1. Create a content calendar.
If you’re blogging once or twice a week, brainstorm and jot down some topics to write about and insert them into a calendar that extends into the next couple of months. Sound out trusted peers or customers about what they’d like to read about in your posts. The more choices you have in potential topics the better.
Read: How to Create a Content Calendar for Your Blog
2. Categorize your content.
Within your calendar, define what each piece of content will be. Is it an event announcement or a new product release? Will it be a how-to piece or a customer interview? Listing each blog post as a genre with a reason for posting it will help you vary the content you’re posting and help you craft posts with different calls to action.
3. Start crafting a post a week in advance.
With seven days to go before the post is due to go live, start thinking about how it might start off and the way it might end.
You might want to sketch out some subheadings so your readers will have signposts as they work their way through the content. This will help you solidify the structure of what you’ll say.
Read: The Key to Writing an Amazing Blog Post
4. Think about links and mentions.
An important part of any blogging initiative is linking to relevant content (both on the website and in outside sources) that readers will find helpful. This will aid with search engine optimization and your readers won’t reach the end of the post without a suggestion for further reading.
Don’t forget to mention relevant brands or individuals by name, too. If people have set up a Google or social-media alert to tracking their name, they will pick up that you’ve been writing about them and perhaps drop by your blog to see what you’ve been saying, good or bad.
5. Set aside time to write.
A couple of days before your post is due to go live, block off time when there will be no distractions and just start writing. Since you’ve already thought about your piece and how things will fit together, you’ll find it way easier to put down the words. If you’re aiming for 700 or so words, then 30 minutes should be enough time for you to whittle down your thoughts into a first draft, providing there are no interruptions.
Obviously if the information you’re trying to express needs accompanying screen shots, quotes from others or some research, the process will become more involved. But if you use spare time in the day, during the commute, while waiting for your coffee to brew or before you drop off to sleep at night, the actual writing part need not seem as daunting as some fear.
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Awesome advice..I normally set my posts several days ahead because I already know what sales and specials are coming up at #AVON. Thank you??
I have a planner I use to schedule all my posts and a notebook where I write down ideas all the time. It keeps me organized.
I love the planner idea, I order one right after I read this. I just started my blog and I have so many ideas I can’t remember them all!
That’s great! Good luck!
I do this like a lot then will retrace that path again. Thanks for the excellent reminder
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Thanks for this, I’ve actually had my blog for a while but for some reason I’m just now starting to actually care about followers, comments and likes. Before I think it was just…shoulder-shrug-fun? This helps!
Great advice! Thanks! I’m a newer blogger but want to take it seriously. I appreciate people sharing their tricks of the trade!
Thanks, I am new to this and your tips are helping me understand what I should do to create a great blog.
Just started my blog and this is super helpful! Really helps me be more efficient with my time. Thank you =)
I come from the School of Spontaneous Blogging. I blog every day, sometimes a couple of times a day and rarely plan ahead. Of course, my readers know me for my stream of consciousness way of writing, sometimes meant to inform and sometimes meant to amuse. If I had to stop and think about what I say, I’m afraid I’d be taken seriously!! ??
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I enjoyed this post! It was really helpful, just ordered a planner to put all my ideas in a few minutes okay.
Would you mind checking out my blog and giving me some feedback on it? I’m really knew to this and I’m not exactly sure what I am doing yet. 🙂 haha!
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Great advice! Content calendars have helped me so much on my blog.
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Will definitely be using some of these tips, I am a new blogger and they will come in really handy! Thank you
Thanks a lot. This is what I waned. Very educative or part time writters like me.
This is a great post! I am definitely going to use the calendar tip!!
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Really helpful post! I post weekly and I tend to do everything in last minute ?
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Sweet Post . Definitely have a lot more to learn haha.
Thanks for the helpful tips. I absolutley will try the schedule-tip.
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Great! The implementation already on way… 🙂
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Good advice.
When I write, I’m eager to share, so to preset my posts will kill me. I simply can’t wait for it to go live and simply share.
Something I need to work on.
Very interesting post with good information how you can take your efforts forward. It’s a little science and a little art, and perspiration, too!
I you follow all this stuff it will take perhaps longer than half an hour to write a blog post 🙂
Brilliant idea
Great way to keep on track especially if you are working several accounts or involved in several activities during the week.
I am slowly learning how important having a good blog is for writers. It is a skill that I will need to master.
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Helpful tips. Thank you
Great advice!! Thank you
Awesome advice. It’s very organized, easy to read and understand. Thank you!
Love this! Thank you! 700 will be a new benchmark for me. I’ve been having a hard time limiting my words to under 1000. Most times, I think I get to 1500 (Yikes)! Too long for my readers (and me)!
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Great post! Before starting my blog, I made a list of what posts I will have and wrote a few in advance, edited and got photos ready. I think it is best to have them ready a week or so before so that you can double and triple check! It is also helpful when you are busy!! Great post!
[ Smiles ] Crafting a post a week in advance really helps!
Great plan!
I can’t wait to get started
Fabulous tips, something I may need to implement a bit more. Blogging can be too darn fun for me to get stuck in the technical, but I know it’s necessary.
Thanks for the tips!
Constantly trying to do these things, but as with everything in life, it’s easier said than done.
Good advice!!!
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