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The Passionate Blogger — Blog Points System is based on a spreadsheet originally created by Eve at Confessions of a Housewife. Eve decided to create the spreadsheet because of a post at problogger.net. I decided to make some changes to Eve’s fine spreadsheet and refine the system to better work for myself and my readers.
This new version of The Blog Points System can help you to motivate yourself, better organize yourself, and improve your blogging systems. If you have been looking for an easy way to track your blogging efforts and set daily blogging goals this Blog Points System is for you.
Let me show you how using a simple points system can improve your blogging.
How To Use The Passionate Blogger Blog Points System
Sometimes it is hard to determine what you have done on a particular day and find ways to improve your level of productivity. By using this system you can track your blogging efforts and quickly gauge your daily productivity. Below is a peak at the spreadsheet.
Here is the list of blogging related activities that are included on the spreadsheet that you can track to motivate you to reach your blogging goals.
- write a long blog post — 10 points
- write a short blog post — 5 points
- comment on a site I’ve commented on before — 2 points
- comment on a site I’ve never commented on before — 5 points
- respond to comments on my blog — 1 point
- install a new feature/plug-in, etc. — 10 points
- email another blogger with a link to a relevant post — 2 points
- IM conversation with a blogger in my niche — 3 points
- answer a reader’s question via email — 2 points
- submit post to a blog carnival — 5 points
- partner with another blogger — 10 points
- create promotional things for your visitors to use — 5 points
- create a plan for a blueprint or series of articles — 20 points
- submit a post to Digg and/or StumbleUpon — 1 point
- set up a profile on a social networking site — 10 points
- submit your site to a directory/search engine — 2 points
How To Earn Points
Each of these activities have a different point value. The standard goal is to accumulate 50 total points each day (you can set your daily point goal to anything you want.) You can use any combination of activities on the list to meet your daily goal. As an example, here is what I did today to reach my goal for my blog PassionateAmerica.com
- 10 points 1 long blog post
- 20 points 4 short blog posts
- 6 points responded to 6 comments on my blog
- 10 points installed 1 new plugin
- 2 points emailed another blogger with a link
- 3 points IM another blogger in my niche
- 1 points submitted a post to StumbleUpon
- 52 points total
It is that easy! Use any combination of activities on the list to reach your daily goal. You can also add or delete any list items to better customize the system for your needs. I have been using the Blog Points System to track my progress on my 2 blogs and I know it has helped encourage me to accomplish more each day. Download the Passionate Blogger — Blog Points System and start tracking your progress to the top of your niche.
**Jason first came up with the idea of a the Blog Points System that problogger.net posted about here. I want to thank Eve for coming up with the first Blog Points System spreadsheet**
Are you using the points system? Let me know how it is working for you. Leave a comment if you are using the system and when I update this post I’ll add a link to you.
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My name is Wild Bill. I'm an internet entrepreneur and full time blogger making a living from blogs like 
eve
Thank you! I do love the changes- I am using this version instead of the one I made now!
August 3rd, 2007 at 5:38 amWild Bill
Thanks for creating the spreadsheet in the first place eve! You have anymore tricks up your magic vacuum?
August 3rd, 2007 at 2:51 pmJason
Know what Wild Bill? I love reading about the Points System found at ProBlogger all over the net because if you click the link at the ProBlogger pages, it takes you to my site.
It’s crazy how much my points system has impacted bloggers.
I’m enjoying seeing it evolve.
See ya.
August 4th, 2007 at 2:32 pmWild Bill
That is right I remember that now. Hey Jason do you have a link to your post system? I’ll add it to this post.
August 4th, 2007 at 4:29 pmJason
Much appreciated Bill. I talk about it here: http://erevenueselect.com/?q=getyourfreebloggingstrategiesgetemwhiletheyrehot . Talk to you later buddy.
August 4th, 2007 at 5:22 pmWild Bill
Thanks Jason. I’ll get it added to the post.
August 7th, 2007 at 4:54 pmFiar
I use the blog points system. Resistance is futile. I will be assimilated.
August 7th, 2007 at 10:01 pmWild Bill
How is it working for you FIAR I use it everyday and it has helped my blogging a lot.
August 8th, 2007 at 2:36 amPaul
Just used it for the first time 2nite… was interesting to see i made 44 points based on my activities so i think it’s quite accurate.
It’s getting very late so i’m going to call it 6 points short.
August 14th, 2007 at 7:31 amBen of Blogging Experiment
Bill, I’ve been using the point system and it definitely helps motivate me. I need to get back to posting my daily scores like I had been because I think a lot of bloggers need something like this.
Nice look on the spreadsheet by the way!
August 14th, 2007 at 9:51 amWild Bill
Paul, some days you will be short a few points (I am sometimes.) Some days I exceed my goal. I have been using the points system everyday on each of my blogs and it has improved my blogging. I hope it helps you too.
Ben your posts have encouraged me to work harder at meeting my goals. Thanks for the inspiration.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:58 pmAnthony
How about creating a video? If you had to update this spreadsheet today, how many points do you think creating a video would be worth?
How about Twitter/Plurk/FriendFeed?
What about something like OnlyWire where you get up to 22 social bookmarking site links with just one submission? That shouldn’t be worth 22 points because it’s too easy.
How about writing an article for an article marketing site like Ezinearticles?
Wow, this year old post of yours has really got me thinking. I’m glad I found your blog.
July 24th, 2008 at 2:32 pmFiar
Anthony, Customize it to meet your needs and instincts. Don’t feel bound by the constraints of someone else’s idea of what has what value. As for the Ezine articles, I would weight them pretty heavily. If you anchor your links in the author box properly, they are a gigantic linkbuilding tool for search engine ranking. Just make sure that they are not duplicate content from your site, or google will count the Ezine version as the original, and your site as a dupe. And if they see it the other way around, the link is worthless.
July 25th, 2008 at 4:02 pmWild Bill
Great advice FIAR I need to get back to writing Ezine articles.
July 25th, 2008 at 10:49 pm