We know that one of the most important aspects of running a successful blog is write content consistently. Read my article on the most optimal number of posts per day to learn more. So what’s the best way to come up with new content, and how can you manage that? I’ll explain my techniques in detail.

I get a lot of my ideas from other sites and blogs on my RSS feed. If you don’t already have a list of RSS feeds that you subscribe to, sign up at Google Reader, go to your favorite sites, and start adding their feeds. I’ll get other ideas based on my own experiences, so if I figure out a solution to a constant problem or something cool happens in my life, etc, I’ll normally want to write something about it.

I always want to make sure that I have enough content for every day, so you don’t want to think of 20 things to write about and post them all in one day, just to have nothing other days. When I think of a new topic I want to write about, I’ll go to the write post section of my Wordpress admin, enter a headline and add any notes such as URLs in the body section. Once you click save (make sure not to hit publish or it will go live on your site), it will become a draft. I’ve blurred the contents, but you can see I have a ton of ideas for posts that you will eventually see in the future:

When I feel like writing some content, I will go to the manage page of my Wordpress admin and I can see a list of all of my draft topics. I can simply choose whichever I want to write about, and get to it.

85% of the time I write my content ahead of time, and use the “Post Timestamp” feature to publish the post sometime in the future. For example I’m writing this on March 26th, but I’m planning to have it go live on the blog at 8am on March 28th:

Utilizing these methods will ensure you don’t forget any of your blogging ideas, and will make sure that you have continuous content.

If you have any suggestions for coming up with and managing your blog content, feel free to post your comments.