I remember when I started my first blog. It was a happy moment! Filled with a few posts and an about page to begin my blogging journey. This enthusiasm lasted for a while. Then what happened next was my world got busy. I struggled to keep up with the pace of creating regular blog posts. Have you experienced this yourself?
There is a countless number of thriving successful blogs. There are equally a large if not larger number of failed blogs. Many of them died out because these bloggers didn’t produce consistent content.
So how do you be blog post prepared for when life gets busy?
Don’t let being busy stop you from blogging.
Life gets busy. We get sick sometimes. Emergencies and other demand of life arise.
It helps to develop a method that works for you to push past distractions and obstacles.
When life gets busy and chaotic our minds get full.
Professional bloggers and writers do the following;
- Write when they don’t want to.
- Write in the midst of pain and life’s storms.
- They’ve developed strategies, habits, and routines that work.
- They create content even when life is crazy and doesn’t make sense.
- Don’t give up even when discouragement tells them to.
- Successful bloggers and writers don’t isolate and are part of communities.
- Consider accepting guest posting contributions on your blog.
Make time.
How do you make time in your busy schedule to write blog posts? If you want to grow and succeed as a blogger then you’ll need to be committed to your blog. That means making time to write and publish blog posts. Our loyalty is to our readers. They want content. That’s why they visit us. The more you write and publish blog posts the easier it becomes.
The Benefits of Batch Writing
Creating blog posts in advance is a great method of content creation for every blogger. Doing this enables you to be prepared for those busy seasons of life. As bloggers and writers, we have many things to do and write about. Batch writing helps so much to prevent lack of content and blogger discouragement. I love batch creating content!
Keep a record of blog post ideas.
Record your ideas somewhere. I write down all of my blog posts and other writing ideas as they come to me. I use a small notebook which I carry in my purse. Handy for those times I don’t have a computer with me. When thoughts come I can write it down no matter where I am. Whatever you find easiest to do will be what works for you.
Schedule one month of posts in advance.
An easy way to post regularly is to write 4 posts one Saturday and publish them every Thursday for a month. My friend Greg the founder of Dear Blogger has a guest posting routine where the posts are scheduled for publication every Wednesday. Same day and time every week.
The main point here is to create a blog post routine in a tempo you can manage and stay consistent with. Consistency is more important than frequency.
Have backup posts ready.
Before I began writing backup posts I was always running out of content for my blogs. Usually, when this happened I wasn’t in the mode to quickly write a post. This used to bother me and cause me to question whether I really was a writer and blogger at all. Keeping posts on the backburner for those times when the post well is dry helps tremendously!
If you do this regularly you’ll discover as I did how much time this saves in the long run.
Additional Reading: 10 Blogging Practices That Work: How to Create Blog Content
Conclusion
I haven’t met many bloggers serious about writing and blogging who want their blogs to fail.
We all want our blogs to thrive and grow.
You’re well on your way to creating more content than you ever dreamed you could.
Keep writing and blogging friends!
Join the conversation
How do you create time to write when life is busy?
What are a few things that help you create blog posts regularly?
Do you have a blog posting routine?
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One of the main reasons bloggers couldn’t blog consistently is due to ‘lack of content ideas”; so it is very important we have handful of topics on our desk to get our blogs running. So as you talked, recording the ideas would make our content creation process a lot easier.
Thanks cori for these great tips. Hope you’re having a beautiful week!
I used to write a month’s worth of posts ahead of time. These days the best I get is maybe a week and only one post. Life changes things, and trying to handle life and keep up with at least 2 blogs all the time (I have 5) can be challenging. Still, at least I keep up with those blogs that are the most important.
It is difficult to stay on top of creating blog posts ahead of time. It’s always great when I can batch create in advance but as you say life can definitely change things. I’ve found a weekly blog posting tempo works for me. I have 3 blogs and do find it a juggling act! I can see how having 5 to run would be challenging.
Love this post! I am fairly new to blogging and have been struggling to find the right pace and make time. I didn’t realize, until I started blogging, how much time goes into just one post, especially because I need to include original photography! But I do love it and when I make time I get lost in the process.
Hi Kerri, thank you for your comment. Love your blog! It is so beautifully designed. Original photography is the best! Our own photos are unique and much more personal for our audience.It’s totally amazing how much time it can take to prepare one blog post. Like you say nice when we get lost in the process of writing. 😀
Hello Cori,
I am really much grateful for these tips of yours as well. There is this one thing you talked about which I will be carry along with with for a very long time; ‘Write when they don’t want to.
Write in the midst of pain and life’s storms’
There is of course no need for excuses.
Thanks a lot.
Thank you for your comment Alaya! Happy you can utilize some of the tips. Writing in the midst of pain and the storms of life can be so therapeutic. 😀
Thank you so much, Cori!
This blog post is finding me at the right time, when my time is occupied by other things and I was a bit frustrated I’d been falling behind schedule with my (iniatially intended) 3 posts per week!
It’s good to remember consistency is more important than frequency.
Thank you for your encouragement!
Hi Meg and thank you for your comment. I know that feeling of frustration when falling behind. It happens to us all! The tip about consistency being more important than frequency was something a wise teacher once told me. I’m glad you found the post encouraging. 😀
Cori, these are excellent tips that will help any writer keep his or her blog filled with content!
Thanks, Frank! Helps to have a blog post creation plan to keep the content flowing. 😀