Comments on: How to Launch a Blog and Have Fresh Content for Weeks

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:55:14 +0000

fighting off writers block has been tough – these are great tips to see through it

got on craigslist and found some great content writers

By: Max Answer Analyst Video

Max Answer Analyst Video — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:41:25 +0000

Preparation is something I have always been good at when it comes to recreation. I plan pretty well. Sometimes when it comes to working on projects it seems just too easy to just start and go without preparing.

I like the idea of having a dozen articles up and going as the Blog starts.

Max

By: Rick Answer Analyst

Rick Answer Analyst — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:14:08 +0000

Great Ideas. I currently have 22 unfinished posts on my blog. I often get the idea to start a new post as I am commenting on another blog. Getting back links and ideas and learning by commenting is my three way payoff from commenting.

Rick

By: Kevin Jacobson

Kevin Jacobson — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:42:32 +0000

Some great ideas–thanks. I generally post three times a week (my blog is part of my job and I do have other responsibilities, as I sometimes have to remind myself!). I have a lengthy file of ideas I keep sorted by topic and at least a couple draft posts going at any time. Having a lot of ideas on deck means that I can quickly put a post together if I hear about something that’s time sensitive, e.g., a grant announcement, new report on a rural health topic or something in the news, like the current rural broadband proposal.

By: Miguel Wickert

Miguel Wickert — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:12:10 +0000

Ye yes, helpful advice indeed. How the crap does writer dad pull it off? I swear I’ve seem his name as the first commenter on multiple posts here at PB. He is a beast! :)

-Mig

By: priya

priya — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:54:36 +0000

Its very useful idea.
I glad to do the same
Thanks for good information

By: Tebogo

Tebogo — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:48:25 +0000

I believe a blog site is like a magazine online, whether a business mag, fashion and style mag, life style mag or general.
The point is to draft your copy in full before you put it on shelves for the market to have access to,
You can’t have one topic on your mag then release it, it has to be professionally well done for your market to like it and
Be able to compare from other mag’s.

So my conclusion will be, you fully give you blog style and color, you add very nice topic’s according to the
Market your blog is focusing on.

Then you put online.

Next step “Marketing”

You then send your link to your business contacts data base via email to market it, if people
Like it they will respond with good comments and suggestion. The twist is when people don’t like
Your blog site they might not respond at all, which you won’t be able to understand and see/find
The problem instead you’ll lose hits and never have business.

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By: Charles L.

Charles L. — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:06:43 +0000

I concur with the idea that quality writing is critical for blog success during the early stages. I would also advice bloggers to not forget to target search engine traffic in their efforts to develop a reader base.

By: joels

joels — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:57:36 +0000

im wondering, writing a post and save as draft first or writing a post and post with schedule ? with this 2 method we still posting daily update right ?

By: work at home dad

work at home dad — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:24:00 +0000

I totally agree with the suggestions in this article. I think having just one or two posts in there when you launch a blog will just create a not so good first impression.

I often do a minimum of 5 and then I might even do a couple of future dated posts just to ensure that content flows consistently during the early stages of the blog.

By: Kevin Styles

Kevin Styles — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:09:29 +0000

Our blog is relatively new, however to the blogging scene we’ve been around for quite some time. We recently launched this new blog beginning November last year only because we finally found a host for the blog.

And I had a few topics and articles in mind waiting to be publish so the launch was relatively easy. It is now though going back to work and managing this is proving to be only slightly difficult but it is getting there, we currently already have 18 subscribers and has had some good reviews which we are yet to add to a dedicated page just for testimonials.

By: BLOGBOOZE

BLOGBOOZE — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:44:56 +0000

After reading this post i was so happy because, as a new comer i’ve been already following your steps.

my site http://blogbooze.blogspot.com started with about 4 posts. even though i published it on the net i didn’t gave it much publicity because it’s just started. But now i have started my publicity campaign very slowly and hopes to improve it in coming days…

By: Wendy Merritt

Wendy Merritt — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:31:02 +0000

I keep a spiral for each blog and jot down a checklist of great post ideas that pop into my head. I use this checklist to create a mapped monthly plan of attack for my blogs. I also keep a pad by my bed because I frequently wake up in the morning with several fantastic post ideas that I will soon forget if not written down :)

As I’m browsing the internet I get article ideas and so I write post right then using the Firefox add-on ScribeFire and post-date it so that I have a couple of days cushioning for publishing.

Thanks for some of your great ideas to add to my collection.

blessings,
Wendy

Twitter: WendyMerritt

By: Frank Higgins

Frank Higgins — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:53:13 +0000

Could not agree more.

I recently took over the blog for oDesk.com. I not only did not go with my gut and do an immediate blog redesign but on my second entry on “most in demand web technologies”, It hit Digg FP. Nice exposure and links but I felt that it was for the most part wasted since there was no other content to inspire people to stick around. Social media can be a lot of work so it is a shame to waste it with minimal content to inspire future readership.

By: Barock

Barock — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:42:41 +0000

Good Tips, I Had Thought about this Before, but yet to implement it, i i ever thought that there is no one do it, so unexpected that Darren Do it…
Ok I’ll Try It Darrens Thanks,

By: Tanya Bennett

Tanya Bennett — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:40:03 +0000

I wish I had thought about this stuff before I launched my most second blog. My current blog is all about me and grew very organically so I didn’t think about preparing posts in advance for my second blog, which is more about sharing information… I guess it’s still not to late to build up those posts and just start from here…

By: Team Nirvana

Team Nirvana — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:40:16 +0000

I had thought about this and implemented it. Not in the scale which is mentioned in the post, but in a minimal manner.

I started my blog in June 2008 and was pretty much excited about it and tried to come up with techie stuff in a more humane way and I would say that if I look back now, I have done what I could and in a way, am happy, but not content.

Thanks for this awesome post.

By: Pawel Brodzinski

Pawel Brodzinski — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:46:07 +0000

As I read your advice I’m not a good example how to start a blog. I’ve started in a niche I felt comfortable in and I considered myself as a rather knowledgeable person. I’ve had just a couple of ideas for posts and two pre-written posts: one already published and one ready for publication. With planned frequency of 2-3 posts per week I had no real buffer.

Fortuantely I blog a lot about thing which happen to me at work, so on the beginning I had no problems with creating new content and I was able to keep planned posting frequency.

One thing I screwed however – for me all promotional and networking stuff took the back seat so somehow it was easier to focus on content. This by the way I consider as my biggest mistake – because of lack of time I dropped promotion and networking struggling to keep posting frequency. I should probably have dropped frequency a bit. How do you think?

By: Joe - Retired Early in Ajijic Mexico

Joe - Retired Early in Ajijic Mexico — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:03:00 +0000

Your post about staring a blog was spot on.

IMHO, the most important statement was, “If you can’t think of 20-30 post titles/topics pretty easily before starting a blog it could be a signal that you’ve chosen the wrong topic.”

Blogging is a marathon nnot a sprint

Silicon Valley Refugee Retired Early in Ajijic Mexico and Lovin it!

Joe Chapala
Casa Preciosa Ajijic, Mexico

By: David King

David King — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:46:25 +0000

cool..
great post! I think i need to have some draft posts ready in case i get busy… or if i want to publish more content @ hot traffic times!

thanks for the insight darren!

David King