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Content Strategy

Stop Publishing and Start Building Authority

A cluster map that shows exactly what to publish, in what order, and what each piece is supposed to achieve — so content compounds instead of accumulating.

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  • Full cluster mapping
  • Prioritised roadmap
  • Gap and cannibalisation audit
  • Measurable per piece
The Problem

Ten Thorough Pages Beat Sixty Thin Ones

Most content programmes publish steadily and plateau anyway, because the pieces do not reinforce each other. Sixty articles across ten unrelated subjects make a site look busy without making it authoritative on anything.

Depth is what makes a site the obvious answer for a cluster of queries. It is also what AI answer engines draw on, since a model citing a source prefers one that covers the subject completely.

  • Clusters defined around how buyers actually research
  • Pillar and supporting pages mapped before writing
  • Existing content audited for gaps and overlap
  • Every planned piece given a purpose and a target
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What the strategy covers

  • Cluster and pillar architecture
  • Keyword and intent mapping
  • Competitor coverage analysis
  • Existing content audit
  • Internal linking plan
  • Measurement framework
What We Deliver

A Plan Your Team Can Actually Follow

Specific enough to hand to a writer, structured enough to hand to a board.

  1. 01

    Cluster Architecture

    Every topic cluster defined with its pillar page and supporting pieces, mapped to how buyers research.

  2. 02

    Intent Mapping

    Each target query classified by intent and commercial value, so effort goes where it converts.

  3. 03

    Content Audit

    What you already have, what is working, what is cannibalising, and what should be merged or retired.

  4. 04

    Competitive Gap Analysis

    The subtopics competitors own that you do not, ranked by how reachable they are.

  5. 05

    Internal Linking Plan

    How authority should flow through each cluster, defined before anything is written.

  6. 06

    Roadmap & Measurement

    A publishing order with a target for each piece, so the plan can be judged rather than admired.

How It Runs

From brief to measurable result

Four stages, run in order, each with something you can review before the next one starts.

  1. 01
    Audit

    Understand What Exists

    • Every existing page inventoried
    • Performance and decay assessed
    • Cannibalisation identified
    • Merge and retire candidates flagged
  2. 02
    Map

    Define the Clusters

    • Buyer research paths mapped
    • Clusters and pillars defined
    • Queries assigned to pages
    • Intent and value scored
  3. 03
    Prioritise

    Decide the Order

    • Reachability weighted against value
    • Quick wins separated from long plays
    • Capacity and budget factored in
    • Roadmap agreed with you
  4. 04
    Enable

    Make It Executable

    • Briefs templated per page type
    • Internal link targets pre-assigned
    • Measurement framework set up
    • Handover to your team or ours
How We Build It

Specific Enough to Hand to a Writer

A strategy that stops at themes and pillars is a slide deck. Ours goes down to page level with a target attached.

  • Page-level cluster maps
  • Intent and value scoring
  • Full content audit
  • Competitive gap analysis
  • Pre-assigned internal links
  • Per-piece targets
  • Refresh cycle built in
  • Handover to any team
  • Ordered by reachability
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Pairs well with

Most clients run these alongside Content Strategy & Topical Authority.

FAQ

Content Strategy & Topical Authority questions

Something not covered here? Ask us directly and a strategist will reply within one working day.

A keyword list tells you what people search. A strategy tells you which pages to build, how they connect, what each one is for, and in what order to build them. The list is one input.
Three to four weeks for most sites. Large sites with substantial existing content take longer, because the audit is the slow part.
Yes, and many clients do. The briefs are written to be handed to any competent writer, in-house or otherwise.
Fewer than most agencies suggest. Four strong pieces into a coherent cluster consistently outperform twelve scattered ones, and cost less to produce.
It gets audited first. Merging, refreshing or retiring existing pages usually produces faster gains than publishing anything new.
Not as a single named signal, but the effect is well observed: sites that cover a subject comprehensively rank more easily across that subject. It also strongly influences which sources AI answers cite.

Let's Figure Out What Growth Actually Looks Like

We look closely at your website, your industry, and where you currently stand. Then we walk you through exactly what we do, and how much it would cost.

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