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Blogging Tips on 03 13th, 2008 |
9 responsesHave you ever wondered what’s the best time you could get that great post you wrote out of your 
drafts, for it to make it to the front page of Digg? To have that leading edge and actually maximize the traffic, revenue and the exposure a blog post might give you? To drop that bomb timed up to the best possible timing? MindBLOGGER today, will try his best to give you guys the answers that you need.
Define the Blogger Timesheet
Much like a timetable, but only less specific and focuses on one week at a time. A blogger timesheet, by definition, is the schedule for your blog posts throughout the week. I’m sure most of you are already having a weekly overlook and posts distributed throughout the days of the week to be posted in you blog.
For those of you who haven’t well, having an organized weekly timesheet can be very beneficial for a number of reasons.
- It will chain you up with the responsibility of posting up on your blog, and that in turn will help you keep your posting frequency consistent.
- It will give you a clear look on your blogging workload for the week.
- It will maximize your blog’s income of Traffic, Revenue and etc., thorough at the right place at the right time.
Sounds pretty useful ha? So, this post’s whole focus would be in the third point – Maximizing the blog’s income of Traffic and Revenue and etc., through being posting at the right place at the right time.!
Posting at the right place at the right time
Well, since we know what right place(your blog, d’oh!) means, let’s just look into the “right time” part. What’s the optimum day to pull off that great post and what’s the best day to pull off that average post you’re not expecting much from? Surely, you’d lose something, if not a lot, from mixing up the two, right?
According to my experiences, here goes.
- Saturday: This is the half-busy day. People usually don’t read blogs on Saturday. (Normal people, not hardcore bloggers) Subscriber stats and the traffic stats usually drop temporarily. So, this might be a good day to do a “not-very-brilliant” post, the one that you don’t expect much from. Can be a free review or that random thought which people would care less. Also, for me, Saturday is a break. I usually take up the topics off my notepad and lay it out for Sunday’s level 5 brainstorm. Just chill-out! And take your eyes off the blog stats for a day.
- Sunday: The not at all busy day. People are busy being lazy and having that long Sunday sleep. Try not to post anything important as many RSS Feed readers and E-mail subscribers might lose the detail in the inevitable “Monday-Clutter”. On Sundays I usually brainstorm for a few blog posts, write them and save as drafts. S – stands for sanity. So, have some. After all, it’s the only one you’re going to get. Not very keen on posting on Sundays. But, if you want to keep your posting frequency intact, you know the drill!
- Monday: Busiest Busy Day. People are usually trying to sort out the 50+ e-mails in their inbox and clear out the 1000+ posts in their Feed Reader, just to stay organized. Beware! Posting early on Monday will usually add that great post to their “just-clutter” list. Traffic and Subscriber counts hit back up and by late afternoon, everything starts to calm down. In the late afternoon, if you’re really anxious, go ahead! Publish that post which you’d been longing to see for ages on the front page of Digg! People will get into their normal reading habits when your post hits their Feed Readers or Inboxes. You’d also have the edge with your post being one of the very first they are starting their fresh week with.
- Tuesday: Business back to normal busy-ness. Traffic is on full swing, and subscribers are eyeing your feed. Probably the best time to pull off the best post and make an impression. It’s the day everyone “officially reads” their subscriptions. Also, bringing your best out on a Tuesday will give you the best chance of making the most out of a Stumble or a Digg streak. Which means, throughout the rest of the weekdays, your post will receive some serious social media traffic, depending on how good it is.
- Wednesday: People will still be coming to your blog from the Tuesday high’s. So, don’t disappoint them. Pull off an equally good post so that you’ll create a good impression on the random visitor, through your high-quality posts. Show ‘em that you’re a consistent pro-blogger. Take the advantage of the situation. Also, take a look around your stats and figure whether “Tuesday Post” worked upto your expectations. If not, identify where you went wrong and try to cover it up on Thursday.
- Thursday: The mellowest weekday of ‘em all. Time for your average post. Usually, people become a bit more active in blogging communities. A good day to land a contest or a controversial post which gains 127 comments.
- Friday: A bit busier than Thursday. People are busy preparing for the weekend and you better avoid posting something good later in the day, just to avoid most of ‘em accidentally looking over it amidst of the desktop cleaning process. You don’t want that? Post early on the day for optimum results.
Points to ponder
- If your post is good, regardless of the time published, it will get what it deserves. The objective of this post was not to tell you when to post but rather to tell you when to post for optimum results.
- Keep an eye on the Time Zones. Most of my traffic comes from North America so, I have a huge time difference between Sri Lanka – where I live and North America. Then again, a big part of my readership is based here too. So, I have to work in a way both time zones get satisfied with my posting frequency.
- These recommendations are of my personal experiences What worked for me in this niche might not work for your in your niche. But, you get the idea. I hope this post would be helpful to you in building a similar schedule.
- I have not been superficial in this post. These are purely based on my experiences and usually what works for a blog in this niche, and what works with most of the blog readers upon this planet. I’ve done a mini-research on this topic for little over a month, and this post is my conclusion.
- Although big blogs can’t benefit much from a timesheet like this, for medium and small blogs, every subscription counts. So this post was mainly targeted for you guys.
Care to tell me what you think about this?
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This is great! I never thought of it. I love making lists and organizing everything. This will definitely be one of the projects I will be doing tonight! Keep on blogging! will link you up, okay!
I agree with most points but I think a late Saturday is also a good time to post , People are less busy on Sunday and they usually takes the time to read and if the post is good enough browse through the other as well.
Thank you! Yeap, will keep on blogging.
Well, partially yes. But most of the people prefer to go out on Saturday evenings. And if they’re not working, they might also be fast asleep through most of the early hours. But I agree.. Geeks like us aren’t!
Yes you are right. Avoid the weekends if possible. Infact we shouldn’t be sitting infront of the computer during weekends
Yeap, but we both know we’re doing exactly that right now!
That was good heck of a info.I am really interested to work out how you say to.
Yeah, but I would encourage you to mash it up to match your own schedules. Because, this s just general outlining. This differs with time.
This was some great info thank for taking the time to think it out for us. you are so right. Great advice!