How do you manage your blogs?

[Snowbabe]

Please move if not on the correct section.

As a one man show, how do you handle your day job and blog? It can take me quite some time to write 1 article and it doesn’t feel productive to write 4 articles per month (specially when managing multiple blogs at a time).

I’ve read that time could be better spend on something else rather than blogging and now I’m unsure whether I should continue at all.

Thought

 

[Plastic Bowl]

Use AI content with a manual touch, VAs, and bots. Use the resources you can to multiply your time and efforts.

 

[Panther28]

Do you have a time management system where you think your notes, track your research and store things like logins and what goes/went where?

Thats the key, you have to find something that works for you, and then you'll be able to use other writers and/or ai content to help you speed up your writing process.

You need a back bone and core of business functions for that to happen. I'm aiming to start averaging 10-20 articles done a day regularly, but that's with ai templating, and hand written research of a few hours too.

I wouldn't have this ability if I wasn't organized in my time system, which is kept in monday.com. Big shout out to the other days of the week too though! lol

 

[Snowbabe]

Use AI content with a manual touch, VAs, and bots. Use the resources you can to multiply your time and efforts.

I'm currently using AI but I still have to change a lot of the output it comes up with specially when the articles need research.

Do you have a time management system where you think your notes, track your research and store things like logins and what goes/went where?

Thats the key, you have to find something that works for you, and then you'll be able to use other writers and/or ai content to help you speed up your writing process.

You need a back bone and core of business functions for that to happen. I'm aiming to start averaging 10-20 articles done a day regularly, but that's with ai templating, and hand written research of a few hours too.

I wouldn't have this ability if I wasn't organized in my time system, which is kept in monday.com. Big shout out to the other days of the week too though! lol

I'm trying to come up with a system that works for me but I get caught up in trying to make the articles as best as they can be + research takes a bunch of time and I find myself getting burnt out.

 

[Plastic Bowl]

I'm currently using AI but I still have to change a lot of the output it comes up with specially when the articles need research.

Refine your prompts and give the AI a source of truth.

 

[TJ_Ana]

I'm trying to come up with a system that works for me but I get caught up in trying to make the articles as best as they can be + research takes a bunch of time and I find myself getting burnt out.

I've been there too, I just felt like I don't even know which one that I should do from all the options/tasks. Based on my own experience, I refreshed everything to make myself less stress by doing one tasks in a time:

1. I wrote one good article for a specific niche on a specific website each day.
2. I noted some important subjects each day (ideas, what to do for next task, etc) before I call it a day, so I don't get lost the tracks.
3. I stopped writing if I'm feeling unwell (sick, tired/exhausted) because it won't give you any good results.

I kept doing it until I feel to get used to it so I could manage to double/triple the results. It's better to write one good article rather than write more 'less quality' articles in a day. With AI helps nowadays, it will be much more easier to achieve those tasks (just by little twist to the articles to be more 'human') . This is just my own experience

 

[sageshark]

I complitely understand your situation. I have been through this few years ago and from my own experience I can tell you that, in given condition, if you focus on one blog, then it will be ideal.

Select the blog that you believe has the most potential and start growing it from all aspects - content, keywords, links, social media, etc. There is a plenty of work to be done.

Consistency is the key here.

If you stay consistent with your work and time management, then this one blog will give you success that 10 blogs would not have given in that time frame.

Once you get some good revenue then hire people to work on other blogs for more growth.

 

[Snowbabe]

Refine your prompts and give the AI a source of truth.

How would I feed AI the source of truth? I've tried a few different variations but none ever come close to what I expect the output to be.

I've been there too, I just felt like I don't even know which one that I should do from all the options/tasks. Based on my own experience, I refreshed everything to make myself less stress by doing one tasks in a time:

1. I wrote one good article for a specific niche on a specific website each day.
2. I noted some important subjects each day (ideas, what to do for next task, etc) before I call it a day, so I don't get lost the tracks.
3. I stopped writing if I'm feeling unwell (sick, tired/exhausted) because it won't give you any good results.

I kept doing it until I feel to get used to it so I could manage to double/triple the results. It's better to write one good article rather than write more 'less quality' articles in a day. With AI helps nowadays, it will be much more easier to achieve those tasks (just by little twist to the articles to be more 'human') . This is just my own experience

Thanks mate!!

I complitely understand your situation. I have been through this few years ago and from my own experience I can tell you that, in given condition, if you focus on one blog, then it will be ideal.

Select the blog that you believe has the most potential and start growing it from all aspects - content, keywords, links, social media, etc. There is a plenty of work to be done.

Consistency is the key here.

If you stay consistent with your work and time management, then this one blog will give you success that 10 blogs would not have given in that time frame.

Once you get some good revenue then hire people to work on other blogs for more growth.

This is what I was doing initially but I kept reading about not keeping all of your eggs in one basket and bloggers being hit by Google updates (which scared me a lot).

 

[sageshark]

This is what I was doing initially but I kept reading about not keeping all of your eggs in one basket and bloggers being hit by Google updates (which scared me a lot).

That's true, but in your current situation where you do not have resources then this is the only best and practical option.

 

[unconscious83]

It depends on your goals

 

[Writinger]

Hey! A new AI base tool that is Chat GPT can help you in writing for your blogs. This is very famous tool nowadays.

 

[Rulingseo]

Yes you spend time, but nowadays things are very easy

because there is a tool for every work so it's easy for now.

 

[CyberSEO]

Don't manage them at all. I have only two hands and one head to manage 100's of sites. Robots and AI do that for me. We live in 21st century.

 

[Snowbabe]

That's true, but in your current situation where you do not have resources then this is the only best and practical option.

Appreciate it mate!

It depends on your goals

Bring in organic traffic and make money?

Hey! A new AI base tool that is Chat GPT can help you in writing for your blogs. This is very famous tool nowadays.

I checked it out but I find that when it's about researched articles... all AI tools are lacking.

Yes you spend time, but nowadays things are very easy

because there is a tool for every work so it's easy for now.

You mean AI?

Don't manage them at all. I have only two hands and one head to manage 100's of sites. Robots and AI do that for me. We live in 21st century.

100's sites? How do you do that? and I agree but I still find that the AIs on the market are not there yet, do you have your own AI?

 

[Black Belt Spodermen]

I have currently three sites actively running and trust me, it's not easy to handle three alone. I don't have writers or any team currently. So, I have to do everything by myself including the research, planning, writing, promotion etc.

Therefore, I work on 1-2 sites on one day and on the third the other day.

 

[Fiducia]

Set and monitor your goals. A tool like goalscape helps a lot.
Define your tasks and complete these. Todoist is great.
And then - work!

 

[Hunter112]

I have currently three sites actively running and trust me, it's not easy to handle three alone. I don't have writers or any team currently. So, I have to do everything by myself including the research, planning, writing, promotion etc.

Therefore, I work on 1-2 sites on one day and on the third the other day.

How many post per day/per site? and How many traffic per site? thanks

 

[Black Belt Spodermen]

How many post per day/per site? and How many traffic per site? thanks

I am not uniform on posts but I would say 40-50 posts in total. Only one site is currently earning properly, the other two are earning here and there a little bit because one of them is completely new and one was dead for a long time.

 

[SEOMadHatter]

As a one man show, how do you handle your day job and blog? It can take me quite some time to write 1 article and it doesn’t feel productive to write 4 articles per month (specially when managing multiple blogs at a time).

No longer a one-man show, and I've ditched the day job, but I've been there. We all have.

Stop Working on Three Sites.

Personally, I love managing multiple sites at once, but if you're struggling with time, I would start with just focusing on one. Between topical relevance and domain authority, you'll leverage your time far faaaaar better by building up one site. Come back and build up the others further down the line.

I did the exact opposite of this. I used to spin up dozens of websites at once, and it slowed me down big time. I'd be doing far better if someone had given me this advice to narrow my focus. It's not as fun. It feels scarier because you're putting all your time into one project. It's still the best advice I could give you.

It takes about the same amount of work to get a site from $0 to $1,000 a month as it does to take that $1,000 a month to $10,000. Leverage your best site and take the risk of investing your time into it.

AI

As others have said - use AI to help leverage your time even further. There's not really a one-size-fits-all approach here since everyone has different theories about what Google will do with AI content. We still put time into each of our articles, but AI means we're publishing more.

Know Your Limits

I don't mean you need to worry about burnout. If you want to build something on top of a day job, you're going to have to burn that candle at both ends. Figure out what you want to give up in order to make time for creating your site. This means sacrificing the time everyone else is drinking or watching Netflix, and creating content instead.

The limit you do need to be aware of is how you compete.

If your competition has an older domain with higher authority and a team of writers, you're not going to beat them at their game. Maybe you'll win out in the long term if you can beat their quality, but everyone over-estimates the quality of their own content. Chase lower competition keywords that are underserved. Are they burying the answer in walls of text? Create NLP-friendly content that gives them the answer right away, and your user metrics will look healthier.

Look for things your competitors aren't doing where you could get an edge (think video or custom images).


TL;DR: Not what you want to hear. Pick one site, sacrifice free time and get to work.

 

[Snowbabe]

I have currently three sites actively running and trust me, it's not easy to handle three alone. I don't have writers or any team currently. So, I have to do everything by myself including the research, planning, writing, promotion etc.

Therefore, I work on 1-2 sites on one day and on the third the other day.

I just find myself taking too long to write an article (when I don't need to spend that much time).

Set and monitor your goals. A tool like goalscape helps a lot.
Define your tasks and complete these. Todoist is great.
And then - work!

I'm using Notion at the moment, hope to have a system in place soon.

I am not uniform on posts but I would say 40-50 posts in total. Only one site is currently earning properly, the other two are earning here and there a little bit because one of them is completely new and one was dead for a long time.

Wow, that's quite a lot, would love to know how many words per article? None of my sites are still earning anything significant.

No longer a one-man show, and I've ditched the day job, but I've been there. We all have.

Stop Working on Three Sites.

Personally, I love managing multiple sites at once, but if you're struggling with time, I would start with just focusing on one. Between topical relevance and domain authority, you'll leverage your time far faaaaar better by building up one site. Come back and build up the others further down the line.

I did the exact opposite of this. I used to spin up dozens of websites at once, and it slowed me down big time. I'd be doing far better if someone had given me this advice to narrow my focus. It's not as fun. It feels scarier because you're putting all your time into one project. It's still the best advice I could give you.

It takes about the same amount of work to get a site from $0 to $1,000 a month as it does to take that $1,000 a month to $10,000. Leverage your best site and take the risk of investing your time into it.

AI

As others have said - use AI to help leverage your time even further. There's not really a one-size-fits-all approach here since everyone has different theories about what Google will do with AI content. We still put time into each of our articles, but AI means we're publishing more.

Know Your Limits

I don't mean you need to worry about burnout. If you want to build something on top of a day job, you're going to have to burn that candle at both ends. Figure out what you want to give up in order to make time for creating your site. This means sacrificing the time everyone else is drinking or watching Netflix, and creating content instead.

The limit you do need to be aware of is how you compete.

If your competition has an older domain with higher authority and a team of writers, you're not going to beat them at their game. Maybe you'll win out in the long term if you can beat their quality, but everyone over-estimates the quality of their own content. Chase lower competition keywords that are underserved. Are they burying the answer in walls of text? Create NLP-friendly content that gives them the answer right away, and your user metrics will look healthier.

Look for things your competitors aren't doing where you could get an edge (think video or custom images).


TL;DR: Not what you want to hear. Pick one site, sacrifice free time and get to work.

Thanks mate; I feel like this is definitely the direction to go in! Appreciate you taking the time to write valuable advice.