Well, it has only taken me 56 days to actually get to the end of this 31 Days to Build a Better Blog journey by ProBlogger Blog Tips. For this final one we were asked to Plan the Next Steps for Your Blog [Day 31 - 31DBBB]. Essentially, Darren wanted us to make a plan for the next month that schedules out our blogging activities.
I have kind of been doing some of this anyway, as throughout this journey (and based upon the 30 Days to Being a Better Blogger series that Steve Dembo did), I have begun to add in placeholder entries where I begin to drop stuff as I find them to ensure that I post those items monthly, but also to decrease the amount of work at any one given time putting them together. But beyond this, I believe one of the reasons why I haven’t been as good at producing original content for this blog is because I do it when I have the time – and like most busy people finding free time ot not always an easy thing to do (so, I’m hoping that this plan will help.
And to try and get started on the right foot, I created a Google calendar for my blog and began to create an outline for the next two months.
June
July
I’m not sure how readable this calendar is, and you’ll note that I have a few empty days in July (one of the difficulties with planning out that far in advance I suppose). But this is what I will use for my general guidelines.
You’ll note in June I’ve included the completion of the Disrupting Class series that I have been working towards on and off since this past December. Also an entry about my visit to Odyssey Charter High School in November 2008, and in July the long threatened entry on my problems with charter schools. Continuing in July, there are plans to begin blogging about my IT6230 class that I will be teaching. You’ll also see plans for the month podcast to begin again in earnest.
As always, I’ll continue to post things I find in the iNACOL forums, Facebook, my inbox, or just general searching – but this is a general guidelines of where I am going for the next two months….
While this journey is complete, I should note that Darren did send us a bonus task – see Bonus Task 31DBBB – How to Write Compelling Post Titles – that I am simply going to try and do better with, and not write a complete entry about. My next challenge, likely for August, will be to participate in the NaBloPoMo or National Blog Posting Month – I just have to wait for an appropriately themed month.
Darren offers some good tips, but sometimes you just have to trust yourself and go with what feels right. Too much of a plan can hinder one’s own individual expression :-)
Comment by ggw_bach — May 31, 2009 @ 1:02 pm |
Thanks for the comment. Interestingly, the entries that I get the best and the most feedback on are the original ones that I craft – as opposed to the many re-posted items that find their way to me. However, the re-posted items are quick and easy to do, while the original ones take some time. So I’m hoping that by creating a plan that I’ll be able to do a better job at posting more original content. We’ll see how it goes for the first two months and go from there…
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