For the longest time, I struggled with writing blog posts because I can't seem to get past 3,000 words a day.
I would write a paragraph and then another paragraph, and then, all of a sudden, an idea would hit me.
I would get so excited that I would delete everything that I've written because this new idea seems so legit.
I would get to three paragraphs using the new idea, and then another idea would hit me, and I would delete everything again and start from scratch.
Now, you can imagine that I only need to get through this process a few times to realize that I've wasted my day.
Writing 3,000 words could easily take several hours!
When I started dictablogging, things began to change.
Basically, I would write a short outline of what I'm going to talk about in my blog post.
That blog post is targeting low-competition keywords with significant monthly search volume.
I would string this out in a collection of questions, and I would thoroughly research the question.
So when I write my outline, I basically already know what to say because I've actually read through all the source materials; the outline is just there to remind me.
At this point, I would then turn on my microphone and open my mp3 recording app and click the record button.
When I go through one outline item, I lose the temptation to go back and start from scratch.
I go item after item.
Before I know it, in the span of five to ten minutes, I'm done!
Now, how many words did I dictate in that five to ten minutes?
Since I speak at the rate of 150 to 250 words per minute, I can easily clock 2,000 words every ten minutes—that’s 12,000 words per hour!
Now, if you had to choose, would you rather take 3,000 words per day or 12,000 per hour?
It’s a no-brainer!
This is the technique that I use to write very long blog posts.
As everybody knows, SEO is now centered on long-form content.
You only need to look up “ideal blog post length” to see what I'm talking about.
Currently, it’s between 1,500 words to 2,000 words.
The secret here is to pack as many different outline talking points so that you can produce 2,000 words in ten minutes or thereabouts.
This has helped me tremendously to explode my productivity.
If I can do it, anybody could.
