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Blogging Tips - Blog Tips - Partitioning Blog Activities Series – Part 3: The Production
Partitioning Blog Activities Series – Part 3: The Production
written by Hans
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If we defined the Research and Development as the central intelligence, the production could be seen as the hands of your blog. In traditional business, the production department is recognized by the presence of assembly lines. The production department assembles and packs the products to be shipped to the costumers.
The Blog Production
If we translate it into blog activities, it leads us to every activity that creates products on a continuous basis for your visitors. What are those products? Contents, contents and contents! Content is king; it is the most powerful ingredient to get visitors and to convert them into loyal readers. We’ll talk about quality in a future post about quality control, but for the moment, let’s concentrate to the production of content. Here is a list of the most typical activities:
1. Writing content.
Writing content is a large topic. There are plenty of great articles that helps about how content should be structured, what type of articles helps you to build an authority perception, what are the common mistakes when writing content. Writing content must be based on your central intelligence and your development strategy.
Resources:
http://www.problogger.net/archives/category/writing-content/
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-writing-useful-articles-that-readers-will-love/
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/10-tips-for-writing-bookmarkable-content/
http://www.doshdosh.com/what-is-good-content/
2. Manage your post schedule.
Do you have a constant and regular post schedule? What is your post frequency? This is an important decision to take. Maybe you plan to post on a daily basis, but be careful about the quality! If you can do quality on a daily basis, then I guess this is a good decision. However, try to find a frequency that will better match your needs.
Resources:
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/03/06/post-frequency-how-many-blog-posts-are-too-many/
http://www.mpdailyfix.com/2006/06/w_why_blog_post_frequency_does.html
http://www.adesblog.com/2007/10/06/guide-on-blog-posting-frequency/
3. Manage the changes.
You probably already notice that things changes all the time. In your day job, your family, the world; things are changing all the time. As a blogger, this will not be different. Your production department is responsible of writing and posting contents. This is, I would say, the most important responsibility! Someday, you’ll be sick or you’ll take some vacation. As a blogger, you need to stick on your production constancy – even if you’re not available! So take some time to have some posts prepare in advance and if you have a well established blog, maybe you’ll need to identify someone else to help you to post or to answer your readers.
Resources:
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/12/15/how-to-develop-the-habit-of-writing-posts-in-advance/
http://www.johntp.com/2007/12/19/write-posts-in-advance/
http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/01/10-ways-to-be-a-successful-long-term-blogger/
In summary, the production activity – which is mainly about writing content and manage the changes – is one of the most important, if not the most important! Writing original and valuable content should be part of your highest priorities. Don’t forget that everything becomes better with the experience, so don’t be afraid to experiment; failure doesn’t exist, there is only unexpected outcome.
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