Secret Daily Blogging Habit Revealed...(I promise this will get you going!)

Want to know the key to becoming a daily blogger, to increasing the frequency of your blogging? Do this:

Always write one post ahead of time. Publish one, start another immediately, save it.

That's it, all there is to it. (Photo credit: Shutterstock)

This one tip is guaranteed to get you blogging more often.

Here's how it works: once you've got a post published, start another one right away and save it as a draft. Then you always have one "in the hopper." You can go in and finish it up later.

Then, as soon as it's published or scheduled to publish, go in and start a draft of your next post. Don't finish it, just start it.

This "one-in-the-hopper" tip is the biggest reason my blogging frequency has doubled without that much increase in blogging time or effort.

Try it, you'll like it!

The reason it works is because your mind continues to work on it even when it's only just started and saved as a draft. The brain doesn't like unfinished business. When you do go and finish it up, you'll find that it's easier, faster, better.

[Action Tip: Go do this now, or mark a time in your calendar (1/2 hour?) you will publish a post and immediately start another. Try it for 2-3 days in a row and get back to me how it works for you.]

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Comments

[Jenny Pilley]

This is great advice for a lot of content marketing strategies such as article writing. Sometime it easier when you are in the zone to go ahead and just write another post and come back to it at a later date.

Do you advise doing research on a different topic afterwards, or writing something based along the same lines?

[Andy Walker]

Thanks Patsi, That sounds like good advice.
My current blogging efforts tend to be more of a hit and miss affair.
I also think Jenny's comment is very vaild for article creation.

[Jennifer Woodard]

Patsy,

This is an excellent idea. It is something that I am trying to do, especially when working on a series of blog posts. I just set up my series of drafts this morning for my new series - 10-Week Marketing Challenge. After I set up the series I begin reading the posts in my feedburner and came upon your post, right on time.

Jenn

[Michele Connolly, Get Organized Wizard]

I do a similar thing with general productivity. I try to never stop work for the day at the end of a project, making a rough start on the next task instead.

This way:
(a) I get my subconscious working overnight, as you mentioned, and
(b) it's easier to get started the next day.

Thanks for the idea with blog posts, Patsi!

[Jeff Paul Scam]

The brain doesn't like unfinished business. When you do go and finish it up, you'll find that it's easier, faster, better.

[Patsi aka The Blog Squad]

Thanks for all the comments, people. In answer to Jenny's question, I don't think it makes any difference. It's easy when you're doing a series of posts, of course. because one post will lead to the next. But in some cases, it's refreshing to start something totally new.

The nice thing about this is that in the middle of a series, other things will come up, will get triggered. Instead of wondering what to write about, you'll find you have too much, too many ideas. Spread them out, and you'll have more than enough for daily posts.

I'm debating whether daily posting should include the weekends or not...

[Tenders]

Thanks for the advice, very handy!

[online tenders]

I agree that when it comes to blogging you need to keep the momentum going. Otherwise your blog will become out of date.