Blog Content – How to Post Daily Without Posting Daily

Most bloggers realize the fact that your content is the life blood of your blog, and without regular posts, you’re all but dead in the water. But writing and posting content takes time, often eating up large portions of the limited time you have for this activity.

While not an original idea of mine, this solution eliminates that burden and provides you with time to work on other aspects of building your business. Once you’ve implemented this technique, you will no longer feel the pressure of having to write a post “now” because your blog is out of date.

I made the commitment to post at least 6 days each week some time ago and most weeks I post daily. What I found early on was that life gets in the way. There was always some unanticipated occurrence that would delay my plan of getting to the keyboard so I could begin to write a post.

The result was that I would often find myself writing at times when I planned to be doing something else. When you get off schedule like this, it really serves as a distraction in the back of your mind.

Then it dawned on me that I needed a supply of posts ready to roll out of the pipeline at any given moment. No time to write today? Fine, grab one of those pre-written post from your stock.

So here is how you can post daily without posting daily. You may have established a different schedule, but this method works for any.

Find yourself a free day that you can concentrate on writing 4 or 5 posts. Get your coffee, go to your office or workspace and close the door. Eliminate all distractions, no CNN or Morning shows in the background, no Twitter or email, nothing.

Each article that you write represents a block of time that you will not have to find later.

Now that you have 4 or 5 articles in “stock”, you can post at least a few of them to your WordPress blog now, setting the time and date to publish.

To set the time and date of your post simply expand the Post Timestamp box on the right and select the day and time desired. I like to use the date and “00:05″, which causes my posts to publish just after Midnight.

After selecting your date and time info, click the “Publish” button and you’re all set.

These “future posts” have relieved you of the pressure associated with having to write at times that are not optimal for your schedule. Be sure to replenish your “stock” so that you always have some articles in waiting. Do not overstock these articles, as you want to keep your content fresh and there could be something time sensitive in your content.

This technique is also great for vacations and get-a-ways, providing that much needed “Downtime” required by all.

One more reason why WordPress is the best blogging platform available today.