Comments on: Your First Week of Blogging – Plan Your Future Blog Posts

By: Jarrod @ Optimistic Journey

Jarrod @ Optimistic Journey — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:59:09 +0000

Wow, I wish I knew this information when I first started blogging. This is very helpful for knew and up and coming bloggers. Thanks for sharing!

By: Jeffrey Romano

Jeffrey Romano — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:12:29 +0000

I keep a calender to plan when I’m going to post my stuff. Its very helpful because I can anticipate problems like bad dates for posting from beforehnad. The MindMapping, although pretty obvious, is a very good tip which I haven’t used yet. Cheers!

@JeffreyRomano

By: Juliet

Juliet — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:38:15 +0000

Love all your ideas. I love how you mind map. I will definitely be using that in the future. Currently I use Evernote for everything. I like how it syncs with my iPhone and I can keep things organized quite well.

By: Dave Higgs

Dave Higgs — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:16:58 +0000

I have a little notebook which I carry around. As you get older your mental notes seem to fade so much quicker :)

I use it for everything – appointments, invoicincg, and blog post ideas…

By: Keith Stanley

Keith Stanley — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:58:32 +0000

Planning out future posts makes sense. Even if I just make a list of ideas, at least I have something I can think about in the meantime.

By: Tola F.

Tola F. — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:20:11 +0000

I’ve been trying to get my act together for blogging so this is great for me.
I’ll definitely be coming around here as well for tips on blogging and writing. Thanks man..

By: Melanie Kissell

Melanie Kissell — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:34:42 +0000

Darren, you’re a whole lot more organized than I am. I’m a single mom who works three part time jobs outside the home and I barely have enough time to get 5-7 loads of laundry done each week! But I did find a blogging organizational tool recently that’s very helpful. It’s simply a yearly calendar of events. It’s given me some good “ideas in advance” for blog posts.

Write On!

By: Abercrombie and fitch

Abercrombie and fitch — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:30:50 +0000

In doing this you’re able to develop content that builds momentum (posts that build upon each other), take your readers on a more thoughtfully planned journey and give them a more balanced run of content.

By: chandan

chandan — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:24:06 +0000

Really some great idea Darren, Its good for us that we get some best blogging guide from you.

By: Jeremy Johnson

Jeremy Johnson — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:38:42 +0000

Hi Darren, a blogger in about my first week here. I think that it’s going to take me a while just to digest the information you have here on your website – but I’m already putting into practice some of what you have taught, particularly asking questions in my posts.

I have use text files to jot down notes and it is helpful. At my day job doing web development I have a notebook that I’ll write down ideas in as they come. It’s an oh so very important thing to never lose an idea that comes to mind. Maybe the idea ends up not working – but you don’t want to lose one that will work.

Thanks for the advice and I am sure you will keep up the good work.

By: Rob Gokee

Rob Gokee — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:43:28 +0000

I love your approach to creating blogging ideas, which I’ve had problems with over the years.

One issue I have is that I am on Twitter a lot; by the time I get to my blog I feel like I’ve talked about all the things I’d put in a blog post. I’ve had to learn to hold certain things back from my tweet stream so that I can talk about them in more detail on my blog.

I use ToodleDo and Taskjot (Blackberry) for my ToDo List; I’ve created separate lists for each blog that have a running list of topics, so that no matter where I’m at I can add them. It works much better than my traditional method of trying to keep them all in my head;)

By: Samantha Milner

Samantha Milner — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:57:05 +0000

Hi guys

thanks for the tips – though i have never followed this method for planning my blog posts and it sounds like a great idea i will give microsoft excel a good airing tonight.

I tend to just have a pad write loads of ideas for blog titles and then once a week when i do them for the week ahead i consult my blog title list.

kind regards

sam
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By: abercrombie and fitch outlet

abercrombie and fitch outlet — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:10:13 +0000

it’s really difficult to make any specific plan on blogging.

By: Wayne John

Wayne John — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:49:25 +0000

Darren, great post. Wanted to let you know about a mind-mapping tool I found that I’ve been using: http://www.mindmeister.com/ – It’s free and so far I really like it. I’m using it to plot a series on building a website as well as drilling into any ideas I might have.

Just wanted to bring your attention to this tool in case you were not aware of it. Feel free to zap this comment if you like.

Cheers!

By: Lain Ehmann

Lain Ehmann — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:44:43 +0000

Great ideas as usual.
I use the ole’ pen-and-paper method. I occasionally sit down and create a long list of ideas. I don’t assign them to days. Instead I just make a big list, so if I’m stuck, I can refer to the list to get the juices flowing.
Thanks!
Lain

By: Leon Noone

Leon Noone — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:32:38 +0000

G’day
How timely .I’m setting up my blog right now. Yesterday, I mapped out roughly the first twelve posts. Your ideas and recommendations are most useful.
Thanks
Leon Noone

By: Kiesha @ WeBlogBetter

Kiesha @ WeBlogBetter — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:22:38 +0000

I like to plan series that I either spread across all 5 week days or weekly series that I consistently return to. That helps me stay organized and helps me focus my ideas because I know on Mondays on my Christian Blog, I do Marriage Mondays – anything about marriage, Tuesdays is something about how to be a blessing to others, Fridays – finance, etc. Planning this way helps me stay ahead and helps me feel less overwhelmed.
When I know what I’m doing ahead of time, it helps me avoid panic and anxiety.

By: Gina

Gina — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:20:57 +0000

HUGELY embarrassing newbie question here: a text editor is NOT the same as a word processing program, right? Darren says he uses a text editor, so that’s NOT Word or NeoOffice? It’s a different program?

I’ve read that writing a draft in Word causes problems when it’s time to publish, is that true? If so, what are the name of some text editors tat you all use?

Thanks for not laughing!

By: sudharsan @ technoskillonline

sudharsan @ technoskillonline — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:56:16 +0000

nice articles for a new blogger like me

By: Nicholas Z. Cardot

Nicholas Z. Cardot — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:01:14 +0000

I usually make my editorial calendars each week on a fresh sheet of paper but I like the spreadsheet idea. That might save me some hassle. I’m going to have to start doing that.