{"id":2035,"date":"2011-07-18T17:02:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T07:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=2035"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:18:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:18:41","slug":"saving-time-in-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2011\/07\/saving-time-in-blogging\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving time in blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Watching time as you type…<\/p><\/div>\n

Upfront let me say that I don’t think blog posts should be about a quick job just for traffic. Rather, a blog is a means of communication\u00a0with the best blog posts\u00a0having been\u00a0considered and offering value to the readers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

However, there are certainly times when getting a post or two out fast is helpful or even necessary. For instance, if you’re writing a group of posts to cover an absence<\/a>, a client has given you a rush job, or you’re writing guest blog posts<\/a> and forgot to write your own, then a quick-to-write post is better than no post at all.<\/p>\n

Quick blog post tips<\/h2>\n

So here are some tips on putting together some quicker posts without making low quality posts no one would ever want to read!)<\/p>\n

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  1. make a list<\/strong> of related posts you’ve written in the past. This still takes time but you don’t have to think of a topic or plan your words. It also helps linking within your blog and can be very handy for a reader looking for that topic. Regular readers may be less impressed, however, if this is a big deviation from normal or they have just read those posts anyway. There are plugins that can help you manage this, too.<\/li>\n
  2. Delegate various tasks<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0to your team or outsource to someone else (a VA or\u00a0ghost writer<\/a> for example)<\/li>\n
  3. prepare a list of quotes or stories<\/strong> that you can post quickly as needed. An inspiring quote can create an interesting post by itself, or you can use it as the starting point of a discussion<\/li>\n
  4. keep a list of blog post ideas<\/strong> – a notepad, computer document or private blog post can be a handy reference point. It still takes time to write posts but it does save time if you don’t have to think of topics first<\/li>\n
  5. Split a long blog post<\/strong>. If your current post is turning out to be very long, splitting it up gives you multiple posts and also is probably easier for people to read and comprehend<\/li>\n
  6. get someone else to write the posts<\/strong>! Hiring a ghost writer is covered by point 2, but your other option is to use guest bloggers<\/a>. This will definitely save your writing time but may take a\u00a0fair amount of time depending on how you set up the arrangement.<\/li>\n
  7. make some set blogging times<\/strong> each fortnight or month and write multiple posts in that time. It saves time to write a few posts at once because you have the program open and are in the right mindset. I like to have the occasional big writing session. Then I schedule a post a week for as many weeks as I can manage so I have posts coming up even if I’m unable to write for a few days. Alternatively, have a series of posts written and upload or schedule them at those times you really need to save time.<\/li>\n
  8. look at some plugins<\/strong> as they can automate things to make life easier, depending on what you do with your blog. For example, I use subscribe2<\/a> to enable people to sign up for an email each time I post (rather than having to send an email myself) and leenk.me<\/a> to tweet new posts to my twitter profile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What are your favourite time savers for blogging?<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Upfront let me say that I don’t think blog posts should be about a quick job just for traffic. Rather, a blog is a means of communication\u00a0with the best blog posts\u00a0having been\u00a0considered and offering value to the readers. However, there are certainly times when getting a post or two out fast is helpful or even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[561,196,1257,1256,185],"class_list":["post-2035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-content","tag-blogging","tag-list","tag-plugin","tag-saving-time","tag-write"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t