Lets be honest here... we need to have a blog schedule because blogging can take up a LOT of time if we let it. It can take up all of our time, if we would let it. The reason? Blogging is one of those jobs that just never has an "ending". It is always open-ended. There is always more to do. Write another post. Edit another image. Share another post. Pin another pin. Start another book. Create another course. The to-do list goes ...
Time Management
SCHEDULE SERIES: Blog posting schedule
A Blog posting schedule ... ahh, yes... I love schedules. I mean I LOVE schedules. I need to be organized, to an extent. I love it because I like to know what I am doing next. I don't need to do the same thing at the same time on the same day, but I do need to write down due dates and have some sort of consistency. It makes life easier. It keeps me organized. It keeps me focused. It helps me to know what I have to do and when I have ...
Thank You
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How to schedule social media posts all at once (don’t spend all day online!)
I want to share a few ways that I stay connected without actually being online. I like to try to jump on every day, a few times, but some days (like Saturdays) when I am spending time with my family, I just can't be online. FACEBOOK: Did you know that Facebook frowns upon using outside services to schedule Facebook posts? For this reason, I schedule my Facebook Posts all at once, right from my Facebook Fan Page. Just now, I went onto ...
How to Revamp Old Blog Posts
How to revamp old blog posts has become a must in my current blogging arsenal. I had good ideas back at the beginning of my blogging career, but I had no idea how to present them. Some of biggest traffic driving posts have come from posts that I have reworked. Today I want to give you the tools for breathing new life into old posts. When I started out in blogging I knew nothing. Nothing. I did not read any blogs. I was unaware of the number of ...
Time Management for a Blogger
Time management for a blogger is something that all bloggers struggle with, especially if they are writing to make a living from their blog (yes, this can be done!) Here are a few of my best tips for time management: Home: 1- Slow cooker meals. This has been the best thing that I've done for our family since starting my blog. I found that I wasn't planning my meals, so we were going out twice a week and I don't like to eat out because it ...
How to Balance Blogging & Family Time
This was originally posted in 2013, but just a reminder that we think you'll love! … "How do you balance blogging and family time?" - This is an important question for bloggers to consider, and it's something that I think about a lot! I have two extraordinarily rambunctious toddlers on my hands, so my hands are already pretty full, before you add blogging to the mix. Learning how to balance blogging and family time is vital. I have been writing ...
Free Christmas Images
Scroll to the bottom of this post to grab one of our Free Christmas Images for "taking a blogging break"! First off, Merry Christmas from all of us here at Blogging on the Side! We hope each of you have a wonderful week celebrating Christ's birth with your friends and family!!! After today, things will be quiet on this blog, until friday when the scheduled interview will go up. Each of us will be spending extra time with our families and ...
What is Balance
Join us in welcoming Tiffany Romero for a guest post today! She is sharing what Balance means to her. I love that it looks different for each family! It seems everyone is talking about work-life balance. My friends, colleagues, news outlets and the many women I’ve spoken to around the country at our Bloggy Boot Camps are all discussing the many directions today's working woman and mother are pulled in. From work obligations to family commitments ...
When you feel overwhelmed
Sometimes, as a blogger, new or old… there comes a time when you feel overwhelmed. It might be that you feel disorganized, or that you are trying to sign-up for so many money-making opportunities that you feel like you don't know where to begin. It may be that you are finding that balancing your blog with family life is proving to be harder than you thought. Here are a few ideas to help you when you feel overwhelmed: 1- Start with the ...