If blogging isn’t your full-time job, it’s probably something you’re squeezing into your already busy schedule. Between school. work, and finding time for yourself. Writing blog posts often takes a back seat. Making it hard to stick to a consistent schedule. But luckily, there’s a way to create content for your blog in less time.
By batching your content, you’re simply lumping together similar tasks. I started batching my content during my second year if blogging. And it’s cut my workload in half. Giving me more time to spend on other projects like the Socially Awkward Club. By lumping similar tasks together, and setting aside a block of time to get those tasks done. You’ll be able to focus on writing high-quality content and boost your productivity. So, if you’re new to batching blog post, here are five tips to help you get started as well as a free printable blog content planner.
Create a Plan
The first step to successfully batching your blog content is creating a plan. Sit down and come with keywords, topics you want to write, and a posting schedule. To help with the planning process I’ve created a printable blog content planner. With this planner, you’ll be able to get your ideas out of your head and on paper. So that you’ll have an easier time with batching your blog posts.
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Outline your Posts
Once you’re done brainstorming ideas and researching topics, the next step is creating an outline for your posts. The outline will serve as a roadmap and helps you get all your ideas for each post in order. When creating your outline here are some questions you may want to ask yourself;
- What is the goal of this piece and who am I trying to reach?
- How should the reader feel after reading this post?
- What are the main points of this blog post?
- Are there any images or graphics I can add to reinforce my point?
After you’ve considered the key elements, it’s time to start writing your rough drafts.
Set aside Time to Write
Create a Check List
Don’t Focus on Being Perfect
When it comes to batching your blog posts, try not to focus heavily on making each post perfect. If a post isn’t coming together, the way you’d like it to, take a break and work on another post and come back to it later. Try not to get wrapped in finding the perfect words. It’ll only take you longer, so focus on doing your best at that time. Then make time to go over the post again later after you’ve had time to clear your mind.
With these tips, you’ll have an easier time with batching your content. And you’ll be able to stay on top of blog content even with a busy schedule. What are some of your tips for batching blog posts?
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I cannot thank you enough for this post on how to batch blog posts. You describe me perfectly as it relates to limited time. I’ve never heard of batching post, but this, especially your free printable will come in very handy.
Glad to hear it helpful, I hope it becomes a useful tool.
I am starting to swear by “outline your posts” because I agree that it really does speed things up. I even try to put my headings in so that the content is sectioned the way I want it to me. Setting aside the time to write has been a problem but I’ve found that if I don’t write it all in one sitting then that also helps speed things up for me. I’ll just jot down some bullet points of ideas and write a paragraph at a time over a few days. By the end of the week, I end up having a large majority of the post done. All I have to do then is add my photos and appropriate links and I’m good to go. The checklist does help as well because then you know you’re not forgetting anything, just don’t overcomplicate your checklist…lol. Thanks for the tips! Everything is still a work in progress as is the world of blogging.
Thanks for stopping by. I have a similar process to yours. I’m someone who doesn’t do well with trying to do things in one sitting. So, I start by writing everything on paper, then once it’s typed up, there’s not much more to do. Same here, I’m still trying to find what works and what doesn’t.
Excellent idea about having a checklist for making sure to include important components necessary in each post! I’m going to need to check out that planner, it’s seems like a helpful tool in staying organized. The main problem for me is avoiding making each post perfect, it just slows me down. I’m gonna try to catch my posts for June and will let you know how it goes👏🏾
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Good luck with batching your June posts and I hope that the planner helps out.
These are some great points! My blog often takes a back seat to everything else in my life, so it’s difficult for me to keep up with. I need to try out outlining my posts-I feel like that would be so helpful! I do write down a list of blog ideas in my bullet journal, but I don’t expand on them at all until I write them. I completely agree with not focusing on being perfect. I have trouble doing so, but if I’m getting frustrated, a break usually helps so much!
Thank you for stopping by. Outlining has been a big help with getting blog posts written. It’s usually something I do in my downtime, then when I sit down to write things come together easily.