Ultimate Blogging Tips PDF – When you have made the smart decision to become a blogger, and you’ve followed our step-by-step free guide to starting a money-making blog, it’s time for the next step.
How to actually maintain and monetize it successfully, for years to come.
I’ve created this Blog StartUp kit, a straightforward guide to help new bloggers, and you can get it for free today!
Because there is so much to learn when starting a blog, it can feel overwhelming pretty quick, if you don’t have a plan.
So in addition to this blogging tips PDF, I’ve also included in this post some time management resources for creating a daily blogging schedule.
Ultimate Blogging Tips PDF And Daily Blogger Routine
BlogTips.com Blogging StartUp Kit
This free resource kit for bloggers includes 10 essential must-know blog strategies to help you be successful from day 1.
As well as a blog starting roadmap which gives you a clear guideline for what to focus on, when.
Get instant access to download the Blog StartUp kit here:
Time Blocking A Daily Blogging Routine That Will Actually Grow Your Blog
Before I was earning over $140,000 per year as a stay-at-home blogger, I worked in marketing for over a decade.
It was in my marketing strategist days that I picked up a few tips and tricks that helped grow my blog into a successful business from the start.
Nowadays I share all of these strategies with you here, so that you can skip the awkward trial-and-error phase of becoming a blogger.
This blogging tips PDF and blogger schedule aims to keep you focused on what matters while making the best use of your time.
Notably, one of the biggest challenges for bloggers is time management. Yes, you have a ton of tasks to manage, yet no one but yourself giving you a deadline or keeping you on track.
With no boss hovering over you barking orders and expecting deadlines to be met, you must figure out a way to manage yourself effectively if you have hopes of being a successful blogger.
Featured artist – illustration above by Akiko of Akrdesignstudio.com
What Are The Most Important Blogging Priorities?
I think we all agree, it’s far too easy to get distracted while doing research online.
How many times have you started off researching a blog topic, only to find yourself two hours later watching a non-related Youtube video?
With multiple blogs to maintain, it is essential for me to schedule my daily blogging tasks. Otherwise, I’m far less productive.
For me, a day in the life of a blogger entails much more than just writing blog posts.
Allotting time to research, write, edit and post an article is really just one aspect of maintaining a blog.
Other important tasks include:
- Answering emails
- Dealing with advertisers, making sponsorship and brand partnerships
- Engaging in social media and scheduling content
- Search engine optimization
- Email marketing
- Affiliate marketing tasks and maintenance
- Creating courses, ebooks and products
- Maintaining website technical issues
- Creating pins and graphics
- …and so much more!
Day In The Life Of A Successful Blogger – A Daily Blogging Routine
Make no mistake, blogging for a living is a lot of work, but it’s well worth the effort and certainly much more rewarding than trying to please an annoying boss.
Yet, you must have enough discipline to stay on task, especially if you work at home with countless other distractions.
Time management is a never-ending challenge, but particularly when you’re new to setting your own schedule.
Although I am earning a 6 figure living as a blogger these days, I work just as hard each day on my blog as I did when I was starting out.
I put in 9, 10 sometimes 12+ hours blogging, 7 days a week. But it has never once felt like work, because I enjoy it so much.
After many years without a boss, my daily blogging schedule has become somewhat refined.
However, life inevitably happens and things get thrown off track sometimes.
So, it’s best to prioritize your tasks and to be flexible.
That’s why having a blogging routine, and making use of time blocking is so important.
Thinking of becoming a blogger? Great! Get your free Blog StartUp Kit today, a blogging tips PDF & Daily blogging routine. Day in the life of a #blogger #blogtips #bloggerlife #timeblocking #productivityWhat Is Time Blocking?
Time blocking is a type of scheduling system for yourself. It’s when you tackle certain tasks one at a time. Instead of working around the clock, you set a specific time block for a certain task to be done, and you don’t focus on any other tasks until you’ve completed the one at hand.
Once you have downloaded the BlogStartUp Kit (blogging tips PDF), use this blogging routine to help you plan out your time blocking strategy.
Priorities
To really be a successful blogger, you do need to prioritize. There are literally thousands of things you need to do to keep a blog afloat each day, and only so many hours.
This is especially true if you have young children at home like I do. Efficiently managing your time makes all the difference!
If I have a day where things are out of whack and I only have a few hours to work, there are a few things that still must be done.
Although creating new content should be every blogger’s primary focus, it is not the priority when you have limited time.
My priorities on days like these are:
- Answering emails
- Approving and responding to comments
- Checking in with my Facebook Group for new bloggers and other social media
It doesn’t sound like much, but emails can get extensive especially when corresponding with advertisers, my 15,000+ blog school students, people who I am building websites for, and my never-ending other inbox responsibilities.
Comments for multiple blogs can easily consume an hour, and social media can range from minutes to hours depending on your level of engagement.
In my opinion, these are crucial things that must be done daily, including weekends in order to maintain your blog.
If I have time after these tasks are complete, I usually spend it:
- Researching or drafting up a new blog post
- Creating new pins and scheduling my Tailwind feed for the week
- Scheduling content in SmarterQueue
- Updating my website SEO
- Writing out my weekly insider email where I share exclusive content and bonuses with my subscribers
Time Blocking For Bloggers – Daily Blogging Schedule
Not having an alarm clock is one of the best things about being a full-time blogger.
Since I wake up when I want to in the morning, my schedule is not clock-sensitive.
Instead, it’s set up in blocks of time that are allotted for certain duties.
Here’s what a day in the life of a blogger looks like for me!
Time Blocking Work Hour 1 — Communication
The first hour of the day is dedicated to answering emails.
Many emails can affect how the rest of your day plays out, therefore I recommend getting to them early and determine which ones need immediate action.
For instance, there may be a new advertiser that needs a placement, or a time-sensitive guest post submission that needs formatting, or a Zoom call that needs to be made to partners or to freelancers.
Time Blocking Work Hour 2 — Posting and Automation
Since the morning hours seem to be the most opportune time to post and share new content, I usually spend an hour or so on this.
I have automated most of my social media responsibilities. Automation is the biggest time saver for a blogger and business owner.
Setting up automation funnels for everything in your business is so important!
I have SmarterQueue auto-posting content to my Twitter accounts, Facebook Groups, and Facebook pages.
While Tailwind is pinning 100+ pins across my Pinterest Group boards, and my new email subscribers are getting a steady flow of informative emails on auto-pilot, thanks to ConvertKit.
So having all of that under control, this time block is spent:
- Managing guest posts and sponsored post requests.
- Doing a bit of manual pinning.
- Doing a bit of manual social media marketing, such as answering questions on Quora, finding leads in Facebook Groups and Twitter mining.
- Link building and reaching out to other bloggers to pitch collaborations.
Time Blocking Work Hours 3, 4, & 5 — Writing & SEO
For me, the morning is my most productive time to be creative. I use this time to write something original everyday and I’ll typically spend 2-3 hours writing in the morning.
It may be to complete an article I already started or to work on a new one, but I always have something in the works.
Sometimes there may be several articles in draft that need to be completed but it helps to focus on one at a time.
I also spend this time doing keyword research for new articles and checking up on my backlinks and ranking profile.
If you are ever feeling lost on what you should be focusing on, take a look at the blog roadmap included in your blogging tips PDF. It will help you to know what tasks to focus on when growing a blog.
Related: How to see what keywords your blog ranks for on Google – for free!
Time Blocking Work Hour 6 7, 8 — Edit and Post
After an afternoon coffee that helps bring about a second wind, I polish and prepare any articles that will be posted the following day.
Most will just need a final proofread, some formatting or an image added. If I finish this quickly, I will return to other articles that are in draft and continue to research those topics.
As you can see, it’s a relatively uncomplicated schedule, but I’d be lying is I said it ended there.
Since I manage several blogs, these tasks are multiplied and it is rare that I work less than 13 hours per day.
Time Blocking Work Hour 9, 10, 11 — Maintenance
As my day in the life of a blogger winds down, the last few hours of the day’s time blocks are spent finishing up any projects, and planning for the next day.
I usually use this time to:
- Tweak any current promotions or projects that I am working on
- Make updates to my website, check for broken links, improve meta data
- Plan for any affiliate promotions my affiliate partners have coming up, create content and draft up marketing emails in prep for it
- Put finishing touches on today’s jobs and plot out the plan for tomorrow
- Check my Google analytics and Pinterest analytics to see what yesterday’s traffic was like
Leveraging Your Time
I don’t know a single successful blogger that does everything alone. Hiring out certain tasks to freelancers and virtual assistants can be a lifesaver.
You’ll quickly learn your limitations as your blog grows and it’s important to learn to leverage your time.
Whether it’s simply hiring a freelancer to design your logo or to write articles for your blog, or taking on a partner to hiring full-time help, learning to delegate certain tasks will allow you more time to focus on the areas where you excel.
It’s helpful to learn enough about each necessary task (which you’ll naturally do while building up your blog) to be able to properly delegate it out to others.
It will save you money to be as organized as possible in what you require of them.
Make sure any money you invest to free up your time is used grow your blog further, otherwise you may be just trading some of your income for more free time.
Ultimate Blogging Tips PDF & Daily Blogging Routine – Conclusion
Ultimately, bloggers can work as little or as much as they want, but your income will be directly determined by how hard and how smart you work.
When you begin to make some money from your blog you’ll quickly begin to sense this correlation of effort in versus income out.
It is a very motivating feeling which may lead you to work longer hours.
But if you are organized with a schedule, you can be productive enough to be a full-time blogger without overwhelming yourself.
BlogTips.com Blogging StartUp Kit
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And more importantly, be able to monetize and maintain it for the long run!
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