Aim: Explaining the benefits of having a posting schedule and how you can implement schedules into your Blogspot blog
When I first started blogging, I never really knew anything about having a post schedule or plan where I would dedicate certain times in the week to research, write up and promote a particular article. Instead, I would spend hours on end wasting time and being unproductive; sometimes sacrificing other commitments and responsibilities because of it. The idea of having some sort of posting schedule means you are able to focus time and resources into areas that yield the most return. I don't know if you have ever heard of the Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule)? Even though it is usually applies to business, I've been able to make use of it whilst blogging.
If you're successful, you might have already applied this principle, with or without actually realising it. For the rest of us, the 80% refers to areas we're doing too much of (content creation, editing blog design and time wasting for instance) and the 20% refers to areas we don't do enough of but would benefit from greatly (such as link building or other commitments, responsibilities and hobbies that we're otherwise to busy or wrapped up in to undertake). If you feel like your spending too much time on blogging, but the productivity isn't there, you really need to consider the 80/20 rule; what's the time hog, what's important to the success of the blog that's being neglected, why is this happening and a solution to the problem. Your own personal posting schedule will not only lead to better consistency from one post to another, but will also act as a means of direction to keep you focused on one task.
