AI Writing at Scale: Ahrefs’ Step-by-Step Workflow | Ryan Law (Ahrefs)

Tim Soulo posted on LinkedIn asking if anyone wanted the full breakdown of the publishing process behind Ahrefs’ AI-written articles that actually ranked. Over 400 people commented “do it.” This episode is the result. Ryan Law, Director of Content Marketing at Ahrefs, walks Tim through the entire AI content workflow he built — from crafting detailed briefs to editing hallucinated links. It’s not a “push-button” prompt. It’s a repeatable system that combines ChatGPT with real editorial oversight. And the results are nearly indistinguishable from human-written content. You’ll hear how Ryan builds outlines, adds expert-level insight, handles internal linking, and avoids the usual AI traps. If you’re serious about using AI in your content strategy — and not just experimenting — this is the episode to watch. LinkedIn post:   / timsoulo_we-built-a-10-step-process-to-cre...   In this episode: (00:00) Why We Made This Episode (01:03) How We Know This Workflow Works (02:05) The Basic Setup in ChatGPT (Foundational Instruction Files) (05:45) Setting up the Content Brief (14:19) Join Ryan at Ahrefs Evolve (16:03) Generating a Solid Outline (19:36) Improving AI Output (27:05) The Importance of Human Review (29:33) Polishing the Formatting (30:43) A Closer Look at the 7 Foundational Documents (44:01) Outro ––– Where to find Ryan: LinkedIn:   / thinkingslow   Website: https://ryanlaw.me/ Where to find Tim: LinkedIn: (  / timsoulo  ) X: @timsoulo Website: https://www.timsoulo.com/ ––– Referenced in this episode 👤 People Ryan Law   / thinkingslow   Andrej Karpathy https://karpathy.ai/ Barbara Minto https://barbaraminto.com/ Gary Provost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Pr... Patrick Stox   / patrickstox   ⸻ 🏢 Companies & Brands Ahrefs https://ahrefs.com/ Google https://www.google.com/ Tesla https://www.tesla.com/ McKinsey & Company https://www.mckinsey.com/ ⸻ 🛠️ Tools / Platforms ChatGPT https://chat.openai.com/ WordPress https://wordpress.org/ Claude https://www.anthropic.com/product/claude Replit https://replit.com/ Google Docs https://docs.google.com/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/ GitHub https://github.com/ ⸻ 📚 Frameworks & Concepts PAS Formula (Problem–Agitate–Solution) https://beomniscient.com/blog/pas-cop... MECE Principle (Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MECE_pr... Pyramid Principle https://www.amazon.fr/Pyramid-Princip... Information Gain (SEO & Content Strategy) https://www.clearscope.io/blog/inform... ––– #AIContent #ContentMarketing #SEOStrategy #ChatGPT #Ahrefs #AIWorkflow #ContentCreation #DigitalMarketing #AIforSEO #AhrefsPodcast