Pre-writing Blog Posts And Posting Later
November 6, 2006 – 12:09 pmby Darren
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This is a trick you see everyone recommend from time to time. I know I’ve planned on doing it on several incidents, but I haven’t. If you have a ton of excess material, this type of method should be a must. Whether you can “save” posts for later will definitely be dependent on whether your work output is prolific or not. It will also depend on your subject matter. If your subject matter is a blog that covers news that updates often, pre-stored posts just won’t be an option.
If your subject matter infrequently updates, then you could probably sit back and store this things like a squirrel saving his nuts for a snowy winter day. You can sit back, cruising the world in a fancy ocean-liner, all the while your blog is “posting” for you! Ahh, that’s the life. You’ve managed to put out your blogging material while sailing the Oceans blue.
I’d say using pre-written blog posts is a matter of personal preference. It depends on the time you have, the subject matter your cover, and the discipline you have to post.
Do you use this technique for your blogging?
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10 Responses to “Pre-writing Blog Posts And Posting Later”
Yes, I do, although not as frequently as I’d like. I also try to keep evergreens (at the moment none, however) in case of something coming up that screws with my planning.
For upcoming Bloggertalks.com, working in advance is vital.
By TDH on Nov 6, 2006
I use this feature a lot, pre-posting every weekend about 50-75 new posts around blogs in my ‘lot’. These are just the Ezine articles that I am pre-posting in my blogs which I consider part of the encyclopedic type content for my sites (the more the merrier of different viewpoints on the same subject) or other posts that dates are not an issue - i.e. the pet related blogs and shopping blogs for example. During the summer, I once preposted 130 articles in advance and it took me about 12 hours to do .. but it lasted 2-1/2 weeks. I had posts almost every 4-6 hours posting somewhere.
I’m not the one to save and save until it gets right … I might create titles and put a link to another site that inspired me and then save to write another day, but mostly I’m an impulse blogger and just write and post. Generally, if you see me commenting around the ‘net all the time, I’m probably just releasing stress inbetween print jobs and/or I’ve got lots of pre-posts schedule. When I’m nowhere to be found I’m usually turn off my bloglines and blogging or out there doing what I do.
I’ve been thinking of documenting the way I do this for months now but, always forgetting. If anybody is interested, I’ve put up a little excel template I personally use to help keep me knowing what’s being preposted .. in my “stuff for the taking” section .. help yourself and Save-Target-As.
By HART (1-800-HART) on Nov 6, 2006
No - that technique just doesn’t work for me. I have found that my first cut is usually my best and that it may take a re-read and some minor tweaks, but saving it for later isn’t going to make it any better.
I do try to keep a notebook of blogging ideas and sketch out points as the ideas come to me.
By Char on Nov 7, 2006
This method has never really bothered me, its handy if your going on holiday or something.
I do what “char” said keep a notebook of blogging ideas much easier.
By Sharky on Nov 7, 2006
Char … for me anyway, pre-posting (in wordpress) isn’t about saving it to make better because the post is finished and published - just that it doesn’t show on the blog to the public until the date and time you specify. What would happen if you are creative one day .. sketch out 20 points and write 20 blog entries? Then .. you get busy with work, or not as creative for a while? Should your blog remain idle for two weeks?
For me .. if I were to publish 20 posts at the same time, people would get all 20 in their RSS feeds and not notice me until my next post and also be overloaded and probably not read any of them. But, if I were to pre-post them to publish every 5 hours or so .. everytime the reader checks their RSS feed reader, a new post might appears and might bring them back over to my site 20 times .. instead of only once. AT least, that’s the main reason why I do it. As I mentioned earlier .. it sure helped me when I took a two week vacation this past summer.
It’s just a tool, like anything else .. for some and not for others.
By HART (1-800-HART) on Nov 7, 2006
I write the beginnings of posts as the ideas come to me, but I never have completed blog posts stored up on the laptop or in my head. How do you have so many stored up?
By Gina on Nov 7, 2006
Yeah, Hart. That is a TON of posts!
By Darren on Nov 8, 2006
Gina .. Was that question to me? I can answer though. Sorry for delay // Darren .. you need that subscribe to comments plugin
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I usually pre-post just Ezine articles. In my bloglines, I have tons of stuff organized by folder, including searches, people’s blogs, and ezine articles. Bloglines has two faults - if you click on a folder title .. all articles are marked as read and disappear. You can get it back, but sometimes you forget. Also, when it reaches 200 unread posts it doesn’t get any new RSS feeds. So .. periodically I go through ALL of these folders and click the box to “Keep New” .. At that time, I am not blogging - I might be just reading this blog for an example!
When I have time to post on my blog .. I concentrate on one folder’s contents of “kept” posts. … I will untick that box and either post it in my blog or I won’t and it will be removed from my “inventory” on my next refresh. What’s nice about Bloglines is that at least when I did have my laptop up and running .. I could go back and forth from laptop to desktop and still see the saved posts online.
By HART (1-800-HART) on Nov 12, 2006
I’ve recently started writing blog entries in my draft file. It saves me editing and revising time. It also cuts down on extra posts that are distributed via feedburner. I’m hoping to be able to write less and less mistake-free overtime. I like being able to ‘practice’ before I add my final thoughts to my blog posts, especially when I’m working paid for post.
By Lael Johnson on Dec 2, 2006