Blogging Tips, Productivity, Self Improvement

Stop Cramming For A Post!

by Wild Bill | 3,365 Views | 18 Comments

too much information gotcha down?

Many bloggers make the mistake of treating their articles like a test. They come up with an idea for a post and then research and cram all the information they can find on the internet into their study process for that post. Before they know it they have an ulcer worrying about all the information they believe they don’t know about their topic instead of focusing on what they do know.

I am just as guilty as the next blogger at treating my posts as some imaginary test that I am cramming for in the unrealistic belief that there might be a pop quiz on my subject. If you find yourself spending more time researching a post than writing your next great post, STOP! Chances are you know everything you need to know to complete your killer content. Spend your time writing about what you do know instead of trying to find the elusive needle in the information haystack.

Here are some techniques you can use today to eliminate information overload, increase content production, and help you learn when enough is enough…

Your Blog Is About What You Know, Not What You Don’t Know!

You should already have selected your blog niche. You are probably already an expert (or very knowledgeable) about your selected topic. You have to have more faith in your knowledge about the subject of your post.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying that you should not further your expertise on your topic, but is it realistic that you are going to know everything possible on a given subject? Ask yourself this question. What do you already know about your topic that can help readers that have very limited knowledge of your topic? By focusing and writing what you do know instead of wasting hour looking for a small scrape of information that you don’t know you can use your limited blogging time much more productively.

Pick A Few Sources

know when you have enough information to write your article

Unless you are working for Britannica you are not writing an encyclopedia. When you come up with a great idea for an article sure you should do some research on your topic, however know when you have enough information to write your article.

Find a few interesting posts with unique points and information that increases the benefit of your post and link them in your post. For instance Rich Schefren has some great advice on how to eliminate information overload.

Enough Is Enough

Spend some time writing your article and then go back and reread it, searching for mistakes, bad grammar, and spelling mistakes. Did you make a promise to your readers in your post? Did you fulfill your promise? Did you add some WOW? If you have fulfilled the promise of your post, now you need to end your post.

It doesn’t take 5000 words to say what you can say in 500. I’m sure you have come across a post that just does not seem to end. I am guilty of this myself. You can spend hours looking for that perfect ending, don’t do that. The best advice I ever received about how to end an essay or blog post is so simple you might not believe it works. Here is the secret to writing an ending.

The best way to end whatever it is you are writing is to take your fingers off of the keyboard.

How do you avoid information overload?

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