Comments on: How I Manage Multiple Blogs – Part 1

By: Kapil Gupta

Kapil Gupta — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:19:53 +0000

That was one long and exhaustive list of cheats. I do plan to use them, infact, I have started doing it already. Just a small question though, for a person like me, shifting from paper back to online blogging is quite a challenge.
Having content sorted, different places and same content and managing it after the hectic day becomes a tough call.
Is there anyway where I can use one offline client and put all my posts there which automatically gets published to multiple blogs?

By: pearl

pearl — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:36:25 +0000

@Health Care Careers: may be you should post about how you manage 120 blogs and link to this post :) thanks for stopping by!

@BIGuide: I don’t have multiple blogs but still some days go by doing just about everything other than actual writing.. Planning is an essential element for blogging successfully

By: Beginners Investing Guide

Beginners Investing Guide — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:52:29 +0000

The secret is in the list , without a plan for the day , I’m not sure i would get anything done. Still it feels like I just put out fires some days, but life is good , and I wouldn’t have it any other way

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By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:45:45 +0000

Great information, good reading.

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By: Health Care Careers

Health Care Careers — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:32:25 +0000

Matt , with over 120 sites I find the best way to mange is to do my best and that has to be good enough,

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By: How I Manage Multiple Blogs - Part 2 |

How I Manage Multiple Blogs - Part 2 | — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:36:00 +0000

[...] This is the second part in a two part guest post by Matt of “The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt“. Read How I Manage Multiple Blogs – Part 1 [...]

By: pearl

pearl — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:02:47 +0000

ViSwiss.. thanks for stopping by… your comment actually reminded me I have to post part II of this post by Matt :) I’d completely forgotten about it!

By: ViSwiss

ViSwiss — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:36:05 +0000

The biggest challenge I have had in blogging is trying to decide “what to do next”. It is not that I can’t think of anything to do; in fact it is quite the contrary: there is too much to do. Writing a new post, commenting on other blogs, writing an article for an article directory, submitting to carnivals, research in my niche or a new niche. The list goes on. As a blogger you want to maximize the return on your efforts, but sometimes it seems like everything you could be doing is the most important at the time.

Thanks for your insight Matt.

-Vi

By: Free Summaries

Free Summaries — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:43:36 +0000

Nice. lol I manage one blog and have trouble keeping it updated. Good on ya!

By: pearl

pearl — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:56:35 +0000

@Kelly – glad it helped you.

@Matt – Glad you could make it back here :) second part of this article will be posted sometime soon

By: Lord Matt

Lord Matt — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:27:09 +0000

Hello all, it seems that you all enjoyed reading my work so I am going to feel free to feel a little self satisfied and privately smug… okay enough of that. A big thanks to Pearl for letting me share my thoughts.

One thing I’ve been doing lately is writing larger and more in depth items that I can safely leave for two or more days while the conversation carries on. Sometimes this works well and other times (when I’ve not been as interesting as I thought I was) people wonder where I’ve got to.

@Mike: you are actually on to something with the “one year ago on %blog%” method. Glossy magazines do the same thing and more or less rewrite the same content on year or two year cycles and because the readership changes over time they can easily get away with it.

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By: kelly

kelly — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:38:33 +0000

Hi , your multiple blog manage is very good and useful to the new comers like me . it helped with more information , how to handle mutliple blogs

Thanks
Kelly

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By: Monday Reading Roundup Take #2

Monday Reading Roundup Take #2 — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:54:43 +0000

[...] Pearl of Interesting Observations took of on an adventurous trip showing us how to manage multiple blogs. Stay tuned for sequals. [...]

By: Mike Scott

Mike Scott — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:44:37 +0000

Thanks, I'll have to do that! Mike Scott's last blog post..5 Free Utilities that are Worth Checking out.

By: pearl

pearl — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:30:39 +0000

@Deb .. same here, it also depends on the topic you are blogging about. The depth of research on your posts is amazing and that’s bound to take more time than writing an article with just our opinions :)

@Morgan: thanks for stopping by.. hope all is well at your end

By: pearl

pearl — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:28:04 +0000

@Mike.. I just saw your comment was trapped in akismet! It definitely is a challenge to keep up with multiple blogs – especially with full time employment co-blogging is a wonderful idea.. one thing you should think about is linking to that blog when commenting on other blogs..

thank you Mike, I’m forcing myself to get back to doing things that I really love doing or else I just stay depressed..

By: MorganLighter

MorganLighter — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:47:37 +0000

Kudos to both Pearl, Matt and commenters –
I’ve used some of the same tips and tricks as mentioned but picked up more from this post than many others.
Now all I have to do is employ the same strategies!
Thanks again to all.

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By: Deborah

Deborah — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:07:04 +0000

This was interesting to see how others manage a number of blogs. It always amazes me how others can maintain numerous sites when I have difficulties keeping up with one :-) Deborah's last blog post..7 Incredible and Bizarre Underwater Inventions and Feats

By: Mike Scott

Mike Scott — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:32:56 +0000

The theme posts are a great idea, but I never get around to them either :-)

Thanks for asking about the new blog, it’s coming kind of slow. We launched it along with a weekly podcast, and although we have been pretty good on the podcasts, we haven’t done much posting. My friend and I have been pretty strapped for time since the start, but I think we are going to get going pretty soon. I recently was able to find the time to start posting a little more frequently. On the podcast side, we’ve released 9 episodes so far, so that’s been going well.

I only recently installed google analytics, so I don’t have an idea of traffic, but I’m willing to bet that it’s pretty low. I’m sure it will pick up if we keep putting content up there.

Glad to see that you’re getting back Pearl! Hang in there!

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By: pearl

pearl — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:56:56 +0000

Thank you Matt for the inside look on the techniques you use to keep all those blogs running successfully, they will definitely help me in getting my focus back to posting regularly

@Mike: I remember writing down that plan where you write certain number of posts per theme but never really followed it whole heartedly. I like the idea of highlighting older posts, I think that might be a great way to get back in routine.. thank you for stopping by Mike.. I meant to ask you about your new blog.. how’s it going?

@Mig: you still have a huge load if you are managing 3 blogs of your own and 10 for clients :) I have a difficult time with just one blog with a full time job … although I set up a few domains recently that’ll be a challenge and this post comes in at the right time…

By: Mihaela Lica

Mihaela Lica — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:22:54 +0000

This has been a difficult task for me lately, as managing blogs is not the only highlight on my agenda. But when managing blogs was main priority I was basically doing the same things you do, Matt – minus the quotes part. I rarely use quotes in my entries, I prefer mentioning the related topic and sending the readers to the original article via links. All the “cheats” were in my “blogger” age (blogs on blogger.com) – I no longer feed Google with content so today you cannot see these techniques on my entries anymore. I manage 3 personal blogs and about 10 for my clients. Experience with the “cheats” and actually creating original content proved to me more efficient in the long term for my sites and my type of audience. It is however hard to always come up with something new, after all… there’s nothing new under the sun. ;)

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By: Mike Scott

Mike Scott — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:19:42 +0000

Thanks Matt, great post! I especially like the “n links about x” approach. I always just title those posts something like x number of interesting links. I hadn’t thought about including links in a theme.

I used to do the future posts, On really productive days I could do a week’s worth of posts.

One “cheat” that I’ve seen on at least one blog, LifeHacker, is the “A year ago on %blog%”. I always thought that was a good way to get at least one post every now and then. They also do a roundup of top posts, I don’t think I have enough posts to do one of those though.

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