Are Your Blogging Goals Slipping? Help to Get Focussed

My blog goals for this year were simple: keep at it, alter content a little, stay organised. That last one is pure hell at times. Life gets in the way, I lose track of where I am up to… then the quality of the blog suffers and I lose readers. So what to do?

The simple answer is be realistic and get organised. I know I cannot keep up with blogging more than three times a week, so I stick to that unless a brilliant reblog is on hand. As for organised, Pinterest has become a great source of inspiration.

There are generous-hearted artists and bloggers out there who have put together 2014 organisers which help other bloggers: and have made them available free. There are many varieties and styles. Choose which best suits you and good luck.

The task lists are the ones I need!

P.S. Links are placed next to the post in case you print this post out.

Vintage Zest Planner and Free Blog Calendar. This is featured in the image above. http://www.vintagezest.com/2013/12/2014-planner-free-blog-calendar.html?m=1

Blog Maintenance Chart from the SITSGirls: http://www.thesitsgirls.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Blog-Maintenance.pdf also make sure you read “10 Things to Let Go of on Your Blog in 2014:” it will relieve your anxiety! http://www.thesitsgirls.com/inspiration/10-things-let-go-2014/

“Home Made by Caroma” has great printable sheets, with year at a glance calendars, Ideas, Progress and Completed columns and great advice. http://homemadebycarmona.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/blog-post-organization.html

Scraps of My Geek Life has a great Editorial Calendar. I like the colours, it makes it easier to see where you’re at. http://scrapsofmygeeklife.com/business-2/2014-editorial-calendar-template-free-download/

Living Lucurto has a free printable blog calendar which is very well planned. If you like soft blue with no fussy graphics, this is for you. http://www.livinglocurto.com/2010/03/free-printable-weekly-blog-calendar/

The Shabby Nest blog has great ideas and links to planners you can access free. http://shabbynest.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/blog-notebook-organizing-my-bloggy.html

Portland Bloggers win the prize for the best, but it will cost you a small amount to download via Paypal. They were overrun, and had to go to a different server. If nothing else, it shows what you need to put in a planner.

http://pdxbloggers.com/2013/01/freeprintableblogplanner/ 

The free printables in the blog planning package include:

Monthly Blog Post Planning Calendar— Each sheet has an open month calendar so that you can put the month and dates in. Each day on the calendar has popular social networking symbols with check boxes so that you can check off when you’ve promoted a post.
Weekly Blog Post Planning Calendar— Some people prefer to plan out their blog posts in more detail and on a weekly basis. The weekly calendar also has social networking symbols. It also has an area for weekly blog maintenance and SEO planning prompts.
Events and Holidays— A list of events and holidays. This is not a comprehensive list by any means…
Blog Post Brainstorming Worksheet— A blog post planning sheet
Blog Collaboration Worksheet— A place to track collaborative projects and responsibilities.
Blog Resolutions Tracker— A place to write and track blog goals and resolutions
Finance Tracker— A place to record income and expenses
Affiliate Programs— A place to track affiliate programs
Sponsors— A place to track sponsors, payment, and responsibilities.
Stats & Analytics— A place to record your stats and analytics monthly

This blog post by Cate Russell-Cole is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. You are free to share and adapt it.

Filed under: Blog Building and Promotion, Blog Taming Month: Feb 2014 Tagged: blog, blog maintenance, blogging, goals, ideas, organisation, planner, planning, resolutions, success, survival, tasks, writer, writing