Blogging takes a hard work and many people assume it’s not a huge deal. You must be committed, and organized if you want to blog often. Since I do blog 5 days a week, I need to know what sort of photos I want to take, write the posts, and note when I want them to go live. Not only that, I share everything that goes on my blog, on my social media channels.
When I was working full time, I had to have my schedule down pat. I stayed on top of it all, and I’m going to show you how to stay organized when you have a blog.
Work Space
De-clutter your desk, get a comfortable chair to sit in. Once you have any distractions taken away from your work space, you focus more on the task at hand, your blog! My desk is a build-your-own from Ikea, and the chair is from Staples.
Photography
Winter and Spring time the weather is usually a little grey so photographs need a little more attention and a little photoshopping to brighten things up. Shooting photos in daylight is ideal and since most people are working or in school during peak times, I used to photograph my blog posts on the weekends. The light in our current house is best around 1-3pm at the top of stairs on one of the landings.
Writing Your Posts
Whenever an idea pops into my head, I immediately e-mail myself the thoughts, or sit down on the computer to type something into WordPress. Currently I have over 90 drafts of blog posts ideas, where I have 1-3 paragraphs written quickly. This happens on days where my ideas are endless and I can come up with a handful of ideas for potential posts. When I have writers block, I turn to those random thoughts into a blog post.
Social Media
How else will people find a your new blog post? I like to share my posts on Twitter mainly, and sometimes Instagram or Facebook. I schedule my blog posts to go live around 6am California time (Is that called PST? I don’t know) so that I can reach my followers in Newfoundland at a decent hour since they are 4.5 hours ahead. I use HootSuite to schedule my blog posts to go out on Twitter a few times a day.
Stay Organized
My top way to stay organized with my blog posts is write down the blog posts that are going live each day. I prefer the handwritten way but you can easily set up a calendar on your computer too. In the photo above, I have the date written out, the blog post topic and whether or not the post has been scheduled through HootSuite. This has worked for me since 2012, so I continue to do it this way. Bonus, is that you can buy many nice looking notebooks!
Now it’s time for a fun giveaway to my US readers for a piece of Staples office furniture up to $100! Enter the rafflecopter form below, and good luck!
Disclaimer: I received the chair from Staples in exchange for a review. All opinions are my own.
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I would love to have a chair like yours, and that would be my pick from staples.com! :)
Now I am realizing how much time I spend sitting on the desk for blogging, and that’s a lot. :o
What a great post! I think I would love this two shelf bookshelf! – http://www.staples.com/Sauder-Premier-2-Shelf-Composite-Wood-Bookcase-Estate-Black/product_374853
I want to get a chair like yours. It looks awesome. Thanks for all the great tips, I need to making getting organized a priority.
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My office chair is pretty old so could definitely do with a new one for sure
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I might consider getting the Adesso® 5090-22 Esquire LED Desk Lamp, 1 x 9 W, Satin Steel.
I like their globes. I have seen them in store. Looking online, it looks like they have super cool floor lamps. I need one of those!
I need a new office chair. Mine is warn out from me and the grandchildren!
I love the white chair you picked and since I have the same desk it would be perfect!!!! I would pick that!!
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Could really use the help to establish a designated office space in my house!
I’m currently using a folding chair so I definitely need a really good office chair.
I love the chair!
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I would choose:
Office Designs Vertical Mobile File Cabinet, 18″ 2-Drawer, Letter Size, Silver
Thanks!
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I love Staples! I’d choose the same chair as you actually!
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I would get a new office chair.
I love that chair! It is pretty, yet functional – just what I need :-)
I would get the Staples Kellnerâ„¢ Bonded Leather Managers Chair, Tan.
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For the Staples office collection, my favorite piece I would love to have is the Altraâ„¢ Chadwick Collection L Desk,
I might choose the Staples Roncer Mesh Back Task Chair / Black.
I like the Ameriwood Dover Desk, very simple but functional!
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So many things I need for my office! The dry-erase calendar board, a carpet chair mat, and new desk lamps (like this one, love it! http://www.staples.com/V-light-Incandescent-CFL-Bankers-Lamp-with-Classic-Amber-Glass-Shade-Elegant/product_416760)
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I would pick an office chair!
I would definitely choose a new desk chair for the computer. It’s very worn out and uncomfortable.
I’d like to get a new chair or maybe some type of organizing shelving.
I would get the Staples Bresser Luxura Managers Chair from the Staples office collection
I like the Sauder® Kersley Desk
Great tips! Definitely going to take these on board with my blog! I am still on the hunt for a blog planner/system that works for me!
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