🚀 Bing SEO Workflows - Quick Start

Get started with data-driven content creation and optimization in under 5 minutes!

⚡ Super Quick Start

# Daily monitoring (start here!)
npm run monitor

# Optimize existing content
npm run optimize

# Research new article
npm run research "your topic idea"

# Weekly comprehensive review
npm run weekly

📋 Your First 5 Minutes

Step 1: Run Your First Monitor (1 minute)

npm run monitor

What you'll see:

📊 WORKFLOW 3: PERFORMANCE MONITORING
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📊 Fetching Bing Webmaster Tools data...
   Fetching page statistics...
   ✓ Fetched 322 pages
   
   Fetching keyword statistics...
   ✓ Fetched 1,247 keywords
   
✅ Data fetch complete!

📊 Creating performance dashboard...
   ✓ Dashboard saved: 2025-10-05-dashboard.md

✅ Monitoring complete!
📊 Check .workflows/monitoring-reports/ for dashboard.

What just happened:

• ✅ Connected to Bing Webmaster Tools
• ✅ Pulled all your performance data
• ✅ Created your first dashboard
• ✅ Saved snapshot for future trend analysis

Step 2: Check Your Dashboard (2 minutes)

Open: .workflows/monitoring-reports/2025-10-05-dashboard.md

You'll see:

• 📊 Current traffic metrics
• 🏆 Top performing pages
• 🎯 Best keywords
• ⚠️ Pages needing attention
• 🔍 Keyword opportunities

Step 3: Run Optimization Analysis (2 minutes)

npm run optimize

What you'll see:

🔧 WORKFLOW 2: ARTICLE OPTIMIZATION
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🔍 Analyzing performance data for issues...

📊 Issues Found:
   • 12 low CTR pages
   • 8 poor ranking pages
   • 3 high impression / low engagement pages
   • 15 keyword opportunities

🏆 Top 5 Priorities:
   1. [High Impressions / Low Engagement] WiFi Extender Guide
      Score: 278 | Severity: CRITICAL
   
✅ Optimization analysis complete!

What just happened:

• ✅ Analyzed all your pages
• ✅ Found specific issues
• ✅ Prioritized by impact
• ✅ Created fix scripts

Step 4: Review Your First Fix (30 seconds)

Open: .workflows/optimization-reports/fix-scripts/fix-wifi-extender-guide.md

You'll see:

# Fix Script: WiFi Extender Guide

**Issue Type:** High Impressions / Low Engagement
**Severity:** CRITICAL

## ✅ Fix Checklist

### 1. Complete Title/Description Overhaul
**Steps:**
1. [ ] Research top-ranking pages
2. [ ] Analyze their titles
3. [ ] Create 3 new title options
4. [ ] A/B test the best one
...

Now you know:

• ✅ Exactly what's wrong
• ✅ Why it's wrong
• ✅ How to fix it
• ✅ Expected impact

🎯 Common Workflows

Daily Workflow (5 minutes)

npm run daily

Every morning:

1. Check dashboard for alerts
2. Note any critical issues
3. Track overall trends

Best Practice: Run this every day at the same time to build consistent data.

Weekly Workflow (30 minutes)

npm run weekly

Every week:

1. Review comprehensive analysis
2. Implement top 3-5 fixes
3. Track week-over-week progress
4. Plan content for next week

Best Practice: Friday afternoon or Monday morning.

Creating New Content (1 hour)

npm run research "best WiFi 7 mesh systems"

When you have a content idea:

1. Run research workflow
2. Review research report
3. Customize the template
4. Add your expertise
5. Publish!

Best Practice: Research first, write second.

🎓 Understanding the Output

Where Everything Goes

.workflows/
├── monitoring-reports/          ← Daily dashboards
│   └── 2025-10-05-dashboard.md
│
├── optimization-reports/        ← Fix recommendations
│   ├── 2025-10-05-optimization-report.md
│   └── fix-scripts/
│       ├── fix-page-1.md
│       └── fix-page-2.md
│
├── research-reports/            ← New article research
│   └── 2025-10-05-wifi-mesh-research.md
│
└── performance-history/         ← Historical data
    └── 2025-10-05.json

What to Look At

Daily:

• monitoring-reports/[today]-dashboard.md
• Check "Alerts" section first

Weekly:

• optimization-reports/[today]-optimization-report.md
• Focus on "Top 10 Opportunities"

When Planning Content:

• research-reports/[topic]-research.md
• Use as foundation for new articles

💡 Pro Tips

Tip 1: Build Historical Data First

Run npm run monitor daily for 7 days before expecting trend data.

Why? Trends require comparison. Day 1 = baseline. Day 7 = you see patterns!

Tip 2: Fix Critical Issues First

Don't get overwhelmed. Start with:

1. CRITICAL severity
2. HIGH severity with most traffic
3. Quick wins (easy + high impact)

Tip 3: Use Research for Every Article

Even if you "know the topic", run research:

npm run research "topic you know well"

You'll discover:

• Keywords you didn't think of
• Angles competitors are missing
• Questions people actually ask

Tip 4: Track Your Changes

Before fixing:

npm run monitor  # Note current metrics

After fixing (wait 7 days):

npm run monitor  # Compare improvement

Tip 5: Automate Daily Monitoring

Windows (Task Scheduler):

Action: Start a program
Program: npm
Arguments: run monitor
Start in: C:\dev\itblogpros
Trigger: Daily at 9:00 AM

Mac/Linux (crontab):

0 9 * * * cd /path/to/itblogpros && npm run monitor

🚨 Troubleshooting

"Bing API key is required"

Fix: Add to .env:

BING_API_KEY=your_actual_key_here

Get key from: https://www.bing.com/webmasters/

"Using mock data for demonstration"

This is normal! System uses realistic mock data if API isn't available.

Want real data? Add your Bing API key to .env.

"No historical data yet"

Expected on Day 1! Run npm run monitor daily. After 7 days you'll see trends.

Can't find reports?

Check:

ls .workflows/monitoring-reports/
ls .workflows/optimization-reports/
ls .workflows/research-reports/

If folders are empty, workflows haven't run yet!

📊 Success Metrics

After 30 days of using workflows, you should see:

✅ 10-20% traffic growth (monitor dashboard) ✅ More keywords in top 10 (optimization impact) ✅ Higher average CTR (better titles/descriptions) ✅ Fewer critical issues (systematic fixes) ✅ Better content planning (research-driven)

🎯 Your 30-Day Action Plan

Week 1: Foundation

• ✅ Run npm run monitor daily
• ✅ Review first optimization report
• ✅ Fix 1 critical issue

Week 2: Momentum

• ✅ Continue daily monitoring
• ✅ Fix 3-5 high-priority issues
• ✅ Research 1 new article topic

Week 3: Optimization

• ✅ Run npm run weekly
• ✅ Implement all critical fixes
• ✅ Create 1 researched article

Week 4: Analysis

• ✅ Compare Week 1 vs Week 4 metrics
• ✅ Identify what worked best
• ✅ Plan next month's strategy

🚀 Next Steps

Right Now:

npm run monitor

Tomorrow:

npm run monitor  # Track daily change

This Week:

npm run optimize  # Find and fix issues

When You Have Ideas:

npm run research "your topic"

📚 Resources

• Full Documentation: .workflows/README.md
• Help Command: npm run workflow:help
• Example Reports: Check each workflow's output directory

🎉 You're Ready!

Start with:

npm run monitor

This creates your first performance snapshot. Tomorrow, run it again to see your first trend data!

Questions? Check .workflows/README.md for detailed explanations.

Want to see everything? Run npm run workflow:help