Comments on: Planning Blog Post Topics http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/ Build your business by sharing what you know Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Joshua Clanton http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-7069 Joshua Clanton Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:57:55 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-7069 This post has inspired me to go create my own editorial calendar. Thanks for the idea! This post has inspired me to go create my own editorial calendar. Thanks for the idea!

]]> By: Joshua Clanton http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18456 Joshua Clanton Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:57:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18456 This post has inspired me to go create my own editorial calendar. Thanks for the idea! This post has inspired me to go create my own editorial calendar. Thanks for the idea!

]]> By: Ben Barden http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6980 Ben Barden Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:21:18 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6980 Thanks for the useful tips. I currently write one blog entry every day and I have a list of ideas, but I don't link them to dates until I actually write my blog entry for that day. I'm going to start planning my blog entries in 2008. :) Even without a schedule, I think I've written some good content recently, even this close to Christmas. I assumed quite a few bloggers would be winding down for the holiday season, so I took the opportunity to write some really good content. Fewer people blogging at this time means it's more likely that people will be looking for something to read. I like to do the opposite to the majority ;) Have a great Christmas. Thanks for the useful tips. I currently write one blog entry every day and I have a list of ideas, but I don’t link them to dates until I actually write my blog entry for that day. I’m going to start planning my blog entries in 2008. :)

Even without a schedule, I think I’ve written some good content recently, even this close to Christmas. I assumed quite a few bloggers would be winding down for the holiday season, so I took the opportunity to write some really good content. Fewer people blogging at this time means it’s more likely that people will be looking for something to read. I like to do the opposite to the majority ;)

Have a great Christmas.

]]> By: Ben Barden http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18455 Ben Barden Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:21:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18455 Thanks for the useful tips. I currently write one blog entry every day and I have a list of ideas, but I don't link them to dates until I actually write my blog entry for that day. I'm going to start planning my blog entries in 2008. :) Even without a schedule, I think I've written some good content recently, even this close to Christmas. I assumed quite a few bloggers would be winding down for the holiday season, so I took the opportunity to write some really good content. Fewer people blogging at this time means it's more likely that people will be looking for something to read. I like to do the opposite to the majority ;) Have a great Christmas. Thanks for the useful tips. I currently write one blog entry every day and I have a list of ideas, but I don’t link them to dates until I actually write my blog entry for that day. I’m going to start planning my blog entries in 2008. :)

Even without a schedule, I think I’ve written some good content recently, even this close to Christmas. I assumed quite a few bloggers would be winding down for the holiday season, so I took the opportunity to write some really good content. Fewer people blogging at this time means it’s more likely that people will be looking for something to read. I like to do the opposite to the majority ;)

Have a great Christmas.

]]> By: heather http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6945 heather Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:51:42 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6945 It's taken me some time, but I've finally got it, after months of scrabbling around at the last minute for a topic and turning a potentially short and snappy post into an essay. I sat down after reading this and wrote a draft for my 12 Days of Christmas Tips - one a day for the 12 following the 25th which gives me some real time for planning other projects and doing some serious writing. Seeing each post planned made me realise there is such good material to publish a short ebook in January. Thanks for the tips! Thanks for the tips Chris. It’s taken me some time, but I’ve finally got it, after months of scrabbling around at the last minute for a topic and turning a potentially short and snappy post into an essay. I sat down after reading this and wrote a draft for my 12 Days of Christmas Tips – one a day for the 12 following the 25th which gives me some real time for planning other projects and doing some serious writing.

Seeing each post planned made me realise there is such good material to publish a short ebook in January.

Thanks for the tips!

Thanks for the tips Chris.

]]> By: heather http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18454 heather Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:51:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18454 It's taken me some time, but I've finally got it, after months of scrabbling around at the last minute for a topic and turning a potentially short and snappy post into an essay. I sat down after reading this and wrote a draft for my 12 Days of Christmas Tips - one a day for the 12 following the 25th which gives me some real time for planning other projects and doing some serious writing. Seeing each post planned made me realise there is such good material to publish a short ebook in January. Thanks for the tips! Thanks for the tips Chris. It’s taken me some time, but I’ve finally got it, after months of scrabbling around at the last minute for a topic and turning a potentially short and snappy post into an essay. I sat down after reading this and wrote a draft for my 12 Days of Christmas Tips – one a day for the 12 following the 25th which gives me some real time for planning other projects and doing some serious writing.

Seeing each post planned made me realise there is such good material to publish a short ebook in January.

Thanks for the tips!

Thanks for the tips Chris.

]]> By: LaurenMarie - Creative Curio http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6935 LaurenMarie - Creative Curio Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:00:13 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6935 I have a regular full time job and it is "advised" that I take a one hour lunch break (read "all but required by Legal"). It never takes me more than 15 minutes to eat and I used to think a half hour was a long lunch break. What in the world am I going to do for a <em>full hour</em>?? Ah ha! I write, edit and collect images for my blog posts! It's turned into very valuable time for me. I take 2 days (approx. 1 hr 20 minutes during my lunches) to research, write and edit my posts and usually collect most of my images. I format the post at home (which seems to take just as long as writing it!) and set it to publish at the same time on M, W and F. I don't usually get very far ahead though, unless I'm really inspired and end up write a very long post. Then I break it up into two (or three!) smaller posts and create a mini-series. It sure does relieve a lot of stress and anxiety when I know what I'm going to write about. I started planning for the week ahead on the weekends a while ago. Never thought about planning more than a week ahead of time. Hmm. Good idea! I have a regular full time job and it is “advised” that I take a one hour lunch break (read “all but required by Legal”). It never takes me more than 15 minutes to eat and I used to think a half hour was a long lunch break. What in the world am I going to do for a full hour??

Ah ha! I write, edit and collect images for my blog posts! It’s turned into very valuable time for me. I take 2 days (approx. 1 hr 20 minutes during my lunches) to research, write and edit my posts and usually collect most of my images. I format the post at home (which seems to take just as long as writing it!) and set it to publish at the same time on M, W and F. I don’t usually get very far ahead though, unless I’m really inspired and end up write a very long post. Then I break it up into two (or three!) smaller posts and create a mini-series.

It sure does relieve a lot of stress and anxiety when I know what I’m going to write about. I started planning for the week ahead on the weekends a while ago. Never thought about planning more than a week ahead of time. Hmm. Good idea!

]]> By: LaurenMarie - Creative Curio http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18453 LaurenMarie - Creative Curio Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18453 I have a regular full time job and it is "advised" that I take a one hour lunch break (read "all but required by Legal"). It never takes me more than 15 minutes to eat and I used to think a half hour was a long lunch break. What in the world am I going to do for a <em>full hour</em>?? Ah ha! I write, edit and collect images for my blog posts! It's turned into very valuable time for me. I take 2 days (approx. 1 hr 20 minutes during my lunches) to research, write and edit my posts and usually collect most of my images. I format the post at home (which seems to take just as long as writing it!) and set it to publish at the same time on M, W and F. I don't usually get very far ahead though, unless I'm really inspired and end up write a very long post. Then I break it up into two (or three!) smaller posts and create a mini-series. It sure does relieve a lot of stress and anxiety when I know what I'm going to write about. I started planning for the week ahead on the weekends a while ago. Never thought about planning more than a week ahead of time. Hmm. Good idea! I have a regular full time job and it is “advised” that I take a one hour lunch break (read “all but required by Legal”). It never takes me more than 15 minutes to eat and I used to think a half hour was a long lunch break. What in the world am I going to do for a full hour??

Ah ha! I write, edit and collect images for my blog posts! It’s turned into very valuable time for me. I take 2 days (approx. 1 hr 20 minutes during my lunches) to research, write and edit my posts and usually collect most of my images. I format the post at home (which seems to take just as long as writing it!) and set it to publish at the same time on M, W and F. I don’t usually get very far ahead though, unless I’m really inspired and end up write a very long post. Then I break it up into two (or three!) smaller posts and create a mini-series.

It sure does relieve a lot of stress and anxiety when I know what I’m going to write about. I started planning for the week ahead on the weekends a while ago. Never thought about planning more than a week ahead of time. Hmm. Good idea!

]]> By: Jen / domestika http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6925 Jen / domestika Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:05:35 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6925 Three cheers for spotting another emerging trend on the road toward the professionalization of blogging. There's such a clear analogy between blogs and magazine publishing, for bloggers to adopt the practice of using an editorial calendar makes a good deal of sound good sense. Erhm, thanks for the nudge! Three cheers for spotting another emerging trend on the road toward the professionalization of blogging. There’s such a clear analogy between blogs and magazine publishing, for bloggers to adopt the practice of using an editorial calendar makes a good deal of sound good sense. Erhm, thanks for the nudge!

]]> By: Jen / domestika http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18452 Jen / domestika Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:05:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18452 Three cheers for spotting another emerging trend on the road toward the professionalization of blogging. There's such a clear analogy between blogs and magazine publishing, for bloggers to adopt the practice of using an editorial calendar makes a good deal of sound good sense. Erhm, thanks for the nudge! Three cheers for spotting another emerging trend on the road toward the professionalization of blogging. There’s such a clear analogy between blogs and magazine publishing, for bloggers to adopt the practice of using an editorial calendar makes a good deal of sound good sense. Erhm, thanks for the nudge!

]]> By: George http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6924 George Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:25:43 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6924 I recently set up a schedule for myself. My writing/content day is Sunday... Monday is traffic day. I also have a monetization day and a business planning day. Great post... I recently set up a schedule for myself. My writing/content day is Sunday… Monday is traffic day. I also have a monetization day and a business planning day.

Great post…

]]> By: George http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18451 George Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:25:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18451 I recently set up a schedule for myself. My writing/content day is Sunday... Monday is traffic day. I also have a monetization day and a business planning day. Great post... I recently set up a schedule for myself. My writing/content day is Sunday… Monday is traffic day. I also have a monetization day and a business planning day.

Great post…

]]> By: WAHM Suzanne http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6921 WAHM Suzanne Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:42:07 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6921 Wow. Again this is so helpful. I spend quite a bit of time after reading your mapping post ... as I mentioned I keep it in more of an outline format in a word doc but it works the same. I have a question ... do you feel it's better to write the posts in the order of main categories and then fill in with the sub-categories ... or should you start with a main category and fill in all of the sub-category posts and then move on to another main category? Thanks again for all of your helpful posts! *SmiLes* Suzanne Wow. Again this is so helpful. I spend quite a bit of time after reading your mapping post … as I mentioned I keep it in more of an outline format in a word doc but it works the same. I have a question … do you feel it’s better to write the posts in the order of main categories and then fill in with the sub-categories … or should you start with a main category and fill in all of the sub-category posts and then move on to another main category? Thanks again for all of your helpful posts!
*SmiLes* Suzanne

]]> By: WAHM Suzanne http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18450 WAHM Suzanne Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:42:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18450 Wow. Again this is so helpful. I spend quite a bit of time after reading your mapping post ... as I mentioned I keep it in more of an outline format in a word doc but it works the same. I have a question ... do you feel it's better to write the posts in the order of main categories and then fill in with the sub-categories ... or should you start with a main category and fill in all of the sub-category posts and then move on to another main category? Thanks again for all of your helpful posts! *SmiLes* Suzanne Wow. Again this is so helpful. I spend quite a bit of time after reading your mapping post … as I mentioned I keep it in more of an outline format in a word doc but it works the same. I have a question … do you feel it’s better to write the posts in the order of main categories and then fill in with the sub-categories … or should you start with a main category and fill in all of the sub-category posts and then move on to another main category? Thanks again for all of your helpful posts!
*SmiLes* Suzanne

]]> By: Mike - Twenty Steps http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6920 Mike - Twenty Steps Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:23:51 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6920 A number of people have been recommending taking this route over the last few months and I think it's a sign of a more professional attitude towards blogging. It makes perfect sense to me to go down this route and it's something I'm going to be implementing in the new year. I think it's vitally important to plan your spontaneity ;) A number of people have been recommending taking this route over the last few months and I think it’s a sign of a more professional attitude towards blogging. It makes perfect sense to me to go down this route and it’s something I’m going to be implementing in the new year. I think it’s vitally important to plan your spontaneity ;)

]]> By: Mike - Twenty Steps http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18449 Mike - Twenty Steps Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:23:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18449 A number of people have been recommending taking this route over the last few months and I think it's a sign of a more professional attitude towards blogging. It makes perfect sense to me to go down this route and it's something I'm going to be implementing in the new year. I think it's vitally important to plan your spontaneity ;) A number of people have been recommending taking this route over the last few months and I think it’s a sign of a more professional attitude towards blogging. It makes perfect sense to me to go down this route and it’s something I’m going to be implementing in the new year. I think it’s vitally important to plan your spontaneity ;)

]]> By: jhay http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6918 jhay Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:31:06 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6918 Nice one. I've been meaning to establish a more organized posting rhythm for the coming new year. The last quarter of 2007 has been quite dull for my blog. Nice one. I’ve been meaning to establish a more organized posting rhythm for the coming new year. The last quarter of 2007 has been quite dull for my blog.

]]> By: jhay http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18448 jhay Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:31:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18448 Nice one. I've been meaning to establish a more organized posting rhythm for the coming new year. The last quarter of 2007 has been quite dull for my blog. Nice one. I’ve been meaning to establish a more organized posting rhythm for the coming new year. The last quarter of 2007 has been quite dull for my blog.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6917 Chris Garrett Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:06:36 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-6917 Yes the best planning in the world can't force you to write and that comes down to individual motivation and discipline :) Yes the best planning in the world can’t force you to write and that comes down to individual motivation and discipline :)

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18447 Chris Garrett Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:06:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/planning-blog-post-topics/#comment-18447 Yes the best planning in the world can't force you to write and that comes down to individual motivation and discipline :) Yes the best planning in the world can’t force you to write and that comes down to individual motivation and discipline :)

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