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Posted By: askablogger 140 days ago
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If you write and publish posts in one sitting, you will have to rush them. If you sleep-in and have to publish a post before you go somewhere, you’ll be racing against the clock to produce a publishable post. You can’t do your ideas justice in these conditions, nor can you write the same post twice. If your stellar idea translates into a rushed post, it’s wasted.
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from Jill 140 days ago #
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Good post!

The most likely place where we will try to save time is proofing and editing.

Unfortunately, most bloggers and even article writers (from what I can tell) don't even know what editing means!  Most articles could have half of their words deleted and say the same thing, only much better.

Not really sure why so many feel the need to write thousands of words, when 500-750 would do just fine.
 

from iamlost 140 days ago #
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Jill: "...when 500-750 would do just fine. "

Many bloggers can't seem to write past 250-words. Someone once told them that was the Google content keyword optimal speed limit or something. And then there are the dozen words as 'original' anchor text, add link, and post bloggers.

I am happy when someone just writes originally, thoughtfully, and literately. If they also manage to be clear, concise, and cohesive I have been known to stand and cheer in amazed delight.

Questions asked in thin air: how many of those sphinning this will (1) actually read the linked post and (2) if they do not already, in future, write accordingly? Or will the sphinners be solely those who already generally practice the pointers provided?

from bwelford 139 days ago #
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Excellent.  To extend the idea, you can also write in the past, which is even less stressing.  If you had a dry spell and can now inject an extra post that does not have a time-linkage, then you can correct that writer's block you had.  Your news feed will show it and Google will pick it up if it's sufficiently 'rich' so you lose nothing at all.

from clickfire 137 days ago #
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I try to do this but too often can't resist the temptation to post immediately. It's like saving a favorite dessert for a special occasion.

from perez44 137 days ago #
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Great advice. I'm blogging for a brand new company that hasn't launched its web site yet. I have the time now to devote to writing quality posts (at least I think they're quality!), but when business picks up in a few weeks, I know that devoting the appropriate time to writing these posts ahead of time - and doing several at a time, is possible, will be a necessity and a major time saver.

from incrediblehelp 137 days ago #
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Good posts.  I usually find myself saving multiple posts in the backend as ideas and adding to them as I want to and then publishing when I feel all information has been gathered for a good post.

The reason most feel rushed is that race against the clock for breaking new opinions and info that SEOers feel.  We tumble over each other trying to get informaion out on our blogs.

from crazycat 137 days ago #
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The good thing is, you could just add and add your inputs when you remember something to what you have written in advance. More content and time for editing.


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