Planning Ahead to Maintain a Publishing Rhythm
One lesson that I had to learn the hard way was to maintain my publishing rhythm. I was so sure that I could keep up with writing a post every two days until that moment when the inevitable happened. I was out all day on business and got back very late and very tired. So, I decided to leave the writing for the next day.
All good, except that no matter how much I wanted to publish something, anything, the page remained blank for a few hours. I had no back-up posts, no drafts saved and not even browsing the web in search of an idea did not help very much.
That was the moment when I decided to keep a tighter schedule if I wanted to maintain a good rhythm and encourage readers to come back daily and look for new posts.
Planning my publishing schedule
In order to be able to make a plan, you need to have a goal. In my case, the goal was to publish at least one in-depth post every two days. For other people, this rate varies based on being a part-time or full-time blogger, on spare time available daily, on the selected niche or it simply represents a blogger’s personal decision.
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Blogging consistency, benefits and ways to achieve it
I’m sure that many of you have wondered why some bloggers have thousands of subscribers, why their blogs are called “authority blogs” and why they receive constant or growing traffic. Yes, their writing skills are excellent, they provide good insight on different matters and/or they have a charming personality, but when it comes to blogging, there is one thing capable of deciding your success in only a few weeks: Consistency.
Importance of blogging consistency
Why is consistency important and how much it affects your blog? If you’re a casual blogger, writing about you math class or how your fish did 3 back-flips last evening, it probably won’t affect you too much, since your target would most likely be your classmates or close friends; but if you’re serious about maintaining an online successful blog, than constancy should be a top priority to you.
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