{"id":83127,"date":"2017-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/problogger.com\/?p=83127"},"modified":"2019-08-06T10:46:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T00:46:00","slug":"blog-consistently-little-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/problogger.com\/blog-consistently-little-time\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Blog Consistently When You Have Very Little Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83686\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/problogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/blog-with-little-time.jpg?resize=1430%2C708&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blog with little time\" width=\"1430\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/problogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/blog-with-little-time.jpg?w=1430&amp;ssl=1 1430w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/problogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/blog-with-little-time.jpg?resize=300%2C149&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/problogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/blog-with-little-time.jpg?resize=768%2C380&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/problogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/blog-with-little-time.jpg?resize=1024%2C507&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/problogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/blog-with-little-time.jpg?resize=675%2C334&amp;ssl=1 675w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/problogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/blog-with-little-time.jpg?resize=150%2C74&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/problogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/blog-with-little-time.jpg?resize=70%2C35&amp;ssl=1 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From ProBlogger Expert Ali Luke of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aliventures.com\/\">Aliventures<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do you ever feel like your blog is yet another responsibility on a very long list?<\/p>\n<p>For the vast majority of bloggers, blogging has to fit in around an already full life. Perhaps you\u2019re:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Building an online business, which you\u2019re marketing by blogging &#8230; but the business takes up loads of time<\/li>\n<li>Starting out as a freelancer writer, and building a client list through your blog and newsletter &#8230; but you need to focus most of your working hours on your paid writing<\/li>\n<li>Raising a young family \u2013 with sleepless nights, hectic mornings, and tons of housework along the way<\/li>\n<li>Working long hours at a busy day job &#8230; leaving you very little time or energy to write<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Even if you have very little time, you <em>can<\/em> blog consistently.<\/strong> Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n<h2>Step #1: Remember That Consistent Blogging Doesn\u2019t Mean Frequent Blogging<\/h2>\n<p>Perhaps, right now, you can\u2019t realistically commit to publishing posts on a frequent basis.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You don\u2019t necessarily need to blog weekly (and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/how-often-should-you-blog-hint-the-answer-might-surprise-you\/\"><strong>you <em>definitely <\/em>don\u2019t need to blog daily<\/strong><\/a><strong>).<\/strong> I\u2019ve never met a reader who unsubscribed because a blog didn\u2019t publish quite as much great content as they\u2019d have liked; I\u2019ve met <em>plenty<\/em> who unsubscribed because they felt overwhelmed by the volume of content &#8230; or who left because the quality dropped.<\/p>\n<p>I suggest blogging between once a month and once a week: decide on the frequency and do your best to stick with it.<\/p>\n<p>If you can, write a post or two to keep back for times when you\u2019re particularly busy. If you haven\u2019t been posting for a while, delay starting back until you\u2019ve built up a little stock of posts.<\/p>\n<h2>Step #2: Batch Together Your Blogging Tasks<\/h2>\n<p>When you\u2019ve only got, say, an hour a week, you don\u2019t want to waste your time struggling to come up with an idea.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been blogging for nine years now (on my own blogs and as a guest poster and freelancer), and over time, I\u2019ve learned that it\u2019s easiest to batch together different content creation tasks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Batching can be a huge help with managing your energy as well as your time<\/strong> \u2013 take a look at Naomi Dunford\u2019s great post <a href=\"http:\/\/ittybiz.com\/stay-productive\/\">How To Stay Amazingly Productive On Low Energy Days<\/a> for examples of how different blogging activities might fit your \u201cebb\u201d or \u201cflow\u201d times.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how I suggest you batch your tasks:<\/p>\n<h3>Ideas<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Set aside 20 minutes. Come up with as many ideas as you can (try to get at least 10).<\/strong> They don\u2019t have to be amazing ideas! Get lots down as quickly as possible and you\u2019ll soon find that you move beyond the unworkable or boring ones.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re stuck, try using <a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/get-6-months-blog-post-ideas-free\/\">the ProBlogger blogging prompts<\/a> to spark off ideas: you can get a whole pack of them when you join the ProBlogger weekly newsletter (which is also a great source of blogging inspiration)!<\/p>\n<h3>Planning<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Set aside another 20 minutes. Pick four ideas. Spend no more than five minutes very briefly planning for each one.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It helps to come up with a consistent structure (which I\u2019ll get to later in this post). For a very basic structure, think:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction<\/li>\n<li>Several key points that all relate closely to your idea\/ title<\/li>\n<li>Conclusion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Outlining<\/h3>\n<p>You might be happy to write straight from your five minute plan (especially if your post is a short one). If you want, though, you can add an extra \u201coutlining\u201d stage into the batching process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Go through your 5 minute plan and flesh out each key point.<\/strong> Add notes about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What specific tips or ideas you want to share in each section.<\/li>\n<li>Any links or examples you want to use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019d suggest spending 10 minutes per outline at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s absolutely fine to <em>change<\/em> things about your plan at this point, too \u2013 don\u2019t feel that you have to stick 100% to what you\u2019ve already written.<\/p>\n<h3>Drafting<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Once you\u2019ve got an outline, drafting your post is pretty straightforward!<\/strong> It\u2019s just a matter of going through and writing out each section that you\u2019ve planned. You won\u2019t need to worry about where you\u2019re going next, and you won\u2019t find yourself going off on a long tangent.<\/p>\n<p>You also don\u2019t need to draft your post in a single session. You\u2019re not trying to store it all in your head \u2013 your outline is down on paper already \u2013 so you can draft in short bursts (e.g. 10 \u2013 20 minutes per day) if that suits your schedule better.<\/p>\n<h3>Rewriting<\/h3>\n<p><strong>If you created a good outline before you drafted your post, you may well not need this stage!<\/strong> If you didn\u2019t, you may have found that your first draft went off in an unexpected direction or that your initial idea needed some refining as you wrote.<\/p>\n<p>If that\u2019s the case, set your post aside for a day or two, so you can come back to it with fresh eyes. Then:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>CUT:<\/em><\/strong> Cut out any sections that don\u2019t really fit the post. Save them for a different piece.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>REARRANGE:<\/em><\/strong> See whether any sections (or even paragraphs) would read more smoothly or logically if you reordered them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ADD:<\/em><\/strong> Check whether there\u2019s anything you need to add. This might be simply a link to another post or an explanation of something that new readers may not understand.<\/p>\n<h3>Editing<\/h3>\n<p><strong>When you edit, you\u2019re looking very closely at your post: at the sentence structures and word choices.<\/strong> (This is why you want to rewrite first, if your post needs a fair amount of work: there\u2019s no point perfecting a sentence that you\u2019re only going to end up cutting out altogether.)<\/p>\n<p>You may find that it\u2019s helpful to have a batch of 2 \u2013 4 drafts ready that you can edit in sequence, with your critical \u201cediting\u201d hat on rather than your creative \u201cwriting\u201d hat in place.<\/p>\n<h3>Formatting and Links<\/h3>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019ve not already done it when editing, go through your post one last time and make it look great.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Put in an image (or several images), Header 2 format for subheadings, bold text for key points, blockquote format for quotes, bullet points for lists, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Also look out for any opportunities to include a useful link \u2013 whether that\u2019s to an old post on your blog or a post on someone else\u2019s site.<\/p>\n<h2>Step #3: Use a Content Calendar<\/h2>\n<p>If you sometimes struggle to know what to post, or feel like your blog needs more variety or consistency, you need a content calendar or editorial calendar.<\/p>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t need to be anything fancy or complicated. I make a simple calendar in Evernote each month, with one blog post title and one newsletter piece listed for each week:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/problogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/6b05e889-461f-49fd-8feb-d7c447de0fe7.png?ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can take this a step further and \u201ctheme\u201d the different posts that you do. For instance, if you write one post a week, your standard calendar template might look like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Week 1 \u2013 \u201chow to\u201d post<\/li>\n<li>Week 2 \u2013 re-run an old post <em>(see tip #4)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Week 3 \u2013 inspiring, encouraging post<\/li>\n<li>Week 4 \u2013 round-up post, linking to good posts elsewhere during the past month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alternatively, you might make a calendar that rotates around different topics. For instance, if (like me) you blog about writing, you might have a calendar like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Week 1 \u2013 fiction-writing<\/li>\n<li>Week 2 \u2013 freelancing<\/li>\n<li>Week 3 \u2013 blogging<\/li>\n<li>Week 4 \u2013 publishing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are plenty of different ways to use and structure your calendar, and Darren <a href=\"https:\/\/problogger.com\/how-to-create-a-successful-editorial-calendar\/\">covers lots of good suggestions in this podcast on creating an editorial calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Step #4: Have a Consistent Post Template<\/h2>\n<p>All blog posts have a structure. At the very least, posts start with some sort of introduction \u2013 even if it\u2019s just a sentence or two \u2013 then have a main body of content. Ideally, they should have a conclusion too.<\/p>\n<p>Bloggers who produce a <em>lot<\/em> of content generally have at least one standard post structure to work from. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/anatomy-of-an-effective-blog-post.html\">Michael Hyatt has a very specific template<\/a> that he uses for pretty much every post on his blog, for instance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You might think that using a template will make your posts less interesting. In fact, the opposite is true.<\/strong> It\u2019s easier for readers to engage when your post has a logical progressing (instead of being a meandering collection of points) \u2013 and it\u2019s generally far easier for you to share your thoughts if you have a structure to contain them.<\/p>\n<h2>Step #5: Recycle Old Posts<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been blogging for any length of time, you\u2019ll have an awful lot of posts that new readers won\u2019t easily spot. Even if these are listed in your archives, they won\u2019t necessarily be seen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One very easy way to post regular content when you\u2019re busy is to revive an old post.<\/strong> Simply choose one from your archives (I\u2019d suggest going back to at least a year ago), and repost it.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on your topic and how old your post is, you may want to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Update the post with new information or facts, if those have become outdated.<\/li>\n<li>Update the post with fresh examples and links \u2013 these can date quite quickly, so do check all existing links in particular to make sure they still work.<\/li>\n<li>Change the formatting or layout of the post \u2013 perhaps you\u2019ve altered your blog\u2019s theme and the post no longer looks as good as it once did.<\/li>\n<li>Include a note to state that the post was previously published. I like to do this to avoid confusing readers! I usually pop a line in italics at the top of the post, e.g.: <em>This post was first published in 2012 and updated in 2017.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>I\u2019ve republished several of my favourite old posts, and so far, not a single reader has complained &#8230; and several have thanked me for publishing content that was just what they needed, right now!<\/strong> So even if you\u2019re reluctant to republish content, give it a go and see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there\u2019ll probably be a fair amount of old content that you decide not to republish. You could still save time by using it in other ways \u2013 ZenOptimise has a handy list of <a href=\"https:\/\/zenoptimise.com\/blog\/content-repurposing-what-why-how\">12 different ways to do this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Step #6: Look at Your Whole Weekly Schedule<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019ve tried the above tips and you\u2019re <em>still<\/em> struggling to find enough time for your blog, then you need to take a look at everything else going on in your life.<\/p>\n<p>Chances are, there are a lot of things you can\u2019t realistically change (e.g. the hours you spend at your day job, the hours your partner works, how long your baby naps) but there probably is at least a <em>little<\/em> bit of leeway. For instance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Can you set aside one or two nights a week for an hour\u2019s blogging, e.g. from 8pm \u2013 9pm? <\/strong>You don\u2019t have to work all evening every evening!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Can you get up 15 minutes early to blog in small increments?<\/strong> (Check out Tip #2 on batch producing posts, above.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Could you reduce the time you spend on some household chores?<\/strong> For instance, could you batch cook a couple of nights a week so you don\u2019t have to cook each night? Can you order groceries online so you don\u2019t need to get out to the shops at the weekend?<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you live with a partner, can you arrange your joint schedule so that you both get a little more free time? <\/strong>For instance, perhaps you\u2019ll take the kids out on Saturday afternoons and they will have the kids on Sunday afternoons: that way, you\u2019ll have time to blog and your partner will have time for their hobbies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you don\u2019t know where your time is going, keep a time log for a week<\/strong> to find out and write down everything you do. If you\u2019re mostly at your computer, use RescueTime to track what you\u2019re spending time on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There may well not be any easy answers, and you may be frustrated that a lot of your schedule can\u2019t be changed. Focus on what you <em>can<\/em> change and control, though.<\/p>\n<h2>Moving Forward, Step by Step<\/h2>\n<p>Blogging can feel a bit relentless at times: your blog needs fresh content week after week. Treat it as a marathon, not a sprint \u2013 don\u2019t burn out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also (and I really struggle with this!), do try not to compare yourself to other bloggers.<\/strong> They may well be at a completely different stage of life from you (perhaps they don\u2019t have a day job, or they don\u2019t have kids, or they can afford to pay a team of assistants&#8230;). Instead of thinking about them, stay focused on what you can do to keep growing your blog \u2013 or, as Charlie Gilkey puts it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.productiveflourishing.com\/watch-your-own-lane\/\">watch your own lane<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ideally, you want to gradually move towards a position where you <em>do<\/em> have more time for your blog<\/strong> \u2013 so you might look at creating or growing some income streams, for instance, so you can afford to pay for some childcare or for a virtual assistant.<\/p>\n<p>I know how tough (practically and emotionally) it can be to keep up with blogging when you don\u2019t have much time to spare. Take it at your own pace, step by step. And while overall consistency <em>is <\/em>important, if you do feel overwhelmed, it\u2019s fine to take an occasional week off!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How do you fit your blogging in around your busy life? Does one of the above tips already work well for you, or do you have something else to suggest? Share your ideas in the comments below!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From ProBlogger Expert Ali Luke of\u00a0Aliventures. Do you ever feel like your blog is yet another responsibility on a very long list? For the vast majority of bloggers, blogging has to fit in around an already full life. 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