This post will share six actionable tips for effective time management for bloggers.
If there’s one thing that you will struggle with as a blogger, it is managing your time effectively.
With all the numerous unending tasks that come with blogging, it is inevitable.
Which is not entirely a bad thing.
Everyone struggles with time management in one area of their life.
You just need to manage your time better to stay on top.
One thing I see a lot of bloggers do all the time is spread themselves thin.
You honestly do not need to be on every social media platform.
You also do not need to create content three times a week if you won’t be consistent.
The list goes on and on.
As someone who runs three blogs, I have to split my blogging time into three, so you can imagine what I have to deal with.
But so far, I’ve been coping well.
In fact, I just created a new time management schedule for my blogs which will help me manage my time even better.
As a blogger, I’m constantly looking for ways to tweak my schedule to maximize productivity.
If you’re a new or veteran blogger struggling with time management, this post is for you.
Here are 6 Tips for Effective Time Management Tips You Didn’t Know You Needed
With these tips, I hope you can reassess your blogging priorities and focus squarely on them to achieve your goals.
I’m currently using these tips, and I hope they are helpful for you as well.
Determine your Blogging Goals.
I’m sure you’ve heard this tip numerous times, but I’m going to revamp it a bit.
The first thing I did as a blogger was to determine what kind of blogger I wanted to be.
Ultimately, my goal is to make money blogging, but what direction would I want to take to achieve this goal?
So, I asked myself if I wanted to be a Blogger or a Creator/Influencer.
Yes, they are two different things.
As a Blogger, I aim to create long-term passive income with multiple blogs and not necessarily build a following on social media.
You must decide which path to take because you’ll definitely burn out if you choose both.
This is why many influencers have abandoned blogs and many bloggers do not have a social media presence.
Set your Priorities right and write them out!
If you decide to be an influencer, which is completely fine, you should have an idea of your priorities: building your following on 2-3 core social media platforms.
But for serious bloggers who want to make money long-term, our priorities are a bit different.
These are the four things you need to prioritize:
- Posting weekly blog posts consistently
- Constantly working on SEO to increase organic traffic, focusing on improving domain authority.
- Grow your Facebook Group and Mailing List to increase affiliate sales and blog traffic.
- Utilize Pinterest to boost daily traffic before your SEO efforts kick in.
As you can see, your priorities are much more varied as a blogger, so you need to get it right.
Plus, they all require a lot of work in their own right.
Regarding my blogging priorities, I prefer to have them written down on a sticky note on my desktop as a constant reminder.
Create a Schedule around your Primary Priorities & Document them.
Now that you know your core priorities, you must divide them into primary and secondary priorities.
This will help you manage your time more effectively, especially if you are visual.
My primary priority is publishing a new article on each blog every week, three new posts per week.
How do I ensure this is done?
I research my topics for the week/month and populate my content planner.
Two weekly and monthly content planners help me document my schedule.
Sometimes, I jot down bullet points for articles to avoid forgetting.
The point is that I make sure I clear out any obstacles that could distract me and cause me to procrastinate publishing those articles.
Try to Focus on your Priorities as much as possible.
When I decided to take blogging more seriously about three years ago, I had to take drastic steps to stay focused.
One of which included leaving Instagram.
So, I sat down and thought about the biggest hindrance to my blogging goals and I discovered that it is the temptation to dump my blog to become an influencer.
In the grand scheme of things, making money as an influencer is faster and easier if you play your cards right.
But I have always wanted a well-monetized blog, so I figured it would be either now or never.
I had to make good use of the lockdown.
I deleted all my Instagram accounts and took the app off my phone.
You have no idea how much that decision has helped me stay focused.
I was able to focus squarely on Pinterest Marketing to jumpstart my blog.
My traffic took off and I was able to monetize my blog.
Now, my blog brings me a regular monthly side income which is constantly growing.
If you’re the kind of person that sometimes needs drastic steps to get things done, please do. It will help you so much.
Do your challenging tasks first thing in the morning, if possible.
My most significant and challenging task is pumping out a 1500-2000-word article in one sitting.
It’s not exactly hard because I’ve been writing for almost a decade, but it is brain-tasking.
If you have noticed, I try to make my content as detailed and precise as possible.
This requires me to use a lot of my brainpower.
I’ve tried writing at various times during the day, but lately, mornings have been the sweet spot for me.
In fact, I’m currently writing this article at 10:46 a.m. after waking up at 9:30 a.m.
Waking up and writing first thing in the morning, even before my morning tea, has been one of my best tips for effective time management.
Once I get a blog post written, edited, and published in 2-3 hours, I spend the rest of the day doing other less brain-tasking activities like running my Facebook Group.
Remove any form of potential distractions.
With many of us having the attention span of a jellyfish, it’s really hard not to be distracted.
So, you need to be intentional about removing distractions.
I mentioned how I had to get off Instagram to build my first blog.
If you’re easily distracted by people, your phone, or any other mundane activity, you must remove them.
I try not to scroll through my phone when pumping out my articles in the morning.
It interrupts my line of thoughts and flow of words, making it even harder to return to after the interruption.
So, remove any potential distraction and cultivate an environment where you can do deep work and get it done.
Trust me, you’ll feel even more fulfilled in the end.
In Conclusion,
I hope you have found these tips for effective time management for bloggers as helpful as mine.
Once I got these tips on lockdown, my productivity skyrocketed, and I became more consistent with my blogging.
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