How I Manage My Blog

As someone who has been blogging for nearly ten years, I have to say at times it's not been easy. Coming into 2024 though, I've taken my blog a bit more seriously than previously and I've learned a few things along the way to running my blog smoothly. I thought I'd share the ways in which I manage my blog to help any of you reading this who might be thinking of starting their own blog in 2024 or you're a fellow blogger who's looking for some helpful tips. Eitherway, I hope you can take something from this post. Now, let's get started.

1. Having a blogging notebook

I have to say, I'm pretty old school and one of the things I like to have on hand with me is my notebook that is dedicated to my blog. It's just a pink notebook I picked up from Poundland but I love it as I'm using it for my 2024 blogging journey. Sometimes ideas for posts can just come out of nowhere and I always like to write it down. Plus I prefer writing things physically down first as it helps me to think better. In this notebook, I write lots of things down such as ideas for posts, my blogging goals and just any ideas for future posts. Plus I can take this notebook anywhere with me so if I'm at work or if I'm travelling somewhere and an idea comes to mind, I'll write it down in my notebook. It's just something that has helped me out a lot when running my blog. 

2. Choosing your blogging platform

It's always good to have a good platform to run your blog on. I've been using Blogger (which used to be Blogspot when I first began) and I love it. I know there are other websites you can use like Wordpress and Pinterest but Blogger is super simple to use. It gives you the option to customise your blog, plus it's easy to edit and publish your posts. You can't run your blog without a good platform and luckily there are plenty to choose from. 

3. Spell & Grammar check

Back in the day when I first began my little blog, I would just type away my post then just publish it. I wouldn't even read through it. I would just preview it to see if it looked okay then it was published. I've now looked back on those posts and realised there are quite a few mistakes in them. I know sometimes you can get away with the odd spelling mistake but having loads is never a good sign. That's why with every post I always make sure to put it through a spell and grammar check. This sounds very fancy but it's literally just me copying and pasting the post onto Google Docs to then find where the errors are and correct them. Honestly, it would make such an improvement to your blog to know it has the correct grammar and spelling onto it. 

4. Try to work on as many posts as you can in one session

I'm sometimes limited on time as I work Monday to Fridays so it can be tricky to fit in time to work on my blog. I tend to work on sessions where I have a surge of motivation to write posts. One thing I do try to accomplish is working on more than one post. One post is great but if you have the motivation, you may as well work on many posts as you can. In my opinion it's always good to have posts ready to go in advance as you do get those days where you have writer's block and not sure what to write about. It happens but during those times it's good to have backup posts ready to go during those moments. Try and dedicate an hour to your blog each day if you can and soon you'll have lots of posts ready to go. 

5. Don't put pressure on yourself

Honestly, don't go into blogging thinking you're going to be the next Zoella where you'll get millions of views. If you're going into blogging looking for fame and lots of views then you're blogging for the wrong reasons. Honestly, ten page views is better than nothing. You'll get those days where you're not getting as many page views as you hoped for. Especially when you first start out. The best thing you can do is not put pressure on yourself and just write about things you enjoy. Don't try to copy other popular bloggers because you hope to be the next big thing. Of course, you can take inspiration and learn from other bloggers but just try to do your own thing. One day, you will reach those milestones. My blog hit 100,000 pageviews last year and that was honestly a huge achievement for me. Remember blogging always starts a hobby for most people and everyone who runs a blog does it because they enjoy it. Just have fun with your blog and do what makes you happy. 

There we have it. Those are my tips on how I run my blog. Let me know if this was helpful to any of you budding bloggers out there. I'd love to hear what your biggest blogging tip is in the comments below and maybe we can help eachother out. 

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and I'll be back tomorrow with another post for you. 

See you then.

Megan x 

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