Comments on: Blogging consistency and keeping a regular blog posting frequency

By: ITW

ITW — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:02:47 +0000

I find that some bloggers who end up posting 4-5 times a day are just insane. It’s probably best to do that with short articles that can be shared for headlines, but for blogs with quality content and longer articles this is a harder approach.

By: Creluretrargo

Creluretrargo — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:17:38 +0000

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By: Mariano

Mariano — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:01:20 +0000

I don’t completely agree with the “one post a day” philosophy, especially if you’re attempting to write good content. I honestly think that “one size fits all” might not work for everybody. I’m thinking specifically for business blogs, which might not be the primary source of revenue for a business, can provide valuable information and increase traffic, just maybe not on the level of someone who only blogs professionally.

If all you’re doing is blogging and that’s your business model, that’s great and I can see why people would blog more often. But as you mention Marko, content is key. I believe, regardless of how you use a blog to communicate your ideas, your audience looks for this (in order of importance):

1) Content
2) Consistency
3) Frequency

Thanks for the great post Marko!

By: Brittany

Brittany — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:27:31 +0000

wow, thanks for all of these ideas, I want to post more often, but I am new to this and trying to come up with valuable content that is well written.
Cheers

By: Eva

Eva — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:00:15 +0000

Here’s my tip. I draft my posts in OneNote. I have three posting tabs – posted, draft, and ideas. Whenever I think of something that may be a good topic i put it under ideas. Whenever I read an article that I may want to link to I save the link under ideas. Once I have a few sentences written, it’s a draft, and then I track and back-up my posts under the posted tab.

I then also have a tab for marketing.

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:38 +0000

@Alex | Blogussion.com – Congrats on the popular post and the Thesis theme. Looking forward to see how you customize it!

By: Alex | Blogussion.com

Alex | Blogussion.com — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:38:39 +0000

I have just realized the importance of posting consistent posts.

I’m not trying to sound like I’m promoting my blog, or egotistical even, but I recently wrote a fairly large list on my blog that brought in a ton of traffic, a ton of feedback for my blog, and plenty of comments. Each night, I look at that post and I am really proud of what I have done on my blog, and I think about all of the fortune it has brought to my blog. I use that post as my main motivation when I prepare to write new posts on my blog. I want to see all of those things happen to each of my posts, so I use that thought to keep up my posting frequency and content quality.

A little off topic here: But I just bought Thesis and your blog has been an invaluable source of information to me on how to customize it a bit. So I just want to say thanks for your Thesis articles, and I hope there’s more of them!

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:32:10 +0000

@Janet Barclay – Not every reader will be able to read each and every of your blog articles, but by keeping a consistent schedule of publishing new articles you will have an increased chance of getting a word out about your blog via search engines and social media and in that way increase your readership.

By: Janet Barclay

Janet Barclay — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:34:06 +0000

I generally blog every day and sometimes wonder if people are too busy to visit that often, especially if they read a lot of different blogs. Your post has helped to alleviate that worry – thank you!

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:19:45 +0000

@Joel Drapper – Reading helps me get ideas personally. More I read, more ideas I can write down and draft for future reference. Read comments on your own blog, comments on other blogs, read blog articles, revisit your article archive, follow discussion is social media, read books…

@Chuck – I am similar. I never subscribe to blogs that are not updated frequently.

@Tumblemoose – Definitely. Traffic decreases, number of comments decreases, number of RSS subscribers decreases… if you want your blog to grow, then put it as a priority to post new articles regularly.