How to Maintain Several Blogs

There is an art to maintaining several blogs. Sometimes for me it’s like an abstract study in minimalism (especially in the summer months when I’m wife, community volunteer, football practice taxi, and Web designer), but believe me, it can be done.

I maintain quite a few blogs and I write on other people’s blogs (for fun and business). I won’t mention them here for fear of being accused of shameless promotion.

At any rate, here’s how it works for me. Not listed in any particular order.

• Make goals
  Each blog gets a little bit of your quality attention. Posting everyday on every blog is impossible, but maybe posting once a week on each is do-able.
• Keep an idea file
  Clip articles from the newspaper or magazines. Bookmark sites that are relevant. If you’re really diligent jot notes in a tablet. When you’re low on ideas, consult your file.
• Follow the trends
  One handy source for what’s “hot” is Google trends. Tie in the latest craze with your blog topic and get more hits. Guaranteed.
• Schedule your posts
  The beauty of most popular blogging platforms (like WordPress, the one that runs my blog) is hat you can schedule posts to appear later. If possible schedule a month or more.
• Hang around interesting folks
  This is where networking comes in. While you chat it up, glean tidbits from your connections. Don’t copy. Just glean.
• K.I.S.S.
  Keep those posts short and to the point. If they run on more than 350 words, chunk it up and use keyword-optimized headings (boosts your SEO).
• Divide and conquer
  I have an email account for each blog. They all come into one email client but not one email account. This makes it easier to manage comments and interactions on social media sites.
• Connect your social media accounts
  Just as I have several blogs, I also have several social media accounts. You probably do too. Connect them to your blog and to each other. There’s plenty of how-to information online about this. Google how to post simultaneously.
• Get some sleep
  And while you’re at it, get some exercise too. Rest and overall well being makes for a sharper mind. Stop burning that candle up.

Work the Web. Have Fun.

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