BLOGGING TIPS: TIME MANAGEMENT

         Time management is something every blogger struggles with whether they post everyday or once a week. Life just gets in the way sometimes. I really struggle with time management when it comes to blogging so I decided to share with you some of my tips for staying on top of your blog.

1. Schedule Posts
  This feature on Blogger is the most amazing thing ever (I'm not sure if they have something similar on Wordpress) It lets you write up a whole blog post then set an exact date and time you want it to go up. It is a huge save timer. All you have to do is write up a post, go to the right side and click schedule, choose the date and time you want then press PUBLISH. If you've never used it, really do!

2. Set Blogging Days
   Choose a day of the week when you have nothing to do and just sit down and write, write until you can't write any longer. This saves a ton of time throughout the week because you don't have to try and fit it in between school, work, homework or extra-curriculars. You can write all your posts for the week and schedule them to upload or go in and do it manually. A lot of popular bloggers do this from what I've seen.

3. Plan Out Posts
  Go out and buy a journal or simply grab a piece of paper. Write down some post ideas you have then write them in on the dates you want to put them up. This will remind you to get started on a post a few days before if you look at it daily. This will avoid the panic of trying to think of what to write and taking and editing pictures.

4. Choose a Posting Schedule Fit to your Life
  Some people try to post everyday because they think thats what people want but they end up without time and putting up not so great posts. If you know that you only have one free day a week to write then only post once a week. If you have time for twice a week then write twice. Set a schedule based on your life situation. This is give you lots of time to write posts well.

5. Don't Procrastinate
  If you procrastinate and leave writing, editing and picture taking all to one day then it will stress you out and not give you enough time to write a quality post. Manage and prioritize your time so you don't keep putting of blogging because you don't have any time to.

6. Get Guest Posts
  This is a really great thing to start doing if you find yourself without time or inspiration. You can go on twitter or in a post and ask for people willing to guest post. You write up all their posts and draft them until you are ready to use them or just keep the people on a list and when you need one email them. But remember to tell them that it won't be going up right away. If you know someone that can write up a post fast then you can even ask them for a post in the next few hours.

7. Draft Posts
  My last tip is similar to the previous one. If you want all content on your blog to be strictly yours then just write up a bunch of general post, not related to any certain holiday or event, then draft them all. If you are stuck for time or inspiration then grab one of those and post it. Drafting it is different then scheduling because when you schedule you know the exact date you want it up but drafting can be used anytime.

Whew. That was a very long and wordy post but I hope you enjoyed and got some pointers. I am going to be doing some more posts like as part of a mini series on a multiple of blogging topics. That's it for today. Bye everyone!