Getting Started With CoSchedule for Bloggers and Individuals
Manage Your Blog & Grow Your Business With CoSchedule
Table of Contents
- How to Manage Your Entire Blog with CoSchedule
- Step 1: How to Brainstorm and Fill Up Your Ideas Bin
- Step 2: The Perfect To-Do List to Get Your Blogs Accomplished on Time
- Step 3: Save Time Writing Blogs Using the Text Editor or Google Doc Integration
- Step 4: Get More Traffic by Choosing The Perfect Headline
- Step 5: Get More Traffic With Social Campaigns and Save Time With Social Templates
- Step 6: Schedule Your Content and Let CoSchedule Do The Rest
TL;DR
Brainstorm So You Never Run Out of Content Ideas Set a timer for 15 minutes and write down as many blog ideas as you can. Copy To Make Sure All Your Blogs Are Published on Time- Outline post - 14 days before publish
- Write post - 12 days before publish
- Create graphics - 8 days before publish
- SEO optimize - 6 days before publish
- Proofread - 5 days before publish
- Add social campaign - 4 days before publish
- Change status to Scheduled - 3 days before publish
Introduction to Blogging With CoSchedule
You’ve made it. You’re almost a CoSchedule pro. The final piece of the puzzle is tying it all together for a top to bottom blog management process. If your current process is disorganized, messy, and time-consuming, this guide is for you. You’ll learn the perfect strategy and the CoSchedule recommended process for getting your blog in order – from brainstorming to promotion. Let this guide be your blueprint to turning your blog from a haphazard mess, into a streamlined, well-oiled machine. Just imagine…- A month of blog content scheduled in advance.
- Your social channels filled with messages with almost no effort from you.
- Never running out of content ideas.
- AND getting more traffic than ever to your website.
Step 1: Start Brainstorming and Filling Up Your Ideas Bin
One of the best parts about CoSchedule is the ability to build a treasure trove of content ideas, so you’ll never be left scratching your head wondering what to write about. To start, come up with a handful of content themes. Here are some examples for different use cases to help: Food Bloggers:- Super Bowl appetizers
- Christmas cookie recipes from around the world
- Halloween party must haves
- Amazon finds
- Designer dupes
- Gift guides
- Couch to 10k
- Post baby boot camp
- Move of the week
- Must-have baby items
- How-to blogs
- Toddler menus
Step 2: The Perfect To-Do List to Get Your Blogs Accomplished on Time
Once you’ve moved a blog post from your ideas bin to the calendar, add some tasks to make sure that everything will get accomplished on time. Here’s our recommended blog post task list for you to copy and paste into your calendar.- Outline post - 14 days before publish
- Write post - 12 days before publish
- Create graphics - 8 days before publish
- SEO optimize - 6 days before publish
- Proofread - 5 days before publish
- Add social campaign - 4 days before publish
- Change status to Scheduled - 3 days before publish
TIP: This to-do list gives you a starting point. Feel free to alter based on your unique process.
Here’s what all your tasks will look like once you’ve added them into CoSchedule: