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Managing Blog Time

Posted by rileycentral • 1/31/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blog addiction, blogging, family, time management, time online

I have my days when I spend way too much time online with my blog. In the past it has put strain on my wife and keys. How do you manage the time online? I came up with some solutions I'll be trying in February and I'm interested in your methods out there. I wrote a post about it here:

www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/part-time-blogging-and-making-it-up-to-yo...

Also, as I was looking for a time manager online I ran across a cool Firefox extension I thought I'd share. It's called Page Addict.

pageaddict.com/

What do you think about this issue?

User Comments

1/31/09

harveyavatar

it's an issue

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1. 1/31/09
  
  rileycentral
  
  Thanks for the comment. Yeah well let's watch we don't destroy our families to have a few blogging thrills. What do you say?
1/31/09

Financialnut

It's tough. There is never "enough" you can do to promote and develop more readership to your blog; that said, there should be a level of "enough" for each of us individually. Find that level and stick to it.

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1. 1/31/09
  
  rileycentral
  
  Great statement. I like active idea of "finding that level." Carry on!
1/31/09

Kiwipulse

Well write all your posts in the weekend. Then schedule them to publish automatically during the week. You will only have then to promote your posts on a daily basis. Also write posts when you do #2, you'll kill 2 birds at the same time.

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1. 1/31/09
  
  rileycentral
  
  LOL. I just noticed I put "wife and keys." Classic typo.
  
  In my post I mention a few things I am doing differently. One is to limit my online time from what used to be 4-5 hours a day to a strict 15 hrs/week. I am really gonna try and keep it to no more than that.
4/15/09

welaf

hi.down load free templates for blogger and wordpress freetemplates-for-blogger.blogspot.com/

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4/15/09

letter5

i have those days too where i post WAY too much. i think my record is 15 some-odd post in a single day. but then ill have other times when i dont post at all. usually because im too busy or i just dont feel like writing anything relevant to my blog. i do have a few items that i post daily, but i write all of those on the weekend (like Kiwipulse) mentioned and other times i just write when i have something to say or feel like it.

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4/15/09

artily

Umn Maybe your fix timing a lot.
I think you must planning to do online before you do.
Example my blog i planning to post a several day so before i post i must find data before post a long time for 1 post
Example mysite thailand-attraction-travel.blogspot.com
I just planning 1 post every several day (not fix I give time to family before my work)before i post 1 maybe i prepare information 1-3 days after that i just post .
Previously, I have a problem after you, but I plan to replace a okay I enjoy working online all the time I return a happy family with more than .Hope you happy with me .
apologize for my language I can used and read English a little but if i understand with want right my thinking is good for you.

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