Growing your blog is why you publish consistently. Developing a blogging habit is how you publish consistently. In this video I discuss the 4 steps to creating a blogging habit.
Have a Plan
Make a plan. Plan when you’re going to write, when you’re going to edit, and when you’re going to publish. I’d also recommend grabbing a piece of paper and writing out why you’re blogging. What is the purpose of your blog?
Knowing this will not only help you prepare better content for your ideal reader, but it will also help you keep going on days you don’t feel like writing. Knowing why you’re doing something helps ensure you accomplish that goal.
Therefore, make the plan and write it out. Plan to work on your blog daily…even if its just for an hour. Doing something daily converts the action into a habit.
If you’re just starting to blog, plan on publishing one new post a week.
Grow Before You Increase
As you grow in your new blogging habit, you can increase the time. Maybe you want to spend two to three hours per day working on your blog…if so, you can be writing two or three post at the same time.
Publishing multiple posts per week will have the exact same schedule, except you would not be marketing both posts on the same day.
The sales copy is the words used in your social media post and emails promoting your new content. That way you’d have everything ready to post on the day you publish your other blog posts.
I like to be at least one week ahead. So I’d write out my sales copy for a posts scheduled to be published the following week.
Keep Track of Your Habit
One way to help achieve your goals is to keep track of the progress. When developing a blogging habit, keep track of how well you’re doing. The more you post consistently the easier it becomes. Just because blogging is work doesn’t mean it has to be difficult.
As you track your progress, keep a list of what’s working and not working. By doing this, you’re creating your own workflow. A workflow is a system to system to achieve consistent results. For example, part of my workflow is going through my 21-Point Blogging Checklist.
This checklist helps me create consistent results as I write, publish, and market each blog post. Get a copy of my 21-Point Blogging Checklist by clicking below. As your workflow develops, the habit of blogging becomes much easier.
Give Yourself Grace & Time
It takes time to form a new habit; therefore, give yourself grace. If you don’t finish your blogging tasks one day, don’t beat yourself up. Just pick it back up tomorrow.
Most habits have a bad connotation; however, this is a habit you can be passionate about and is a huge step in building a successful blog. Therefore, I ask that you give yourself some grace and time.
Keep Learning
If you want to learn more about creating a blogging habit, check out my article, “How to Develop a Blogging Habit.”
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