How to Organize and Manage Blogs

Introduction


Blogging and writing articles bring a mess to the writing life. You have to track topic ideas, keyword research, research links, collect images, follow the preferred structure and style of the publisher, and follow up on comments. Not to mention deadlines sprawl everywhere.


However, this is where the templates from Kazz Prince shines brighter than other template resources out there. Some writers made templates based on dates or archived versus current and planning. If you like that format, then check out.



That said, I think all professional writers can draw inspiration for their custom templates based on this one. All those nitty-gritty details of the professional writing world? Yeah, Kazz thought them through, and unlike me, she has a clever way of organizing those details.


In this format, your ideas essentially work downward as they progress, like a blogging conveyor belt.


Even if you don’t use her free template, here's a basic how-to that you can build on once you develop your work style in Scrivener.


Tutorial


  1. Name Binder folders in order: 


    1. Draft


    1. Blog Topic Ideas


    1. Keyword Research


    1. All Links


    1. Blog Guidelines


    1. Calendar Schedule


    1. [Blog Topic or Date]


    1. [Guest Posts or Name of Client Blog]


    1. Templates


    1. Research


    1. By default, you'll always have Trash as well.


  1. Create and name sub-folders:


    1. For Blog Topic Ideas: create files for ideas and research, but a sub-folder for a short-list they can be dragged and dropped into.


    1. For Calendar Schedule: [Year], [Month]


    1. For topic or date posts: [Title] and files for the headline, intro, call to action, etc.


    1. For guest posts: [Blog or Site] and files for posting guidelines, correspondence, follow-up, etc.


    • Note: As you develop a post, you can drag-and-drop it into different folders, or copy and rename it. When you finish, all relevant material is together, so if you need to reference your work or answer a question you received from a reader, you have a way of jogging your memory.


  1. Develop the idea in Blog Topic Ideas.


  1. Keyword Research and All Links tend to be useful across an entire blog, so those help you refine your ideas.


  1. Blog Guidelines can be requirements from a client blog or outline guidance you can view on a split-screen while you write.


  1. Then you can move your developing post into the blog category it belongs in like a client post, a niche category, or the month you aim to publish the post.


  1. Templates and Research can always be drawn from if you have afterthoughts.


Conclusion


That’s how to organize and manage blogs. I shared links to multiple sources of templates with different approaches, and I mapped my preferred concept based on Kazz’s template. Ideally, you found a template you like enough to keep and refine, or you started a good brainstorm session on how your perfect template would look. I hope you can also see how this can be adjusted for other professional projects.


Next, in a mini-tutorial, you will see how you can work in Scrivener with more than just text files and do so without packing large file sizes from multimedia. It will also get into treating Scrivener much like a WordPress or content manager blog by linking one piece to another within Scrivener, on your computer, or online.


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