I've learned a lot of things about blogging during this year. The most important stuff probably was how I shortened the time I spend blogging. Here are 5 ways that I've used to help blog faster.
- Blog On The News - Sometimes a piece of news or information can set the blogosphere on fire. A recent example is the Google PageRank debacle. Everybody who was somebody had something to say about it. The best part here is that the topic is already chosen for you and much of the content as well. Traffic can increase in times like these. Of course, it helps if you're right around the corner and leave a trackback, or a good comment, on a popular blog {like mine, ahem} this can bring in extra traffic.
- Type When Inspiration Hits - That's exactly what I'm doing.
- Simple Posts Draw More Attention - Lookie what I did on this guest blog post competition and this post about unpopular blogging topics. Those posts took me all of a few minutes to type up and got the fastest comments in the shortest amount of time.
- Get Guest Bloggers - Sometimes you just don't feel like it, or you want someone else to do all the work. Clean your minds, I'm talking about blogging. So hire someone to help you update your blog. The next time you write your own blog post your ideas will flow like there's no tomorrow!
- Cut Out Distractions - That means turn your music, TV, live stream video channel off. If you work at home like me, shut the door and inform the family members that you're being creative. I like to grab a cookie after I'm done with a post I really like. I'm going to go grab one now! John Cow probably has a glass of milk. {or gives a glass of milk?}
Hope these tips help you blog faster in 2008. They helped me in the later half of 2007 post faster than I did in the first half. If you have your own tips post a comment and let me, and the other readers, know about them.
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My most ridiculous posts have been the most popular-and those happen to be the “spur of the moment” ideas that pop into my head. I can write an informative article and not receive a single response. I write about rednecks or stupid people and bam- 20 comments.
My most popular posts are usually very simple, often times just a small list of 5 or so things.
Simple posts sometimes indeed brings surprise. My simplest post was related to javascript equivalent of ASC and CHR functions and continues to bring daily traffic.