Blog Outline Generator: Free AI-Powered SEO Blog Post Outlines

Use This Free Blog Outline Generator to Structure Your Posts—and Rank Higher in Search Engines

Outlining blog posts can be tricky. Sometimes, a solid title gives you a pretty good idea of the shape of your post, but even so, it’s not always easy to know exactly what to include. 

Some bloggers end up jumping straight into writing without any kind of outline—which is an easy recipe for going off on tangents and struggling to create a coherent post. Other bloggers spend ages outlining, but still end up with a post that doesn’t quite check the boxes for good SEO (search engine optimization).

A solid blog outline is so important. It makes it easy for you, the blogger, to write: no more staring at the screen wondering how to begin or what to write next. Writer’s block… poof! Goodbye. With an outline, you’ll also end up with a well-structured, engaging post—which is exactly what readers want. And then you can always come back to my blog introduction generator & blog conclusion generator to get more inspiration.

But outlines aren’t just helpful for you and your readers. They’re also vital for producing posts that work well for search engines. A good outline will include your keywords in important places (like subheadings) and it’ll also make sure your post fully delivers on your reader’s search intent. 

That’s why I created the blog outline generator, powered by artificial intelligence. It comes up with blog post outlines, based on tried-and-tested templates, so you can craft the best possible post from the ground up.

What is a Blog Outline Generator Tool?

A blog outline generator tool is a piece of AI software that creates outlines for your blog posts. You simply give the tool the title or topic of your post and it comes up with a detailed outline, including an introduction, main body (split into subsections with subheadings), and a conclusion.

The AI writer does the hard work for you, brainstorming an outline based on an incredible wealth of information. It’s as if you researched all the top-ranking posts on that exact topic and came up with the perfect outline incorporating the best ideas from all of them.

Ideally, you want a blog outline tool that gives you a full and detailed outline—not just a brief list of bullet points. Your generated outline should be complete enough that you can sit down and start writing straight away.

How to Use the Blog Outline Generator Tool to Create High-Quality Blog Post Outlines (and Beat Writer’s Block)

Ready to give this blog outline generator tool a try? It’s completely free, so you can experiment with it as much as you like. Here’s a guide to getting started:

1. Type in Your Blog Post Title or Topic

First, you’ll need to enter the title or topic of your blog post. The outline generator can’t give you an outline if you don’t have some kind of starting idea! Don’t worry if you’re struggling to come up with ideas, though—my (free) blog idea generator can help you out there. 

If you have a blog topic in mind but need a title, check out my free blog title generator tool. The outline generator will also suggest a title for your post.

Make your title as detailed and specific as possible. That way, the outline generator can come up with an outline that’s the perfect fit.

2. Add Your Keywords (RightBlogger Feature)

The fully-featured outline generator inside RightBlogger has a special box for you to add in additional keywords. If you want to add 2 or 3 keywords more, separate them with commas (note that the outline generator may not be able to incorporate them all, but it’ll help narrow the focus of your outline in really useful ways).

What Are Keywords and Why Do They Matter?

Keywords are search terms: phrases used by people searching on Google or other search engines. Your aim is to get your content to rank highly in Google for one specific keyword. That means optimizing your content for that keyword, so Google knows that it’s going to provide what people are looking for when they type in that search phrase.

If you don’t pay any attention to keywords, it’s difficult for your content to rank well. You might miss easy opportunities to add your keyword (e.g. in the title and subheadings of your post) and Google may not rank your post as high as it should.

Choosing the right keywords can be tricky. Some keywords are a lot more competitive than others—meaning that lots of big, well-established websites are already dominating the search results for those popular terms. 

You want keywords that have good traffic potential (around 1,000–10,000 searches per month) but that aren’t too difficult to rank for. My free keyword research tool can help you find those.

3. Choose Your Preferred Tone (Great for Branding)

Next, inside the fully-featured version of this tool in RightBlogger, you can choose a tone for your outline. The default tone you have access to here, produces outlines with a conversational, “typical” blog post style—but that may not be quite right for your blog. Adjusting the tone can help you come up with an outline that feels like just the right fit for your writing style.

How the Different Tones Work for Outlines

In an outline, you won’t see the effect of different tones quite so much as in a full paragraph or blog post. But a “formal” tone, for instance, will use more formal words in subheadings and also in FAQs if those are included in the outline.

Which Tone is Right for Your Blog Post?

Like all my AI-powered tools in RightBlogger, the blog outline generator offers a wide range of different tones. It’s completely up to you which you use. For your first try, you might want to simply stick with the “default” tone. Then, you could experiment with other tones that sound like they could be a good match for your natural blogging voice.

Remember, the outline generator is free, so you can run it as many times as you want, with lots of different options whether you customize the tone or not.

4. Generate Your Blog Outline (and Re-Run the Tool if You Want More Options)

Once you’ve entered your title, keywords, and chosen your tone, go ahead and create your outline. The tool should generate it in just a few seconds: you’ll be able to watch it appear before your eyes.

As you can see, the outline will include a number of main points, all with their own subheading.

Not sure if your outline’s quite right, or want more options? Just run the tool again. It’ll come up with a different outline each time (though they should all cover similar key points). This could be useful if you want extra options, for example—an FAQ list to help with landing your content in more rich snippet results.

5. Edit Your Outline to Suit Your Blog Post’s Audience and Purpose

You can copy your outline(s) into a Word document or Google Doc then edit it however you want. As you tweak your outline, think about:

• Your target audience for this post. What content are they looking for? How much do they already know? Do you need a more beginner-friendly section at the start of the outline—or would it make sense to add more FAQs at the end?
• The purpose of your post. How does this post fit into your content marketing strategy as a whole? For instance, you might be using it to bring in traffic that you hope to convert into email subscribers. Or you might be crafting a piece that can help promote your latest product. You may want to add sections to the outline to help.
• The way you like to blog. Perhaps you want to add personal anecdotes, for instance, or lots of examples or quotes into your outline.

Use the Outline to Craft Your Blog Post (Perhaps With the Help of Extra AI Blog Tools)

Now, it’s time to write your post. Your outline is the framework for your post: all you need to do is fill in the gaps and flesh out the content.

One way to do this is to simply copy your completed outline into a fresh document, then start writing content beneath each subheading. 

Another option is to use AI tools to help you. This can save a lot of writing time! There are plenty of AI blogging tools & even more specifically, AI writing tools—including my own AI powerhouse, RightBlogger—that can craft your article for you, either all at once or paragraph by paragraph.

You could also delegate the writing to a team member or hire a freelance writer. Since you’ve already got a clear, comprehensive outline, a good writer should be able to produce exactly the type of post you’re picturing.

Bonus: Use my Blog Post Structure Checklist to Help You Plan Your Posts

As you edit your outline, there are a few important things to keep in mind. These help you write an easy-to-read post that’s well-optimized for blog SEO. 

Here’s my personal step-by-step checklist for planning and structuring posts:

1. Make sure your primary keyword is in the first paragraph
2. Include a “hook” in the first paragraph to get your reader’s attention
3. Use the rest of your introduction to outline what your post will deliver
4. Split the main body of your post into distinct sections
5. Begin each section with a subheading (using keywords in subheadings where possible)
6. Add extra value (e.g. an image/screenshot, links, extra tips) in each section
7. Break up longer sections with sub-subheadings
8. Sum up one or two key takeaways in your conclusion
9. Always have a call to action in the last paragraph: ask the reader to do something (e.g. check out a specific post, leave a comment, join my email list)
10. (Optional, best for long posts) Add a table of contents at the start of your post that includes jump links to every section

Now, let’s dig a little deeper into the features of this SEO blog outline generator.

The Features of this Free Blog Post Outline Generator

Let’s take a closer look at the different features of this free blog post outline generator, so you can get the most out of it.

Topic and Keyword (You Can Use Your Full Title)

The topic/keyword field lets you enter the topic of your post. You could potentially use a keyword here, particularly if it’s a longish keyword (4 words or so). The outline generator will come up with a title that incorporates that keyword.

The more detail you provide in your title, the more the AI has to work with. If you want a specific number of steps in your post, for instance, a blog topic starting “10 steps to…” will be more likely to work for you than “How to…”

Keywords to Include (Separate Multiple Keywords With Commas)

Inside the fully-featured version of this outline generator in RightBlogger, you can add keywords to weave into your outline. Your primary keyword should be in your post’s title, so you don’t necessarily need to include it here, too. However, doing so means you can be sure the outline generator will prioritize that keyword in crucial areas like your introduction.

You can add as many keywords as you like here, separated by commas. The outline generator tool might not be able to work them all into your outline, though. For best results, I recommend using just your primary keyword, and perhaps one other keyword if it’s (almost) equally important.

Tone & Writing Style (Get Subheads to Match Your Blogging Voice)

You don’t necessarily need to set the tone and writing style for your outline, especially if you’re prepared to do some editing of subheadings. But by choosing an appropriate style inside the fully-featured version of this tool in RightBlogger, you’re more likely to find that subheadings and FAQs are written in a way that seems like a good fit.

Because your outline is mainly made up of bullet points to write about, rather than text to include word-for-word in your post, the tone and style options don’t have as much influence over the content as they do in other tools like the article writer.

Language (Choose Your Preferred Language)

Writing content in a language other than English? The language picker inside RightBlogger’s full blog outline tool lets you choose from over 20+ different languages, making it easy to come up with an outline that’s perfect for you to work with.

This could also be useful if you’re running a multilingual website and outsourcing content writing to freelancers who are experts in different languages from your own. You can enter your title in English (or whatever your first language is) and then produce a coherent, grammatically correct outline in the language of your choice.

Blog Outline Generator Tool FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

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