PB087: 9 Questions You Should Ask Before Hitting Publish On Your Next Blog Post

Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes. How to Beat Blogger's Block: Part 5 - How to Finish Every Blog Post Every Time Today's episode is about how to get into the habit of finishing what you start. It's part 5 in a mini-series of podcasts that looks at how to be more productive with your blog and beat common blocks. In today's episode, I'm sharing how I managed to switch from regularly starting but not finishing blog posts, to finishing and publishing them most times. I share my strategy, tools and process so that you can finish every blog post every time.  In This Episode You can listen to today's episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we'd also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). In today's episode: 4 common reasons why you might be struggling to complete a blog post Why scheduling time to finish blog posts will help you complete and publish more blog posts! How to improve the quality and consistency of your blog posts How to build a system, checklist and schedule that you can follow to streamline your blog post process 9 questions you can use as your blog post completion checklist How involving others can help you improve your blog post completion rate and quality, and ways to do it Further Reading and Resources for How to Finish Every Blog Post Every Time How to Craft a Blog Post – 10 Crucial Points to Pause Podcast Episode 40: 7 Productivity Tips For Bloggers (includes my schedule with the time I dedicate to finishing blog posts) 9 questions you can use as your blog post completion checklist: Does the post ‘matter’? Is it meaningful? Will it be valuable to readers? Is the title good? Have I got a good opening line? Have I clearly explained my main points/teaching/opinion? Have I added an appropriate conclusion and call to action? Could I add more depth? (further reading, quotes, examples)? Have I invited my readers to interact/respond/share? Have I proofread it? Could I add more visual appeal through images, multi media or better formatting? Other episodes in this series about beating blogger's block: Podcast Episode 86: How to Get into the Flow of Creating Great Content for Your Blog Podcast Episode 85: How to Get Entrepreneurial Ideas Out of Your Head - Pat Flynn Interview Podcast Episode 84: How to Come Up With Fresh Ideas to Write About On Your Blog Podcast Episode 83: How to Beat Writer’s Block: Part 1 – Working Out Why You’re Stuck Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Darren: Good morning and welcome to the ProBlogger Podcast episode 87. My name is Darren Rowse. I'm here in Melbourne, it's cold, well not too cold, it's a rainy day and the kids have just left the house, so I've jumped on straight away as I tend to do in the mornings.  Today, I want to finish out a little series on blogger's block. We started the series back in episode 83 where I talked about three different types of blogger’s block. We talked about that blockage that you have in coming up with ideas. We talked about the block that you have sometimes when you're creating content, and also completing content. Actually hitting publish and this is something a lot of bloggers actually struggle with, they end up with a whole heap of drafts or they sit on posts for a long time before they publish them for a variety of reasons.  You can go back and listen to the previous episodes in episode 83, 84 and 86. There was an 85, it was Pat Flynn's interview to catch up on the series. Today, I want to talk about this idea of completing content. I want to talk about some of the reasons why people don't complete that content. I want to give you three quite practical tips on how to get through that block if that’s something that you struggle with.