Achievement success & a 2016 editorial calendar

byYoder

355 followers

Updated 9 years ago

I finished my editorial calendar for next year!!.

For the affiliate marketing & content management professional, an editorial calendar is a planning tool, a guide & a forecast model. It is invaluable for research, minimizes writer's block and controls that sick feeling when that comes up when a writer has an approaching deadline & no new ideas.

Just like every large task, break down the year into the months. Decide on a major or primary topic for the month. Then take it weekly & choose the content to publish.

I publish twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday mornings after 9 am because that is statistically the best time to post content. Since I now have control over my schedule, I can avoid random posting and publishing errors like posting on a Monday, the worst publication day of the week.

I have better chance presenting a professional, well-designed product, and more control over online reputation by consistently posting on a regular basis.

Once I have an idea of how much content, I can determine when I need to have my research and drafts finished.

I always come across an article or a post somewhere that I want to keep. I read something that I don't want to forget or maybe refer to later in the year.

When I read something I might want to use later, I like to drop it into my OneNote Notebook. Personally, I like OneNote, but there are many other ways to preserve and recall research.

Readership & the search engines like consistency. They also like fresh content. Google is always looking for ways to improve content freshness.

In November, Google received patent protection for their latest freshness algorithm, which is said to affect as much as 35% of all internet traffic. Using an editorial calendar ensures that content freshness. It is another tool to help improve SEO rank.

You can Google editorial calendar; the search will bring up all sort of examples. There are several calendar templates in Excel format. The Chrome Web Store has several fancy editorial & social media calendar extensions.

I am lazy & I prefer the easiest method, so I went to my Outlook calendar & created something simple with color coded deadlines and publication dates.

Use what works for you. My recommendation? Do not to spend a lot of time figuring out how you want to do it.

Remember the objective is to make a plan, write it down and move on to the next important action item on your checklist.

I found that it was best to go somewhere & get uninterrupted time to think about how to achieve business goals. It is not necessary to rush, but it is also not necessary to make the planning process a major ordeal. I always try to complicate everything and make it more complicated than necessary.

I found it was best to keep things simple. My entire process only took an hour and a half or two hours. So it does not require a significant time commitment.

One of my 2016 goals is to launch a second website mid-January. I have further plans to grow additional sites in the future. As my affiliate marketing business grows, content planning will become even more important.

Weekly WA referral numbers, content publication & written editorial calendar are the tools that will keep me on track and achieve the 2016 business goals that I have set.

Use the time now, to plan next year's activity.

I think of the blessing that led me to my friends in the WA community. The night before I found WA, I was frustrated from trying to do it on my own. I was ready to spend $3,000 to join a mentor program with one of the best internet long term internet marketers.out there.

Something in the back of my mind said why don't you look one more time and see if there is anything else out there. That's when I found Wealthy Affiliate on the internet. I did not spend $3,000. Only invested $19 in checking out WA. . Today I eagerly pay $47.00 per month, and as soon as possible I will save the money and pay annually.

Everything in this system is tried, and it has been proven over time Today the system is so simple that all we have to to is follow the step by step instructions.

The real power of this program is the community. So take advantage. Participate, make friends, ask questions and definitely, pay it forward.

I wish you a very successful affiliate marketing year. You will see fantastic growth in 2016. It will be an exciting time in your WA affiliated business. I look forward to reading about your WA success in the future.

Yoder