You probably already know that your business blog — and other forms of posting content, such as on social media — is very important to your company’s success online. However, you might currently just be blogging and posting on social media when the mood strikes.
Although posting on your blog when you get in the mood is better than not posting at all, there are better content creation strategies to look into. For example, creating a content creation calendar can be a very smart idea.
With a content creation calendar, you will come up with blog post and social media topics days, weeks, or months in advance. Then, you will keep track of what you will be posting and when on your calendar. There are software programs that you can use for this purpose, or you can use a regular calendar — either on the computer or with a standard desk or wall calendar. Regardless of how you plan to do it, these are a few reasons why a content creation calendar really is important.
1. Stay Consistent
First of all, you should know that staying consistent in regards to blog writing is more important than you might think. If your readers never know when you are going to post, they might forget about your blog or avoid checking in regularly.
If you post on the same day each week, for example, people will know to check your blog on that day or the next. Consistent blog posting can help you secure and maintain interested readers who truly care about what your blog has to offer. Plus, being consistent and posting regularly can help with your search engine rankings, since your site will seem more current and relevant to Google and other major search engines.
2. Never Miss a Post
Have you ever forgotten to post on your blog, even after you planned to? Have you ever thought about posting something holiday-related on a certain day but put it off so long that you weren’t able to pull it off? Although this type of faux pas might not seem like a big deal, neglecting your blog — especially on days when you have a big opportunity to make an impact, such as during the holidays — can cause your blog to fall off the map when other businesses do keep up with their blogging.
A content creation calendar can help prevent this from happening, however. You’ll be planning ahead for big holidays and other big post times. You’ll have ideas in mind for each week or any other time that you want to post a blog post. This means that you won’t have to worry about forgetting any major posts, as long as you check your calendar regularly.
3. Keep Track of Your Ideas
Have you ever had a great idea for a blog post but later forgot it? If so, you need a content creation calendar. Each time that you have an idea, you can post it on your calendar for future use. You can shuffle ideas around as needed, but at least you won’t have to worry about forgetting them. If you make a habit of entering your ideas into your calendar each time that you have a good one, you’ll be surprised by how many you are able to use.
4. Post More Effective Content
Keeping track of how your blog posts perform and using this information to create your content creation calendar can be helpful. If you aren’t currently analyzing the performance of each of your posts and using this information to come up with future ideas, then you are missing out on ways to make your blog truly successful. Keeping track of which posts seem to excite your readers, go viral on social media or bring in a lot of leads can help you craft similar content that speaks to a similar audience — and that hopefully brings forth the same results.
5. Ensure Your Content is High-Quality
If you have to get into a rush to put together your content, there’s a chance that your blog posts will suffer. Coming up with ideas at the last minute and trying to do your research, craft together an interesting blog post and then proofread — and then attempting to find stock photos, clip art or infographics that you can add to your post — can be challenging, and it can be hard to do your best job.
If you like to outsource your content, on the other hand, it can be tough to find a good writer who will be able to put your blog post together at the last minute. Even if you are able to find someone who is good and who is willing to write your content for you, he or she will have to rush through the project in order to meet your deadline. Even though the post might come out well enough, it probably won’t sparkle and shine like it could have.
By using a content creation calendar, you can prevent the need to write or come up with content at the last minute. You’ll know well in advance about what you need written and when, so you can get started early or let your writer — or team of writers — know what you want done. This can help you get the job done right.
As you can see, a content creation calendar can be very helpful for your business blog in so many ways.
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