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Blogging Action Plan

by joeho
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Hey,

I had some good result using this blogging action plan. This blogging action plan is based on 1 hour per day. For those who are into blogging feel free to use the below action plan.


Day 1
5 mins: review blog stats, approve comments, delete spam, reply to email
15 mins: outline blog post, get photos,graphics
20 mins: Write blog post, based on outline (min 500 words)
15 mins: Upload into wordpress, format correctly, check that affiliate links are correct, publish, print RSS syndication engines at feedshark.brainbliss.com
5 mins: check that blog post is showing correctly, post to Twitter, Facebook page, ping people on twitter.

Day 2:
30 mins: Comment on at least 2 related, relevant blogs. Go into at least 2 forums, update your forum signature if needed, participate in at least 5 related conversations.
20 mins: Check google news, reddit for relevant discussions, participate, collect material for blog post.
10 mins: start outlining next blog post

Day 3
5 mins: review blog stats, approve comments, delete spam, reply to email
15 mins: outline blog post, get photos,graphics
20 mins: Write blog post, based on outline (min 500 words)
15 mins: Upload into wordpress, format correctly, check that affiliate links are correct, publish, print RSS syndication engines at feedshark.brainbliss.com
5 mins: check that blog post is showing correctly, post to Twitter, Facebook page, ping people on twitter.

Day 4:
30 mins: Comment on at least 2 related, relevant blogs. Go into at least 2 forums, update your forum signature if needed, participate in at least 5 related conversations.
20 mins: Check google news, reddit for relevant discussions, participate, collect material for blog post.
10 mins: start outlining email to list

Day 5:
10 mins: Plan email subject line and intro paragraph.
30 mins: Write email, maybe product review or give a personal story, tie it in to a blog post published this week or some time ago
15 mins: Load into autoresponder, send a mail to yourself. Check that the link to your blog works.
5 mins: Send out email.

What are other blogging action plan you guys are using?
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  • Profile picture of the author gmichel
    It looks like a good plan, but I won't bother with deleting SPAM... I send it directly to the trash without wanting to see it... and concerning reviewing and approving comments, I would do this last each day. Writing the post is the most important when your mind is still fresh.
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    • Profile picture of the author joeho
      Originally Posted by gmichel View Post

      It looks like a good plan, but I won't bother with deleting SPAM... I send it directly to the trash without wanting to see it... and concerning reviewing and approving comments, I would do this last each day. Writing the post is the most important when your mind is still fresh.
      Agreed, i usually do all this before i start writing. I only spent about 5mins to go thru and press the delete button.
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  • Profile picture of the author KDLmark
    I agree with what gmichel said about doing the comment reviews for as your last point of action.

    I´ll also add a tip that will ensure better content, long-term. Write your articles, then sleep on them. Often people write content just to write content, and slowly but surely they´re becoming blind as our inner critics voice fades the more tired you get.

    By sleeping on it, you´ll have a fresh mindset when looking over things. I always end up doing revisions, finding small sentences to tweak here and there before I am content with the results.
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    • Profile picture of the author suggs
      I dont think you can truly set a side a specific amount of time for an action plan if i am honest.

      Dont get me wrong, some prioritisation is needed but you should go with the flow spending AS MUCH TIME that is necessary to acieve what you desire in regards to workload, quality of content and just the general blogging basics

      In general though its a solid plan and if its working for you already why not scale it up to 2 hours per day, with the rest of the time creating more or better content, or doing more socially..
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      • Profile picture of the author joeho
        Originally Posted by KDLmark View Post

        I agree with what gmichel said about doing the comment reviews for as your last point of action.

        I´ll also add a tip that will ensure better content, long-term. Write your articles, then sleep on them. Often people write content just to write content, and slowly but surely they´re becoming blind as our inner critics voice fades the more tired you get.

        By sleeping on it, you´ll have a fresh mindset when looking over things. I always end up doing revisions, finding small sentences to tweak here and there before I am content with the results.
        I usually plan in advance example if i know that i am writing a very long post example 1000words i will split it into 2 blog post. Anyway thanks!

        Originally Posted by suggs View Post

        I dont think you can truly set a side a specific amount of time for an action plan if i am honest.

        Dont get me wrong, some prioritisation is needed but you should go with the flow spending AS MUCH TIME that is necessary to acieve what you desire in regards to workload, quality of content and just the general blogging basics

        In general though its a solid plan and if its working for you already why not scale it up to 2 hours per day, with the rest of the time creating more or better content, or doing more socially..
        I try to do it within 1 hr because i still have a day job and taking of my kid. I usually do it early morning before i go to work.
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  • Profile picture of the author Salma08
    Well, I have not use any plan for blogging till now. But yes, your plans are quite appreciated and useful for me in future needs.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kerryrus
    Thanks for sharing Joeho

    Great plan, but really, you write a blog post in 20 mins?

    Heck, it takes me longer than that to decide on the best headline.
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    • Profile picture of the author drmani
      That's a very nice and workable plan. I've used different plans at various times, and depending upon the project. By and large, they looked similar to yours, with some tweaks that mirrored the trends of the period.
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      • Profile picture of the author gjabiz
        It looks like a good plan, mine was similar, without the eye on the times, my posts were faster, and less on spam and comments, which were disabled on some blogs.

        But, overall, Thanks for sharing, I believe in planning.

        gjabiz
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  • Profile picture of the author Ron Killian
    Good plan indeed. Although I am with Kerry, don't think I could write a post in 20 minutes. But you also outline it the day before, correct? That is a good idea and one I need to take on board. Sure it speeds up the process.

    Also like KDL's tip about sleeping before you hit publish. I know when I go back and re-read I always find something. Plus, often later on, or the next day I think, "Why didn't I add....... in my post"?
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    • Profile picture of the author joeho
      Originally Posted by gjabiz View Post

      It looks like a good plan, mine was similar, without the eye on the times, my posts were faster, and less on spam and comments, which were disabled on some blogs.

      But, overall, Thanks for sharing, I believe in planning.

      gjabiz
      Thanks, I tried to do this for 1 month and my traffic is increasing.

      Originally Posted by Ron Killian View Post

      Good plan indeed. Although I am with Kerry, don't think I could write a post in 20 minutes. But you also outline it the day before, correct? That is a good idea and one I need to take on board. Sure it speeds up the process.

      Also like KDL's tip about sleeping before you hit publish. I know when I go back and re-read I always find something. Plus, often later on, or the next day I think, "Why didn't I add....... in my post"?
      Hi Ron,

      At first is hard, but i always outline the content first before i start writing . Once you get used to it, you will start writing faster.
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  • Profile picture of the author joeho
    Just an update on my blogging action plan.

    After one month (here is the details Monthly Income, Growth & Traffic Report) of following it, my blog is finally getting almost 1k visitors per month. It started to earn money (not much) too! A good motivation for me.
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    • Profile picture of the author NeedBucksNow
      Originally Posted by joeho View Post

      Just an update on my blogging action plan.

      After one month (here is the details Monthly Income, Growth & Traffic Report) of following it, my blog is finally getting almost 1k visitors per month. It started to earn money (not much) too! A good motivation for me.
      Cool. All about being dedicated & adding content every few days you know. My new goal is a 1000 hits a day. Wondering how long it will take me
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      • Profile picture of the author joeho
        Originally Posted by NeedBucksNow View Post

        Cool. All about being dedicated & adding content every few days you know. My new goal is a 1000 hits a day. Wondering how long it will take me
        It took me 12months before i can hit 1000 hits a day on my authority site.

        Originally Posted by Undercover Hidden Cameras View Post

        Thanks for sharing your plan! I like the structure
        Yes i had been following the structure for 2 months now and had some good result.
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  • Profile picture of the author Undercover Hidden Cameras
    Thanks for sharing your plan! I like the structure
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