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Episode 7Jan 1, 2021· 5:11

Systems For Blogging

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Let's talk about systems for blogging. Here’s the thing – we all have to do so many things for our blogs, and the truth is with all the moving parts of blogging it can get overwhelming FAST! If you’ve ever looked at another blogger and wondered how she manages to get it all done, the answer might or might not surprise you. She’s got good systems. It’s true. The most productive people all have one thing in common: they don’t reinvent the wheel every day. Instead, they’ve figured out the best, most efficient way to do every task, and they create a system to do just that. No matter what you’re blogging about and what projects you find yourself tackling, a systemized approach will help you: Work faster and produce more Produce higher quality results with fewer mistakes Easily outsource the tasks you don’t like to do More Show Notes From This Episode: What’s up my bloggy friends! I'm slowly updating the show notes for this and every episode of The Bloggy Friends Show. My new home base for all things Bloggy Friends can be found here: https://www.famousashleygrant.com/podcast/ Be sure to follow me on social: Facebook | Instagram | X | LinkedIn | TikTok | YouTube ------------------------------------------------------------------- This podcast is supported by affiliate partnerships. Please check out a few of our partners below: – Start a podcast today here: https://rss.com?via=famous – Create content from your own voice with Castmagic's Suite of AI Tools: https://get.castmagic.io/dcjy15cirnts – Want to help support our show? Buy a girl a drink perhaps? https://ko-fi.com/famousashleygrant – Need content for your podcast or blog? Check out Tools for Motivation! The links above are affiliate links. This means my podcast will receive a small commission if you order through any of them at no additional cost to you. Affiliate commissions are one of the ways my podcast makes money so that I can create episodes free of charge. If you do purchase anything from my links, I sincerely would like to thank you for your support!
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Let's talk about systems for blogging. Here’s the thing – we all have to do so many things for our blogs, and the truth is with all the moving parts of blogging it can get overwhelming FAST! If you’ve ever looked at another blogger and wondered how she manages to get it all done, the answer might or might not surprise you. She’s got good systems. It’s true. The most productive people all have one thing in common:…
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Full transcript
00:15
What's up, my bloggy friends? Famous Ashley Grant
00:17
here, and today I want to talk about systems
00:19
for blogging. Here's the thing. We all have so
00:23
many things that we have to do for our blogs,
00:25
and the truth is, with all the moving parts of
00:27
blogging, it can get overwhelming fast. If you've
00:31
ever looked at another blogger and wondered how
00:33
she manages to get it all done, the answer might
00:36
or might not surprise you. She's got good systems.
00:40
It's true. The most productive people all have
00:43
one thing in common. They don't reinvent the
00:45
wheel every day. Instead, they figured out the
00:49
best, most efficient way to do every task, and
00:52
they create a system to do just that. Every task.
00:57
No matter what you're blogging about and what
00:59
projects you find yourself tackling, a systemized
01:02
approach is going to help you do things like
01:04
work faster and produce more, produce higher
01:08
quality results with fewer mistakes, and eventually
01:11
you'll be able to easily outsource the tasks
01:13
you don't even like to do. Enter the magic of
01:17
templates. Think about it. How many times do
01:21
you answer email from potential sponsors or pitches
01:24
from people that want to collab with you? Or
01:27
what about responding to readers who want to
01:29
tell you what they loved or hated about your
01:31
last post? Or maybe you even mail JV partners
01:35
about an upcoming launch if your blog is at the
01:38
stage of course creation or book creation. Each
01:41
of these tasks can become more effortless when
01:44
you create a fill -in -the -blank template that
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can be repurposed for specific cases or people.
01:51
Templates can be as simple as a canned response
01:53
that you use in your email client or help desk,
01:56
or you can use software to do something like
01:58
that. You might even create a template document
02:02
in Dropbox or Google Drive to house all of your
02:05
templates for easier access. And hey, you can
02:08
even create templates for your blog posts so
02:11
that it's easier to write your posts each time
02:13
you're ready to sit down and publish something
02:15
new for your readers. While templates will undoubtedly
02:19
save you time, the real beauty is that once they're
02:21
created, you can easily outsource things like
02:24
email and eventually your sales. Simply instruct
02:27
your assistant once you finally hire one on the
02:30
proper use of your templates, and you'll be free
02:32
to do other, more important things. Another important
02:36
thing you should implement is doing checklists.
02:39
Checklists prevent mistakes. Though it might
02:42
seem counterintuitive, when you perform the same
02:44
tasks over and over again, it's easy to miss
02:47
a critical step. For example, you might think
02:51
your sponsors all paid you this month. You might
02:54
even remember invoicing for them, only to look
02:56
back and see that you missed an invoice because
02:58
it wasn't actually sent. But when you implement
03:02
checklists for all of your tasks, it's suddenly
03:04
much more difficult to miss an important thing,
03:07
like creating all the deliverables for sponsored
03:09
content or remembering to pin the latest blog
03:12
post you published. You can easily create checklists
03:16
for all of your common tasks and projects using
03:18
nothing more than a text document. And once you're
03:22
finally ready to start managing a team, checklists
03:24
in your project management system will allow
03:26
you to see exactly what tasks are complete and
03:29
which ones are still outstanding. Personally,
03:31
for me, I use Trello because I can put checklists
03:35
and templates together to keep track of all of
03:37
my moving parts. Templates and checklists are
03:40
what turn smart bloggers into productivity superstars,
03:44
and it's easy to get started. The next time you
03:47
answer an email you've answered before, save
03:49
your response. And the next time you apply for
03:52
a new affiliate program or create a new opt -in
03:54
page or pitch a sponsor, take the time to record
03:58
every step you took. The documents that you create
04:01
telling you the different steps that you had
04:03
to take will make future projects easier and
04:06
faster to complete. And best of all, like I said,
04:09
when you're ready to hire someone, you can hand
04:12
the tasks off to your assistant to do for you.
04:16
Now I want to bring it over to you. Think about
04:19
your own blog and what kind of systems you can
04:22
create to make it easier for you to be, well,
04:24
a blogger. I'd love to know your thoughts. Tweet
04:28
me at bloggyfriends and tell me what you're going
04:31
to start doing to increase your own productivity.
04:34
Until next time, may your page views be high
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and your bounce rate be low.