Written on July 27th, 2008 at 02:07 am by Darren Rowse
If you only had one hour a day to blog what would you spend it doing?
If you only had one hour a day to blog what would you spend it doing?
A reader recently sent me a question asking how I’d approach blogging if I only had one hour a day. I can’t find the email for the life of me (if it was you please email me and I’ll give you credit) but it went something like this (paraphrased from my recollection of the question):
“I have very limited access to the internet but would like to build a successful blog. Can it be done and if so what activities should I do if I can only get online for one hour a day?”
This is a question that I thought would be a good discussion starter.
As bloggers we have many choices to make when it comes to how to spend our time. There’s obviously a need to write content - but then there are many other activities that compete for our time:
- Social Media
- SEO
- Interacting with readers and moderating comments
- Blog Design
- Networking with other bloggers
- Promoting our content in other places (forums, offline etc
- Adding new features
The list could (and does) go on. I could (and sometimes do) spend anything up to 12 hours a day online blogging - so if confronted with the choice to do only 1 hour’s activities it’d be a difficult thing to work out what to cut.
So how would you fill 1 hour a day on your blogging (or how do you if this is all the time you have)? What’s most important and what activities do you ignore or put off?
122 Responses to “If you only had one hour a day to blog what would you spend it doing?”
cb
July 27th, 2008 2:14 am
I’m very far from an expert but if it was me, I’d spend the time commenting on related blogs and responding to comments on mine. Especially if it is a niche market - better to make strong contacts with regular readers than spreading the net very wide and getting ‘drive by’ clicks who come and go and don’t stay..
Davin-Viral Marketing Maniac
July 27th, 2008 2:16 am
Hmmm, that’s a great question actually. I think if I only had one hour a day on it then I’d have to alternate activities on the different hour I had each day.
Day 1 for one hour Create content for a posts
Day 2 for one hour Social Bookmarking..linking etc.
Day 3 for one hour Remote blog work etc. etc.
Basically alternate all of the necessities day to day I suppose. At least it make sense to me…
Great question and post Darren. Always love reading…
Cheers
Davin
Rahul Bansal
July 27th, 2008 2:17 am
First if I had only one hour then I will go for “Interacting with readers and moderating comments”
Between an advice for that fellow…. Why don’t he try offline blogging using desktop blogging clients?
So that he can publish post in few minutes when get Internet access and then use rest of the time for other activities. :-)
Alex the Freelance Twin
July 27th, 2008 2:17 am
Wow just one hour a day, I would feel so lost! But sometimes you have to work with what you’ve got. If I only had one hour to blog a day, I would spend half of it writing my blog post (or working on finishing a blog post), and the other half socializing with people in my niche. Leaving comments on other blogs and doing the social media thing.
Pollarizer
July 27th, 2008 2:18 am
I would spend it entirely to promote my blog. If he has limited access to the internet he could find topics and write about them offline (as long as he`s no tech blogger).
When accessing the web, i would post it and promote it as well a using the time to respond to questions / posts of others.
I think thats the way to go when your internet access is limited.
Rachel
July 27th, 2008 2:18 am
I hope it never comes to that! =)
Since my site is known for the Daily DIY, a daily feature that links to all the DIY projects on the internet on a given day, I would have to spend my time writing that. But there’s no way I’d get it done!
Eric Grey
July 27th, 2008 2:25 am
Well, obviously I’d be spending several hours offline producing great content and using a relatively limited amount of time online publishing it. I might also look for offline ways to do promotion - using the local news media, public lectures (if my expertise warranted it), flyers and business cards, talking to friends and coworkers, etc… I think I would also offload my technical tasks to someone else, even though it would cost me some money. That way I could focus the rest of my time on building relationships and researching other blogs in my niche — doing promotion through solid relationships, the foundation of any great blog.
Great question! Sometimes I think I’m actually more productive and effective when I have those kinds of limitations - I just haven’t been so great at self-imposing them. :)
Eric
art
July 27th, 2008 2:32 am
write, read and comment
Rajaie AlKorani
July 27th, 2008 2:33 am
That’s a hard one! Well…. I would set a schedule so that I could do most of the tasks mentioned every 15 minutes.
Miguel Alvarez
July 27th, 2008 2:33 am
Well… “having limited internet access” and “having just 1 hour to blog a day” are two very different things.
If the guy has limited internet access, he can use the rest of his free time to write compelling content for his blog, and then spend the time he has online to post it and promote it with social media.
If he has just 1 hour to blog per day, then he’ll probably need to spend that hour actually creating the content.
Cheers!
Miguel Alvarez
http://MarketingFactor.com/
Julian Simpson
July 27th, 2008 2:43 am
My blog has to fit in around my full-time job, partner and 2 children. I mainly focus on writing articles where I can. On the train I write articles offline and post them to blogger later. The use of blogger was a deliberate choice that allowed me to get up and running faster, even though I could install wordpress - I have a virtual server already.
Were I the mystery question-asker I’d focus on writing some good content and building up a following. It’s taken me 8 months to start gaining some traction, because my blog is a niche blog.
I’m open to hiring a virtual assistant if I could find the right person at a mutually attractive price. That would be a huge help!
Mary (MPJ)
July 27th, 2008 2:45 am
I have an hour and a half a day while both kids are in school. I spend most of that writing, because that’s what I love to do, and a blog is nothing without good content. I usually take weekends off of writing to catch up on blog reading/commenting, e-mail and improving site design.
Stephanerd
July 27th, 2008 2:47 am
At first I was horrified that no one was mentioning “creating content,” but Rahul’s absolutely correct: A step like that (the most important step of all) can be done offline.
As far as design goes, if you get it right the first time, it’s something you don’t have to focus on so much later on.
After that, my next priority would be interacting with readers. You can’t keep readers if you don’t make them feel welcome. And if they do feel welcome, they may bring in other readers for you!
Troy
July 27th, 2008 2:57 am
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Ulla
July 27th, 2008 2:58 am
I would spend the hour online on
+ reading and commenting other blogs
+ replying to other people’s comments
+ putting my post online
+ announcing it on twitter.
Steve Nimmons
July 27th, 2008 3:05 am
To answer the question I would start by thinking, if I only have 7 hours per week to blog what subject is going to work. Fast moving, highly competitive topics are really going to be hard to crack with such limited available time. I would also be thinking, what are the smart ways to collate content during the day - maybe microblogging short items and segments I could paste together, or using an mp3 recorder to capture ideas over lunch. I quite often write blog posts in my head while on the train and then transcribe when I get home. The blog will also need to be something ‘research light’ as I would easily spend an hour a day researching interesting domains.
Not sure if there are any agreed stats, but my gut feel is in a new blog venture I’m spending a ratio of something like 7:1 off-site on SEO / marketing. That would dip of course over time, but you need to consider start up as worst case.
Maybe the answer is to build a community of authors around the blog and spend the 1hr as the admin / main editor. I don’t see how you will get scalability unless there are more ‘hands’ at the pump.
adam
July 27th, 2008 3:08 am
That’s quite a tricky question…isn’t it? I would outsource all its functions you have quoted in your blog post and I would spend 1 hour per day organizing and controlling, how that work is going:)
Angela
July 27th, 2008 3:09 am
I think for me it would depend on which hour of the day I had available to blog since my mental processes have their OWN time of the day. Early morning? MUST have plenty of coffee before functioning at full speed so no telling what blogging during that hour would roll out. ;-)
Mike Nichols
July 27th, 2008 3:13 am
Assuming that I could spend that hour uninterrupted (rare), I would do the following in this order:
1. Write post(s)
2. Answer comments on my blog
3. Comment on other blogs and forums
4. Social media, such as Twitter, StumbleUpon etc
Thomas Stachl
July 27th, 2008 3:18 am
10 minutes:
The first ten minutes I would insert content. I may have the possibility to write the content offline so copy&paste would be faster.
20 minutes:
Interacting with the readers and reply to comments.
20 minutes:
Care about my social network profiles.
10 minutes:
The last ten minutes I would spend for things that doesn’t come every day like adding new features, change the design, SEO, …
Karen Putz / DeafMom
July 27th, 2008 3:18 am
I would spend half of the hour writing a blog post and the other half commenting on other blogs.
And I’d squeeze in five minutes somewhere for Twitter.
Suzanna
July 27th, 2008 3:22 am
Rahul makes the best point here, do everything you can before you sign on for your one hour on the ‘net. Another thing you might be able to do is use your cell phone for some of your necessary contact, texting or even Twittering if possible. That said, you want to establish your presence somehow, so as Mike listed, get your posts up, answer comments briefly yet engagingly, then go to your most productive groups or forums and be active regularly there so people want to know what you’re blogging about. Social media is a huge time sink, important as it is, so until you have some content backing up your presence, don’t get too caught up in that. Good luck!
Suzanna Stinnett
http://www.greatadaptations.org
ximx
July 27th, 2008 3:28 am
I would find time for writing content while i’m working or doing another things. And spend my hour for - adding content to a blog, answer comments on my blog, comment other blogs.
Jeff - buzzmyblog.com
July 27th, 2008 3:34 am
I wrote a post about this recently that broke the hour down minute by minute.
http://www.buzzmyblog.com/post/2008/06/An-Hour-To-Blog-What-Do-You-Do.aspx
Beth
July 27th, 2008 3:35 am
I’m in somewhat the same place as Julian and Mary, and I’m in the process of re-launching a blog that pretty much went dark during my undergrad senior year (3 posts over the course of the school year). And I’m a working artist, so the vast majority of what amounts to “content creation” has nothing to do with the site itself, but happens offline, in the studio, and has to be documented and commented on.
I’m lucky in that I can do a lot of feed-reading and networking during the workday, which at least gives me a foundation to work from. If I have only five minutes at a time to work on my personal site, I clean out spam filters and respond to comments. If I have ten minutes, I maintain widget ephemera - upload new photos to Flickr, post to Twitter, add a few new links to del.icio.us. (Even if there are no new substantive posts, there should be SOMETHING new at least each day, preferably a couple of times a day.) If I have half an hour, I brainstorm new posts and site improvements, or pull something from my post ideas list and start to write. If I have an hour, I get a new post up. And if I have half a day, I actually work on major site revisions and/or write longer feature pieces.
My big push right now is to build a inventory of small, gifty pieces, start an Etsy store, and get the Etsy widget installed. That will bring a whole new level of ephemera maintenance to bear!
Ashley Lorelle
July 27th, 2008 3:39 am
What a great topic! Because of university and working part time, I usually do only have one hour a day to dedicate to my blog! I pretty much dedicate each day a week to something different. I spend three days a week updating my blog and then days in between promoting, designing, and social networking. In my free time between classes and work (usually while I”m on the bus) I’ll jot down ideas for the blog and outline different articles.
Warren Whitlock
July 27th, 2008 3:45 am
If I wanted to spend only an hour:
1. Read Pro Blogger and comment
2. Tweet about how little time I have
3. Read comments, connect with those with blogs
4. Use 1 day a week to write 3 articles
5. Social media
I would not want the limit, so if I was there, I’d”
1. Start making money
2. Quit something else to have more time to blog
I use “money” as sort of the universal motivator. I’d image others have non-business aims or passions, which would be even stornger motivation to want to spend more than an hour.
Warren Whitlock
http://BookMarketingStrategy.com
ilaxi
July 27th, 2008 3:53 am
Updating Blogs and sites as a priority and most of the time exploring Facebook and promoting twitter. And of course, a quick peek into links at Twitter - exploring and learning tech. An hour is too less!
- ilaxi
http://www.kidsfreesouls.com
David Rader
July 27th, 2008 4:02 am
I often time spend around 12 hours a day blogging too, or even more.
Due to my chaotic schedule though, sometimes I do only have about an hour to work on my blog. I don’t want to rush creating an entry, but if there’s something I’ve been thinking about enough recently that the words will flow from my fingertips without interruption, then I’ll write. I try to stay consistent with writing quality. Also, if I haven’t written anything for a while, then I may push to get something out.
Many times though, I’ll spend that time just reviewing what I have done and what needs to be done. That way I’ll be able to think about and explore those things in my mind for then ext time I have the time to work more. After all, creativity is the best part about blogging, isn’t it?
I almost never use that one hour time for coding (adding blog features), because depending on the size of the project, an hour is often just enough time to set up all the tools, and figure out what approach I’m going to take to code.
Vered
July 27th, 2008 4:06 am
3 times per week, I would use that time to write and publish new content.
The rest of the week:
30 min/day: Interacting with my readers and responding to their emails and comments.
20 min/day: reading and commenting on other blogs.
10 min/day: participating in social media.
Having said that, I don’t think you can build a successful blog if you only have an hour per day, just like you can’t build any other successful business with just one hour per day.
My Awesome Blog
July 27th, 2008 4:16 am
Outsource the blog posts to others? focus on one blog and write offline, then upload once a day
Madhur Kapoor
July 27th, 2008 4:16 am
If i had 1 an hour every day, then one day i would focus on writing posts, one day i will promote it, one day i will visit other blogs in order to interact with other bloggers.
Tiffany Monhollon
July 27th, 2008 4:17 am
This is such a great question because even those of us with unlimited net access but full-time jobs don’t have the 10-12 hours a day we wished we did to build a highly successful blog when we have to squeeze life and blog into the hours that are left during the week.
Content has to be first in your priority, that is, creating great stuff. For me, anyway, but that has a lot to do with my goals online (less about making money and more about becoming a thought leader). But as readers have pointed out, if internet access itself is the issue, that can be done “offline.”
But in my scenario, creating content has to be budgeted out of my entire time budget, so it has to be the top time allocation. That said, I’ve learned that even the best content doesn’t do you much good unless it’s reaching people, so a very close second would be a mashup of social netwg ,orkininteracting with readers and site promotion.
Where the rubber meets the road, though, this is hard to enact. Ive had to cut back dramatically on the number of posts I write so I still have time for the rest of these things.
Fitz
July 27th, 2008 4:17 am
Here’s what I think is a healthy and balanced blogging activity if I had only an hour everyday:
First 4 minutes:
Moderate and reply to comments in the blog
Next 6 minutes:
Plan your next post. Write an outline and note keywords that you want to optimize in. If possible, include other SEO related strategies you need to do for the post.
Next 32 minutes:
Write content. If time is up and you’re not finished, just continue and post it the next day or sacrifice the next task to finish it.
Last 18 minutes:
Choose any one of the following. You may alternate these activities for each day:
1. Promote blog content in social media, forums, etc.
2. Network with other bloggers, comment in their blogs.
3. Analyze traffic and optimize ads, blog layout & design.
My blogging activity is very similar to this one. If you’re wondering why my time allocation is like that, the answer is because it’s proportional to my actual blogging schedule. :)
StickyGooeyCreamyChewy
July 27th, 2008 4:22 am
This is such a timely post for me! I just posted something similar on my own blog because I’ve been feeling so overwhelmed lately. As a food blogger, it isn’t enough to just write great content. You also have to find/develop recipes, cook/bake the food, photograph it and then, finally write about it. After that, you need to spend time visiting/commenting on hundreds of other blogs and still find time for social networking! Then, maybe if you are lucky, you have time left over for family, friends, etc. Whew! I can’t imagine only spending 1 hour a day on blogging as 1 post takes me at least 5-6 hours to create from start to finish. I don’t know how some manage it all!
I presented this quandary to my readers out of desperation and got some great advice on how to strike a balance in one’s life. Maybe, I’ll pick up some good tips here too.
Tech Blogger
July 27th, 2008 4:25 am
Believe me this is very hard to focus on one topic and if you have only one Hours you need to be some kind of YOGA expert, or very organized person.
GoodLuck One Hour Blogger!!
Marija
July 27th, 2008 4:26 am
I would just read other blogs, write my content, answer emails and moderate comments.
Justin Levy
July 27th, 2008 4:28 am
@Julian Simpson: I have several virtual assistants and manage approx. 150 people in Manila “by day”. I also provide consulting services where I help match the needs of my clients with virtual assistants (or other outsourced teams). Email me if interested: justin [dot] levy [at] gmail [dot] com.
As far as the blog post, sometimes I only do have an hour to spend on my blog and right now I spend a lot of my time networking especially on Twitter. I am currently posting approximately every 2-3 days though I’d like to post more frequently. I try to get the minor cosmetic/content changes/additions as I get a few free moments but I think networking and working on new posts are the 2 most important things especially for a new(er) blog.
-Justin Levy
Troy
July 27th, 2008 4:32 am
I’m in a similar situation and typically try to break it down by day.
Monday & Wednesday - Friday: Writing articles, answering emails, moderating comments.
Tuesday: I spend promoting the site. I find it’s the best day to approach people and promote the site. Monday’s are typically too busy for people and they’re bombarded with things… later in the week tends to get pushed off till the weekend. So Tuesday is the best fit.
Saturday & Sunday: Design, Development, and Improvements. There’s typically slower traffic, so it’s the best time to make modifications without worrying about alienating the viewers.
blogversary
July 27th, 2008 4:33 am
I would write on my own blog. Respond to comments. Pick two - five blogs to read and comment.
Then pray for more time.
Harald Johnsen
July 27th, 2008 4:40 am
Only one hour per day?
Well, I’d spend that time creating some EXTREMELY CONTROVERSIAL content, and then make lots of anonymous phone calls to scandal hungry tabloid garbage journalists about it. Hopefully I’d create a stir and get lots curious and angry visitors to my blog. Once the backlinks were there I’d start writing some real content and redeem myself in the eyes of the world and show people what a good guy I had become, and then everyone would love me for the positive changes I’d made and visit my site all the time and link to it for others to see.
Then I’d rinse and repeat and get rich and (in)famous.
Best blogging tip ever? Probably.
(Seriously, though, with only one hour per day I’d spend the first day’s hour doing some real time management work and sort out ways to find more time to blog. An hour doesn’t go as far as it used to, you know.)
Taryn Merrick
July 27th, 2008 5:03 am
I would spend 15 min. commenting on the blogs I read daily.
I would spend 45 min. getting inspiration on writing a blog post that could spread my mantra of peace, and improve peoples lives. Of course, if that happens to attract clients who are like minded, that is a bonus to me.
PlasticPilot
July 27th, 2008 5:23 am
I’m not a professional blogger, so if you want to see what a “one hour daily” blog looks like, feel free to visit…
And to return the question, what would I do if I could blog all day long ? Then I’ll probably try to do my best to follow the tips found here.
learnfilm
July 27th, 2008 5:25 am
Well if you only have 1 hour a day to spend on blog then just write good article because you will not have any more time for anything else. Blogging is time consuming as anything else, and if you want to make any money blogging then 1 hour is nothing.
writer dad
July 27th, 2008 5:30 am
I don’t think that one hour a day would be enough to build a s truly uccessful blog. Having said that, nothing should come before the writing. Once that’s done, connecting with like minded sites would be the first thing on my list.
Lance
July 27th, 2008 5:35 am
That’s easy. I’d spend it writing…with only 1 hour, you’d probably have just enough time to write a 400-500 post with a bit of research, and maybe upload some media. If you do 1 hour every day, you’ll have plenty of content, which is more than half the battle.
Trisha
July 27th, 2008 5:55 am
I’d probably only post 2-3 times a week, so I could spend the other online time networking. Of course, you could also write the posts offline too. Concentrating on the most effective ways to market your blog would be best too - probably commenting and answering emails.
WiseMoneyMatters
July 27th, 2008 6:12 am
I would organize it like this:
1. Start the blog
Spend 1 hour per day getting your blog up and running. Get the design you want (just get a template for now). Focus on getting good SEO plugins so you won’t have to work on it.
This may take a while, but I recommend getting these things down solid before even worrying about content. If you get these down, you won’t have to worry about half of Darren’s list above. At least not on a daily basis.
2. Organize your week
A lot of this depends on weekends. If you can get an extra hour or so on weekends, you can change this slightly to put some things on weekends.
Monday
This is the day you probably want to focus on commenting on other sites and networking. I know on Mondays, I always spend the first hour of my day just kind of getting caught up on things. This includes getting caught up on Facebook, MySpace, reading the newest articles, work stuff, etc. This is the day you will get the most publicity.
Tues-Sat
Write. Just focus and write. You will want to write 7 days worth of posts in these 5 days. Make sure you publish articles in the future so it appears to your readers that you are posting every day. You can do it if you really focus. If you are having trouble doing 7 days worth of work in 5, I recommend getting Timothy Ferriss’ book The 4 Hour Workweek. It will help you.
Sun
Rest. Don’t worry so much about the blog. You need a day of rest otherwise you will begin to hate it.
If you can squeeze a few more hours into Saturday, then use it to do an extra post or two and doing SEO or promoting.
When it comes down to it, though, you need to focus on writing good content. If you write good content, the readers will come. It will take a little longer than if you promoted your site everyday, but they will still come. And more importantly, they will stay.
CJ
wisemoneymatters.com
Ed
July 27th, 2008 6:17 am
If I were just starting my blog, I would spend a month on just content. Then go to 1 or two posts a week and focus on social media, commenting on other blogs and interacting with my commentors. Definitely do the bulk of the creative work off computer.
Grus i Salaten
July 27th, 2008 6:20 am
Just get content on it, then continue to post what the internet needs, new stuff! If you discovered something new and interesting, write about it.
Tom Hanna
July 27th, 2008 6:22 am
My advice for him doesn’t have to do with how to spend his online time, but with how to spend his offline time. Use print and broadcast media to develop ideas and write them up ahead of time. Don’t obsess over linking to something in every story, though quickly finding a few relevant links after the piece is written but before you hit publish shouldn’t be that hard. The big advantage this limit on online time has is that by writing the content offline, based on non-internet media and actual…thought…this blogger will have original content and not just more echoes in the echo chamber.
SparklyD
July 27th, 2008 6:23 am
One hour will either be spent on writing or working on furthering my marketing plan…Plain and simple!
Adam
July 27th, 2008 6:46 am
Well. First of all I would write all of my posts offline so I could just get ready to post them.
One the first day, I’d type of 5-7 posts that I’d written and if I had any time left over, I’d moderate comments and do blog stuff.
On day two I’d do social media, promote my blogs, promote others I liked, etc.
On day three I’d go through my RSS looking for other ideas to link to, etc…
On day four I’d answer email, do a little friendly networking and stuff like that.
On day five I’d make sure everything was running smoothly with my blog…tweak anything that was needed.
On day six I’d probably do RSS and email again.
ON day seven I’d comment all over the blogosphere.
Rob Malon - Automating Websites
July 27th, 2008 7:10 am
If you settup your site with XAMPP (local install of php/apache/mysql etc). You can build your site where ever you want and upload the results later. That might be a more technical solution but if you have the time and access to a computer without internet its great. I carry around a working local copy of my blog in that way. Its also helped me on a few occasions when I accidentally deleted something I wanted back.
Rasheed
July 27th, 2008 7:14 am
Well, I’ve had a blog going on for a few months now (not generating any income directly) and learned a whole lot of new strategies & tactics that I need to implement, however with only an hour a day, each day would be different task.
Content is important so I’d spend a few days on that until I have at least 10 pillar articles. That can take a week or two with only an hour a day.
After that I’d spend an hour commenting on some peer’s blogs relating to the market that I am targeting.
6 Step Checklist for On-Site Search Engine Optimization
July 27th, 2008 7:17 am
For me, only having an hour would mean that I could not blog at all since it takes me several hours just to write one post, but if I only had an hour for promotion then I would have to choose the one that brings the most traffic and subscribers and right now that would be relevant forum postings.
Thanks,
JR
6 Step Checklist for On-Site Search Engine Optimization
July 27th, 2008 7:19 am
Looking over Adam’s answers, I think I would definitely copy his, it is a great solution.
Craigslist Phone Verified Accounts
July 27th, 2008 7:48 am
Definitely I would try to write at least 1 post a day, updating content in any blog is very crucial. Rest of the time I would spend posting comments on related to my niche blogs and social bookmarking, social media stuff for more exposure. 1 hour can be fairly enough to do much work if you can plan it properly.
Rachel Keslensky
July 27th, 2008 8:07 am
I don’t think it’s POSSIBLE, to be honest.
I notice a lot of these comments are doing everything they can to “Cheat” the idea by claiming the hour as “time online” and not “time spent actively blogging” or even “Time spent on blogging-related work” like reading various marketing materials.
This isn’t to say there aren’t ways to speed things up (like using an RSS reader to gather all your new posts from other blogs to read for you) but an hour per day isn’t even enough to WRITE the average post.
Yes, you can start a blog in minutes. You might even be able to write a quick post in that time. But without a hell of a strategy to make up for the time that needs to be spent marketing the blog and making it something successful, it won’t happen unless you’re Seth Godin or something (where half the job is practically done FOR you by the time you get around to that hour a day).
But starting to blog? No way. There’s got to be more to it than that.
Ann - One Bag Nation
July 27th, 2008 8:38 am
I don’t have anything to add, just to agree that it takes more than an hour a day to build a successful blog.
You’d certainly have to limit the number of posts per week, since you’d have to devote at least a couple of the hours to networking, commenting and responding to comments.
Might be an interesting experiment . . .
Corey Freeman
July 27th, 2008 8:52 am
I have to agree with the above idea, I think it would be fun to see if you can create a successful blog with only one hour a day!
I would definitely spend the time writing and scheduling posts, then one day a week would be devoted to research, and another to responding to comments. I think it’d be all about time management.
Daniel Cooper
July 27th, 2008 9:00 am
I would try to write the content while I had some spare offline time, so I could quickly type it up, then spend the 1 hour a day SEO’ing, link building and networking.
Entrenewbie
July 27th, 2008 9:28 am
It’s important to stay organized. Schedule your week and plan what you are going to write ahead of time.
Once you figured out what you are going to write, you don’t have to write it on-line or on the computer. You can write it down on with pen and paper and then when you have the time to actually post it, you can post what you have already written so much faster. If you knock that post out in under an hour you can begin writing up your next post and schedule it to publish the next day (this works in wordpress, but I don’t know about other blogging platforms).
If you stay ahead of yourself using scheduled posts, that will leave extra time to work on SEO, Social Networking, Etc.
With limited access to the internet, the only way to make the best use of your time is to write and plan as much offline as possible.
Liz
July 27th, 2008 9:43 am
If the “one hour” included time in which I had to write posts as well, then I think I’d probably spend five days a week writing posts and use leftover time to moderate comments and do some commenting of my own. Weekends would be for all the other stuff, including updates, features, etc.
Wayne Tully
July 27th, 2008 9:49 am
If I had only one hour a day, I would just do the same as I do now, try and fit it all in, all at the same time!
Or at the very least split my time equally to at least four tasks which would be 15 minutes long each, although I would have to plan this out beforehand to make sure I effectively managed these strict time deadlines.
Mind you, I have found that if you plan and keep to your own time limited deadlines, that you are more productive in whatever you do and focused too, especially in writing more content.
Kristofor
July 27th, 2008 10:38 am
I have often wondered how much you can do in an hour. I think bloggers have the possibility to do plenty in just a short space of time.
I think I would spend 15 min reading RSS feeds. 30 minutes writing blog posts. Then another 15 minutes commenting on other blogs.
I think this is an achievable goal. Not only do I believe it is achievable but I am going to make this a challenge for myself!
Starting as of today, using my new blog (enspri.com) I will dedicate a maximum of one hour on my blog each day. Using some rules which I have outlined for myself on my blog.
I think this is a great challenge. I hope I can make something out of this challenge for everyone else to use as an example.
paul
July 27th, 2008 10:41 am
One hour per day might actually make for better blogging! Remember what Tim Ferris taught us about Pareto’s and Parkinson’s laws:
1) Pareto: you get 80% of your results from 20% of your activities
2) Parkinson: a task will swell in (perceived) importance and complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion.
Ferris recommends that we:
1) limit tasks to the important to shorten work time (Pareto), and
2) shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson).
All that to say that one hour bloggers might be better bloggers!
Oh yea, do yourself a favor and read Tim Ferris’s book, The Four Hour Work Week.
Patricia
July 27th, 2008 10:48 am
Wow what a great question and made me look at how I am organizing my time and I loved the suggestions many are activities I just learned here and now! Thank you. I write all my posts off line now, and have a web person to moderate and put them on my website. I give her free reign as to the design of the site and make suggestions on the phone. So I would spend most of my time online checking out other blogs and learning blogging and working on the business end, which really only turns out to be about 90 minutes per day- I don’t even dare to answer the phone during that online time. Time is a precious commodity but if one has a plan one can design their time use to a maximum of productivity and results.
Stropp
July 27th, 2008 11:49 am
First, since it’s such a limited time, I’d set up a decent process that allowed me to compress as much activity into my online time as possible.
1) I’d write all content and do all my planning offline. Since I use Live Writer, I’d use that and upload when I went online.
2) I’d download all my email. (I’m assuming it’s my Internet access that’s limitied.)
– I’d set up the blog to email all comments to me so I didnt have to keep checking the blog
– I’d subscribe to other blogs in my niche using email. Or perhaps find a RSS reader that stored posts offline.
– Organise my email folders to effectively categorise content using filters.
3) I’d write email responses and responses to comments offline. When I got online, I’d upload email replies and quickly paste the comment responses into the appropriate blog posts.
4) I’d moderate spam at this point.
It shouldn’t take too much more than ten or fifteen minutes online to do this, depending on the number of comment responses. At this point, it’s probably time to network, visit blogs, make changes to the theme (also worked out offline), and do any social networking.
I think that’s it. ;-)
Thank goodness I’m not restricted to just an hour everyday!
Villy
July 27th, 2008 12:55 pm
One hour is not that less a time. In fact, it’s a lot. I myself don’t spend more than an hour on my blog; but it’s a different question that I’m not the only blogger in it.
For single author blogs, I would say, one hour is a little less.
Ribeezie
July 27th, 2008 1:00 pm
I’d spend more time with my readers. After all, readers are what make my content matter. Without them, I wouldn’t be much of anything…. Sure I’d focus on my content and posting regularly, but trying to find what keeps them coming back is important to me as well.
ChinaMatt
July 27th, 2008 1:25 pm
Only one hour? I’d probably use it to procrastinate.
Lightening
July 27th, 2008 1:57 pm
One hour a day? Gosh, that would sure be a challenge!
If I only had 1 hour a day to spend on blogging, I would stick to 1 blog and post to it every second day (or 3 times a week depending on whether you want to stick to set posting days each week). Then focus on responding to comments and commenting on other blogs with the rest of my time.
You’d have to be very realistic of your own expectations of what can be achieved with only 1 hour a day. In terms of building readership and so on.
James-DigitalKeyToInfo
July 27th, 2008 2:11 pm
With computer access but limited internet access I would do all the writing offline and save it to a USB drive. When internet access is possible then load everything to your blog. Then spend the rest of the time doing the other blog related things like research and social networking.
You could use things like Portable Apps to handle your email and have that all ready to check and upload also.
If the computer access is also limited, well do what you can. You would then be spending nearly all that time blogging. Being a serious blogger without a computer is a bit like being a taxi driver that needs to rent a car to work.
Robert Barr
July 27th, 2008 4:30 pm
Very easy! Write content!
Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach
July 27th, 2008 6:18 pm
Simple.
I’d spend 10 minutes going thru my feeds and commenting where appropriate.
I’d then spend 10 minutes going thru my feeds again and social networking the good stuff I uncover.
Then I’d spend 10 minutes on my own blog maintenance.
Then I’d spend what’s left over writing.
A little bit…every day…makes a difference.
Data points, Barbara
blog4net
July 27th, 2008 6:25 pm
I have a regular job, wife and 2 children. I am struggling to build my blog. I am waiting for the solutions offered here so that I can manage my time well.
My plan would be to post content twice a week and remaining days in researching content, social networking, etc.
Tom At The Home Business Archive
July 27th, 2008 6:36 pm
If I only had an hour, I would spend it on getting relevant links back to my blog.Commenting on other blogs would be the easiest way I think.
Shafar
July 27th, 2008 7:53 pm
In that ‘one hour’, I would definitely work on building more quality contents. Because I think content is king. Ofcourse other activities in Darren’s list is also very important. But it can be done when we get more time other day or probably at weekends!
ITrush
July 27th, 2008 7:55 pm
One hour? then I’ll use it for writing, bookmarking and commenting then I’ll do it real fast.. LOL.
Caitlin
July 27th, 2008 8:59 pm
You wouldn’t post every day. You would post once or twice a week and focus on making the content really good.
Some of my favourite blogs have posting frequencies of once a week. I think you can build a strong audience by posting less frequently.
By contrast, blogs with a more frequent post pattern such as this one, often end up with a lot of the posts in my feed getting deleted without being read. People are busy.
You can also consider doing more series, where you write a long post in parts and then post a different part every day.
My priorities for an hour a day would be:
Every day - Reading in your field and bookmarking, so you have links and ideas for posts.
- Replying to comments, deleting spam etc.
1-2 times a week - Mapping out posts.
- Writing posts.
- Promotion eg. entering blog carnivals, commenting on other blogs, using social media (which you should do as you read the blogs, except it’s not necessary to comment on everything you read unless you really have something to say).
You can use twitterfeed to automatically tweet when you have a new entry - but you will need to make other use of Twitter in order to win any followers.
Caitlin
July 27th, 2008 9:05 pm
Folks, I think it’s one hour a day to blog, not one hour a day online.
I don’t know about the OP but I have internet access 24/7. My problem is limited time.
I think the hour a day includes writing the content, which means you simply wouldn’t post daily.
Ryan @ Smarter Wealth
July 27th, 2008 9:41 pm
Sometimes I only have one hour (or less) per day to blog. So I would spend half an hour creating a really top quality post each day and then I would spend the other half an hour commenting on other posts and networking with other bloggers to offer guest posts to drive more traffic to your site.
Then I would spend sundays working on the layout of your blog including RSS subscriptions, advertising etc.
I would also start a weekly newsletter and spend a full hour on saturday writing for that and managing that (because that is the best way to make money online)
GettyCash
July 27th, 2008 9:48 pm
If I only had one hour for my blog. I will write new post and submit to social bookmarking.
Ebony Jones
July 27th, 2008 9:59 pm
Only 1 hour? That’s tough…I’d split my normal activities into 1 hour a day for a week.
Mon - write a decent article
Tues - go all over social networks promoting the article
Wed - read and comment all over a bunch of related blogs
Thurs - check web stats for gains from Tues and Wed
Fri - depending on results from Thurs, do more social networking
Sat - brainstorm for article for next week
Sun - answer comments on my blog and forum
Rinse, repeat
Phew!
http://www.urbanswirl.com
guardian angel
July 27th, 2008 10:36 pm
One hour?! You’re gonna kill me then. I am making a single post for about 3 hours. But this is an interesting question as if there will be a scheduled power failure as it usually happen here in my place.
Anyway, assuming that I have prepared a post in a scratch paper the next i do is to promote it in every way I can. Forum posting is my strategy lately as it is effective for me. I am an active member of around 5 forums and I visit them daily, and it takes me an hour to do so.
I am not a SEO guru but I try to apply the keyword density principle in every post.
The remaining time (if there will be) will be spend replying to comments as well as leaving comments like this one.
Improving the design of my blog and adding more features on it is the least important thing that I do, and I believe more on quality content.
See Seth Godin’s blog and you will find simplicity. Wonder why it is very popular?
John
July 27th, 2008 10:50 pm
Nice question.
I have a 7 day schedule I “try” to follow. Its printed out and taped to the wall over my desk.
Each day, I have several things I try to accomplish - Posting, commenting on other blog posts, Twittering and so on. I don’t try to do everything everyday. The trick here is to be disciplined. My weekends seem to be filled with tweaking my blog, looking at WP plugins that can improve my site, etc.
Also, try to do things offline if you can. That may give you more than the hour you are limiting yourself to wiorking on your blog.
Most important, STICK WITH IT!
Monday: Post article(s), comment on other posts
Day 2: Post article(s),
Pump Up Your Book Promotion
July 27th, 2008 10:59 pm
You’d be amazed how much you could get done in an hour, but on the other hand, you’d be amazed at how fast an hour goes by on the Internet. What I would do is write blog posts ahead of time so that would save you time there, but I would have a list beside me (which I do myself) of places I have to send promo off to for it. Cut and paste, cut and paste. I’d aim for those places that have higher readership of course since time is limited and I would also add tags quickly. But here’s something interesting. I had a client email me just yesterday about a company who will set up your blog and maintain it for you since you’re “too busy” to do it yourself or for other reasons. I’m not sure if they write content for you (I’m waiting on my clients’ followup email), but has anyone heard of this and is the money spent worth it?
Rick
July 27th, 2008 11:02 pm
I actually fall into quite often. Right now my current schedule allows me to concentrate on post writing early on weekends (for maybe 2 hours on a Saturday). That gets me set up for the week. The rest of the week I use my 45-60 minutes writing comments or reading my favorite blogs for ideas and inspirations.
Rick
Frugal Dad
July 27th, 2008 11:04 pm
If I only had one hour a day to work on my blog (and many days this is true!) I would just focus on writing. After all, without good content none of the other blog tasks would matter much.
Michael Aulia
July 27th, 2008 11:11 pm
Try as hard as you can not to change themes so often (or ever!). This way, we can grow the blog more in terms of contents and “marketing”
Brad Spencer
July 27th, 2008 11:52 pm
If I had one hour to blog I would write quality content and thumb it up on Stumbleupon when I’m finished writing.
At the stage my blog is at, I need to build an archive of content to get the search engines loving me and people coming back.
Since the blos is so new, content is my number 1 priority right now.
Cheers,
Brad Spencer
HighGrace
July 28th, 2008 12:49 am
Good comments, all. I learned a lot just reading through!
To maximize the time ONline, I’d be focussing on the time I spent OFFline:
1. Enough sleep to think brightly
2. Connecting with the outside world so I had ‘good stuff’ to write good content
3. Exercise! It fuels my brain cells.
4. Good food, ditto
5. Meditation. Some of my best ideas come out of that big black hole, the unconscious.
Cheers!
shawal
July 28th, 2008 1:30 am
Time are very important for me…
At that time i’m still a zero knowledge about blogging or anything about internet…
I didn’t have so much time, about 3 hours a day….
What important most is what you do with the time…
For me:-
I learn to make an online store in just 3 hour
I learn about ftp in 3 hours
And many things in just 3 hours and manage to master it…
Now i have more time but what thing i do or learn??? I still don’t know….
Sometimes, do not have much time are so helpful, because we will focus on the things that we are doing…
Random Blog Tips
July 28th, 2008 2:08 am
I would spend 30 minutes writing an article to make sure you get one out a day. Otherwise, the other 30 minutes I would spend trying to network with others.I say this because networking has been proven to drive the most traffic to your website. so use myspace, Facebook, twitter, digg, stumble upon, and most of all comment on other blogs that are in your same niche. And if you do not know how to type fast I would recommend taking some typing lessons so that all of this can be done a lot quicker.
Graham
July 28th, 2008 3:13 am
Success and time. Funny these should both be linked so closely in this post as they are both relative.
I have about one hour a day to work on my blog and I find that it is successful. Of course my definition of success may very well be different than your definition. As a creative outlet and a place to express myself my blog has been a success. Publishing a weekly blog was my goal, coming up with new content that is thoughtful is what I was going for and I did that. My blog is also helping me develop my personal writing style so that is a success as well.
I didn’t plan on making any money and I’m not but I’m also not getting great readership numbers either. I am working on that slowly but that’s OK, I’m patient.
LearningNerd
July 28th, 2008 3:37 am
I’ve been wondering about this exact question recently! I’ve been having some wrist problems, forcing me to limit my time on the computer.
My focus is all on content first, and everything else later. I’d probably spend just a few minutes replying to comments/emails, and the rest of the hour working on high quality content.
Egirl
July 28th, 2008 4:02 am
There’s lots a person can do offline in preparation for using that precious one hour online. You can jump on the web for five minutes and, using copy and paste, paste all comments into a Word doc (or whatever app you use).
While offline you can then write responses to comments, write your content, do website maintenance. When everything’s ready you get back online, upload it, then spend the rest of your time reading other blogs or visiting the social networking sites.
Having a backlog of content is also helpful. I make notes constantly as ideas come to me. I am just starting the process of having a website. By the time we go live I’ll have a good sized list.
Glenn Abel
July 28th, 2008 6:50 am
Writing.
Ray C. Parrish
July 28th, 2008 7:43 am
All of the content creation could be done offline so it takes 5 minutes to download a new post everyday. So that would leave a little less than 15 minutes each for commenting on other blogs, Social network sites and Forums. But wow, what about all that “other” time tweaking your adsense, Chitka, etc. Tough but doable.
Raymond Repass
July 28th, 2008 7:51 am
I find myself in the same position and have a variety of tricks I use to better utilize my time. The first thing I do every morning is to plan out my day. With a set schedule, it is easier to stay focused and organized. I also utilize other free time by writing a pen and paper rough draft of my post while on breaks at my job or while waiting in a doctor’s office, etc. I don’t always get a full post written, but can get a good start on one. Keeping a backlog, as suggested by others, is a very good idea to - just make sure the information you post is still accurate and up to date. Also, think about dedicating each day to a different objective or two. For example, on Monday make a post and comment on other blogs, on Tuesday do some social marketing in message boards and reply to comments on your blog, etc. The truth is though, there is no set method and different things are gonna work for different people.
jaime
July 28th, 2008 8:10 am
I’d spend it all 3 days on 3 great, comprehensive, well-written, interesting posts. Then 2 days on promoting, commenting, and optimizing the blog. If my hour per day includes the weekend, I would take those two weekend days and get started on my next posts for the upcoming week so I can spend more time networking and marketing.
Sorry I missed your twitter networking post!
http://www.twitter.com/desigmilk
jaime
July 28th, 2008 8:10 am
Yea, I meant http://www.twitter.com/designmilk :)
Parth
July 28th, 2008 11:03 am
I was recently met with the same problem. I have since decided to write enough content in advance for 30 days or so, then spend the rest of the month working on promotion and networking tasks. I think this is the most efficient way of getting your work done and saving time.
Paul
July 28th, 2008 12:46 pm
My blogging time probably does average out to about 1 hour per day (excluding time spent reading other websites).
I just try to split my time most effectively, say 50% writing, and 10% each on social, comments, design, features, and theme development (ie making themes, not tweaking my own).
Makes for relatively slow throughput and limited attention for each thing, but I just try to keep the quality up.
abdul
July 28th, 2008 3:34 pm
I will write content.. Nothing more than that..
Tom Laine
July 28th, 2008 6:52 pm
Hi guys,
I thought this would actually be a simple thing to answer (and do), but according to many previous comments apparently not… First of all, you don’t need to be online when you write your blog, plan your marketing activities, prepare emails/newsletters etc., analyze your statistics and so on. One day (1.) you use the hour to publish and adjust, maybe some social networking. Next day (2.) checking/answering comments/questions, one day (3.) to check and download statistics for later analysis, one day (4.) to read related articles and comment on other blogs - download/print for later reading, one day (5.) for research and analytics + maybe adjusting ads and stuff, and this would still leave you 2 days per week for any other activity or more of these before. You could either publish more often than the once a week considered here, you could divide these into half an hour parts and do 2 things in one day - publishing 2-3 times a week maybe… If you are only 1 hour per day online, that should leave you plenty of time to do offline work - writing, planning, analysing, offline marketing, writing emails/responses/comments/newsletters, and so on. Just stay in focus and plan well, it’s very do-able. Being online all the time is highly over appreciated!
Regards,
Tom Laine
Andy Merrett
July 28th, 2008 10:03 pm
Interesting question. I actually see two questions here, depending on how it’s interpreted.
Firstly, I read “what activities should I do if I can only get online for one hour a day?”
If I could only access the Internet for an hour each day, but had more time to dedicate to other tasks, then I would make sure that I’d only do tasks that required a Net connection to complete.
* Spend around half to three-quarters of the time researching stories that require online information. Push as much information to offline storage as possible (email, offline RSS reader, etc.) for later perusal.
* Spend the rest of the time commenting (but remember you could write the comment offline and then copy and paste it once a connection is available), networking on one or maybe two social network sites, briefly checking stats and doing optimisation, and so on.
DO NOT spend that time writing articles, composing email replies / approaches, etc. This can be done offline and recalled quickly once a Net connection is established.
Then it’s up to you to take the time away from the Net to write articles, spend time crafting emails and comments. Makes it easier if you still have a computer which can later be connected to the Net, or at least save content on a memory stick to then be taken to a Net-connected PC.
HOWEVER
If you only have one hour per day to spend on all aspects of blogging, I’d say it’d be very difficult. Perhaps don’t look to publish an article every day, but maybe every third day, but make it a good one! You can still carry round a notepad or a dictaphone when away from the computer to capture ideas as they come, for later expansion into posts.
Though linking and commenting is important, I’d suggest spending less time (maybe just 5%) doing that, while you’re building your “pillar” content.
Don’t get bogged down in statistics checking, and if you get stuck on one article, save it as a draft rather than wasting your valuable time staring at the screen, and move on to something else.
Try to find a niche where you can do significant research offline as well as online, so you don’t have to be tied to RSS feeds and other web sites.
FromFlyoverLand
July 29th, 2008 2:46 am
I already sort of work my various ventures with a similar time slot in mind for each day.
To juggle day job and blogs and other online publishing, I have started designating Monday for this blog, Tuesday for that one…. and another day for site development (my blogs are pretty new) and another day for checking out others’ blogs and for Digging, etc.
The content I often line up ahead of time. When it’s Monday blog time, I post a few items, scheduled to spread through the week. Same with the other days and blogs/sites.
Adam
Sara
July 29th, 2008 3:45 am
Bloggers blog. I would (and do) blog. Or, I churn out several posts at one time and schedule them to be posted at later dates and therefore freeing myself on the other days to do the other activities to get my blog visited. Like, for example, commenting on other blogs:0)
abroadabroad
July 29th, 2008 6:39 am
MARKET…MARKET…MARKET. New book out and distributor with his finger in his nose and his mind in Arkansas! Anyone got good tips on marketing on the web?
Christine M. Parizo, RP
July 29th, 2008 10:00 am
No matter what, at least 20-30 minutes of that time has to be spent on actual blogging. Content is absolutely key. The fest of the time would be spent alternately on other activities: promoting, moderating, commenting, etc. I mean, I can promote until I’m blue in the face, but if I don’t have the content to back it up, there is no incentive for readers to return to my blog.
Infonote
July 29th, 2008 3:56 pm
If you get comments, the most important thing is to respond to existing clients.
If you are completely new then 45 minutes on content and 15 mins submitting to directories and social sites.
Moise levi
July 29th, 2008 8:45 pm
Writing for investors makes you focus on certain stocks.
Having one hour would make me focus on the most active stocks (one to three max)
The rest of the time is spent analysing the markets.
Nicholas
July 29th, 2008 10:41 pm
Content is for me, but after going thru the comments here, it’s seems like interacting by comments is very important.
Mark MacLeod
July 29th, 2008 11:55 pm
I can relate to this, as I have even less than one hour/ day. As CFO of a high growth startup, I do post almost daily. I focus on content. Great content will stand out and be noticed. I don’t do SEO or anything explicit to drive traffic. I do interact with readers and comment on related blogs regularly. I’m in this for the long haul and committing both to blogging and to startups (the focus of my blog).
Cenay Nailor
July 30th, 2008 3:34 am
Great question, and for those of us still *working full time* a necessary one. Here’s how I blog part-time and still work full-time. It’s all about time management.
I spend about 1 hour per day on Saturday’s and Sunday’s writing content. I try to write three or four posts each day, and schedule them to *go live* once each day. Since I have more than 1 hour I *can* spend on these two days, I do anything left over from the previous week as well.
I spend Monday tweaking the blog - what you are calling Blog Design. I find that I don’t get as many visitors on Monday, so it’s a good day to make changes that might *mess up my blog*.
I spend Tuesday on my SEO. This includes inbound links and on page factors. I research plugins that help, update my SEO (All in one SEO pack) titles and descriptions and adding keywords I didn’t think of when I made the posts.
I spend Wednesday commenting on other people’s blogs, responding to my commenter’s (woefully few but I am adding new features to encourage this, like removing the nofollow, allowing commenter’s to follow via email, etc).
I spend Thursday and Friday with various other tasks like posting on social media like Facebook or MySpace, adding new features (plugins) and networking with other bloggers. I also try to spend a little time in forums adding content and posts, and each one has a link back to one of my blogs.
It’s a great topic and I personally thank you for sparking the conversation.
Cenay’
Stormy
July 30th, 2008 4:51 am
I’d outsource a lot! Obviously some things like commenting and writing should be done by you. But things like blog design, SEO, comment moderation, guest posting, etc can all be delegated to someone else.
gout
July 30th, 2008 11:27 pm
good idea, everiday I always spend about 3 hours online, not enough for me….in 3 hours I only create little money…most of my time using to give comment and tag socialnetworks…I need evaluation my activity
Jesse Hines
July 31st, 2008 10:08 am
Great question–one hour a day to blog. Period.
As paul said, “One hour per day might actually make for better blogging!”
If we really took Tim Ferriss’ ideas on the Pareto Principle and Parkinson’s Law to heart and truly implemented them, we would only spend the time we had on what most impacted our blogging success.
To me, that’s:
1. Writing valuable, original, entertaining, informative, and provocative content. If this is the only thing you have time for, do this.
2. Respond to comments on your own blog. After writing quality content, interact with your readers so you truly have a conversation.
3. Read a few blogs in your genre (or anywhere actually) and comment regularly to get some name recognition by participating in the discussion.
Writing posts, moderating comments, and commenting on fellow blogs are far more valuable than any social media stuff or SEO or forum or offline promotion.
I’m thinking about adopting this approach–I have only one hour per day to conduct any blogging activities. This will necessarily sharpen my focus and force me to concentrate on truly high-impact aspects of blogging.
Seriously. I think I’m going to do this.
Nicole
August 11th, 2008 5:26 am
I’d spent 30 minutes on a new post, 15 minutes promoting older posts and the remaining 15 minutes commenting on selected blogs in and out of the same niche.
Nicole
August 11th, 2008 5:27 am
oops. I meant. “Spend”. My apologies for the typo Darren.
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