I'll tell you a little secret. Before I read this marvellous post by Gwen over at This Fashion is Mine, my blog organisation started and ended in the 'drafts' and 'scheduled' folders of my Blogger dashboard. I mainly blogged day to day, having one or two post planned ahead of me if I was lucky, because I couldn't really find a way to organise my ideas in one place. That was until Gwen introduced Google Calendar to me - something I'd heard of, but had never really looked into or utilised. Gwen's idea was an extreme one - that with the right tools and approach to things, you could quite easily plan a years worth of blog posts. That's right - a year. It isn't really realistic for any blogger to plan a year in advance as new releases show up, and you have new ideas all the time, but the idea was that it's entirely possible if you know how. As soon as I have an idea, I slot it into my calendar where it sits waiting to be moved/adjusted/developed until it's ready to be published, and really it's as simple as that. Earlier this month I decided to take a screen shot of my calendar (which has now changed quite a bit) just so you can get an idea of how I use it...


Key: Ideas, Started, Completed + Scheduled, Series

What I like about Google Calendar is that I can colour code events, move them around as I please, and I can access it anywhere. In fact, you can even set it up to email you however many days before a post to remind you to have it ready which can be great if you're super busy or a tad scatter-brained. This is only one part of my 'blogging process' (more of which I'll talk about in a week or so...) but it's become an invaluable tool for a busy blogger like me.

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  1. This looks so handy! Definitely need to get back on my blogging schedule game :-P


    Kate xo // www.beautybabbles.com

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  2. Thank you so much for this post Isobel. I'm exactly the same as you were, I blog on the day and schedule up to the day before if I'm lucky. I'd love to be more organised but have always found it very difficult and have never come across anything that really helps me... until now perhaps? I'm gonna give it a go now, I'll let you know how I get on with it! Thank you :)

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  3. I was actually after something like this, so thank you for sharing. Imagine planning a year worths of posts though!

    Annabel ♥
    Mascara & Maltesers

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  4. I have just recently started incorporating my blog into my daily planner and it's made such a difference! I've also started planning out posts which has made blogging so stress free, as I always know what's coming up next.

    nueyork.blogspot.com

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  5. Oh this sounds really helpful I definitely needed to read this as I am becoming SO unorganised lately xxx

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  6. I've always kept an editorial calendar, but I keep it in google sheets so I can write down Ideas as they come to me and I can access it on my phone without it getting mixed in with work stuff on my calendar!
    Allison from www.mercuteify.com

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  7. Man, I don't know why I haven't ever thought about using a calendar like this for blog post planning since I do for work and other stuff already. The perfectionist in me totally cringes when I have to scribble things out in my notebook/planner when things change - this would just keep everything so... organized. :) Thanks for sharing this brilliant tip! XO Camey

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  8. No problem Emma, sorry for the late reply but I'm so glad it's been able to help you out. :) xx

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  9. No problem - I hope it works out for you :) x

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  10. I know - and I hardly ever miss a post now :) x

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  11. Ah okay, that sound interesting. Being organised saves so much time! x

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  12. I know - I'm a total perfectionist too so I don't know how it took me this long to figure it out either! Hope this helps to get your blog all organised! I'm a huge fan of your blog Camey, so thanks for commenting! x

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