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. Perhaps you’re:
Building an online business, which you’re marketing by blogging … but the business takes up loads of time
Starting out as a freelancer writer, and building a client list through your blog and newsletter … but you need to focus most of your working hours on your paid writing
Raising a young family – with sleepless nights, hectic mornings, and tons of housework along the way
Working long hours at a busy day job … leaving you very little time or energy to write
Even if you have very little time, you can blog consistently. Here’s how:
Step #1: Remember That Consistent Blogging Doesn’t Mean Frequent Blogging
Perhaps, right now, you can’t realistically commit to publishing posts on a frequent basis.
That’s fine.
You don’t necessarily need to blog weekly (and you definitely don’t need to blog daily). I’ve never met a reader who unsubscribed because a blog didn’t publish quite as much great content as they’d have liked; I’ve met plenty who unsubscribed because they felt overwhelmed by the volume of content … or who left because the quality dropped.
In today’s episode, I want to explore the topic of prolific content creation by interviewing one of my favorite online buddies – Kelly Exeter about her experience of creating content online.
Many of you will be familiar with Kelly because she’s been a regular contributor on the ProBlogger Blog where she writes about blog design and creating content, she’s presented an episode of this podcast back in episode 119 where she talked about how to choose a WP theme and she’s presented numerous times at our ProBlogger events.
Remember SMS? That old-school way of texting people before the dawn of i-message and Whatsapp?
Don’t worry, most people have forgotten all about it too! Did you know that 98% of all text messages are read and, although most people don’t like to admit it, 90% of those messages are read within 3 seconds of receiving!
When was the last time your latest blog got those kind of statistics?
Make sure your blog is mobile friendly
Now that I’ve got your attention, the first thing to do is to ensure that your blog is mobile optimized. It seems like a bizarre tip to mention in 2017, but according to a recent survey from BaseKit, 91% of all small businesses do not have a mobile optimised site. Just remember that 100% of your messages are going to be sent to a mobile device!
Remember SMS? That old-school way of texting people before the dawn of i-message and Whatsapp?
Don’t worry, most people have forgotten all about it too! Did you know that 98% of all text messages are read and, although most people don’t like to admit it, 90% of those messages are read within 3 seconds of receiving!
When was the last time your latest blog got those kind of statistics?
Make sure your blog is mobile friendly
Now that I’ve got your attention, the first thing to do is to ensure that your blog is mobile optimized. It seems like a bizarre tip to mention in 2017, but according to a recent survey from BaseKit, 91% of all small businesses do not have a mobile optimised site. Just remember that 100% of your messages are going to be sent to a mobile device!
Following last week’s post on treating your blog like a business, this guest post from Anna Johansson provides some practical ways you can start turning your blog into a business.
In many cases, blogging starts out as a hobby or creative outlet for someone looking to have a little fun writing about a topic that interests them. But at some point, most bloggers reach a fork in the road where they have to decide whether they want to continue their blog as a personal endeavour or turn it into a professional pursuit. Considering there’s a lot of money to be made in blogging, a lot of people choose the latter route.
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