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| Write Down and Share Your Goals Posted: 24 Dec 2013 08:18 PM PST I probably don’t need to convince you about the importance of having goals, right? There are many studies around confirming that people who have goals outperform those who don’t by a large margin, be it in the business world, sports and so on. What you might not know, however, is that it’s quite important not only to have goals, but to write them down somewhere. This process has two benefits: first of all when you write something down you create a stronger connection with your brain, so by writing down your goals you’ll be making them firmer on your mind. Second, having the goals written somewhere is the only way to be sure of what the goals were in the first place, especially if you’ll want to go back to them years later. In fact there are studies confirming that people who have written goals outperform those who have goals but don’t write them anywhere. It doesn’t matter if you will write them down on a piece of of paper or on your computer, as long as you write them. And here’s a tip: one easy way to store your written goals is to email them to yourself. You can do this every year, and whenever you need to revise them simply search your email inbox for ‘goals’. The second thing you might not know about goals is that sharing your goals with other people will also increase your chances of achieving the goals. That’s because when you share your goals with other people you feel a greater sense of responsibility, as you don’t want to let those people down. In my opinion close friends and family are the best ones to share your goals with, as you see them often, and they are close enough to feel comfortable calling you out if you don’t achieve your goals out of laziness or lack of determination. 2014 is around the corner. What are you waiting for? Wanna learn how to make more money with your website? Check the Online Profits training program! |
| Three Good Reasons to Use an Editorial Calendar Posted: 24 Dec 2013 07:16 AM PST Do you plan your content ahead of time … or do you just sit down on each "blogging day" to write a post? While it's a perfectly good idea to write while you're inspired, it's more likely that you'll end up sitting down in front of a blank post or Word document, scratching your head and trying to figure out a good topic. Even if you don't have trouble coming up with ideas, you may find that you've run five list-style posts in a row, or covered the same topic in two consecutive weeks. An editorial calendar is simply a list of what blog post you're going to write when. You can use a plugin, like the Editorial Calendar, or you can create a spreadsheet, use a physical diary, or even use a Gantt chart – or whatever works for you! Image from Flickr by danielmoyle. Here's why planning and scheduling your posts in advance is a very good idea: #1: It Helps You Stay on Top of Your BloggingDo you ever find yourself rushing through a post at the last minute – or skipping posting for weeks on end because you never seem to have enough time or enough ideas? An editorial calendar helps you stay in control. You'll come up with a bunch of ideas at, say, the start of the month – and then you know what you'll be writing all month long. This makes it easier to plan the rest of life around your blogging. For instance, if you know you've got a big post coming up that will need a lot of research, you can spread the work across several days. #2: It Gives You a Better Balance of PostsI know from experience that it's all too easy to write the same types of posts day after day and week after week. Maybe you've got into a bit of a list post rut, with "5 ways to…" and "7 tips for…" cropping up every single time. While list posts are great, and numbers make for compelling headlines, it's good to shake things up a bit. A calendar lets you plan for a good balance of posts. This might mean having a regular series – e.g. I'm running the Mistakes series on Fridays at present. Or it might simply mean throwing in a few new types of posts – perhaps a review once a month, or a how-to every couple of weeks. #3: It Allows You to Work with Other BloggersIf anyone else writes for your blog (either as a guest or as a co-blogger), then an editorial calendar is especially important and useful. Guest posters will want to know when their post is likely to run. If you don't have a calendar, it's hard to give them a good answer – and if you simply run their post as soon as possible, you may find that you end up with a whole lot of guest posts in a row, followed by none for weeks. Co-bloggers need to know when you're posting and (unless you always cover different topic areas) what you're posting about. A calendar will keep everything running smoothly, especially if you edit one another's posts, or if one person approves them all before they go live.
Do you use an editorial calendar, or is this something you plan to do in 2014? Let us know your thoughts in the comments…
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