blog-manager-soplisted
Install: claude install-skill rohitabrahamgeorge/seo-content-team
# Blog Manager SOP: Hub-and-Spoke Publishing Cycle
This is the operational handbook for the human running content publishing for {{PRODUCT}}. It explains how a cluster moves from "written" to "published" to "tracked" to "optimized," what dependencies exist between posts, and how to handle the things that go wrong.
Read this before publishing any cluster post. Re-read every time something feels off.
## Who this is for
The content/blog manager (whoever owns publishing). This document assumes you have admin access to the {{PRODUCT}} blog CMS, the cluster Google Sheet, Google Search Console, and the cluster output folder where Claude has written posts.
This document does not assume you're an SEO expert. It assumes you can follow steps and recognize when something needs escalation.
## What is hub-and-spoke?
A cluster is one **pillar** post (the hub) plus 4 to 8 **spoke** posts that orbit it. Every spoke links to the pillar with descriptive anchor text, and the pillar links to every spoke. The result is a tightly bound graph that signals topical authority to Google and to AI engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Bing Copilot, etc.).
A typical cluster has 8 posts:
1. **Pillar**: `In-depth: {{PRODUCT}} vs [Competitor]` (BOFU, the hub)
2. **Listicle**: `The most popular [Competitor] alternatives & competitors, compared` (MOFU)
3. **Migration guide**: `Migrate from [Competitor] to {{PRODUCT}}` (BOFU)
4. **Narrative**: `Why I switched from [Competitor] to {{PRODUCT}}` (TOFU/MOFU)
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