im at my wits end trying to get this content calendar sorted out for my small business blog based here in austin. ive been researching non stop for the past three days and my head is spinning. i looked into jasper ai cus everyone online seems to hype it up, but then i read some reddit threads saying its way too expensive for what it actually does and sounds super robotic. also checked out copy ai which looks cool, but im seeing mixed reviews on whether it can actually write a decent long-form post without sounding like total garbage. heres what im dealing with right now:

• budget is tight, like max $40 to $50 a month since im just one person running a boutique marketing agency
• needs to handle about 8 to 10 SEO optimized blog posts a month without me spending four hours editing every single draft
• actually sounds somewhat human and not like a boring textbook from 1995

is there an actual tool out there that doesnt cost a fortune and can help me churn out weekly posts fast, or am i just wasting my time trying to automate this part of my work...