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Tips and Resources to Generate Consistent Content for Your Blog
Today I’m talking about being more consistent with your blogging. This topic originated from a question by Jason Stevens from Digital Tools of the Trade.  Jason wants to know how to maintain consistency when blogging? This is an important question, because consistency matters when creating content for a blog or any medium.



There are so many blogs out there that were started with energy, passion and enthusiasm for a topic. Eventually, the enthusiasm fades and those blogs are neglected or even dead.

Today we are going to discuss tips and resources that will prevent your blog from ending up in the blogging graveyard. Also, don’t forget to check out our new resource of 180 Blog Post Ideas.

This will give you six months worth of idea prompts and blog post ideas, and that’s if you blog daily. For most people, 180 prompts will last a year or more.
Today’s Tips for Being More Consistent With Your Blogging

Don’t bite off more than you can chew, or commit to a rate of publishing that is beyond what you can actually do
Generate Ideas for Content Ahead of Time (Episode 84 and 180 Blog Post Ideas)
Block out time to create get a daily or regular writing rhythm (Episode 86)
Block out time to polish and complete your work (Episode 87)
Consider creating “easy posts” some posts take less time than others

Reader Discussions - ask a question
Polls - take a reader poll
Challenge your readers to do something
Link post - Links on a theme
Best of archived posts - link post on content you have written
Embedded content post - embed content and add thoughts (Episode 97)
Guests posts and interviews - THE KEY is to keep these posts relevant

Weekly Rhythm: Monday - Guest post
Tuesday - Reader discussion
Wednesday - Longer thoughtful post
Thursday - Video of the week
Friday - Longer thoughtful post
Saturday - Link roundup post
Sunday - Challenge post or reader homework




Use a tool like Coschedule or others to come up with an editorial calendar - be able to visualize ahead of time
Write out of relationships - create your content for real people - get to know your readers
Batch write - getting ahead of writing relieves the pressure
Be spontaneous - some of the best writing occurs when an idea pops in your head
Create content that is meaningful - don’t lose sight of what your blog is about
Understand what kind of content drives you - not just topic, but format and medium




For me, podcasting has been a huge game changer



Links and Resources for Being More Consistent With Your Blogging

180 Blog Post Ideas
Episode 84 How to Come Up With Fresh Ideas to Write About On Your Blog
Episode 56 How to Get into the Flow of Creating Great Content for Your Blog
Episode 87 9 Questions You Should Ask Before Hitting Publish On Your Next Blog Post
Episode 97 How To Lift the Quality of Your Blog Posts with Embeddable Content
CoSchedule
Blab

How did you go with today’s episode?
I hope these tips resonated with you. I would love to hear your tips on combatting inconsistency on content creation.
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