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Support Center‌Getting Started‌Getting Started: Brief Templates

Getting Started: Brief Templates

Brief templates are outlines or frameworks to help SEO strategists, writers, and editors draft content in a consistent and targeted manner.

How do I access Brief Templates?

You can access brief templates:

1. From the left-side menu: Select the “Brief templates” link underneath the Content Reports icon

Select Brief templates from the Clearscope login screen

2. From the Editor: Select the Insert drop-down menu and click the "Manage Brief Templates" option

Manage Brief Templates option within the Clearscope Editor

How do I start using Brief Templates?

Use Clearscope's Editor tabs (Terms, Research, and Outline) to quickly construct content briefs and outlines based on SEO insights.

Follow these steps to use brief templates in Clearscope’s Editor:

1. To add customized brief templates for your content workflow, select the “+ Add” button in the top right corner of the Brief Templates screen

"+ Add" button on Brief Templates screen

2. Rename your personalized brief template in the “Name” text field and copy and paste or develop a new template in the “Template” text box. Click the “Save” button to access your customized brief template while working within Clearscope’s Editor with the Content Report insights.

Add or edit your brief templates

3. By returning to your Reports screen, select a Content Report to view within the Editor. To insert a brief template into the Editor, select the “Insert” dropdown menu and click the brief template to use for the content you’re creating.

Insert drop-down menu

4. The selected brief template will appear in the Editor document for you to populate with Content Report insights on the right-side menu

Blank brief template in Clearscope's Editor
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