Writing Schedules - MultiBlogging Techniques Review Part V
One of the things that I've noticed these past few months is that my multi-blog management techniques keep changing.
I used to go crazy trying to write and post all day long, every single day. Then I decided not to blog on Sundays. As my personal schedule changed, I found that there were certain days that I could not consistently blog on. I had to find a more manageable schedule, without forcing it on myself.
Now, 5 months into blogging "professionally", I'm finding my writing schedule has changed into something much more manageable. For example, I might write 1 full entry and 2-4 partial entries on Sunday nights. (But I don't post on Sundays, for the most part.) I'll post the full entry after midnight, so the post date is Monday.
Then on Monday, I might either write a new full entry or finish one of the partial entries. If my schedule allows me to write enough content that I think I can post several entries each day, I'll do so. Otherwise I'll hoard blog entries and try to average one posting per day. By starting some "sketches", I can often write more full entries per week than if I don't "seed" ideas.
I originally tried making up a big list of topics to blog on. But then I found myself not touching the list, intimidated by its size. It's much easier, I find now, to make a short list each week and write some sketches, then edit and complete them as necessary. I tend to complete more entries this way.
Truth be told, this is not the way to a successful blog. At least, it's only partly right. The general technique is fine. But a successful blog requires posting to several times a day, every day (or at least 5-6 days/wk).
It's not only a numbers game, but the more regularly you cause SEs (Search Engines) to index your blog (or site), the more visible you will be in the blogosphere via SEs and blog directories. (Primarily in the directories because they use "freshness" as a relevancy factor.)
In my case, part of my consulting agenda is to showcase a number of blogs on a number of topics as examples for my consulting clients. As such, I have more blogs out there than I can handle on my own. And right now, I am helping at least 2 people set up their own blogs.
The net result is that I cannot post every day to every blog, which means more than half of my blogs are "zomblogs" (zombie blogs). At least until I turn on the power and reanimate them with a new entry :)
(c) Copyright: 2005-present, Raj Kumar Dash, http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/
I used to go crazy trying to write and post all day long, every single day. Then I decided not to blog on Sundays. As my personal schedule changed, I found that there were certain days that I could not consistently blog on. I had to find a more manageable schedule, without forcing it on myself.
Now, 5 months into blogging "professionally", I'm finding my writing schedule has changed into something much more manageable. For example, I might write 1 full entry and 2-4 partial entries on Sunday nights. (But I don't post on Sundays, for the most part.) I'll post the full entry after midnight, so the post date is Monday.
Then on Monday, I might either write a new full entry or finish one of the partial entries. If my schedule allows me to write enough content that I think I can post several entries each day, I'll do so. Otherwise I'll hoard blog entries and try to average one posting per day. By starting some "sketches", I can often write more full entries per week than if I don't "seed" ideas.
I originally tried making up a big list of topics to blog on. But then I found myself not touching the list, intimidated by its size. It's much easier, I find now, to make a short list each week and write some sketches, then edit and complete them as necessary. I tend to complete more entries this way.
Truth be told, this is not the way to a successful blog. At least, it's only partly right. The general technique is fine. But a successful blog requires posting to several times a day, every day (or at least 5-6 days/wk).
It's not only a numbers game, but the more regularly you cause SEs (Search Engines) to index your blog (or site), the more visible you will be in the blogosphere via SEs and blog directories. (Primarily in the directories because they use "freshness" as a relevancy factor.)
In my case, part of my consulting agenda is to showcase a number of blogs on a number of topics as examples for my consulting clients. As such, I have more blogs out there than I can handle on my own. And right now, I am helping at least 2 people set up their own blogs.
The net result is that I cannot post every day to every blog, which means more than half of my blogs are "zomblogs" (zombie blogs). At least until I turn on the power and reanimate them with a new entry :)
(c) Copyright: 2005-present, Raj Kumar Dash, http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/
