Increase your Article Production
Blogging, Freelance Writing August 29th, 2007Imagine the potential success of your blog if you could churn out 25 or more blog posts per week. Most people, including myself, strive to post at least once per day. For me, the main reason that I do not post more is a lack of time. When my freelance writing workload is not taking up my entire day, I find it much easier to write more than one blog post.
If you are interested in increasing your article production there are many tips that you can follow. Through my years as a full-time freelance writer, I have found the following three tips to be most useful.
1. Set aside a block of time each day where you will do nothing but write. One of the main reasons for slow production is too many distractions. When you are writing blog posts you should be doing nothing else. This means no television, no radio, no checking email, and no checking traffic stats. If you can give yourself a couple hours of solid writing time each day, you will find out soon enough that you are producing more articles than you ever thought possible.
2. Not knowing what to write about can slow you down. To avoid this, keep a list of topics next to your computer at all times. Anytime that you think of a good blog post, write it down on your list. When it comes time to write, you can then choose a topic off and get started. This is much better than wasting time trying to come up with a topic that will suit your blog.
3. It is common sense that the faster you write the more articles you will produce. While you may struggle with fast thinking and typing at first, you will improve in both these areas as time goes by. Soon enough you will realize that you are writing at a faster pace, which will obviously give you more time to write each day.
These tips will definitely help you to increase your article production. But remember, you should never speed up if you think it is going to decrease the quality of your work. Even though it would be nice to post several articles to your blog each day, they all need to be of high quality.
All in all, your goal should be to produce as many articles as possible without compromising quality. With the three tips above, as well as plenty of practice, you will be well on your way to reaching this goal.
Related Link: Fellow freelance writer Michael Kwan blogs about writing, personal development, and much more.
August 29th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Great post…I agree with you - if you don’t set time aside to write, it just won’t happen.
Also, I find it useful to have a list of blog topics beside my computer…sure would be nice to be able to pump out 25 a week though.
August 29th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Your first point also applies nicely to freelance programmers. It’s especially true if you’re doing contract work, on the side from a day job, and are working with a limited budget of time.
August 29th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
I prefer quality over quantity and would rather read one well written article daily then five so-so articles. In order to write five high quality articles, the same care must be given to all five as to the one.
Even some of the mega blogs with multiple authors posting several articles daily sometimes fall far short.
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August 31st, 2007 at 11:46 am
Quality over quantity is important, I agree.
That it why I noted, “But remember, you should never speed up if you think it is going to decrease the quality of your work. Even though it would be nice to post several articles to your blog each day, they all need to be of high quality.”
You are totally right Matt. You cannot write poor quality content and expect it to work to your advantage.
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