Everybody sucks.
Yes, why not. it's not easy being a professional blogger. Unlike other professions, here you are more likely to spend hours writing, editing, and doing all blogging stuff alone.
And if you are a blogger, you might have searched this keyword often "productivity tips" for bloggers.
here's the daily routine of every blogger
- writing new articles
- repurposing old content
- keyword research
- replying to comments
- content marketing
- social media and stuff
- blog promotion
- finding new ideas
And so on...
It's a lot of work and it's not easy as it seems. It can drain your energy till its peak.
On the other side, it becomes very interesting to learn new things and implement them in your blog post ideas. And the most important to make dollars out of it.
Sometimes I, actually not just me but every blogger finds 24 hours too less for our work. So here we should learn that time is not money, time is more important than money.
No matter how much money you make you can't buy more time
From then onwards, I not only learn to manage time but also how to be more productive. It's not an easy journey on the way to becoming a productive blogger.
It was not an easy journey for me at least. I don't know about you. you have to be more disciplined to master productivity. You have to do it even if you don't feel like doing it.
you cant say,
"I will do it tomorrow because I don't feel like doing it today"
It didn't happen in a day or week, Actually, it took me months to find these tricks to ensure maximum productivity and how not to waste time on useless stuff.
It's not a cakewalk to be true.
But if you stay loyal to your work then even you can master productivity.
So since you want to learn these hacks then let's go ahead.
productivity tips for bloggers
1. make it limited
first things first.
Attraction to distraction is very dangerous.
Do you remember the last time you spent laughing at memes and watching youtube videos that are of no use?
Now think how much time you have already wasted. instead of spending those hours doing nothing, you could have utilized it in writing your articles or doing other work-related stuff.
Don't take me wrong but it kills your productivity. To be honest, I also love to watch random youtube videos browse social media, but it's of no use.
Here you have to be stay disciplined.
so to stop myself from wasting time I added simple blocker chrome extension to avoid distraction. it blocks websites for a period of time so you cant be able to use them.
where do you waste most of the time?
if I am not wrong then it is youtube, Instagram, tik tok, Twitter, and many more.
And if you want to stop wasting time then you have to click on the extension.
Then add your websites which you want to block then hit the "save blocklist."
And then add how many hours you would like to block this site and then press enter.
and after blocking the website, if you try to open that website you will get directed to this page.
2. systems work great
Yes, it works like a charm for me. And I can say that "it's awesome" you should give it a try too.
Oops sorry!
I totally forget to explain to you what are systems in blogging. what do you think about how these popular bloggers are consistent with their content?
Well, it's all thanks to systems.
Systems are nothing but daily habits that will help you to create content consistently and be more productive with your blogging journey.
while creating systems you have to consider few things and keep in mind that it's not easy you have to be very self-disciplined. while practicing systems.
so let's start with the first thing while creating a suitable blogging system for you.
Effective to-do list:- You ask me, "I want to do all my work and become more productive, what can I do?" and I question you back like " ok that's great! but which tasks you would like to accomplish show me the list?"
And your mind goes all blank you forget your tasks. Normally, I have experienced it. you see, that's why an effective to-do list is important.
Here, while creating an effective to-do list my advice for you to is, don't be tempted to create a long list, just create a shortlist which contains few tasks which should be accomplished by the end of the day.
Deadlines:- Having deadlines for each task can create urgency(which is good).
If you work with no deadlines then you will on procrastinating things by saying "I will it later on" or "I will do it tomorrow"
while creating your to-do list, mark the most important tasks as #1 and the second most important task as #2. It will help you to prioritize your work.
Do it tomorrow:- It's not my tip, to be honest. Actually, I borrowed it from mark fosters book- do it tomorrow. I know it sounds like procrastinating but it is one of the best books I ever read on productivity.
I have experienced that while doing work. We come up with many random thoughts and tasks. we don't act on thoughts but tasks we try to complete by leaving the previous work.
And this results in completing no work at all.
so you should put those tasks on tomorrow's list. So you can accomplish them on the very next day.
These are things you should keep in mind while creating a blogging system.
The next big thing is...
3. Build momentum with ease.
Just mind-map it...
Did you ever start a blog with an idea just to finish it with another idea? It happens to you I know, even I used to face the same problem.
when you are writing a blog beyond 1000-1500 words it easy to normal to lose sight of your outline.
Then, later on, I started mind-mapping to avoid this confusion.
writing the easy.
Have you ever read the book, Eat that frog. Let me know in the comment section. It is a must-read book if you want to manage your time effectively.
In this book, the author brian Tracy argues that doing hard things first will make it easy to complete the rest of the other projects.
As it creates momentum.
I get the logic "do the hard thing to get over with" I totally understand it. But I don't think it's the best in writing content.
What I say is to divide your blog post into multiple sections so you can decide the easy and difficult sections.
Once you are done doing it then it will be easy for you to write the easiest parts first then it will build you the momentum.
Now I hope you understand why it's better to write easy parts first.
4. plan, write and edit separately
You can't.
Too many bloggers think they can practice multitasking and save more time. But the reality is they don't.
In fact, they end up spending more time in the process.
multitasking doesn't exist just like Wakanda.
According to a study done by Stanford University, students who were doing multitasking while doing a project were more distracted and worse performing than those who weren't multitasking.
If you really want to save time then you must plan, edit and write separately at different stages.
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Especially, I have seen many people editing their article and writing it simultaneously. They do this with an intention of saving time but they don't.
I can say this because I have done this same mistake.
Don't do this, I repeat don't do this.
It kills your productivity.
Instead of covering the main points and completing your article quickly. You slow down your writing process to fix words.
Don't try to write your first draft perfectly. Allow yourself to write a bad draft first and later on spend time on editing and making it perfect.
Did I miss it?
Being a blogger is damn easy but it's all about being a productive blogger.
Being a productive blogger is a struggling journey but it's not impossible.
In this post, I gave you few productivity tips for bloggers. And how you can nail it In your blogging journey. And if you have any more productivity tips which I don't know then let me know in the comment section.
Until then see you...
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