The Hybrid<\/strong><\/h3>\nI use a very simple, unscientific Google Doc spreadsheet as my calendar\/bank. It's practical, easy-to-use and accessible from my smartphone and tablet as quickly as it is on my laptop. If I need to share pieces of it with contributors or brands, I can just send a link to the doc via email.<\/p>\n
You'll see the entire month of August laid out on the left, along with space to note holidays and special events, like when you're out of town. On the right are several sample categories to organize your blog ideas. Rename, add or delete these dates and categories to suit your blog! My actual spreadsheet has categories like: Books I've Read, Inspirational People (to interview), etc. Anything with a deadline (i.e. sponsored posts) are added in the calendar, then I drag ideas from the other columns into it as well. If I'm working on a post, I mark it yellow. Once it's completed, I mark it green.<\/p>\n
I try to update this doc at least once a week, adding new ideas, getting rid of stale ones I don't feel like writing about anymore, and planning out my next blog posts as far as I can. Even if life gets busy and I don't update it for awhile, this is a place I can always come back to and wrap my head around a consistent stream of content for my blog.<\/p>\n
This is just one of many ways you can organize yourself. By no means do you have to take this word for word! If you don't currently have an organization system or calendar, maybe this can be a start for you. For those who already have a good system down, maybe there's a new piece from here that you can incorporate in what you're already doing. Whatever the case, keeping a calendar and idea bank will always set you up for taking your blog to the next level.<\/p>\n
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Here on IFB, we write a lot about your ‘editorial calendar‘ and ‘keeping your content fresh.’ What does an editorial calendar actually look like, and how exactly does one keep coming up with new and fresh ideas to blog about? I’m going to give you a peek into my editorial calendar, which doubles as my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42846,"featured_media":178148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7767],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-writing"],"yoast_head":"\n
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