Stop Burning Brainpower on Templates
Generate detailed outlines with research-backed implementation checklists, so you never have to fill out a brief again.
Why Should You Use RankUp for Content Briefs?
Highly Actionable
Headings, direct answers under each one, key talking points for each section, and ready-to-implement SEO suggestions - everything you need to create high-performing content, fast.
Insights from the Hidden Depths
Instead of just showing you what everyone else sees, RankUp digs deep into SERPs, AI overviews, and competitor content to surface unique angles and strategic opportunities most don't have the time to uncover.
Insanely Scalable
Doesn't matter if you generate one or 15 briefs at once, the workflow takes roughly the same time (~10–20 minutes).
How Does RankUp's Content Briefs Workflow Work?
SERP Analysis
The workflow starts off with deep analysis on the SERPs:
- Identifying top competitors to learn from
- Breaking down and analyzing their structure
- Analyzing their subtopic prioritization strategy
- • Fetching each page's ranking keywords
- • Comparing keywords against competitor content to identify subtopic integration
- • Understanding prioritization strategies and results
- Analyzing competitors getting featured snippets - what did they do right?
Creating Outline
RankUp's writer agent creates an outline, based on all the analysis done in previous steps, and competitor outlines as inspiration.
This includes key talking points, which will help the writer make sure we match or even exceed the topical coverage of the competitors.
Optimized Direct Answers
Direct answers below each heading significantly increases your chances of ranking for AI overviews, featured snippets, and getting LLMs to pick your answer from the SERPs.
RankUp creates optimal direct answers, by fetching competitor answers to headings (some of them ranking for SERP features), and using them to craft direct answers, designed for RAG and LLM systems to pick them up.
Implementation Checklist
The outline is complemented with a detailed checklist composing of different types of optimization suggestions:
Keywords
Previous competitor and subtopic analysis is turned into actionable checklist items that instruct the writer on how to target these subtopics effectively.
Checklist items are enriched with prioritization decision-making, and specifications for where and how to cover these subtopics effectively.
Unique Angles
RankUp analyzes what competitors miss and combines it with your company's unique info to suggest standout angles that make your content impossible to ignore.
AI Overview Optimization
By dissecting the sources behind AI-generated summaries, RankUp reveals what it takes to get featured and turns those insights into clear, easy-to-follow optimization steps.
Internal Link Opportunities
RankUp finds high-impact internal link opportunities from related pages and tells you exactly where to place them, with context, anchor text, and link location all mapped out.
SERP Features
Our workflow spots high-visibility SERP features like People Also Ask and Answer Boxes, then gives you precise steps to optimize your content to show up in them.
Standard SEO Best Practices
A built-in checklist of fundamental SEO tasks, enriched with tailored writing tips and real competitor examples.
AI Suggestions
Covers everything else that matters by spotting competitor blind spots, recurring themes, and standout patterns.
Outbound Links
Direct readers to the most relevant follow-up content with outbound links already mapped to your draft - ready to implement without leaving the editor.
This research-backed checklist makes sure every ranking factor is accounted for.
Implement Fast with Writer Agent
The checklist is integrated into the editor and linked to the content. Choose what checklist items to implement and let RankUp's Writer Agent do the heavy lifting.
