How I Create Interesting Blog Posts

Let’s face it.  This is not going to be one of those articles where they say, “Put in quality articles“ or  “Put in pictures”.  I won’t waste your time with silly stuff like that.  Here’s the truth:  You’ve got to write about what you’re tribe is interested in.  That’s what makes a blog interesting.  It’s something I want to read.  You cannot be interesting to the whole world.  You can be fascinating to your whole tribe.  Just write what the tribe is looking for.  Keep it sweet.  Keep it simple.

Here’s your in-depth how-to:  Look at what your tribe is talking about on social media.  Look at what they’re talking about on their own blogs and specifically write posts that address that.  It’s called “eavesdropping”.  Yes, you eavesdrop on your tribe and you write about what they already want to know about.  The social media is like having a party line to everybody in town.  So, take a moment.  Look up your e-mail list.  Look up their domains.  Look at their social media.  Go to their websites.  See what they’re doing and address exactly what they want to know and what they’re talking about.  And you’ll be fascinating.  And you’ll get a lot of traffic.

Go ahead and post below what you’re doing to write more fascinating blog posts or what you think about what I said.

What’s your style? Comment below!

How to put social media on remote control

Many people want to get involved in social media and are concerned that it will take up all of their time. I have a simple solution that allows you to appear online and engaged and yet, really only use a few hours a week to do this. Especially if you only have one brand you are pushing.

Right now I am in production for the television show “The Wright Place TV Show”, Solve It Sisters – web series, Wright Place radio and A Crowd Funded Life radio show.

My three brands, Wright Place TV, Solve it Sisters and A Crowd Funded Life all have their own social media foot print. Then there is my personal footprint.  Because of the brands I am handling, I spend a little more time that what I talk about in this article but not much more. You simply can’t be online all day and get any revenue generating work done

The accounts you need

My friend Dr. Rachna Jain keeps me up to date what what’s what.  I used to say you only need 3 social media, I have since then updated my numbers.

I highly recommend you have these accounts (they only take minutes to open)

Opening these accounts takes 30 minutes

This is a task that can be delegated

• Twitter (my personal favorite)
• Facebook (everyone lives here)
• Linked in
• Pininterest
• Google Plus
• Rebel Mouse
• Foursquare

Rebel mouse will automatically add your activity to it, there is no need to post there once it’s set up. I send people to   https://www.rebelmouse.com/drwright and they can see everything I am doing on each show. They can follow and subscribe.

Sign up for a Hootsuite.com account

Add all your social media to it (at the time of this writing, Rebel Mouse is not an option)

Use Hootsuite to pre plan your social media posts. It posts to all accounts if you want.  That’s why even on 5-hour flight to the east coast; I can have a post going out without bothering to get online. Spend 30 minutes a week and you are done.

Getting Some Action

I LOVE making lists, planning and getting things done. All of us like to get things done; however we all have different ways of doing them. If you are still frustrated with achieving the goals, I am going to ask you to look at a few things.

1. Most people set goals with no deadline. All of my goals have a due date (dead line). That way I can work backwards by looking at all the steps needed to reach the goal and time them out. I figure out how long each step takes and then I know when I have to start to reach my due date.

2. Most people do not break down the goal into steps. Each goal will have 3-10 steps to get it done. Any goal that is 1 or 2 steps is a task, not a goal. You are bigger than that. Go for something fantastic! Once you break down the steps or tasks to reaching the goal, how much time will you spend on them? There are times when I completely underestimate how much time it takes to get something done. Then there are times when I have planned out too much time and I was not being efficient. We need to become more in tune with how long it takes us to do something.

3. Most people do not block out time to do it. It?s not just about making a list of tasks, but when are you going to do it? When will you have 15 minutes in your day to deal with mail?

4. Most people multi-task. Multi-tasking is not good. I know it feels good, but really, it does not work. If you want to know the reasons why, here is a good article to begin with

http://www.baekdal.com/articles/Management/multitasking-vs-single-tasking/

What tools will help you be more efficient?

I recommend 2 things:

The Action Machine: This timer will help you keep track of how long it takes to get something done and help you limit time wasters. It even comes with bonus books on how to be more efficient. I personally use it and love this thing! Click here to get more info The Action Machine:

An Accountability Partner: This is not the same as a mastermind and it?s much easier to do. It?s free and only takes up 5 minutes a day. I have one I talk to for Daily goals and one and talk to about weekly goals. The person I talk to about my weekly goals deals more with my web goals and is responsible for helping me get things like www.beontvatsea.com done. We talk about 30-45 minutes.

If you want to know how work with an accountability partner, read this blog post.

http://donnalfox.com/accountability-is-the-key-to-success

So tell me, what are you going to do this month?

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