Blogging Tip: Save Drafts for a Rainy Day
Posted by DragonBlogger in Guests Posts, blogging tips, tags: be a better blogger, blog tactics, blogging 101, blogging help, blogging tips, helping bloggers, queuing blog posts, tips for blogging, wordpress scheduled posts, wordpress tipsMany bloggers who try and have a new blog post daily or several times a day can find it hard to keep up that cycle without writing some posts ahead of time and scheduling them to post date in the future. This becomes a little less useful if you write blog posts about breaking news or articles that are time sensitive and you need to release the article as soon as possible or else you risk it becoming outdated information or not as important for readers.
However as a practice rule if you have extra blogging time one week, or you find yourself inspired and able to write more posts than you normally would then you should refrain from scheduling and publishing them all right away. Keep one or two blog posts in draft format for a rainy day, this could be if you get sick or if you just run out of inspiration one week you can simply use one of your pre-drafted posts that you wrote previously.
When writing a “rainy day” post as I like to call it, make sure it is a post that is not time sensitive and is a post that can be published 2 days from now or 2 months from now and still be just as relevant and important to the reader. By creating these timeless posts you don’t have the pressure of immediate publication and if you find that you have too many rainy day posts you can often use these posts as guest posts on other blogs if you have enough spares.
This is just one of the blogging tactics I have developed to help ensure I always have fresh content to publish on my blog and is a recommendation I give to fellow bloggers.
Do you yourself already implement a “rainy day” post system or do you schedule posts so far in the future that you can back date them in case you are unable to write or queue a post for the time you needed it? Share your blogging tip for making sure you keep your content on your blog fresh even when inspiration runs dry, or you just can’t find the time to update your blog.
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Great post. I actually use this method. Like you said, some days i feel like writing articles all day long and some dys i dont. So using those days to write more articles and using them in a “rainy day” is very helpful. The only problem with that, at least for me, is that i get tempted to publish all teh saved articles in one day, so i can add a lot of content to the blog. But i learned to “control” myself. Any way thank you for the post.
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Twitter: DiTesco
(11 comments) says:
This is a good method to take advantage of, especially when you are in those “hot moments”, where you feel that you can just write like crazy. I use this method especially for writing just “titles”, like post ideas..
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Twitter: ShotOfCoffee
(63 comments) says:
I love rainy day posts. I just depleted my stack when I got sick for a few days. Now it’s time to build it up again. They’re great for when something gets in the way of blogging, or when it’s a really sunny day and I want to go outside and spend sometime away from the computer.
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Twitter: FamousBloggers
(22 comments) says:
good tip Justin, I was having this problem when I first started blogging, but now I don’t have but you know sometimes I am forced to do that and I remember Karen also talked about this before, some times I have posts but I want to give time for recent posts to stay on the main page for more time which I think it’s kind of important as some visitors may hit the main page of my blog.
by the way this post is going to be on our coming weekly round!
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Twitter: phaoloo
(7 comments) says:
This is the smartest tactic to tap with a posting schedule.
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Twitter: tonyknuckles
(10 comments) says:
i keep at least 4-5 of these drafts available especially with their being so much to write about these days. And many of my sponsored posts can simply be used when the time calls for a freeform plug.
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Twitter: extremejohn
(165 comments) says:
Excellent tips especially for new bloggers that might have a flood of information than end up empty when they need the posts the most.
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Twitter: dragonblogger
(39 comments) says:
I like many bloggers when I first started out just churned out 5 – 10 articles per day with tons of inspiration and enthusiasm. Now that I have been blogging 15 months having that much time and “inspiration” to churn out 10 articles a day is almost impossible, but sometimes I get inspired and write three or four in a row. Pacing yourself and saving them is always better because some days I don’t have time to blog and wished I had stored a post or two.
Glad others have found this method a valuable tool for them as well.
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Hesham from FamousBloggers
Twitter: FamousBloggers
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December 6th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
I wish I can do this and save more article, managing 5 blogs today and this means it’s so hard for me! but as you said inspiration could come at any time, it’s a chance that we should take it!
by the way I have promoted this article in my rounds! good one.
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Twitter: karlfoxley
(2 comments) says:
Great tip. I like to create as much content in one sitting as I use my content for different places. Some content goes to my blog, other content goes to article directories and so forth. If I had to sit and write a new piece of content every day I would end up struggling, life just gets in the way some days.
As we speak, I probably have enough posts to carry me through to the new year.
Regards,
Karl
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Very nice post, I have always been an advocate for keeping a “post arsenal”. As timing would have it, you mau want to check my latest post (below).
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Twitter: JimHardin1
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I always have a few posts in my drafts section. Sometimes I will think of a post to write or just a small idea and when I do I create a little draft even if its just one or two words. Sometimes its only a title. That way when I have a day that I don’t have anything to write about I will pick up one of my drafts.
Sometimes for a quick post you can grab a video and make a comment about it. Its quick and easy and keeps the content flowing on your blog. You don’t seem to have any trouble with that as it seems that you post every day!
Jim
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Twitter: dragonblogger
(39 comments) says:
Jim, that is another really good idea, and was my 2nd tactic and topic for my next post about “Need a quick article” which I am drafting. Sometimes if pressed for idea’s I will quickly hit CNN News, YouTube or tap into the news media to find something to write about quickly. I often leverage twitter as well, searching for things related to technology or entertainment.
It has been hard but my primary blog has had 1 unique post (at least) every day for 15 months, I often write 3-7 posts on Saturday/Sunday and queue them for the week. But sometimes I stay up after the wife and kids go to bed and try to write 2-3 posts every other night.
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Twitter: ale8oneboy
(1 comments) says:
I’m trying to build up some ‘rainy day’ posts myself. I’ve been using the draft feature in WordPress to set some of these posts back for later use. When I’m ready, its just a few clicks to publish. Good to have things on tap.
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Twitter: uttoransen
(7 comments) says:
yep, i like to keep some articles in draft, it helps a lot on a lazy day
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