There are certain things you should check before you publish a new blog post and certain things you should do after you publish a new blog post.
Before you publish you should make sure you have done as much as you can to produce the best quality article possible – proofreading, spell checking and coming up with a blinding title are important aspects of the pre-publication process.
After you publish you should do as much as you feel necessary to market it; tweet it, Facebook it, social bookmark it etc.
Having a checklist for each phase would be quite handy. And as it happens I have today come across a couple. The pre publication checklist is available on the Daily Blog Tips site and consists of 13 checkpoints. The post publication list, which consists of 12 checkpoints, is available on the Smart Passive Income blog by Pat Flynn.
There is some excellent advice in both posts and it is probably worthwhile creating your own checklist and storing it in a file on your computer for future reference.
What I usually do before making or publishing a content are:
1. Research
2. Waking my creative side
3. Taking notes of good quotations
4. Search for good images that fit the topic
5. Know the agenda of the post
6. think of a good call to action
7. Plan a killer headline
8. Aim for a link baiting content (could be over-delivered or concise but should be very educational)
and what I do after:
1. SEO :) to find and build “high quality backlinks” as well as to share it through social networks.
Well, that’s my own checklist :)
Sounds like you put a lot of work into each post. How long, on average, would you say it takes you to compose a post? Any tips on getting backlinks?
What an excellent idea. And thank you for pointing out the other sites that have checklists. These are a good starting point for creating a tailor-made list of my own.
No problem. I have taken some points from each and started to put together my own checklist. It pays to be organised when you are working on blogs, internet marketing etc.
at least 2 hours per post :) it’s actually easy to think of a unique concept for a post, putting the right words is the hardest part, on my part :)
getting links for each post, hmm I do suggest to only get links from sites that:
1. allows dofollow attributed links (for blog comments)
2. linking page’s content is topically relevant with your post
3. homepage has PR 3 or greater
4. blog has a “recent comments” plugin (this one is very helpful in getting your new post indexed in just hours)
5. make it easier for your readers to link to your post, to entice them in mentioning your content :) (this is pretty good in getting in content links)
you actually don’t need dozens of links to a single post, 5 high quality backlinks are enough to let search engines know that your new post is important, seeing as authority sites are linking to it :)
(At least) Two hours per post is pretty good. I often spend about the same time writing a post, and, like you, I find the most difficult part is getting the wording just the way I want it. Screenshots can take up a bit of time too.
Good points about the links. Quality is much more important than quantity.