How To Create More Time With A Blog Writing Checklist
How To Create More Time With A Blog Writing Checklist
In this blog, I’m going to teach you How To Create More Time With A Blog Writing Checklist; walking you through my step-by-step process. Use this checklist or create one on your own to help you create blogs faster and save time.
Step #1 Determine Your Theme or Goal
A blog should fall into your marketing strategy and align with what you are trying to sell or launch. What is the goal of this blog? Is it to educate, inspire or sell?
Step #2 Decide on Your Topic
Now that you know the theme, you can pick a more specific topic.
For example, my goal may be to educate women on how to create more time and my topic would be How To Create More Time With A Blog Writing Checklist
Step #3 Write the Title & Pay Attention to SEO
SEO is kinda hard to teach in a few sentences, this is where Google is your friend.
Creating a “clickable” title is really important. If it isn’t enticing, no one is going to read it.
“How-to” is one of the most powerful phrases to getting someone to click and read your blog or email. I use this tool to check my headlines and look for 72% or higher CoSchedule Headline Analyzer tool.
Step #4 Brain Dump
What do you want to say in this blog? Jot down all your ideas, you can worry about grammar, structure, and organization later.
Bonus: If you have content that doesn’t get used in this blog, use it to springboard your next one.
Step #5 Write the Blog, Review, Edit, Finalize + Store
Use Google Drive and you have a way to organize and refer back to all your blogs. Save the step of writing it in Word, Uploading it, etc. Write it where you plan to store it.
I’m the worst at this step. I don’t like listening to my own voice, so I don’t re-listen to my podcast interviews or recorded speeches and I don’t like re-reading what I wrote.
However, this is an important step. Check the flow, grammar, and voice. Make sure it makes sense and that it sounds like you.
Step #6 Create the Graphics
I use Squarespace for my website and it links automatically with Unsplash so that I can add pictures without an extra step and when my blog posts on social media, it is that graphic that gets seen on my website and social media. I create a clean stock photo that aligns with my brand.
You have other options. You can create a graphic with the title of your post and then upload it to your website. You can create different image sizes for Pinterest, Instagram and others.
Step #7 Add to Your Website
You or your team, assistant, VA adds this to your website.
Step #8 Add the CTA
What action do you want the reader to take?
Follow you on social media
Opt-in
Reply back
Leave a comment
Buy now
Pick one! And make sure to have it easy to complete the Call to Action (CTA).
Adding the CTA in this step allows you to link to your website links more easily.
Step #9 Schedule the Post
If you are writing several posts you can upload them and schedule them to go live on your website based on your schedule.
Step #10 Schedule on Social Media
Your website may be able to post these automatically.
You can also create several posts externally to share on social media with excerpts, quotes, etc to engage readers to click and read your full blog.
Like saving time in your business? Download The 5 Processes to Automate in Your Business Here.
Blog on!