know how to fine-tune the different options to create an article that suits you and your blog perfectly.

It can get you most of the way to a finished post, and you can use the Editor or Chat features to get the AI to make any revisions you want.

You can get started with a free RightBlogger account (2,000 AI words a month), or start a 7-day free trial of a paid plan for longer articles, unlimited AI words, and the rest of our blogging tools.

Want to automate your blog and unlock team collaboration? Our Pro plan ($69/mo billed annually) covers 3 sites and adds 3 team seats, 90 SEO reports per month, and premium courses.