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YMYL-grade content systems, not just articles.

On a typical B2B blog, six of every eight monthly posts never rank — published on a calendar, not a system. A content system decides what to write before anyone writes, reviews with the right experts, and measures every piece back to revenue.

6/8
Monthly posts that never rank
Typical B2B blog · pre-system

// 01 · Three pillars

What an editorial system actually does.

If your team can't answer all three, you don't have a system — you have a calendar.

01

Decide

A scoring rubric for every brief: opportunity size, brand fit, search intent, SEO vulnerability, internal capacity.

  • Brief scoring rubric
  • Topic taxonomy
  • Kill criteria for old content
02

Ship

The pipeline from brief to publish, with explicit review: expert names, patterns, and AI assistance where it actually helps.

  • Brief → draft → review pipeline
  • Editor voice + style guide
  • Publishing checklist
03

Measure

The exec dashboard: five numbers your CEO can read in 30 seconds, traceable from publish date to attributable revenue.

  • Single-page exec dashboard
  • Cohort analysis (by pub month)
  • Quarterly roll-up deck

// 02 · My approach

Systems beat sprints, every time.

I've written for 8M-click publishers and for one-person affiliate sites, and the constant is the same: the teams that win aren't the ones that write the most — they're the ones that decide the best. That's a system, and it's buildable.

  • The brief is the product. A great writer with a bad brief writes a beautiful miss. Most of my effort goes in before drafting starts.
  • Experts in the loop, AI in the pipeline. AI accelerates briefs and review — it never ships the final draft. In YMYL, that's not a preference, it's survival.
  • Decay is data. Refreshing what already worked beats guessing what might. The refresh queue is the highest-ROI list you own.
Drop a photo — you editing, a content working session, or a pipeline walkthrough.

// 03 · Process

First month, week by week.

After week four the system runs on cadence — pieces ship, decay surfaces, the dashboard updates.

Phase
WK 1
WK 2
WK 3
WK 4
AuditInventory
Every page audited
SystemRubric + taxonomy
Pipeline built
PilotFirst pieces
3–4 pieces through
CadenceRunning system
System live
CommsAlways on
Weekly queue update · metrics visible to your team from week two
CheckpointsWhere we sync
Kickoff call
Rubric review
First pieces live
Dashboard live

WK 1 · Audit

Every existing page gets a keep / refresh / kill call, plus expertise mapping.

WK 2 · System

Scoring rubric, topic taxonomy, and the review pipeline built into your tools.

WK 3 · Pilot

Pieces through the full pipeline — briefs scored, drafted, expert-reviewed, shipped.

WK 4 · Cadence

Queue runs without me, dashboard live, refresh queue automated.

// 04 · The honest comparison

How this differs from what you have now.

What most teams do
What this is
Brief generation
SEO ticket + freelancer Google Doc, 3-day dance
Brief generated from rubric in 4 min, scored before assignment
Topic selection
CMO's gut + competitor's keywords
Scored against opportunity model, with kill criteria
Content refresh
"We should update old posts" — never happens
Automated queue: anything losing traffic surfaces weekly
Exec reporting
18-tab GA4 explorer no one opens
One page, five numbers, sent monthly
AI usage
Either "absolutely not" or "ChatGPT wrote it all"
In the brief and review loop. Never in the final draft as-is.

// 05 · Deliverables

What you walk away with.

Everything below is included. Quotes never have surprise line items.

01

Inventory + kill list

Every page scored
02

Brief scoring rubric

Templated
03

Editorial pipeline

In your tools
04

Voice + style guide

Written with your team
05

Refresh queue

Automated · weekly
06

Exec dashboard

5 numbers · monthly

// 06 · Pricing

Three ways to run it.

Pilot first if you're unsure — it converts to Engine with the setup fee credited.

Pilot
$3,000one-time

Four pieces through the full pipeline. Prove the system.

  • Mini content audit (top 50 URLs)
  • Scoring rubric (starter)
  • 4 briefs → 4 finished pieces
  • Pipeline walkthrough
  • Refresh queue
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Engine
$6,000/ month

Eight pieces a month, system installed, editor capacity yours.

  • Everything in Pilot
  • 8 pieces / month (expert-reviewed)
  • Automated refresh queue
  • Exec dashboard + monthly readout
  • Slack access
Book engine →
System build
$12Ksetup

I build the full system in your team's hands — then leave.

  • Full content audit + kill list
  • Rubric, taxonomy, pipeline, style guide
  • Team training (2 workshops)
  • Refresh queue automation
  • 30-day support window
Talk scope →

YMYL verticals (health, finance, legal) include expert-review sourcing.

// Ready to scope it?

Most engagements start with a free 30-minute call.

Tell me where you are and where you want to go — I’ll come back with a plan within 48 hours.

// Ready to scope it?

Most engagements start with a free 30-minute call.

Tell me where you are, where you want to go, and which lane fits — I'll come back with a plan within 48 hours.

Yerain Abreu