Monday, September 29, 2008
Keeping it Together
The path to becoming a professional blogger or freelance writer is paved with paper remnants of many lists, ideas and thoughts. This brainstorming frenzy ends up in the trash can as accumulated scraps of paper that is soon forgotten. All the effort that produced those original ideas is forgotten along with the scrap pile.
Out of necessity, I searched for a better way to organize all this material. The scrap heap is not the place for most good brainstorming ideas. These are treasures and need to be treated as such. The idea of a Blog Day Planner emerged.
With a list like the sample below, it became a daily struggle just to know where to begin.
- Write ten blog posts on ten different blogs.
- Load affiliate codes for Amazon in all ten blogs.
- Edit five blog posts on http://themidnightwriter.squarespace.com/
- Spellcheck today's blog entries.
- Advertise on two blog promotion sites.
- Change the template on my freelance journal.
- Create domain names for my five new blogs, find a provider, buy the names and set the domain router.
- Warm up the computer then go for that coffee.
- Call website host to renew subscription.
- List ten topics with variety to write about in blogs.
- Research for today's topics.
- Check email for freelance and blogging job offers.
Tasks, assignments, lots to remember.
How do you keep it all together as a freelance writer and blogger?
She's A Maniac!!! say my friends.
Take a moment to focus.
Watch the video to see how some people handle their workload.
Keep a Blog Day Planner to Help Stay Focused.
In the planning stages, I realized that I needed to keep all the information from lists, thoughts, ideas, projects, appointments, finances in one place online.
Keep in mind that your day planner blog can be set to private.
Everything will be at your fingertips online where most freelance writing and blogging takes place.
Voila!
Simplicity!
Turn on the computer.
Brew the coffee.
Open Blog Day Planner.
Review notes from yesterday and formualte the plan for today.
Keep it online and interactive as a reference blog to help focus advertising and marketing.
Use it as a tool for other writers and bloggers.
Brainstorming complete.
Now it's time to act.
I created the blog after several months of thought.
After a good night's sleep, get some exercise and stretch that body. Take in some morning fresh air to clear the cobwebs from your brain. Next, brew your favorite coffee, pull up a comfy chair, turn on the computer and read your Blog Day Planner.
Go over the list of ideas, tasks and assignments, phone calls to make, topics to cover, and all things necessary for today's blogging or freelance writing. As a freelance writer, the day is your own. Remember that focus and organization will keep you motivated to perform your work on a professional level. More will be accomplished to allow time for the other roles in your life.
The sun is shining outside as the afternoon wanes, and it is real tempting to want to turn off the computer and put away those old "dusty" research books that you pulled out of Grandpa's den for that special project. Resist the temptation! Finish the day's work so you will enjoy the rewards awaiting a job well done.
Now put away those slippers and grab those dancing shoes.
Flashdancing is on for tonight!
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