I regularly come across blog posts that advise blogging every day. Of course, it is important to blog regularly if you want to improve your blog, but blogging every day is actually a bit exaggerated. Don’t get me wrong, there are serious advantages to blogging every day, but also a lot of disadvantages. Curious how often you should blog? Then read this blog!
How often should you blog? > Advantages of blogging every day
One reason to write a blog post every day is if you are in a certain niche that actually needs to blog every day. Maybe you write about the latest fashion items that come out every day or maybe you have a news website for which you actually have to blog every day. Then you really can’t get away from it…
Some bloggers do very well when they have a fixed schedule for blogging. I can understand this because that is how you get used to blogging every day. This allows you to learn a habit that allows you to blog every day.
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It is also very good for your SEO to blog every day. The more pages you have, the more options your readers have to find you on Google. Of course, you need to do way more to get found on Google.
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If you want to blog every day it is important that you can plan well. In addition, you may want to think about keeping your posts fairly short or using different formats. Think of a post with many photos or a post with a video in it.
Why it is better to blog less
More and more bloggers start blogging less, but why actually? It is just really difficult to publish good content every day. Some bloggers are good at this, but it should also remain fun. That is why I blog on The Blog Boss twice a week. Besides that, I’ve got another blog, The Beautyboulevard, and I blog on that blog three times a week.
The great thing about not blogging every day is that you can really take the time to write a blog post. But if you do nothing other than blogging, then you might be able to take the time to blog every day. If you do other things than blogging, then not blogging every day is great. This way I can really take my time to write an extensive post of around 1000 words so that my readers can actually benefit from the post.
In addition, you will gain time if you don’t blog every day. For example, I currently focus a lot on social media, because I want to grow my blog. Blogging involves so much more than just writing articles and it is therefore important that you actually put your blog on the market. For example, I recommend focusing on Pinterest:
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How often should you blog? > Blog routine
I use a blog schedule myself. For example, I post on Wednesday and Sunday on The Blog Boss and Monday, Thursday and Saturday on The Beautyboulevard. This works for me, but of course, that doesn’t have to work for you. Some bloggers post once a week, some every day and some post when they are inspired.
Also, a big recommendation is using Trello. This is a (free!) program where you can make different boards to schedule your blogs. Above you see the board I use to schedule my blogs. Very handy, of course!
How often should you blog, according to you?
great post!
I’m finding it hard to figure out how often I should blog. My problem is finding a topic (with low competition for SEO purposes) to blog about and then sticking with it.
I’m sure things will turn around soon.
Oh good luck! There are so many niches to choose from 🙂
Hi Celine,
my blog became 10. And how often do I publish a blog article? Let’s say: It’s different.
– I started to publish articles with long breaks because I didn’t know how to handle my blog
– The time in-between became shorter, let’s say that I published blog articles once a week
– Then there was a time when I published 3 or 4 articles a day. This was horrible when I look back.
– Now I post 4 or 5 articles a week. If it’s less, then it’s ok too.
The fewer articles I published, the longer they became. And I think the articles got better, too. And so, I’ve found a way to write about whatever I want. If there is nothing worth an article, then it’s OK too. In the end, 1 or 2 a week or less isn’t bad if you are OK with it.
Greetings from Leipzig, Germany
Henning
Hi Celine
Thanks for the article. It was short and sweet. Got some value out of it. Good to know that I don’t have to blog daily.
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Thanks a lot.
You should check out my posts about Pinterest if you want to drive traffic to your blog 🙂