I have been looking at the Analytic stats for this blog and my other blogs (Matt Houldsworth.com and our wedding blog) and I have noticed that there is a clear correlation between visitor numbers and new posts.
This may be an obvious observation, however this has got me thinking about how I can achieve a steadier consistent stream of posts on all my blogs.
I recall reading somewhere advice that one should not start a new blog unless you can sit down and write 20 or 30 posts there and then, and indeed before you even setup a new blog you should sit-down with your word processor and do just that.
My blogging habits really follow this trend, of go through phases of writing several posts all around the same time and then none for a period of time. This makes the blog very active for a short period and then the activity tails off until the next batch.
The problem I have is that I struggle for time to dedicate to blogging, so when I have an idea or a subject that i want to blog about I jot it down and then when I get a few hours I write up those into blog posts.
I have recently discovered wordpresses Schedule facility. I only really noticed it in version 2.7 but I guess it was in before. This allows me to write a body of posts and have then drip into the blogs, meaning that I can ensure that I have at least one post every day or at worst every few days.
I am hoping that this will mean that even though my writing habits will stay the same, the posts are more regular.
I do need to increase the number of posts if I want the blogs to grow and become more successful. This is somethign that I am working on improving and indeed is one of my targets for this year.
