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Ever since we started blogging, we have tried several time schedules to see which one would suit us best and what would generate the highest level of productivity. Because blogging becomes more than just a hobby after you start receiving a four figures income from it month after month. You might as well take a look at your routine and analyze it to see where you as a blogger can become more productive and work out the kinks. More product equals more income, and that’s what all us money making bloggers are after.
At first we all start cramming in posts whenever we have some time to write. Your blogging for yourself and any reader that happens to stumble across your blog is a plus. But it’s not what you aim for…yet. The ‘problem’ is that when you’ve made your first ‘big’ reward, be it a new advertiser that pays you $25 for a month, or a sponsored review which lands you $40 instacash, you will get hungry for more. We remember the first $100 we made and how excited we were at the time. If we receive $200 for a review right now, we just don’t get that same warm and fuzzy anymore. The mark has been set and the only time we get excited now is if we manage to make more money than the last big catch. Unfortunately this is a normal response for many of us - getting used to things too quickly.
Anyway, we’re drifting away from the topic at hand - increasing your blogging productivity.
Mentality makes or breaks your blog.
If you go to becoming a full time blogger, the mistake we made the first time was that we’d sleep in every day, do whatever we wanted and if there was any time left in our ‘busy doing nothing’ schedule, we’d write a quick post. After a few weeks we found out this was definitely not the way to go pro! Our current schedule makes us get up at 08:00 and get ready like its just another day in the office. That means breakfast, shower, getting dressed and logging on to your computer. No walking around nude all day because there’s nobody else at home! Obviously you do not have anyone around to tell you off when you’re ‘late’ and this is where the mentality part comes in. You need to be that person. Be completely honest with yourself, because in the end, the only one you’re fooling is yourself. Not very productive!
9 to 5 means less distractions.
Since most normal people, ones without blogs 
all work regular 9 to 5 jobs, you as an aspiring full time pro blogger can do the same and utilize that same time frame to do your blogging work. Because all your real life friends are working in their day jobs, they’re not around to distract you. Something that will happen if you choose to write your posts after their office hours. In the evening time, people are more likely to call you or show up on your doorstep to see if you want to go out for a few drinks, or you’ll have social obligations like birthdays etc.
More ammunition by adapting.
By ammunition we mean material you can use for your posting. If you adapt to the time cycle of the world around you, there’s plenty of opportunities for you to socialize with friends and family, without you having to stress about the lack of posts for your blog. After all, being the good little blogger that you are, those posts have been written somewhere between 9 and 5. Because you now have the opportunity to talk to real people, you can see whats going on in the real world and have real discussions. These will all feed into your creative memory and will provide you with either some great background information or even whole articles. More blogging ammo. If you really feel like you’re stuck at home, a great idea is to bring your laptop to Starbucks for example. Besides drinking enough coffee to keep you going, you’ll also be meeting more people and the impressions you can get from working in a different environment will help your creative zen to flourish.
People have adapted to everything the world has thrown at us ever since they started walked thousands of years ago. That’s why mankind is on the top of the food chain. Incorporate this into your blogging and lets see how far up you can get from the rest!
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That’s true…even for me…I am hard at managing time for my blog. Though I am not a full time blogger, but still time factor is crucial for any blog.
Good article. Being a cow is a lot of work.
Why force yourself to get up early? Write an entry the night before and set it to publish early the next day. That’s what I do.
wordpress post timestamp is the answer
this is the best tool of wordpress. You can take one day and write your full week if you want and take the rest of the following days to think about e-mail comment social and promotion reading etc etc 
and if you have an express post to push you can always postpone one you already write 
I have to agree… sticking to a regular posting schedule does yield the best results when it comes to blogs, a little milk never hurt either.
This is a very true post, a lot of new bloggers just think “blogging” is an easy way out of life.
-Mike
What about those of us who work on our blogs 9-5 and also work a regular desk/office job 9-5? We must be thieves eh?
I’d agree with most of that, particularly the part about gathering blogging ammo by joining the real world. The only bit I’d take issue with is the statement that only those without blogs are normal. I’m perfectly normal and know it - The Voices tell me so
The ending of this post sounds familiar to one that John Chow wrote… to avoid that lonesome feeling when working at home, go to Starbucks ^_^
Wow Cow, it has been quite some time since you wrote a article based post here in John Cow.
I think what you should say is a 9-5 schedule with flexibility. Having a 9-5 schedule like everyone else is just the thing most full time blogger escape from.
I also noticed you always use “we” instead of “I”. How many moo moos are there in the JohnCow Enterprise?
If blogging was only about writing it might be easy, but there’s so much more: design, promotion, monetizing, researching, social networking. But it is great! Congrats on your financial success so far!
Having a 9 to 5 allows you to have an actual life, too. If hometime is 5, then you’re done at 5 and that’s that. Too often I find myself “working late”–I’m still working on getting ahead with blog posts so that I don’t have to write for hours on end each day (three blogs and a website with 500+ users takes a lot of scheduling.)
Weird as it might sound I use a kitchen timer to handle tasks that I hate. I figure I can do anything for half an hour, so I do half an hour of accounting, half of answering comments–anything I habitually put off. Then I can just have fun writing. One day I might get to where I’m not working seven days a week.
Good job I love writing.
Could be good to set working hours. But unfortunately most bloggers are part time. They have other business or jobs to tend to. I think the beauty of this blogging game is the simple fact that you can add supplemental income by doing something fun. Blogging is fun guys. It’s like playing a video game or chatting with strangers. Even make money bloggers should not forget that. Every day i get excited about checking google analytics to see who visted the day prior. Its fun to see the global map filled with blue.
Whats great is that you get paid. I’m a big fan of internet poker and blogging is almost as fun. Have a game plan and rake in the chips…errr….clicks.
if all of my blogs only require writing then I am surely finished with the day’s work by 5 (if i start at 9) but there so much more to blogging so for starters like me, it is still difficult to squeeze researching, writing, editing, moderating comments, designing, and promotion in 8 hours. I usually have to work longer than that.
Adjusting to making my own work schedule has been one of the hardest parts of going “full time”. I still come up with plenty of ideas, find a lot of cool things to work on and get motived only to find I haven’t planned out the actual work and productivity part lol. I don’t miss a boss telling me what to do but it did make being productive a bit easier.
nice article!
great post, its true about getting used to, or acclimated to, certain levels of income. I remember the first time I earned a five figure income in one month, seemed like a big deal then, but now its a necessity.
You keep saying WE, is there more than one blogger for John Cow? And if so, you walk around naked with him/her there?
Can you do a post on how you spend your time? Maybe break it down by; research, monetizing your site, writing, networking, etc…
Should I post during work hours?
good idea that you have a routine.
My goal is to become a full time blogger but it is hard too because some family members ink you be on the computer to much I haven’t made any significant income yet but I hope I can make a least a thousand dollars a month in the next six monhs
I don’t know if one can find something to post on his blog after a week fully spent at home. Ok you can find some material here and there on the Internet, but when you’re at home, all the time is yours and that’s the problem! You are going to say “I still have all the time that is mine” and you go that way, then after a week, you didn’t write a word and you can’t even find where to start
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