7 Things that Help Me Manage Multiple Blogs While Working Full Time

Posted on 02. Jan, 2012 by Kimberly in General Blogging

photo credit: Simon Cocks

When people learn that I write three blogs, they’re surprised.  When they learn that I write three blogs while working full time and maintaining a life (family, friends, books, photography), then they ask “how?”  I’m an open book and don’t mind sharing how I’m able to manage this, but with a few key notes…

I don’t have kids.  My 14 year old “step son” doesn’t count, because I don’t take an active role in raising him.

I’m passionate about each of the subjects of my blogs, so I have a blast managing them.

My blog IS my business; I’m not blogging to promote a business.

7 Things that Help Me Manage Multiple Blogs While Working Full Time

01: I write all the time – whenever an idea hits me, I take a note, because I don’t trust myself to remember when I get home.  My Blackberry Torch and my Kindle Fire are both linked up to WordPress giving me the option to draft a post on the fly.

02: I’ve learn to love my voice – I even have an Olympus Digital Voice Recorder so I can draft a blog post while driving.  Sounds weird, but it works.  My iPod has a voice recorded too, but I’ve eaten up the memory with music and podcasts.

03: I write in the future – I have blog posts scheduled out for 2 to 3 weeks on each of my blogs.  I spend an afternoon (3 – 4 hours) on the weekend writing and scheduling my blog posts.

04: I limit my posts – I only post three days a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday).  It keeps me from overwhelming myself or my readers / followers.  If a great opportunity arises (a camera giveaway, for example), I may post an additional article.

05: I have an editorial calender – I use the Editorial Calender WordPress plugin, but I also have just a regular calender (pick one up cheap after the New Year), that I can just mark off days that are scheduled.  It’s a quick and easy way to see where I am with each blog.

06: I crowd source –  I love HARO (Help a Reporter Out) and Reporter Connection.  I use both of these sites when I need resources for a blog post.  Sometimes you can Crowd Source and create a post with lots of quotes, like my SEO Blog Tips posts and 2011 Blogging Tax Tips.

07: Google Alerts- I started using Google Alerts to keep track of my name, my blog titles, and my Flickr photostream.  But I’ve expanded the alerts to include my niches (amateur photography | easy blogging tips | dog training/care), so that I can get a heads up on blog ideas right when Google indexes someone’s blog post.

Being ahead of the game with my blog, makes social networking a lot easier, because instead of spending the day writing and publishing posts, I spend time on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and keeping up with the blogs I follow.

I’ve heard rumors of a Blogger Organizer.  I found THIS ONE (The Niche Blogger Blogging Organizer Workbook: Keep Track Of And Organize Your Blogs) on Amazon, which seems to be related to a course, but I do know that there is a blogger out there who has created one.  I’ll have to track that down for you (and me).

Disclaimer:  This post contains affiliate links from Amazon.com

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