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What do you need for content creation? The requirements
Before content creation even makes sense, a few things need to be in place in the business. Which ones they are — and which supposed requirements actually aren't.
For content creation, a business needs three things: a specifically named process that currently costs time or orders, existing content or data to work with, and a person who is authorized to make decisions. Technical prior knowledge is explicitly not one of them.
01 — Requirements
What you need for content creation
- A clearly defined trigger. Not “we should do something with AI,” but a process that demonstrably costs time or orders today.
- Existing content or data. Content creation works with what's there. The more complete the starting position, the shorter the setup.
- Access to the systems involved. Whoever manages the credentials needs to be involved from the start — this is, in our experience, the most common cause of delays.
- One decision-making contact person. One, not three.
- Willingness to refine after launch. The first weeks in real operation show what was missing in the concept. That's normal and accounted for.
02 — Participation
What we need from you
- A contact person who can make decisions — not just forward them.
- Access to the affected systems, in time and not on launch day.
- Real examples from daily business — the messier, the more useful for testing.
- Two to four hours for coordination, distributed over the project duration.
- An answer to the question of what success means. Without it, nothing can be assessed afterward.
03 — Fit
When it's worth it
- The process in question occurs at least weekly.
- It follows rules you can write down — even if there are exceptions.
- Today it's manual work that no one enjoys doing.
- There's one person who decides, not three who need to coordinate.
- You can name what would tell you it worked.
04 — Questions
Frequently asked questions
How many posts do we need?
Better two good ones a month than eight thin ones. Search engines now evaluate more clearly by substance; one page that answers a question completely beats five that say the same thing halfway.
What about outdated posts?
Update instead of rewriting. A revised post with existing history is almost always more effective than a new one on the same topic.
Do we get the texts as raw files too?
Yes, in a common format that you can reuse or adapt yourself. The content belongs to you, regardless of whether we also integrate the page technically.
Who decides what to write about?
Together, based on two sources: what search engine users actually ask, and what your sales team constantly has to explain. Both together produce the topic list.
Do you write that with AI?
We use AI where it helps — structuring research, drafts, variations. The core of every text comes from a professional conversation with you, and every text is revised and checked by a human. Purely machine-generated texts without original knowledge rank poorly and read even worse.
What if our specialist knowledge changes quickly?
Then we mark posts with an update date and agree on the rhythm for reviewing them — that's cheaper than rewriting every time.
How long does it take for content to work?
Three to six months for the first positions, longer for competitive topics. Posts on very specific questions often work faster because there's less competition there.
05 — Next
Related pages
- Content Creation — Overview
- Content Creation — Process
- Content creation — Privacy
- Content Creation — Where to Start
- Content Creation — Funding
- Content Creation — Duration
- Content creation — measuring success
- Content Creation — Checklist
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Next step
Let's talk briefly about whether this makes sense for you.
A twenty-minute conversation is usually enough to clarify whether a project makes sense. If not, we'll say so — that's cheaper for both sides than an offer nobody needs.