How To Use AI To Write Blog Posts: My Blog Overhaul

Here's how to use AI to write blog posts that stay honest: give the bot your copy rules once, make it cite sources, and review every post before it publishes.

I always knew a blog would help my shop get found. I never had the evenings to write one.

Jump To: Before And After · How It Works · The Short Version · Step By Step · A Filled-In Example · Copy These Prompts · Before You Approve · Common Mistakes · Worked Scenario: One Customer Question, One Post · More Questions · A Small Business Can Work Like A Big One · How Grok Bot Usage Works

Before And After

  • 61 guides and articles went live in one reviewed publish pass, each checked against my copy rules.
  • Neighborhood posts help nearby customers find me.
  • See the blog live: franchittisfix.com/blogs/news.

How It Works

The rules live in my bots' memory, as in my lasting-rules guide. Every draft cites its sources, and anything unverified is flagged for me.

The Short Version

A good AI-assisted blog post starts with your facts and ends with your edit. The bot does the drafting in the middle. Here's the process step by step.

Step By Step

  1. Pick one question a customer actually asks. One post answers one question. Look at your texts, reviews and emails for the questions you answer over and over.
  2. Gather your facts first. Your own experience, steps you actually follow, things you've seen in your shop. Paste them into the chat as rough notes.
  3. Tell the bot the rules. Title Case headings, your voice, no invented stats or quotes, and a list of anything it needs you to confirm.
  4. Ask for an outline first. Headings with one line under each. Fixing an outline takes a minute; fixing a full post takes much longer.
  5. Approve the outline, then ask for the draft. Ask it to keep paragraphs short and to put the answer near the top.
  6. Edit in your voice. Change anything that doesn't sound like you. Read it once out loud.
  7. Check every link and fact. AI makes mistakes, so review its work before it goes anywhere.
  8. Save it as a draft and publish yourself. Nothing goes live without your OK.

A Filled-In Example

Here's what the notes for one post might look like before you hand them to the bot:

Question: "Is it worth fixing an old phone?"
My facts: [what I tell customers in the shop]
Audience: people deciding between repair and replace
Voice: plain, friendly, first person
Must include: when I'd say repair, when I'd say don't
End with: Book An Appointment link
Don't: invent numbers, quote anyone, name suppliers

Copy These Prompts

Estimated usage: our rough guide, not an official figure. Est. Usage: Low quick one-off asks; Est. Usage: Medium multi-step tasks or short research; Est. Usage: High long research, many tool calls, browser work or daily routines.

Write an outline for a blog post that answers this customer question: [question]. Use Title Case headings with one line under each. Use only the facts I give you below, and list anything you'd need me to confirm. Don't write the full post until I approve the outline.
Facts: [your notes]

Est. Usage: Medium

Here's my approved outline. Write the full draft in my voice, keep paragraphs to 2-3 sentences, and flag anything you weren't sure about so I can check it.

Est. Usage: Low

Before You Approve

  • The answer to the question is near the top.
  • Every fact is something you know is true.
  • Headings are in Title Case.
  • Links work and point where they should.

Common Mistakes

  • Asking for a whole post in one go. Outline first, then draft.
  • No facts in the prompt. The bot will fill gaps with filler or guesses.
  • Publishing without reading. Read it once out loud before it goes live.
  • One post covering everything. Split big topics into a series.
  • Skipping the flags. Ask the bot to flag anything it isn't sure of.

Worked Scenario: One Customer Question, One Post

Say three customers in a month ask whether a phone with a swollen battery is safe to keep using. That's your post. You paste your notes, what you tell people at the counter and when you'd say stop using it, and ask for an outline.

The outline comes back with five headings. You cut one that drifts into a topic you don't cover, approve the rest, and get a draft with two flagged lines. You check both, fix one sentence that doesn't sound like you, and save it as a draft for the morning.

More Questions

How Long Should A Post Be?

Long enough to fully answer the question. Steps, examples and common mistakes usually get you there without filler.

Can I Let The Bot Pick Topics?

It can suggest them from your customer questions, but you choose. You know which ones matter.

Should AI Write In My Voice?

Give it a few paragraphs you wrote yourself as a sample, then edit the draft so it sounds like you.

A Small Business Can Work Like A Big One

Many small business owners don't know these AI tools exist yet. That's a missed chance, because they let a small shop handle work that used to need a team: price updates, store edits, daily reports and research. You stay the one who approves every change, and the routine work gets done in the background.

How Grok Bot Usage Works

Franchitti's Fix is run by Steve with help from Grok Bot, so here's the plain version of how its usage works.

  • Your Plan Includes A Usage Allowance. Paid plans come with included usage that refreshes every week. Higher-tier plans include more. Unused usage doesn't roll over. (Source)
  • Bigger Jobs Use More. In general, long research, tasks that use lots of tools and routines running in the background do more work, so they draw down the allowance faster than a quick question.
  • Light Settings Stretch It. Lower effort for simple jobs, fewer and less frequent routines and short, focused requests all help the allowance last. See How To Regulate Grok Bot Usage.
  • Checking Your Usage. In Grok Bot, open Settings, then Usage & Billing. On The X Subscription, you can also check Usage at grok.com/dashboard, which shows the weekly pool, the next reset date and any prepaid credit. (Source)

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Why This Matters To Me

I was an overworked and overwhelmed one-person shop trying to run a six-figure business alone, because hiring here is so expensive. Grok Bot helped me accomplish things I never thought were possible. The full story starts in How To Set Up An AI Assistant With Grok Bot.

More In This Series

Back to the series index: AI Business Overhaul Stories: Before And After. All series: Grok Bot Guides: Every Series In One Place.

Want To Talk Shop?

I'm Steve, and I run Franchitti's Fix, a home-based, by-appointment iPhone repair shop in San Diego. Questions about bots, or an iPhone that needs fixing? Book An Appointment or call (720) 413-8150, or read more about me.

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