When and how many blog posts to publish on a weekly basis seems to be a puzzle for many writers.
Time of Day to Post
The most important thing to remember is that the Internet never sleeps, but when you’re sleeping, someone else is awake and launching their day in another time zone.
While that statement may imply you should post at midnight Eastern Standard Time to get Europeans just waking up for work, Pacific Standard Time in the U.S. during evening or Hawaii just having dinner, it doesn’t!
Mornings in your time zone are the best time of day to post, preferably between 8 – 10 a.m.
From where did I get that? Oh, from 3.5 years of blogging and from this little chart right here off Google+ and Peg Fitzpatrick’s always-rich content:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/104858643838035519891/posts/WRKP8z6nHYX
How Often to Post
If you’re posting one out of seven days and believe you’re gaining, think again.
One post weekly, even if it is on Monday when peeps come around looking for good content, gets you nowhere.
- You cannot build community.
- You cannot gain momentum with content topics.
- You lose readers you never had.
- You take a modicum of interest in blogging.
- You cannot build a brand.
- You will not be an influencer.
- You earn nothing in SEO.
- Other bloggers do not link to a “near dead” blog.
- The comment section is empty.
(Reverse each of these to positives and you see why blogging works.)
Post a minimum of three out of seven days weekly.
Your thoughts?
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jennwhinnem That’s funny. So glad you came by to check up on me! How you doin’?
Soulati | Hybrid PR jennwhinnem I tweeted at you the other day, figured you are so popular now that you don’t see all your mentions. But then, you are up in Times Square! Famous lady!
I try, try to get at least 4 posts in a week but interestingly, find my time to be pre-7. Maybe I’ll change tomorrow’s to post 8 and see what happens…
Let me know if you can tell a difference ?
Soulati | Hybrid PR Not a bit.
There is no doubt a direct correlation between the amount of content you publish and the amount of traffic you get… When you publish more content you gain momentum with your blog.
Hi, Jayme! : )
Hey friend! You know I agree Mr Re Blogger extraordinaire!
Is there a difference in a “blogger” and someone who writes a blog post on their website?
Hi Suzy! Thanks for coming over today!
Actually, this blog is in my website. I update these pages frequently but not my website as much.
Please give me more of an understanding of your question so I can answer better!
Howdy ma’am. I thought I’d give you a traditional American greeting in honour of the 4th of July!
I just sent a link to your blog to clients of ours who are venturing out into the bloggosphere for the first time. I told them this was a great place to come to learn about why and how and what re blogging.
Cheers,
Sharon