When you write blog posts, do you write everyday or do you write all your posts for the week in 1-2 days? My current blog schedule is write a blog post every day, but some days I don't feel like writing, and some days I do. Should I start just writing all my blog posts on those days I am "in the mood"? I'm thinking about trying this out. Whats your strategy?
Writing while you're not in the mood make your posts messed up or not understandable, but it depends on the gravity of being "not in the mood". I suggest you should only write whenever you feel like writing but just keep a mindset that you should at least post once or twice a week, whatever your quota is. Having two posts in 1 week is not bad at all.
I'd like to start doing that again (pre-posting) for a few of my blogs. In some cases it works, and it some it doesn't. For example, if you're blogging about news, you can't do that, because things become outdated almost immediately. If you're writing evergreen content, it can work fine. The risk you run is that by posting less often, you may have a harder time getting yourself to sit down and want to write in those longer blocks. Another option is to still blog every day if you enjoy it, and if it keeps you disciplined, but to write extra posts when you're feeling up to it, and just save them for later. If you save them as drafts, you can simply go into your list of drafts, and publish one on a day where you don't happen to feel like blogging.
When i write a blog I usually do 3-4 entries a week. A rule to have is not to write when you don't want to.
A much better "rule" is to keep your blog consistent. I'm definitely guilty of slipping on most of my blogs at one time or another, but no matter how often you decide to blog, consistency really does make a difference. And sometimes, yes, that means you have to write when you don't necessarily want to.
well it depends... what usaully do every other day or whenever i have something to post... so that i can still promote the recent post.. still monitoring returning visitors/readers...
I think that it depends on the blog. If you have popular blog with good PR, you should write post 2-3 times a week, why? Because the SE should find the post and place it in the index, after this you can do the second and then....It will have to be some time between post - just to be indexed every single one.Good luck and all the best.
What a great question. I just started blogging for a company Jan. 1, and promised 16 entries a month, which translates to basically every other day. I wrote a bunch of stuff to use in December, but it turns out that the program the company uses is picky and I haven't yet been able to simply cut and paste entries that I wrote in Word. Because of what I'm being paid, I can't afford to spend more than about a half hour on each entry. Yesterday I "felt like writing" and had some spare time so wrote something up and then "published" it on the blog today. I'm still learning, but yes, sometime I hope to be able to sit down and enter a week's worth and then publish them later. My original idea was to get up every other morning and "do the blog" first thing. Well, I'm better after a cup of coffee, and I find that right when I pull up the program and am ready to start the neighborhood bluejays are squawking for their food, or the dog needs to go out. In short, I'm still experimenting and would greatly appreciate any input.
When you blog, you can't just write when idea strikes you or when you feel like it. Blogging means dedication. Post when you have to post. If your readers are used to you updating every day and there's one day when you're feeling lazy, drag yourself out of that couch and blog. It doesn't mean you have to update every day, it means you have to blog on schedule. Readers will form a pattern in visiting your blog. If they're used to you updating every Wednesday, they'll come back every Wednesday so you better have a post ready for them. If there are times when you "feel like writing," write posts in advance. I can't stress the importance of writing posts in advance enough. We're human. We get sick. Emergencies happen. Computer and power failure creep upon you like a thief. If you have written posts in advance, you have something to show when you haven't been able to write anything. Of course, that's not always possible. I blog for tech sites and tech is highly dynamic. You get industry news and electronics releases every single day. You can't post in advance unless it's a review. It's for niches like this your efficacy as a blogger is tested. You have to attune yourself into blogging every single day, even if you don't feel like it.
I agree. You can't risk losing your readers. When they come back on a day that they thought you'd update (and then you didn't) you may discourage them from visiting again.
If you have a lot of other things going on in your life on a daily basis (like writing for clients which is your main source of income) then it's best if you write a week's worth of posts, and then publish them one at a time. Like some of the others have said, this obviously won't work for a celeb gossip, news or sports blog where you have to be constantly updating readers with the latest. I missed my weekly blog writing schedule last Sunday, and I've been struggling to write new posts the whole of this week. Balancing your regular writing work with blogging can require some expert juggling.
I started out weekly and have recently dropped to monthly. I think my last post was in November I'm planning to get a little more organized this year and I love the draft aspect where I can save my posts for later. Some days I have alot to say and since my blog isn't really time sensitive, I can save some of my rambling for a later date
Here is something I learned over the past two days. The blog program I am using has a "date and time stamp" feature. I can write an entry and then use the date-time stamp to choose when I want to entry to appear. This saves the additional time of logging on and publishing.