Organizing Your Creative Process To Blog Effectively
Posted on 04. Jun, 2008 by Benjamin Patton in Blogging Tips, Internet Marketing Tips
Everyone should have a almost set in stone procedure as to how they generate content from their site normally speaking. Of course the times which writers block kicks in is a totally different subject for another day 
For me I find being organized as much as possible helps me keep my blog in order and my creative process flowing. It is really hard for me to operate if my desk is a complete mess and for instance I have 20 comments I have not responded to on my blog, or reactions to replies on other blogs. I usually start off my checking my numerous email accounts, checking my daily stats for my blog, comments/ping backs. Usually I have an Entrecard advert waiting and generally I will take this time to buy advertising on active niche related sites from EC as well. After this If I have not published my daily post I will usually take the time to write a new one, or publish something out of my many drafts. I highly recommend you keep a few good drafts around for those just in case moments. Readers never respond well to a disruption of content. That aside I will promote the post by commenting legitimately on other blogs which I read while taking advantage of the comment luv plug in which so many people now use.
What comes next is generally hitting my forum routine and responding to any outstanding threads etc. I take this time to drop the important players in my IM list messages and clear up any business that may be going on atm. I do have a small ring which we trade social bookmarks and submissions if I have a post I feel is worthy I will submit it to my group to bookmark or discover. Usually this comes with a return of the favor type situation where I will do the same. Read that as reciprocity. This is your friend.
By now you know you need to be collecting information for your next post and researching whats what. I find that after all the above is the best time to write your upcoming posts. You have exchanged many ideas and comments by now and you are probably bubbling over with information. Write down one liners on a notepad on your desk and save those for when you really are coming up with nothing, or everyone else is blogging about something you want to, but don’t want to risk duplicate content.
If you organize your day, that is if you are a serious blogger looking to maintain your blog for more than a few months, and you take into account everything you should do to be successful you will see your blog rise to new heights. This sounds almost crazy, but I assure you the more organized you are at your work area and with your material for your blog the better and more efficient you will be. That simply put equates to happier readers and more of them and a higher loyalty. When you reach the peak of organization you will be able to take care of these dutiies and post to your blog in a fraction of the time it takes now. And that is great news for those of us that work a day job full time.
How do you organize yourself to be an effective blogger? Do you have any tips not mentioned that may benefit a struggling blogger?
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I’m always creating excel spreadsheets to remain organized and on top of things.
I always have lots of stuff to write, sometime really doesn’t know which one to write, but after all is great to have stuff to write then nothing to write…
There are some top bloggers I doesn’t like as they have nothing to post and you know what they post what they ate today where else they should talk about their niche…
I mean that is really bad blogging…
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I think organization is a major factor. I am always filing and sorting, organizing things in their own little places. Having a reserve of good drafts built up is the way to go.
I find I can focus much better writing content off-line then transferring it over. But, I don’t always do this, sometimes I just have something to say and I throw it up there…
But, the main thing is to have a plan, and practice good time management. I can’t tell you how many days I spent the entire day reading and commenting on blogs, only to look at the clock and see the day is gone!
(I just looked at the clock….doh!)
Setting aside a specific amount of time for networking is a good practice to get into, then, setting aside time for content creation, where the IM and email is not on/open, and you focus strictly on that killer content…….
Writing when you are in the mood is also a good thing, just write the stuff down, get it out. You can always come back later and clean it up and make it more presentable, the main thing is to get those ideas down on paper or errr………pixels
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I think because im partly ocd, that the organization factor plays in largely mostly cause I cant deal with fumbling around looking for things in the middle of a brain storm session much less writing or talking to people.
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Great information! Thanks for writing this. It is an honor to participate in the discussion.