Then, I realized I was not applying any of the organizational skills I used in the rest of my life with my blog. It was truly an "Ah ha!" moment. While I am certainly not saying I am an expert blogger, not in any way am I claiming that title, I do want to share the things I have done. They may help you as well.
1. Plan.
Download a blog planner and begin using it religiously for one week.
There are two blog planners that I personally use. Both are free and well done in my opinion.
- Living Locurto Weekly Blog Calendar
- Productive Flourishing monthly blog planner {these are available at the beginning of each month for the month.}
2. Post.
Write your posts for the week and schedule them.
Taking the subjects for your blog planner, go ahead and write your posts for the next week and schedule them to publish on the date you had planned for them to post. If these posts are to be part of a blog carnival/meme/party, you will just need to edit the post prior to its publishing to include the link to the permalink of the blog party you are participating in for that post.
3. Promote.
Setup a Twitterfeed account to automatically publish your posts to Twitter and Facebook.
If you do not have a Twitter or Facebook account, go ahead and set one up now. It is a wonderful way to extend and build your community.
Now that you have done these three things, not only will your blog seem more organized to you, you will also be free to actually unplug for a bit and do something fun and enjoy your family. You may just find an end to any sort of "writer's block" and like me, have items scheduled beyond the next week.
This post is part of Things I Love Thursday.
