Ever wonder how some people manage to blog so often? I know that I do. Blogging three times a week seems like loads to me, I have no idea how people are Organised enough to post on a daily basis. With that in mind, I thought I'd share some of my go-to tips to help keep me on top of my blog.
I tend to do all of my blog work on a Sunday including taking and editing photos, Writing Content, scheduling posts and writing tweets. Sunday is a lazy day here and I don't normally plan anything other than shopping and housework, so for me, I love specifying a day to do it. However, I won't strictly do it all on a Sunday. If I have a bit of spare time on the Saturday, I'll write some content up then so it doesn't feel like such a big job on the Sunday. Either way, it is definitely purely a weekend job for me.
I'm not sure I'd be able to stay so organised if it wasn't for my to-do list. Currently I'm using a simple notebook just to jot down my to-do lists. This lists all those jobs that I need to do including taking photos and writing content. However, I definitely couldn't do it without my Blog Schedule. I keep this organised in an Excel spreadsheet which has some content ideas and a brain dump section where I can just jot down ideas. I have another sheet with the three dates a week that I post and next to these, I jot down ideas. These aren't really set into stone and the perks of doing this digitally is that I can move them around. Next to each post I have a checklist which includes 'Photos', 'Content', 'Scheduled' and 'Social Media'. I tick each of these off when they are complete and that way I can keep track of what still needs to be done.
The bulk technique definitely works for me. I love taking a bulk amount of photos and then sitting down and writing all the content. However, sometimes I'm just not in the mood to write and some weeknights, I'm way more in the mood to write so although I try to keep to a schedule, I definitely won't force anything if it isn't coming. So long as I've got my to-do list and my blog schedule, it should make sure that I stay on track and keep organised!
I tend to do all of my blog work on a Sunday including taking and editing photos, Writing Content, scheduling posts and writing tweets. Sunday is a lazy day here and I don't normally plan anything other than shopping and housework, so for me, I love specifying a day to do it. However, I won't strictly do it all on a Sunday. If I have a bit of spare time on the Saturday, I'll write some content up then so it doesn't feel like such a big job on the Sunday. Either way, it is definitely purely a weekend job for me.
I'm not sure I'd be able to stay so organised if it wasn't for my to-do list. Currently I'm using a simple notebook just to jot down my to-do lists. This lists all those jobs that I need to do including taking photos and writing content. However, I definitely couldn't do it without my Blog Schedule. I keep this organised in an Excel spreadsheet which has some content ideas and a brain dump section where I can just jot down ideas. I have another sheet with the three dates a week that I post and next to these, I jot down ideas. These aren't really set into stone and the perks of doing this digitally is that I can move them around. Next to each post I have a checklist which includes 'Photos', 'Content', 'Scheduled' and 'Social Media'. I tick each of these off when they are complete and that way I can keep track of what still needs to be done.
The bulk technique definitely works for me. I love taking a bulk amount of photos and then sitting down and writing all the content. However, sometimes I'm just not in the mood to write and some weeknights, I'm way more in the mood to write so although I try to keep to a schedule, I definitely won't force anything if it isn't coming. So long as I've got my to-do list and my blog schedule, it should make sure that I stay on track and keep organised!
How do you stay organised whilst blogging?
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