Without strategy a blog is chaos by inspiration
Posting "when the mood strikes" leads to burnout and inconsistency. Strategy answers "about what, for whom and why". From it come rubrics: 3–5 recurring content types you alternate between. AI helps invent both.
Rubrics remove the stall
A rubric is a template that repeats. For a baking blog, say: "mistake breakdown", "60-second recipe", "behind the scenes", "answer to a followers question". When rubrics are set, you do not invent from scratch, you fill a format.
A content plan from rubrics
Then ask AI to spread the rubrics across a calendar: for example Mon — trick, Wed — breakdown, Fri — mistakes. You get a month grid where every day is clear. That is the content plan — the end of "what should I post today".
Balancing formats and goals
A good strategy mixes: useful (teaches), engaging (questions, stories) and selling (your product). Rule of thumb — the least selling, or the audience tires. Ask AI to check your plan for this balance.
Save the rubric list separately. It is your "kit": 80% of posts are assembled from ready formats in minutes.
🧠 What do rubrics give a blog?