Perhaps you’re using a schedule right now? We can’t be everywhere online 24/7 (and really, who would want to be?) but our work benefits from being available for the people wherever they are in the world.
I am a huge fan of scheduling, without it I wouldn’t have the work-life balance that I do.
I schedule not only my work days, my blog content and my social media, but often my non-work time too (Friday afternoon is Happy Hour and it must not be disturbed!). I actually feel like I have more flexibility and freedom when I schedule. I wouldn’t be caught dead without CoSchedule and other platforms’ scheduling functions!
You can read more about what I do and how I handle the ProBlogger content here: 3 Ways Scheduling Will Make You a Better Blogger, and there are more tips here: 5 Ways to Make Your Blogging Life Easier
You might also like to check out Darren’s super low-tech editorial schedule, a posting schedule that encourages engagement, and 9 ways you can create a usable blogging schedule.
And don’t forget – too much automation can actually be a bad thing: Could Marketing Automation Be Hurting Your Blog-Reader Relationships?
Do you schedule? Just your content or your hours too? What kinds of tools do you use? Have you tried scheduling and hated it?