Establish A Publishing Schedule

Posted May 9th, 2011 / By Christopher in Posts

If you’re like a lot of bloggers, you might find it a bit difficult to create a consistent flow of content as a publisher, which, as we all know, might mean the difference between capturing a reader and losing a reader.

There are plenty of tricks and tips out there designed to help you think up new ideas and create content, but let’s take a step back — even before we get to the content creation process — and think about how we approach the content creation process … and most importantly, when we approach it.

Content Isn’t Just About What … It’s About When

The single most important thing you can do to overcome your lack of discipline or drive to publish content — even if you feel you’re passionate about the content — is to establish a publishing schedule. If you want to take blogging seriously and reach that next level, you need to step up your game and act like a pro.

Depending on how often you can or want to post, consider throwing a schedule together on paper or whiteboard and stick to it.

Dedicate your efforts to creating content for the week during the weekend. Get yourself ahead of schedule so you’re not frantically throwing content together at the last minute.

Set yourself to a schedule, whether it’s a post a day, three posts a week, two posts (as copyblogger did), or even one post a week. The key is to create exceptional content that gets noticed and provides value.

Set yourself up and hold yourself to it … this will help you overcome your own inner block and help you get to the next level.

How frequent do you post a week? How often would you like to post a week?

photo credit: Chad and Kellye

Christopher Rice is a publisher, entrepreneur, and abstract artist in Santa Monica. He’s a founder of Wearabl, editor of CreativeBlogger, and creator of Gumball. Friend him up at Twitter | Google+ | Facebook | Pinterest |