Tips from a Pro Blogger: What to do when you get behind in your posts

As a professional blogger, typically you have an agreement with your client to post x times/week (or the like). Most of the time I’m sure you don’t have a problem keeping up. Post everyday or something to keep things flowing. Awesome. Then something happens. For whatever reason you get behind. I’m not talking about not posting on Tuesday and it’s Wednesday, I’m talking about getting a week or more behind.

It happens to all of us. Really. It’s a big deal for you and your client, but it does happen. There are some easy ways to deal with it to get you out of dutch with your client and back on track.

First thing to do is see exactly how far behind you are. When I’m behind I try to just double up on posts. Now if you’re really behind, then you might have to triple up, but I wouldn’t go more than three posts a day. Also don’t post them all at once. Spread them out over the day (morning, noon, night for three– morning and noon for two). Wordpress lets you do this easily in the post editing area (change Timestamp).

Then let your client know. They probably know already, but a good accounting up front is important. Make sure you tell them how many posts you think you’re behind, how you’re going to get caught up, and how long it will take.

Simple, see?

Yes, it might take burning the midnight oil and I’d blog on weekends to get a couple extra days in there (since you are behind … you should), but you’ll catch up.

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