Successful bloggers understand the value of productivity, because bloggers who post a lot of new content get more traffic to their blogs. Productivity is also important for maintaining the interest of regular visitors to a blog. Lack of productivity will result in an inactive blog that few people want to visit.
New blog posts can be added daily, or several posts can be published in a day. Some bloggers have recorded a significant increase in earnings from Adsense, or from affiliate sales, simply by adding five or six posts at intervals throughout the day. More frequent posting has a huge benefit in gaining traffic from search engines and visitors from social sites.
◊ Planning ahead.
Forward planning is an important part of productivity. Set aside time for writing and for planning ahead what to post. Having lists of ideas for topics of blog posts will help with the writing process. Identifying keywords and creative effective titles should be part of planning what to write.
The big advantage with blogging is that you can write several posts and schedule them to be published on a blog at regular intervals. A blogger who only has time to write at the weekend can produce seven or more posts in one session, then set a time for each post to be published so at least one new post a day appears on the blog.
◊ Posting little and often.
Writing a series of blog posts, between 250 and 600 words each, is far more effective than writing long posts of a thousand words or more. Not many Internet users are willing to spend time reading a long piece of text, even when a post is filled with a lot of good ideas and plenty of information.
It is of greater benefit to write a series of articles around different aspects of the same topic. Each short article can be linked on the blog and promoted separately on social sites. All the posts will be indexed individually by search engines. Traffic will increase and the blog will attract more regular visitors.
◊ Interacting with blog visitors.
Asking blog readers to suggest their own ideas and opinions will encourage comments to be added to a blog post. Comments can provide you with ideas for future blog posts when someone asks a question, for example, or requests more information on a topic. You can give brief responses in the comment box, and promise that future posts will provide more detailed information.
◊ Writing more about niche subjects.
Having a hobby or an interest is a great basis for blogging. A blog with a theme attracts visitors who have a real interest in topics associated with the ads or affiliate links on that blog, and visitors will subscribe or bookmark a blog when it is of special interest to them.
Blogging on niche subjects also works well in search engine optimization. Keywords in each post are indexed, so more phrases will match searches when people seek information on the subject of that blog.
Having more than one blog requires a little extra productivity, but it can be easier to write on individual topics for specialist blogs. Your productivity might be reduced by trying to write a lot of blog posts of more general interest.
The most valuable ways for bloggers to increase productivity, and to ensure monetized blogs become more profitable, involve forward planning, regular posting, being interactive, and becoming known as a blogger worth following.