Finding the right balance between Blogging, Design & Promotion

It’s only a week til i set off on my travels for a month. The last week has been hectic for me to say the least and this week is gonna be more crazy:) As well as blog posts i have published this week, i have also written about a dozen more to be posted when im travelling (Infact, im writing this on May 7th and im timstamping it to publish on the 21st!).

First and foremost, the main success of any blog is the content however it’s a cold hard fact that if you don’t promote your blog in some way your good posts will get lost in the archives. You need good content to please your readers but you need to promote your blog in the first place so that you have readers!

Trying to juggle all aspects of blogging can sometimes be difficult. I’ve found it hard the last week trying to write 4 weeks worth of posts and fit it into my usual blogging routine. I have also been messing about with the design of the blog in my wordpress test area a lot to try and get the blog looking the way i want it too. It’s very important for me to do understand all aspects of my blog as i can then pass on this information to readers. A few days ago i had spent about 4 or 5 hours messing about with the css stylesheet, an hour or so checking the blogs i subscribe to and 2 hours browsing reviewme to find suitable blogs to advertise on. I basically did a full days work and then thought – oh damn it, i haven’t even posted on the blog today!

The majority of blogger’s don’t have to worry too much about designing but they do have to worry about promoting their blog and im sure bloggers find it hard to manage time sometimes.

How to manage your time

Time management is a problem i know all bloggers have to deal with. Part time bloggers have got a full or part time job to fit into their schedule and full time bloggers have to juggle all of the aspects i have been talking about so far in this post.

It’s not all doom and gloom though. If you plan ahead you can save yourself a lot of stress :

• Write Posts in Advance – If you are gonna work a little more on promotion or if you think that you might be busy one day, write a post in advance to save you having to write a post that day.
• Manage Your time – Try and work out how much you spend blogging every week and how often you blog – eg 3 times a week. So for example, if you spent 10 hours a week blogging then try and set aside 7-8 hours for posting and 2-3 hours for promotion.
• Don’t be hard on yourself – There will be times when your posting frequency is reduced but dont be too hard on yourself. It isnt the end of the world. If your stressed out your posts you may end you being rushed – relax, theres more important things in life than work!

Summary

Managing every aspect of blogging can be hard at times but if you plan ahead and put a little effort into managing your time you can save yourself a lot of stress.

How do you manage your blogging schedule?

Written by Kevin Muldoon from Blog Themes Club
Posted on May 21st, 2007 and filed under Blogging
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