Blogging, you’ve read about it, you’ve heard about it and you’ve probably been told about it. Today I am starting a new series called Blogging School. In part one I am going to concentrate on what I think is the number one and most important thing about Blogging. Time, can you make the time to blog?, remember that most of us have a job, kids, and a life that takes up whatever time we have left. Why is time the most important thing about Blogging?, because a blog is going to take some of that time out of your busy schedule and in order to be successful you have to be consistent, that is what I have found out. You can start your blog but if you only post once in a million years because of time constraints your readers will notice and nobody will stick around to grow with you. I have said it before and I will say it again, this is my de facto second job. It takes me about 4 hours a day to keep it going, two hours in the morning and two hours at night and that is just for this one blog.
When I first started Blogging I remember saying to myself, “30 minutes a day to blog, piece of cake”. Reality check, a lot more than 30 minutes a day, so I had to make the time to blog. I learned the hard way because I didn’t know better. Looking back I can see where I made mistakes and now I can pass on what I have learned so things won’t be as hard for you as they were for me at the beginning. If you can make the time then you are on your way. Set your schedule and stick to it, in the long run that will only make you more productive and cause you less problems. Blogging is a lot of fun, believe me I know. It is also hard and that is ok, what it doesn’t have to become is harder and we can avoid that by working smarter.