The Surprisingly Simple Way to Create Expert Roundup Posts (Without Spending 15 Hours Hunting Down Quotes)
There’s something special about bringing a handful of smart voices into one conversation.
It feels like pulling chairs around a kitchen table—people leaning in, ideas bouncing back and forth, perspectives unfolding.
But let’s be honest: the process of creating an expert roundup post is usually a headache.
If you’ve ever tried, you already know:
You spend forever trying to figure out who to include.
Then you have to stalk their websites or LinkedIn for a decent bio.
Then comes emailing them (with a message that doesn’t sound desperate).
Then formatting, editing, arranging responses, adding context…
And somehow making it all look like one cohesive piece of content.
By the time you’re done, the original excitement is long gone.
And this is the core problem I see with my Rethinkifai audience over and over:
You want to create rich, valuable, human content — but you don’t have the time to build it from scratch every single week.
This is where AI steps in—not as a shortcut, but as a process smoother.
A pressure-reliever.
A quiet assistant with surprisingly organized brain cells.
Yes, AI can help write.
But the real magic?
It can handle the research-heavy, repetitive, organizational parts that slow us down the most.
And expert roundup posts are the perfect place to use it.
Here’s how to do it without losing authenticity (or your sanity).
Step 1: Finding the Right Experts Without Going Down a Four-Hour Rabbit Hole
Instead of scrolling Google or LinkedIn hoping inspiration finds you, you can ask AI (Perplexity is a good choice) to:
Identify experts who teach or work with your audience.
Pull together 2–3 sentence bios.
Summarize what they talk about online.
Even list where they’ve been featured before.
This takes minutes—not days.
It also allows you to choose people based on alignment, not just “who is famous.”
Because your credibility grows when the voices you share actually fit your message.
Step 2: Writing Questions That Lead to Real Insight (Not Generic Advice)
If you’ve ever read a roundup post that felt flat, chances are the questions were too shallow.
Your audience does not need another:
“What’s one tip you would give someone starting out?”
That’s how you end up with cotton-candy answers—fluffy, forgettable, dissolves instantly.
Instead, we want depth.
AI can help you brainstorm questions that make people think.
Questions that invite storytelling.
Questions that reveal the why behind someone’s work—not just the what.
Example difference:
NO: What’s your best advice for building your brand?
YES: What’s a piece of branding advice that people repeat online that you strongly disagree with—and why?
Now that gets people talking.
Step 3: Outreach That Feels Personal (But Doesn’t Take All Afternoon)
This is where most people give up.
They stare at the blank email and think:
“I don’t want to annoy someone. I don’t want to sound salesy. I don’t want to look like a fangirl.”
AI (such as Claude) can help you write outreach messages that are:
Warm
Human
Respectful of time
Not robotic
Not pushy
And yes—you can automate follow-ups without sounding like a call center.
This alone can cut your outreach time by 70%.
Step 4: Bringing It All Together Into Something Worth Reading
Once the replies come in, AI can:
Clean up formatting
Remove redundancies (experts repeat themselves more than they realize)
Smooth transitions
Create section headers
Pull out short, shareable quotes
But here’s the line we do not cross:
AI does not rewrite the expert’s tone.
Their personality is the flavor.
That’s the part your readers connect with.
Your job becomes curator—not copy-paste robot.
Step 5: Making It Visual So People Actually Share It
Here’s where your post becomes something that travels.
Turn each expert quote into:
A social graphic
A short-form video caption
A Pinterest pin
A carousel post
A “save + share” post
You are not just creating one blog post.
You’re building a content ecosystem from one piece of work.
Work once.
Leverage many times.
Why This Works So Well Right Now
We’re in a season where people are tired of surface-level content.
Your audience doesn’t want more noise.
They want:
Substance
Perspective
Real people
Real stories
Real experiences
An expert roundup post—done well—proves you are connected, resourceful, thoughtful, and rooted in community.
And when you use AI to support the workflow, it becomes doable again.
Not a dreaded three-week task.
If You’ve Been Feeling This…
“I don’t have time to create the kind of content I want to create.”
“I’m tired of everything sounding the same online.”
“I want to show up as a leader, not just a voice in the crowd.”
This is your next step.
Not harder content.
Not more content.
Just smarter systems that help you say what you actually want to say.
Ready to Start?
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With coffee, clarity, and good prompts,
Debbi
