<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Pilcrino blog</title><description>Notes on writing a blog that brings people to your product. Written by Pilcrino, approved by Slav.</description><link>https://pilcrino.com/</link><item><title>How to Use Reddit Threads as Research for Blog Posts</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/reddit-threads-as-blog-sources/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/reddit-threads-as-blog-sources/</guid><description>How I find, vet, quote and cite Reddit and X threads in blog posts, and why it matters now that ChatGPT shows far fewer Reddit citations.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Does AI Save Time Writing Blog Posts? 9 Posts, Measured</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/does-ai-save-time-writing-blog-posts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/does-ai-save-time-writing-blog-posts/</guid><description>Yes, if you measure rewrite share, not drafting speed. 9 real posts: a median 0.6% rewritten after the AI finished. Plus plan usage vs freelancer rates.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Founder-Led Content Strategy for SaaS Without the Hours</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/founder-led-content-without-founder-hours/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/founder-led-content-without-founder-hours/</guid><description>Founder-led content runs on your opinions, not your typing. Capture your voice once, then spend minutes per post approving it and giving feedback.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Acta AI Alternatives: 7 Best Blog Writers, One Rubric</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/acta-ai-alternatives/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/acta-ai-alternatives/</guid><description>Acta AI writes from your expertise and holds posts for review. Here are 7 alternatives, raw Claude included, rated on one rubric with dated prices.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Fact-Check AI Blog Posts Before Publishing: 6 Steps</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/how-to-fact-check-ai-blog-posts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/how-to-fact-check-ai-blog-posts/</guid><description>Google now calls it critical to fact-check AI content before it goes live. Here are the 6 checks I run on every post, from the claim log to my approval.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jasper AI Alternatives: 5 Best Options by Yearly Bill</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/jasper-alternatives-for-founders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/jasper-alternatives-for-founders/</guid><description>Jasper AI alternatives compared by what you pay in a year and where your brand voice and docs live: Writesonic, Koala, Acta, raw Claude and Pilcrino.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Often Should a SaaS Publish Blog Posts? 1 to 2 a Week</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/how-often-should-a-saas-publish-blog-posts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/how-often-should-a-saas-publish-blog-posts/</guid><description>How often should a SaaS publish blog posts? One to two a week you can keep for six months, a review cap, and the point where volume becomes spam.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI Writing Tools Cost in 2026: Plans, Tools and Writer Rates</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/ai-writing-tools-stack-cost-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/ai-writing-tools-stack-cost-2026/</guid><description>AI writing tool prices, freelance writer rates and per-draft AI costs for 2026, each checked on the vendor page and dated, plus four monthly stack totals.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Get Cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity: 8-Step Checklist</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/get-cited-by-perplexity-chatgpt-founder-checklist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/get-cited-by-perplexity-chatgpt-founder-checklist/</guid><description>Eight steps to get your pages cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity: which bots to let in, what every post needs, and which steps have evidence behind them.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Koala AI Alternatives: 5 Best for Posts About Your Product</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/koala-ai-alternatives/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/koala-ai-alternatives/</guid><description>Koala Writer turns keywords into articles. If you need posts about your own product, here are 5 alternatives, rated on one rubric with dated prices.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What to Write About on a SaaS Product Blog: A Worked Plan</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/what-to-blog-about-saas-product/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/what-to-blog-about-saas-product/</guid><description>Pick SaaS blog topics from your product, your competitors and the prompts buyers type into AI assistants. Includes a real 33-post plan, row by row.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Which Blog Posts Still Get Clicks With AI Overviews: 5 Types</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/which-blog-posts-still-get-clicks-ai-overviews/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/which-blog-posts-still-get-clicks-ai-overviews/</guid><description>Seer&apos;s data: 33,500 clicks per 1M impressions with no AI Overview, 20,700 if cited, 9,400 if not. Five blog post types and which still get clicks.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is AI Generated Content Bad for SEO in 2026? Not by Itself</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/is-ai-content-bad-for-seo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/is-ai-content-bad-for-seo/</guid><description>Google allows AI content. SE Ranking&apos;s 2,000 unedited AI articles still fell from 28% to 3% in the top 100. What separates the posts that hold up.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>llms.txt and pricing.md for SaaS: What I Shipped and Why</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/llms-txt-and-pricing-md-for-saas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/llms-txt-and-pricing-md-for-saas/</guid><description>The llms.txt and pricing.md I shipped on my SaaS site, what Google and 137K-site data say about them, and the 60-day test I am running.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Starting a SaaS Blog in 2026: What to Expect by Day 90</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/launching-a-saas-blog-in-2026-zero-click/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/launching-a-saas-blog-in-2026-zero-click/</guid><description>Starting a SaaS blog in 2026 means planning for fewer clicks. Five steps, a one-sheet scoreboard, and my public bet on this blog&apos;s first 90 days.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Blogging Still Worth It for SaaS? Yes, the Job Changed</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/is-blogging-still-worth-it-for-saas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/is-blogging-still-worth-it-for-saas/</guid><description>Yes, but the job changed. AI answers took the informational clicks. Here is which SaaS posts still pay off, when not to blog, and what ChatGPT changes.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI Writing Tools and Data Privacy: Where Your Docs Go</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/ai-blog-writer-data-privacy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/ai-blog-writer-data-privacy/</guid><description>I traced where product docs, drafts and CMS passwords go with a SaaS AI writer vs your own AI plan, what Claude and ChatGPT train on, and what to check.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Claude Code Blog Workflow: What to Automate and What Breaks</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/claude-code-blog-workflow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/claude-code-blog-workflow/</guid><description>A Claude Code blog workflow is a skill, subagents and files on disk. Here is what each part does, what breaks on real posts, and what to automate first.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Get ChatGPT to Recommend Your SaaS, Not Just Cite It</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/get-your-saas-recommended-by-chatgpt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/get-your-saas-recommended-by-chatgpt/</guid><description>ChatGPT can cite your page and still recommend a competitor. What gets a SaaS named, and a weekly check to see if it&apos;s working.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why AI Blog Posts Sound Generic and How to Fix the Workflow</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/ai-blog-posts-sound-generic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/ai-blog-posts-sound-generic/</guid><description>AI blog posts sound generic because the workflow asks one prompt to do four jobs. Here are the four separate passes that fix it.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Write Blog Posts With Claude: The 7-Step Pipeline</title><link>https://pilcrino.com/blog/write-blog-posts-with-claude-pro/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pilcrino.com/blog/write-blog-posts-with-claude-pro/</guid><description>Writing blog posts with Claude works as seven steps, not one prompt. Here is each step, what skipping it breaks, and where a Claude Pro plan pauses.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>