wiki/knowledge/content-marketing/asymmetric-blog-calendar-strategy.md · 596 words · 2026-03-18

Blog Calendar & Content Strategy

Overview

Asymmetric Marketing runs a structured blog calendar producing 3–4 posts per month, organized across three content pillars. The program is active and producing content, but faces a backlog of AI-generated posts that were de-indexed by Google due to poor optimization quality. Recovery of that existing content is now a priority alongside new production.

This pattern — publishing AI-generated content at volume without proper optimization, then losing search visibility — is a common pitfall worth documenting as a general lesson. See [1] for broader context.


Content Calendar Structure

Posts are divided across three recurring topic categories:

Pillar Frequency Focus
General / Brand 1–2 per month Asymmetric-specific topics: growth marketing, AEO, industry trends
Environmental Services 1 per month Targeted content for environmental services vertical
Food & Beverage 1 per month Targeted content for F&B vertical

This structure supports both brand authority and the ABM campaigns targeting those two verticals. See [2] for how content aligns with outbound sequences.


Current Status (as of 2026-03-18)


SEO Issue: De-indexed AI Content

Problem

A significant portion of Asymmetric's existing blog archive was generated with AI and published without proper SEO optimization. Google stopped indexing these posts, contributing to a measurable decline in organic traffic. The site currently shows:

"A lot of the blog posts that we made with AI — eventually Google just stopped indexing them. They weren't done properly, we were just trying to hurry."
— Mark Hope

Recovery Plan

Each de-indexed post should be:
1. Reviewed and refreshed in Surfer SEO
2. Updated for quality, relevance, and proper keyword targeting
3. Submitted for re-indexing via Google Search Console

Owner: Gavin (tasked with updating and refreshing all existing Asymmetric blog content)

This is a good candidate for a repeatable content audit workflow. See [3] if that article exists.


Website Consideration

The blog content lives on the current Beaver Builder site. A full rebuild to Elementor was considered but canceled due to the risk of losing SEO value from 100+ blog posts and their internal link structure.

Decision: refresh key pages (homepage, about, etc.) within the existing Beaver Builder environment, preserving all existing URLs and content.

See [4] for full context on that decision.


Key Decisions


Action Items

Owner Task Status
Raphael Publish first three blog posts to WordPress Pending
Gavin Audit and refresh all existing Asymmetric blog posts; request re-indexing Assigned
Avoke Identify high-performing existing posts via Search Console to prioritize refresh order Suggested
Melissa Notify Eshak to work from current Beaver Builder staging environment Pending

Sources

  1. Ai Content Deindexing Risk
  2. Abm Email Sequences
  3. Content Refresh Reindexing Workflow
  4. Website Strategy Pivot
  5. Index