Keep Your Blog At Work While You Relax On Vacation….

As you may have noticed Real Blogging Tips has been a little quiet as of late.  Tennius’s awesome Guest Post “4 Different Ways To Destroy Your Blog” was the last thing here and sadly I have not managed to follow the tips he laid out! No doubt I have lost some readers….

I have been on a Vacation,  back in the UK, visiting friends and family before I move to Cairo in August. Sadly my plan to keep the blog going whilst travelling around has been much harder than I anticipated.

Basically I now have a good plan in my head of how to approach keeping the blog alive next time I go away and am likely to have limited internet access. My Mum often used to say to me “Do as I Say, Not as I do”. As I messed up on the blog planning front but am about to give you advice…. I guess I am kind of using that phrase here too :) .

First off, I think a blog only needs around two high quality posts a week. Anymore and your readers may get behind on the reading. Be honest, how many of you read every post from blogs that post daily?

So if you are going away for 3 weeks you need to pre-schedule 6 posts and you can go away safe in the knowledge that your blog will keep working whilst you lounge around on the beach.

If you take the time to mail your list or privately mail some blogging friends then you can easily make half of those posts guest posts, reducing your need to come up with quality content all in one go.

Next up…. I think it would be a great idea to add a little foot note to each of your holiday posts letting readers know you are away and that you will be answering all comments on your return. If you put it in italics and bold then hopefully even skim readers will pick up on it. Something like this may work:

I will be on vacation visiting my friends and family until around August 10th and will be answering all comments on my return. If I get a chance before, I will pop online and answer them sooner. Thanks a million,

Forest.

When You return it will be a 5 minute job to go through the posts and remove the foot note.

Another important thing is to make sure that you contact your advertisers and make sure they are aware that you will be away so that you can set up any due renewals or anything whilst you are away…. Obviously it’s also a good idea to set up an auto response on your blogging email too.

It’s as simple as that. I don’t think you have to do much more but if you think I have missed anything I would love to hear your thoughts.

Also just before I head off and just incase you don’t know…. Here is how you schedule a post in Wordpress.

  1. Log into Wordpress.
  2. Click on Posts > Add Post.
  3. Write your post as normal.
  4. On the top right in the Publish box click Edit, next to Publish immediately. This will let you set a date and time for the post
  5. Hit the Schedule button.

Take care,

Forest.

4 Different Ways To Destroy Your Blog

This is a guest post by Simon Rogers, a 15 year old from the UK who
blogs at Teenius.com (about making
money online), and BrainBite.com
(inspirational posts, interviews and lists). You can also follow him on
Twitter @teenius

I read a lot of blogs all over the internet, mainly about blogging and
making money online, and I’m always seeing posts that seem to give tips on
how to improve your blog – I know I’ve done a few articles on the subject
on my blogs! This guest post is basically going to go down the opposite
avenue and look at ways to KILL your blog and lose
readers.

So, let’s get straight in to it…

Lack of posting

One of the things that’s critical to a successful blog is content – no one
is disputing that, and anyone that tells you otherwise is WRONG.
By hardly ever posting, you’re bound to lose plenty of recurring traffic
and also subscribers.

Ignoring your readers

Somewhere along the line people are bound to leave a comment or two on
your posts. The people who comment are kings (or queens)!
Every comment that is left on your blog increases the value of it and
makes it generally more appealing, so don’t just leave them by themselves…
reply to their comments! Answer their questions, thank them for the
comment, do anything! Just make them feel like they should leave more
comments. If you don’t do that, you’re unlikely to get any decent amount
of comments, which is basically death for blogs.

If your stuck for ideas, a great way of getting recurring comments is
to leave a comment on their blog. Once they see they can build their own
comment count, they’re very likely to come back for more!

Stop looking forward

The world of blogging changes routinely; the design trends, the new
marketing tools, everything! Keeping up with those can really make a blog,
but just using the same old tactics will really hold your blog back from
growing. Also, by thinking your blog is ‘alright as it is’ is another big
mistake and will kill your blog, as your readers are likely to get bored
and leave. The best solution is to just keep changing the little
things
, as this will keep your blog fresh!

Inconsistency

When running a successful blog, a lot of it comes down to being
consistent. Not only am I talking about posting (as I mentioned
before)
, but also your link building and advertising in general. Keep
it consistent and your blog will grow. Have no routine, and it’ll all fall
apart.

That’ll do for now!

In my opinion those are the biggest four blog-killers, but I’m sure you
can think of loads more, so feel free to make some suggestions by leaving
a comment below! Thanks for reading!

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