Grow & get found

Blog & auto-blog

Add a blog to your website, write posts that bring in visitors from Google, or let the auto-blog agent write and publish local posts for you on a schedule.

A blog gives customers useful reasons to visit your website, and gives Google and AI assistants more pages to find you by. Think "5 signs your boiler needs a service" for a plumber, or "How to choose your wedding flowers" for a florist.

FeaturePlan
Blog page and writing your own postsStarter, Pro and Business
Auto-blog agent (writes posts for you)Pro and Business

#Set up your blog

Click Blog in the sidebar, then Create blog page. InMinutes adds a blog page to your website, styled to match your design. From then on, every post you publish appears on your website straight away.

You can also ask the editor chat: "Add a blog page."

#Write a post

  1. On the Blog page, click New post.
  2. Fill in:
    • Title: for example "5 reasons to update your website".
    • Slug (URL): the end of the post's web address. It's created from the title automatically.
    • Excerpt: a short summary shown in the list of posts.
    • Cover image: the picture at the top of the post.
    • Content: the post itself. You can use simple formatting like ## Headings, **bold** and lists (this is called Markdown).
  3. Tick Publish immediately to put it live now, or leave it unticked to save a Draft.

#Manage your posts

Each post shows whether it's Live or a Draft. You can View, Edit, Publish or Unpublish, and Delete posts at any time. At the top you'll see how many posts are published and how many are drafts, with a link to View blog on your site.

If you redesign your website, click Regenerate page so the blog page matches the new look.

#Auto-blog agent

Pro The auto-blog agent is an SEO writer on autopilot. You give it a list of search phrases your customers use, and it writes helpful, local posts about them on a schedule.

Add keywords to the queue

In Keyword queue, type the phrases people search for, like emergency plumber dublin or best brunch in shoreditch, and click Add. The agent writes one post per keyword.

Choose a rhythm

Daily or Weekly.

Choose what happens when a post is ready

  • Publish live: the post goes live on your website automatically.
  • Hold for review: the post is saved as a draft so you can read it, edit it and publish it yourself.

Save settings

Click Save settings. The agent shows when it last wrote a post and the Next dispatch. Click Generate now to get a post right away.

Start with Hold for review for the first few posts. Once you like the results, switch to Publish live and let the agent work while you sleep.

#Write posts from the chat

You can also ask the editor chat to draft or publish a post, for example "Write a blog post about how to prepare for your first tattoo." You'll approve it before anything is published.

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