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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00:15

What's up, my bloggy friends? Famous Ashley Grant here, and today I want to talk about systems for blogging. Here's the thing. We all have so many things that we have to do 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.

00:40

It's true. The most productive people all have one thing in common. They don't reinvent the wheel every day. Instead, they figured out the best, most efficient way to do every task, and they create a system to do just that. Every task. No matter what you're blogging about and what projects you find yourself tackling, a systemized approach is going to help you do things like work faster and produce more, produce higher quality results with fewer mistakes, and eventually you'll be able to easily outsource the tasks you don't even like to do. Enter the magic of templates. Think about it. How many times do you answer email from potential sponsors or pitches from people that want to collab with you? Or what about responding to readers who want to tell you what they loved or hated about your last post? Or maybe you even mail JV partners about an upcoming launch if your blog is at the stage of course creation or book creation. Each

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of these tasks can become more effortless when you create a fill -in -the -blank template that can be repurposed for specific cases or people. Templates can be as simple as a canned response that you use in your email client or help desk, or you can use software to do something like that. You might even create a template document in Dropbox or Google Drive to house all of your templates for easier access. And hey, you can even create templates for your blog posts so that it's easier to write your posts each time you're ready to sit down and publish something new for your readers. While templates will undoubtedly save you time, the real beauty is that once they're created, you can easily outsource things like email and eventually your sales. Simply instruct your assistant once you finally hire one on the proper use of your templates, and you'll be free to do other, more important things. Another important

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thing you should implement is doing checklists. Checklists prevent mistakes. Though it might seem counterintuitive, when you perform the same tasks over and over again, it's easy to miss a critical step. For example, you might think your sponsors all paid you this month. You might even remember invoicing for them, only to look back and see that you missed an invoice because it wasn't actually sent. But when you implement checklists for all of your tasks, it's suddenly much more difficult to miss an important thing, like creating all the deliverables for sponsored content or remembering to pin the latest blog post you published. You can easily create checklists for all of your common tasks and projects using nothing more than a text document. And once you're finally ready to start managing a team, checklists in your project management system will allow you to see exactly what tasks are complete and

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which ones are still outstanding. Personally, for me, I use Trello because I can put checklists and templates together to keep track of all of my moving parts. Templates and checklists are what turn smart bloggers into productivity superstars, and it's easy to get started. The next time you answer an email you've answered before, save your response. And the next time you apply for a new affiliate program or create a new opt -in page or pitch a sponsor, take the time to record every step you took. The documents that you create telling you the different steps that you had to take will make future projects easier and faster to complete. And best of all, like I said, when you're ready to hire someone, you can hand the tasks off to your assistant to do for you.

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Now I want to bring it over to you. Think about your own blog and what kind of systems you can create to make it easier for you to be, well, a blogger. I'd love to know your thoughts. Tweet me at bloggyfriends and tell me what you're going to start doing to increase your own productivity. Until next time, may your page views be high and your bounce rate be low.