Quick start — your first week

A step-by-step path from signing up to your first published article.

Here is the fastest route from a new account to real results. Most of it happens in your first day; the rest fills in over your first week.

Day 1 — connect and onboard

Create your project. A project represents one website. Give it your domain and name.
Connect Google Search Console. This is the single highest-value step — it tells Maark how you already rank. Follow Connect Google Search Console. Not sure why Maark needs it? See Why Maark asks for Search Console access.
Let Brand DNA run. Maark researches your brand — what you sell, who you serve, your positioning — so every recommendation and draft is grounded in your business, not a generic template.
Connect Shopify (optional). If you publish to a Shopify store, connect it now so approved articles can go live in one click. See Connect Shopify.

Day 1–2 — watch the Keyword Universe build

Maark crawls your site and assembles your Keyword Universe: keywords discovered, clustered by intent, and mapped to pages. This runs in the background — there is nothing to babysit.

Day 2–3 — review your first opportunities

As clustering completes, opportunities start to appear — pages just off page one, coverage gaps, and more. Skim them and approve the ones that fit your priorities. See Finding opportunities.

Day 3 onward — approve your first article

Turn an opportunity into an article, or let the content calendar propose a schedule for you. Each finished draft lands in your review queue with a daily email. Publish the ones you like. See Reviewing and approving articles.

Optional — connect your own AI assistant

If you work in Claude, Cursor, claude.ai, or ChatGPT, connect it to your Maark workspace and run SEO tasks by asking. See Connect your AI to Maark.

A good first-week checklist

[x] Project created
[x] Google Search Console connected
[ ] Brand DNA reviewed
[ ] Shopify connected (if you publish there)
[ ] First opportunities reviewed
[ ] First article approved and published

Stuck on any step? Email support@maark.ai.