In this post I will share with you some tips on how to remain consistent at blogging - One of the monstrous challenges bloggers face when getting into the swing of blogging, past the stage of starting their blog’s usually in the 3rd or 4th month of blogging, is how to create great content on a consistent or regular basis.
I won’t deny it; creating content on a regular basis is damn well hard. Creating high quality content on a regular basis is even harder. So how do you face such a challenge?
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Before I begin let me just say, I’ve been there many times before myself. I’ll open up a blank page in word document and scratch my head for about 20 minutes before thinking of something awesome to write about. I’ll probably have a cup of tea or two before even starting on the headline… Even after blogging for 2 years it still remains challenging at the best of times.
So how do you go about staying laser focused and consistent at blogging? Check out my three tips below –
Staying Consistent at Blogging Tips
1. Have a blogging schedule
You’ve probably heard me mention this before on my blog many times before, but being organized and having a blogging schedule is the key to staying consistent at blogging. You see if you’re use to meeting a deadline, 9 times out of 10 you’ll meet that deadline. The best way to create a deadline is to plan out what posts you’re going to write for the week ahead, that’s exactly what I do.
If I plan to write 4 great posts, and make the rest up in guest posts, then I know I need to get 4 really good posts out in the seven days that I plan to do it in. Give it a try for yourself!
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2. Write about the things you love the most
If you’ve selected your blogging niche very carefully, you should be able to write about the things you love to rant about the most. This is very important for succeeding in blogging in general. One of the reasons why so many newbie bloggers flop at the first or second hurdle even is because they’ve picked a niche which they knew nothing about, or had very little interest in, and two months down the line, they lose all interests in writing about it. Blog about the things you love most and you’ll have no trouble staying consistent at blogging.
3. Forget about the myth that you should be writing everyday
I know what you’re thinking, how can you be consistent if you don’t write every day. I don’t believe in the theory or ‘myth’ of having to write everyday to remain consistent at blogging. In my mind that’s pure BS at its brutal best…
What is the point in writing about everything you love most about your niche in such a hurry? Why share everything at once? If you’re going at roadrunner speed, you’ll burn out and run out of ideas fast, that I can guarantee, and before you know it, you’ll have nothing to write about.
Instead take your time. Write 3 or 4 top quality posts per week and put everything into it. If you’ve made a list of let’s say 100 posts ideas you want to write about, spread them out over the course of a couple of months or so.
Well folks that’s my three tips for staying consistent at blogging, over to you now readers, let me know your own thoughts, or perhaps you have a few tips you’d like to add to the list above. Please leave me your comments below.
I agree that you don’t have to post everyday, UNLESS you are a big blog like say TMZ where you have millions of visitors or say Tech Crunch. Big blogs should post multiple times a day if they have the staff/budget for it.
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I totally agree with you too, Gino. Big blogs such as those related to showbiz or who represent a big company typically have the staff/budget and many other things in order to run their blogs with daily posts. Ordinary bloggers must do almost all of the tasks (SEO, writing, researching, etc, blog promotion) that are required to keep their blogs going.
Hi Gino, thanks for your comment mate. Yes of course those kinds of blog have posts going out everyday from multiple authors due to the size of it’s audience. But even with a blog with a decent amount of traffic and readers I don’t think posting everyday is a must in any case. It’s much simpler to post every other day and save yourself for the ‘next great post’ you’re going to put out, instead of struggling to come up with great content every day.
Of course, we can do much better when it comes to writing on our favorite topics. Reading then writing is primary thing.
Hi Perky thanks for your comment mate. Writing comes more easily if you love the topic you’re writing about, agreed.
great tips.. i always ask my friend to write which you like but he is only pay attention on guest blogging will it affect to hiss site…
Quality is indeed for every blog, instead of posting 100 articles blindly, we can get more authority when posting 5-10 articles /month which help readers.
Case studies and success stories can convert more people, so practical ideas would work better than blindly posting an article just for instant traffic.
Thanks to the post.
I couldn’t agree with you more Naveen, you’ve just summed it up in that comment. Posting every other day is a perfect routine for blogging consistently I believe.
Hello,
I really like the three tips that you said. Well, I think staying consistent while blogging is not an easy task to do. More consistently, creating quality and unique content in your blog makes it more constant. Like you have said in your post that – “writing the things you love the most”. Thanks for the share!!
Hey Aditi great to see you here, yes indeed write about the things you love. I read somewhere that if you can write about the things you love most in blogging without ever making a dime from it, then you’ve picked the right niche
Well being consistent at blogging is not an easy task as it requires hard work and dedication.Writing about the things,which we love is must,BTW thanks for providing this wonderful article.
Thanks Ashish glad you liked the post and the points
You’re right being consistent is far from simple. I like the fact that your experience with fewer posts per week equates to quality. I agree also, overall it doesn’t matter how many posts we post, as long as you’re able to offer something unique and informative each time, that’s what matters.
Hi Fabrizio
Correct Points, before I was writing daily on tech blog but now I am writing on new blog twice in a week and really it doesn’t matter how many article you post in a week.
Quality is Important!!!
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Nice post Dude. Well I’m following every point mentioned above and it’s really working me like fantastic. Although thanks for sharing. It really help the newbies !
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I follow a complete schedule for content publishing. On monday, content is published on my site. On tuesday and wednesday, I write guest post for other sites. On wednesday and thursday, I update my Web2.0 blogs. On saturday, its again for my site. Following a timetable has really helped me with my site.
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i want to shift from blogger.com to wordpress due to availability of lots of Plugins…Will it hamper my SEO strategies?Am i on the right track?I am fresher in blogging ..need your guidance!!
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sure anup , you can easily go for from blogger to wordpress just look for a good tutorial on it and make sure to add 301 redirects , if you dont know how to do it , i can hook you up with a freind who can do it for you for a small charge
Making a blogging schedule is important to excel in this world. One should be disciplined enough to impress the readers, I think.
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I feel like releasing a post or two each week feels more “authentic” than posting every day. I’m not sure how to explain it, but it just seems like when you post everyday, unless you have a team of writers, you are posting just for the sake of posting. When posts come out weekly, it’s almost as if all the effort which could have been spent on a daily post is combined to release a super high quality and comprehensive post. Instead of writing everyday, I like to spend each day adding bits of what I want to talk about in a brainstorming sheet, and on a specified day, I combine it into an actual post, and the following days I look over and add/subtract anything that’s out out of place. Just my opinion.
Hey Nancy that’s exactly my point. In the beginning it’s fine you’re always going to be fired up to write everyday and want to crank out a post as soon as you’ve published one. But that novelty soon wares off when you begin to realize that you’ve blogged about every possible thing in your niche so quickly and watered down too.
I agree with you since starting to write 3 or 4 posts per week myself, it’s been a lot more solid and thought through about what I’m writing. I use to publish a post the night before, and now I write and leave it for the morning, and usually change about 50% of what I wrote the previous night. It’s so easy to get caught up in the routine that you forget about providing quality and value. Have a great day
Hi Fabrizio,
Simple yet great tips you have mentioned here on how to stay consistent in blogging. Having a blogging schedule that you should stick to is a must for those who would like to always have updated content in their blogs. Good idea on writing 4 posts and then the rest would be guest posts in a week.
I agree with you on #2, if we love a certain topic/niche very much, we can easily write about it without much difficulty; and about the issue that writing/publishing must be everyday, I also agree that it does not have to be that way. While I see many bloggers tend to prefer posting everyday, blog engagement is lacking (which means no comments, no feedback from readers).
Hey that were some great tips. I was surely missing on some of the points or paying less attention to them. But you have put them in a easy and understandable way . So I will make sure to follow all of these.
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i made the blog schedule for my blog but couldn’t stick to the plan for the first month
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yea i know its hard to stick to the schedule but as you see traffic flowing and people try to communicate with you then you surely start to take care of your blog.
Hey Fabrizio , these are really great tips for staying consistent at blogging.And the best tips for staying consistent at blogging is “to write about the things we love most”
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Thankyou firdosh , really glad you found these tips helpful.
Great post,
I have long since abandoned the allure of daily posting, (despite the fact that it can help).
I believe the best way to mastering an audience is by giving them the opportunity to react to your content, and that should take at least a couple of days.
My schedule is not fixed on concrete, but as a rule I never exceed three posts a week.
The rest I can send out as guest posts.
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amazing post
i also found that writing about a problem that am facing motivates me to search for more information about it
thank you :0
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Thanks fanstap , really glad you liked the post
I think for a new blogger its important to write new content regularly & understand the recent trend. Also its important to choose your niche which is your favorite. your article gives good guideline for new & old bloggers
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Thats a very nice way to sum it up Ahsan, It definitely depends on the niche, tech blog needs to be updated regularly as tech geek are looking fresh stuff always where as blogging community need quality so producing quality content takes time and research.
Having a schedule is the most productive idea to stay consistent as a blogger. And we all know that only quality matter, quantity doesn’t. Anyways, thumbs up for this great post Fabz
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Hey Fabrizio, in my opinion there is a huge difference between writing posts every day and publishing posts every day.
For example, on my blog, I publish at least one new post every single day, but I write these posts by batch, then I use WordPress timestamp to schedule them.
This way I can focus on promoting my posts during the rest of the week.
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Hi Fabrizio,
I like this post a lot. Many would love to learn the art of mastering blogging. There could be many other ways to achieve it but you have very genuinely highlighted 3 best tips. Being consistent is very important as you have said.
Regards,
Vijay
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Hi Fabrizio,
I am a new blogger. I could only write when I started with my blog three months back. I am learning new things everyday form blogs like these.
My Alexa had been falling rapidly with almost 4-5 posts a week and 2-3 comments a day. I have been working on improving the SEO of my previous posts since the last 3 days, and could not put up a fresh post. Though I have been commenting on 10-12 comment luv enabled blogs, the Alexa has started going up again!
Can you explain that please?
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I agree that it is not practical to publish a post everyday. It’s exhausting, and you may end up sacrificing quality over quantity. Thanks for the tips you’ve shared. Consistency is something that I really need to work on in order to achieve a significant amount of success in my blog.
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Hi Fabrizio,
Yes – Personally , a schedule ( and sticking with it) has helped me a lot with blogging over the recent couple of years.
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I have learned so much by reading your blog. It always amazes me how much there is to learn. It is also mind boggling how fast things change. For a newbie like me having a resource like your post.
Thanks Make it, blogging is changing everyday its our job to stay upto date with it.
Well i think this post is really meant for me, as i cannot be consistent towards blogging as long as i will be busy in daily life.. but i fails to maintain a schedule.. thanks for the tip will sure follow all those.
thanks man! will follow each of the aforesaid suggestions! very good article this is!
thanks andy =) really glad that it worked out for you.
Hi,
This is the main issue for most of the bloggers as all we need is consistent towards blogging and then only we can get success.
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Well is the main problem of some bloggers as they can’t be able to consistent at blogging. So we need to make a strict rule and time management to get out from this issues.
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Consistency is the main point when it blogging , being consistent at your work will increase your audience X10 times and building a list help a lot in this.
Hey,
Excellent post. You have explained a right think that blog is not about writing posts every day, Rather then it is writing posts on quality topics.
If you are thinking that you can earn from blogging in few weeks or months then leave it. Blogging is for years, you have to blog for years to make a good traffic.
If you are willing to be consistent for years then you can earn a lot from your blog.
Thank you
Mike
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Hey Fabrizio !
Well very nice post indeed. Really liked the point ” Write about the things you love the most” But this can not happen sometimes.Thanks for motivating us to write everyday.
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Hi Fabrizio,
nice post with great information and I really enjoyed this post while reading. For staying consistent at blogging, I think we have to regular update our blog and also make backlinks with others blog regularly. Thanks for sharing this post.
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