Hey Makers, How do you arrange your blogging week?

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Do you set aside one day for writing from start to finish? I would love to be able to achieve this, but currently struggling to find the entire motivation to start and finish without having something more urgent take over time.

Jen ✏️ · Accepted Answer

@mellowbeing @kingsley_ijomah so glad to be of help!

Jen ✏️ · Answer

If you're having trouble writing it in one go, then try breaking it down. One day, focus on writing the outline.  Next day, write a first draft.  And a couple of days later, edit + publish. I'm not great at writing everything in one sitting since I need the ideas to marinate for a bit.  Just do what works for you!

Kingsley Ijomah · Answer

@sadamiak awesome! glad I am not the only one spanning over days on one post, I see now it is not a race but a process

Kingsley Ijomah · Answer

@mellowbeing thanks for that, I ended up giving this a go,  it actually worked better for me, walking away after the outline make the subject even more clearer when I attempted the next day.

Szymon Adamiak · Answer

For me the key is to write everything in one sitting. Editing can be split for multiple days.

I try to blog at least once a week. Usually I schedule 2-3 hours in the morning and write everything that's on my mind on the subject. It lacks a bit of structure and direction, but gets me to 1000-2000 words.

The next day I take an hour to edit it. If it doesn't feel ready I polish it a bit a day after.

Brandon Gaille · Answer

I have been teaching bloggers for a long time now. Motivation is what typically leads to new bloggers stopping blogging altogether. You are not alone. It has to do with the delayed gratification of a blog post taking many months to even have a chance of getting to the first page of Google.

This is what I recommend...

Identify some topics to blog about that you can include in your product funnel. Here are a few examples...

#1 Comparison between your product and your biggest competitor. These work great for PPC ads targeting the brand names of your competitors on Google.

#2 Content that covers a common problem that your product solves. Ahrefs built their yearly revenue to $100 million by these type of blog posts. They would write a post about how to do keyword research and then include screenshots of their features solving some of the problems of keyword research. You can include these in your onboarding emails.

These types of posts will give you more motivation because it will no longer just be a blog post. It will be an integral piece of content vital to your funnel.

Hey Makers, How do you arrange your blogging week?

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