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3 Tips to Blog Like a Manic and Still Have a Life
By Lee McIntyre | March 24, 2008
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Blogging is a fantastic way to keep in touch with your prospects and customers. So why do so many marketers fail to blog regularly when the benefits of doing so are so huge?
Well, one reason is that when you’re knee deep in a pile of gritty tasks it can be hard to make the time to be creative on your blog. I know what that’s like and I’ve been in that spot once too often.
Want to know how to blog more regularly and still save time? Then check out the 3 tips below….
1. Create a Google Notebook account and record ideas during the week
Often the hardest part of regular blogging is actually coming up with the ideas for your posts. And when you’re super busy it can be double hard to be creative.
Open up a free Google Notebook account, and download the addon for Firefox. Now whenever you’re surfing and you come across something that gives you a great idea for a blog post you can right click, and then select ‘Note this’.
Within Google Notebook I have an ideas book, and as soon as an idea hits I make sure that it gets documented in here pronto.
At the end of the week when I’m writing my blog posts I just dip into the juicy ideas book, and I find that I’ve got loads of different things to write about.
And there’s another big benefit too. How often do you have a great idea while surfing and think to yourself that you MUST remember it? Let me tell you that it’s not easy to relax when you have a dozen ideas whirling around your head that you have to remember.
Recording your ideas in this way helps you ‘let go’ of them, and you’ll find you can relax more too.
2. Write first edit second
I’ve been saying this since I wrote Auction Profits Unleashed, so I guess it doesn’t hurt to say it again. The fastest way to write any kind of content is to write it all down first, and then to edit it second.
Don’t fall into the habbit of editing as you write. You’ll be less productive as a result, and the editing process will make you fearful of making mistakes.
Simply write your post in its entirety, and then edit later. Trust me when I say you’ll be able to create more blog posts faster.
3. Use the Wordpress Timestamp function
If you want to get productive at anything you do then ‘batch up’ the tasks. Why waste time logging in and out of Wordpress every day to make your posts when you could batch up tasks and do them all at once?
Think how much time you could save if you were to only have to login to Wordpress once because you’d scheduled all your posts in advance.
Write your posts on a set day each week, and then schedule them using the built in ‘Post Timestamp’ function and you’ll be able to blog more with less time.
And that’s it!
If you want to keep in touch with your prospects and your customers then blogging is an excellent way to do just that. Use the 3 tips above today to blog like a manic while still having a life…
Do you think these tips will work for you? Do you have any ideas of your own? Well let me know in the comments below….as always I’d love to hear from you!
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March 24th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Excellent set of tips, as usual.
Thanks Lee
March 25th, 2008 at 1:42 am
Lee, STOP giving this information away for free! I mean it!
Thanks for those 3 useful tips. And I’m a sucker for #2, because I always edit the thing while I write! I know I shouldn’t but I can’t stop…
Oh, and I started using the WP Timestamp function tonight. I wrote a post and set it to go ‘live’ on the 26th!
I think I’ll make use of this more and more to speed up productivity.
Thanks
Mark
March 25th, 2008 at 5:44 am
Hi Lee,
I had problem coming out quality content to write on my blog at times but with tip no 1 that you have listed, I am sure I can come out ideas quite fast.
1 tips I personally uses when I am run out of idea is to visit other people blog related to my niche and check out what they wrote to get some ideas then I come out something on my own and post on my blog.
Hope the above tips help!
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March 27th, 2008 at 2:12 am
Hi Lee,
Thanks for the third tip. I didn’t know about this function in Wordpress. This alone will save A LOT of time and maximize productivity.
Congratulations on your outstanding blog!
Cheers,
Steve
March 28th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Great stuff Lee! I just downloaded Google Notebook and can really see the value of that.
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