1) The schedule feature will be your new best friend.
Honestly, this is the only way I manage during busier times e.g. exam time, busy placements. Sometimes, you'll feel inspired and will want to blog for two or three hours solid: make use of these times and schedule in posts for the next few weeks' or so.
2) Have a list of features that occur on a regular basis.
In the image below, you'll see some regular features that I do from time to time on here. 'My Week' happens every Sunday but some other features don't happen on such a regular basis: e.g. 'what's in my bag'. These posts are reserved for once every six months or less and they are useful for when you're going through 'blogger's block'.
Occasionally, I've taken photos of things without having a blog post in mind. I then go back to these photos and write a post around them. Another option is to trawl through your Instagram posts and do a round-up post of your life from the past month/few months, etc.
4) Make use of national holidays/landmark days within the year.
Christmas and New Year lend themselves really well to blog posts. New Year's is obviously a great time to talk about resolutions. If you're going away on holiday, take pictures and talk about that.
5) Blog regularly and have a rough editorial calendar.
I don't have a proper editorial calendar but I do a rough one where I try and organise blog posts for the next year (yes, really). This way, I have a plan to fall back on if I ever get stuck on things to blog about. I write down the dates I want to get a post out and then below it all, some other blog post ideas (as you can see below).
Obviously, these are some rough tips and they may not work for you. :) Do you have any tips to keep up with blogging? :)
Very useful tips especially as I've been considering doing a blog for a long time and haven't got round to it. Thank you
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kemi! Hope you enjoy blogging :) x
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