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Don't write a keyword list from scratch.
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Day 272/100
Hey—It's Tim.
Yesterday I asked you to send me your website + topic for a totally free competitor gap analysis. (Just give me feedback :D).
And I got 56 replies total. You guys are amazing.
Here’s what I learned so far.
What worked.
The Priority/Adjacent/Consider breakdown.
People loved knowing:
- What to write first (Priority topics)
- What to write next (Adjacent topics)
- What to save for later (Consider topics)
- What they already have (so they don't duplicate)
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What surprised me:
Most of you already had 15-30 URLs on your topic.
You didn't need MORE content ideas.
You needed to know:
- What specific angles you're missing
- Which gaps to fill first
- What NOT to write (because you've covered it)
The tool does this, and there are a lot of things we can tweak to make it look better.
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What I'm improving:
Based on your feedback:
- Considering adding search volume to each topic suggestion (weirdly cost prohibitive for like 20 keywords, working on it.
- People want to know what competitors cover what topics. On this. Designs below.
- One-click to create the brief in Penfriend. The next obvious step is a one click straight into Penny writing your new blog for you.
Also, we gather a lot of data. So we’re going to make sure you get access to it all inside of Penfriend. That’s a high priority for me.
Basically: Gap analysis → content brief → write → publish.
The design I sent to my front end dev this morning.

Shows you the competitors, and the suggestions. When you click one you get all the juicy details.
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When it's coming:
Wave 3 (next 2 weeks)
If you helped test this, you'll get:
- Double your credits on any paid account in Penfriend when it goes live.
So, if you want that. You need to do two things.
Send me your site and current focus topic
Buy a Penfriend account when it drops.
See you tomorrow.

✌️ Tim "mind the gap" Hanson
CMO @Penfriend.ai
Same brain, different platforms: X, Threads, LinkedIn.
P.S. I will double the credits on any paid plan if you sent me a URL and a topic.
The feedback I’m getting is sooooo worth it.

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