This document provides tips for growing a blog when busy, focusing on priorities, setting goals, planning, productivity, and tools. It recommends committing to blogging, focusing on necessities, setting specific and measurable goals, pre-planning with calendars, batching tasks, knowing best work hours, using timers, and planning out blogging for the next month. The overall message is that with proper priorities, goals, planning and tools, it is possible to grow a busy blog.

1. Fitting It All In
How to grow your
blog when you’re too
damn busy.

2. Carly Jacobs
www.smaggle.com / @smaggle
www.littleblogbig.com / @littleblogbig

5. Focus Areas For Productivity
1. Priorities
2. Setting realistic goals
3. Calendars and planning
4. Batching and productivity
5. Scheduling tools and organisational hacks

6. P R I O R I T I E S
O N E

7. MAKE A
COMMITMENT
TO YOUR BLOG

8. FOCUS ON WHAT’S
NECESSARY FOR
YOUR BLOG

9. Take action now
Create a positive statement about prioritising
your blog:
“My blog is important. I blog because…”
“My blog is worth my time and attention.“

10. S E T T I N G R E A L I S T I C G O A L S
T W O

11. SUCCESS IS RARELY
ACCIDENTAL

12. What does your success look like?
WHAT DOES YOUR
SUCCESS LOOK LIKE?

13. WISHES AREN’T GOALS.
BE SPECIFIC.

14. “I want to grow my Instagram account” is not a goal.
I want to have 10,000 Instagram followers by March 2016
To get there I will:
✓ Share better images
✓ Use relevant hashtags
✓ Interact every day
✓ Test for best posting times
✓ Stop sharing crap photos
✓ Learn about every new change

16. Take action now
Set yourself a measurable goal:
I will have… followers/subscribers/uniques by…
I will do this by taking the following steps…

17. C A L E N D A R S & P L A N N I N G
T H R E E

18. THE MORE
ROUTINE I
HAVE THE
MORE
CREATIVE I
CAN BE

19. PRE-PLANNING
=
LESS STRESS

20. Take action now
Write a list of 100 blog post ideas.

21. B AT C H I N G & P R O D U C T I V I T Y
F O U R

22. THINK LIKE
A WAITER

23. KNOW YOUR
BEST HOURS
TO WORK

24. Take action now
Write down three tasks you can batch.

25. S C H E D U L I N G T O O L S &
O R G A N I S AT I O N A L H A C K S
F I V E

26. SET A TIMER

27. DON’T MULTITASK

28. GOOGLE KNOWS YOU
BETTER THAN YOU
KNOW YOURSELF

30. Take action now
Plan out your next month of blogging.

31. A RISING TIDE
LIFTS ALL BOATS

32. Thank you!
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