I am a big fan of staying organized much the same way; with loads of legal pads, manilla folders and stickies. Though I am going to Staples now to get what I need to do this, and go the extra mile.

Thanks.

I have a folder in my file cabinet where I put blogging ideas that I have found in magazines, newspapers, etc. I have folders under my favorites for blogs I like to visit and for blogging ideas. I also have folders set up with my email so that I can move things to a folder for blogging ideas and get them out of my inbox. Whenever I’m having a dry spell, I just go to my emails, folder, or blogging ideas that have been bookmarked.

My system works great for me, but right now it has been neglected some and is getting messy. I need to do some maintenance.

http://mattonmarketing.blogspot.com/2007/01/getting-organized-part-iii.html

For that reason, I use Basecamp, which allows me to log in from anywhere, for notes and work-in-progress ideas. For links, I use del.icio.us, for which I have the Firefox plugin both on my home and work Macs. For on-the-fly notes, I use a small Moleskine, but always transcribe notes to Basecamp the next morning.

Or anyways, that’s the theory of it. We’ll see whether I manage to keep this process up now that I’ve started blogging professionally. ;)

Very inspirational, and hopefully, a good solution for those who tend to work from a single location.

No Darren; just inefficient, and misguided for they want to spread their inefficiency. I read tech guys to make me more efficient. They usually do. I like posts like this one:

http://www.matthuggins.com/55-essential-articles-every-serious-blogger-should-read/

Going paper seemed to me quite a waste of time and resources, thus the snark (which isn’t always wrong; only sometimes, and I only engage in it sometime, not always).

If you read the 73 comments above yours you’ll find that this article did connect with many.

I’m all for people having their own ways of doing things but your comment is quite rude. Feel free to disagree with the articles on this blog but if you’re going to do so please take the time to remember that there’s another human being on the other side of the post who is simply sharing their story.

You should think about what impact attacking someone who has the courage to share a little of how they work will have on your own blog. You come across as a snarky elitist blogger – someone who I doubt most people who read your comment will want to read.

Why would any blogger go lo-tech like a silly little elementary school kid, complete with binders, paper tags, and stupid markers?

I can just imagine carrying this stupid folder around when I go to live blog.

“Hi, I’m nerdy blogger guy, can someone please help me carry my ugly, white, elementary school folder, god its so heavy. Please, while you’re at it, can you also call me a nerd, and place a Kick Me sign on my back? I really never grew up from fourth grade.”

A real blogger knows without having to write it down that you have to focus on building traffic, outreach to other blogs, and CERTAINLY doesn’t need to write down his or her ideas (because that is what the draft folder is for). On top of that, there is no need to print articles because that is why God invented delicious. This article has wasted more of my brain cells than the entire four week long Paris Hilton news coverage. Get yourself Firefox, integrate Delicious into it, and then when you have blogged about an article, delete it from your Del.

And most importantly, never again read declutter blog.

I’m especially finding a system like this necessary now that I’m managing multiple blogs. It just helps my peace of mind to know that all the little pieces are corralled in one central place.

Thanks for this post–it’s inspired me to create my own blog binder :-) .

Organization leads to clarity, which leads to focus, which leads to productivity and efficiency, ultimately leeding to profitability and enhanced earnings!