Sunday, April 19, 2009
The daffodils are in bloom so that has got to be a sure sign that spring is finally enduring. Yeah! I’m so relieved to be finished with all those blizzards and hail storms but I’m not sure if the high winds are finished for this season. I know the rain has just begun, and in some parts of the country, that is a good thing because certain states really need the water levels to rise.
Either way, I’m ready to start this week off running like the title of this post says. There is a lot of catch up on my to do list. So swing the flags and signal the take off, here I go. Are you ready to play catch up on all those belated spring tasks that you put off?
My goal for this week first and foremost is to achieve the number of posts per blog for all my major blogs, domain blogs and Entrecard listed blogs. That is a total of 12 blogs so let’s do the run down on totals then I can zero in on the particulars.
The main blogs are Mountain Spirit Productions, The Midnight Writer, Blog Day Planner, The Midnight Writers Journal, The Midnight Writer’s Freelance Quest, The Midnight Writers Cafe, The Midnight Writers Secret Portal, Keep It Simple, The Making of a Walking, One Tin Soldier, and Midnight Revelry. Now that’s quite a line up.
Do you have more than one blog? Are you ready to set weekly goals for number of posts to write per week?
This is the first step in organizing your work week if you are a freelance writer to help set the intention and focus for your work week. It is so easy to let it get away from you, I know. There are more tasks than planning and writing involved in the freelance blogging business, as you probably know. I am involved in social networking, ghost blogging, writing on client’s blogs and writing content so I have more than my blogs to schedule in to the day planner. However, this area is the crux of my personal network so I need to build it.
Are you a blogger for fun or profit? Do you maintain more than one blog? Would you share some of your ideas on blog management and advertising and how you come up with ideas for your posts? I would love to have some guest writers on here to share with my readers. If you are interested, just email themidnightwriter1@gmail.com
and I’ll send you an invitation.
In the interest of sticking to my motto “Keep It Simple”, I’ll finish by listing the weekly line up for posts. At the end of the week, I’ll do my best to come back and review how you and I did. You will have to send me your comments in order to participate in this one.
Mountain Spirit Productions- it’s the domain blog and host for all of our network for the Midnight Writer- goal is 5 posts this week. I’m basing the 5 posts on a Monday through Friday schedule.
The Midnight Writer org – a main domain blog. Goal 5 posts.
Blog Day Planner – the second main domain blog. Goal 5.
The Midnight Writer’s Journal – this one is way behind. 5 posts with two reviews on the Midnight Special Spotlight.
The Midnight Writer’s Freelance Quest- 5 posts
The Midnight Writer’s Cafe - my Smorty blog- aiming for page rank and pages cached – 7 posts
Keep It Simple – 3 posts with follow up on previous posts.
Midnight Revelry- 3 posts and a review on Blog Day Planner. Buy the domain this week by Friday.
The Midnight Writer’s Secret Portal – 3 posts with a review on Blog Day Planner.
The Midnight Writers Blogs- 10 posts to update reviews and progress reports on all blogs and to publish news on our network and social networking. Two posts about affiliate marketing and a sponsor.
One Tin Soldier – 5 posts with rainbow gathering updates and follow up on some of our story lines.
The Making of a Walking- 3 – update the legal files for the rainbow gatherings and our quest in preserving our rights.If you are following any of these blogs on Entrecard, you will be able to track the progress because you’ll notice the new posts every day when you click on the widget. That should make you smile. I know I click on blogs hoping to see something new.
This brings the total to 59 posts and that is a lot of work.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

As noted in my focus sheet for November, I/you need to increase blog performance. This is an intentional act, not a passive one as I have learned in November. I allowed other events to hinder this blog’s progress. Now that is not a failure, rather it is a learning point.
How did you do in this intention for November?Did you meet your daily or weekly blog posting goals?
What are your plans for this month?
Post your feedback right here, on Blog Day Planner, and please remember to include a link back to one of your blogs or articles or one of your websites.
And please give Blog Day Planner a link back from your blog. The most frequent comments with links back to my site will receive a feature spot in the sidebar of this blog for an entire month. This contest will feature ten winners.
What should I do this month?
Reset the intention to increase blog performance.

What does that mean exactly, when I say “increase blog performance”?
Sunday, November 2, 2008
First step in the focus and priority sheet on today's Day Planner will be to improve this blog's activity. I'm setting the goal for a minimum of two posts per week, though the ideal for a blog of this nature is to write a post every day. Let's call this "setting an intention" for blog performance.
The Plans for November 2008 on Blog Day Planner.
2. Increase Blog Performance.
3. Meet Minimum Professional Posting Requirements.
4. Keep It Active and Informative.
5. Keep It Simple, but Thorough.
6. Update Blog Daily.
7. Follow Up Weekly, then Monthly.
This is where your ideas are important as well. Post your comments about this whole concept of follow up on setting intentions and blog planning. I am asking for your suggestions which will be taken into consideration on this whole process.
The idea of group mind is effective. Let's experiment with that concept right here on Blog Day Planner.
Cephas and I want to add a little fun and interaction to our blogs. Coming up with ideas is not a challenge. Deciding which ideas to implement, how to present those ideas, and on which blogs to use them is the challenging part.
Here is one idea that we thought would be fun to implement as a test run of the whole concept of special blog interaction special features.
For those who read our blogs, you know that we travel extensively. Due to our travels, we thought it would be fun to feature a "Where are we now?" and let our readers enter locations based on clues of our whereabouts. It's kind of like "Where's Waldo?"
Anyway, I am into feedback on this one. Give me a few days to develop this idea then I'll post the complete information and instructions on how to play "Where are we now?"
And why should this matter to you? Why would you want to play this game?
Because it will be chock full of goodies and blogging awards, like cool blog awards and reciprocal links, some free advertising on our sites. You get the idea.
Remember, it's all about you, and your ranking in the blogosphere in the wide world of cyber action.
If you are interested in playing the game, yet to be named, leave a comment below or email themidnightwriter1@gmail.com.