{"id":1143,"date":"2008-11-19T18:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-20T00:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/managing-your-blogs\/"},"modified":"2015-07-17T14:56:18","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T19:56:18","slug":"managing-your-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/managing-your-blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Your Blog(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Managing three genea-blogs is quite a feat, and with all my ideas floating around, I feeling as though I&#8217;m drowning.\u00a0 But not to fear&#8230;all blogs will remain active, and to ensure that, I created plans for each blog.\u00a0 The plans contain elements from editorial calendars and communication plans.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Editorial calendars are typically used by magazines and newspapers to outline the major themes for future issues to help with acquiring appropriate advertisers.\u00a0 Although I am not seeking advertisers, the basic principles of the editorial calendar can be used to help me plan future posts for my blog.<\/p>\n<p>Then of course, the communicator in me, took it a step further and added elements of a communication plan.\u00a0 With everything swirling in my head between three blogs, these plans are a way for me to contain them.<\/p>\n<p>Since I know many of you manage at least one if not two or more blogs, I thought I&#8217;d share this tip with you.<\/p>\n<p>Basically my plan includes four sections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Columns<\/li>\n<li>Carnivals<\/li>\n<li>Themes<\/li>\n<li>Detailed Plan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Columns<\/h6>\n<p>This is a list of columns I do regularly (right now they consists of weekly columns).\u00a0 This includes Wordless Wednesday, Family Events, and my new column, Saturday in the Attic.<\/p>\n<h6>Carnivals<\/h6>\n<p>This section outlines the carnivals I regularly participate in, just so I can keep track of them.<\/p>\n<h6>Themes<\/h6>\n<p>This part outlines various themes, by month, that I could blog about.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t expect all of my posts to align to a theme, but this helps me think of ideas.\u00a0 The themes include holidays, national events, family events, and other topics.<\/p>\n<h6>Detailed Plan<\/h6>\n<p>This is the most significant part.\u00a0 Here I outline the actual posts and post ideas.\u00a0 I assign a date to the post so I know what&#8217;s coming up and know what I need to do to get the post done on time.\u00a0 There are some that are post ideas that do not yet have a date assigned, but it helps me to list them here so I don&#8217;t forget about them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_udfzp1vLXt0\/SSSjNIFG2EI\/AAAAAAAACmY\/cMswac9t2Ro\/Untitled-1%5B5%5D.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled-1\" width=\"400\" height=\"455\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0BzIRLgPA9IGrVENQNlhpeUlZN3M\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">PDF Version<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hope this helps others out there struggling to manage their blog(s).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managing three genea-blogs is quite a feat, and with all my ideas floating around, I feeling as though I&#8217;m drowning.\u00a0 But not to fear&#8230;all blogs will remain active, and to ensure that, I created plans for each blog.\u00a0 The plans contain elements from editorial calendars 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