Planning is not just for Projects or Product Development. It is essential to make your Blog a Success. It is a key factor that helps a Blogger to be Perfect.
Find out how can you Master the Art of Planning your Blog Posts, more easily than you think!
What to Blog?
This is typically when you brainstorm different Post Ideas. It is not unusual that your Best Post Idea comes when you are taking a stroll in the Park.
Perfectly normal! Make sure to keep track of all these Blog Ideas – either in a Physical Notepad or a software tool.
Also, make sure that the Blog Post Idea in someway relate to your Blog Niche.
It is extremely important to build a Wealth of Posts in your Blog Niche. You’ll understand their value once your Blog gets popular.
How to Blog?
Once you nail down on a few Blog Post Ideas – you actually sit down writing posts one after another.
If you are a new blogger, check this out :
5 Things Every New Blogger Must Know
Make sure to keep these points in mind, when you write the post:
- Be clear, concise and to the point
- Write in a tone that prompts the reader to read further
- Give special attention to the Post Title and the Post Introduction. These are two key aspects that bring more readers into your Blog Post
- Logically group your Post into 3 sections (though you may not need to label them such) – Introduction, Elaboration, Conclusion
- Make sure to spell check your posts and don’t have any room for grammatical errors
I recently got a copy of Problogger Scorecard, which essentially tells you all that you need to know for Perfect Blog Writing.
When to Blog?
Both Search Engines and Regular Readers love a Blogging Schedule. Keep a Schedule for your Blog Posts and stick to it. It is not necessary to send out a Blog Post everyday. But maintain a frequency – like 3 posts a week on Sunday/Wednesday/Friday – and follow it.
Thus, Planning introduces a discipline in to your Blogging and let your readers expect Posts out of your Blog. It helps you treat your Blog like a Business, that will start reaping benefits once there are more readers your way. If planning is done along with concentration in blogging, then it is a big deal.
If your put diligent planning into your Blogging Process, chances are very less that your Blog cannot Rock! Let us know what you think!
Perfect post for a blogger. Yes we have to plan according to your niche and also lot of other factors. Great post man. 🙂
Thanks for such tips
will try them out
If you are planning before writing on your blog then you can write more descriptive post and it is very important that you are writing in detail. users will love to read all information. 🙂
This are great tips to keep it up with your blog
Planning is one of the most important project management and time management techniques, that every bloggers should know and implement in other to make is blog perfect.
planning is helpful in every department of blogging, but i like the idea of the notepad. I always keep an off line notepad with me, i don’t write much, just the hint of the ideas that comes my way. I always believe that points are better noted on a notepad and when the time comes to make an article out of the points, MS word is all i need.
So it really is advisable to have a niche? Do you think blog sites that have flexible topics work?
go for wide niches where you can expand enough, just be careful to stay on the niche and keep expanding your site as much as you want 🙂
I think discipline is the key to keep with your blog.
yes, discipline and consistency is the key. There are so many bloggers that leaves blogging midway… you just got to keep going….
Planning always makes everything possible…
thanks ……
@Siddharth @Crunchynow – Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate that!
One of the things that you said which I really agree with is scheduling blog posts. I believe that the top reason why a person stops blogging is because they no longer make time for it anymore so the discipline’s not there. Establish a routine schedule so that bloggers can get into the habit of blogging.
True. Once you stop making time for your blog posts, you start losing your passion towards your blog. A routine or a plan is a must if you wish to make your Blog a success!
i agree with that . a blogger needs to pre pal everything , however he allso needs to learn and implement during the course of blogging
I like your writing style….. Good post ….
Thanks Arif… Readers like you inspire me to write more 🙂
I tries to follow a daily schedule. But it turned out to be a difficult process as everyday we face a change 😛 So could you give some tips on that part in the form of a post or a reply 🙂
Sure Mani… Let me try to write a separate post on this topic – and thanks for giving me a Blog spark 🙂
Great archives from you……
Well said.. you write great posts dude 🙂
Nice read Ashwin.
Keeping a schedule for the posting is an effective idea.
Yes schedules are really an effective way to maintain your blogging momentum!
I really liked your post and Also 100% agree with you! I also plan for my blog 🙂
Good luck for your plans…
Thanks Ashwin. I personally like to write drafts and have them schedule to publish at least once per week at the minimum. I find some free time in a day and write several posts, and then do not have to worry too much about writing for a while. It's not perfect, but it helps me.
I don’t agree that your approach is not perfect. It’s absolutely perfect and that’s precisely what every well known Blogger out there does. This is something every newbie Blogger should learn and follow!
Great. Its all what i thought to do, but still cant manage all the things in proper way dude. Have to make it up in planned way somehow.
Great! Ya it takes time to set things straight, but once you get there it’s very hard to go back 🙂