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🎯 Goal
Build a full-funnel keyword and topic landscape that connects audience intent with business objectives.
The Keyword Research Flow turns raw search data into a strategic content roadmap - revealing what your audience is searching for, where opportunities lie, and how to turn search demand into marketing action.
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⚙️ How It Works
- Seed Set Creation — Extract seed keywords from the ICP, product descriptions, and competitor content.
- Expand & Normalize — Use AI and SERP data to expand keyword sets, remove duplicates, and group similar queries.
- Intent & Difficulty Clustering — Organize terms by search intent (awareness, consideration, decision) and difficulty level.
- Opportunity Scoring — Combine search volume, competition, and relevance metrics to identify high-ROI clusters.
- Topic Mapping — Connect keyword clusters to funnel stages and assign content brief candidates automatically.
📦 What It Produces
- Full keyword universe with intent and funnel mapping
- Clustered keyword tables linked to ICP and product focus
- Topic map with difficulty and opportunity scoring
- Assigned content brief candidates for execution
💡 Example
A. Clusters table
| Name |
Description |
Pillar Keyword (relation) |
Number of Keywords |
Total Volume |
Assigned Briefs |
| Digital Marketing Services |
Keywords about full-service marketing and services |
digital marketing agency |
4 |
7,300 |
[Brief A] |
| Agency Pricing & Packages |
Keywords around agency costs, pricing, packages |
marketing agency pricing |
4 |
4,950 |
[Brief B] |
| SEO Strategy & Services |
Keywords about SEO services, strategy, audits |
SEO strategy for agencies |
4 |
3,100 |
[Brief C] |