Tips for writing a blog diligently

My name is Ito and I am an infrastructure engineer and a member of the web marketing team.

Blogging is one of the marketing strategies Beyond is focusing on.
At Beyond, we have a blog writing quota that we try to meet, but
it seems that "writing a blog while working" is difficult for people who are not used to blogging, and sometimes it
can be disappointing that "there are no new posts for a while."

I personally run a blog, so
I find spare time to write, and
I'm good at writing blogs, but
it can be difficult for people who aren't used to it.

So, here are some tips for consistently writing a blog

Taking inventory of what you're doing

"Writing a blog" has now become part of our company's work, but
when we are dealing with customer inquiries or working on infrastructure and development,
those things take priority, and "writing a blog" falls down the priority list.

If this continues, it will become difficult to write a blog, and
before you know it, you will forget about the task of writing a blog.

This is of course not limited to blogging, but
I think how to find time for the second area of ​​the 7 Habits
is a challenge that applies to everyone who works.

※The explanation of the second area of ​​the 7 Habits is written a little below

In such cases, if you don't have a clear understanding of what you need to do,
end up spending your time on a vague sense of busyness, such as ``Oh, I'm kind of busy,'' and you
won't be able to write a blog.

you can visualize that
things that aren't that important I hope to write about the specific methods in a separate post.

Also, it's useful even if you're not blogging, so I think you should definitely do it

The second domain of the 7 Habits

To give a very rough explanation of the "Second Domain of the 7 Habits," it corresponds to things that are "highly important but not urgent," and are things that "would be
beneficial to me (or my company) if I did them, but I don't have time, so I'll put them off."

For example, something like this

• Go to the gym
• Study
• Creating in-house manuals

Aren't all of them things that you think are important but don't have time, so let's put them off?

By the way, other areas are like this

• Area 1: "High importance and urgency" such as disasters and complaint handling
• Third area: "Things that are low in importance but urgent" such as phone calls or unexpected visits
• Fourth area: Things that are neither important nor urgent, such as killing time or taking a long break

The Franklin Planner page is helpful, so please take a look if you are interested.
Habit 3: Prioritize what is important (put your top priorities first) [Prioritize importance, not urgency] | 7 Habits Self-Study | Franklin Planner Japan Co., Ltd.

Write even if it's just a little at a time

Even if you can find the time, it's difficult to devote an hour or two to blogging. This is possible
if you have some discretion over your work, but for most people, this isn't possible.
There will be interruptions in the middle of writing a blog, so it's difficult.

So, even if you don't have a lot of time, it's a good idea to write a little at a time.
My general writing method is to divide it into sections like "Let's write just one heading."
If it's just one heading, it shouldn't take that much time (although it depends on the person).

If you continue to work on it little by little like this, you will find that you have created a piece of writing before you know it

Whatever the form, it's very important to keep moving forward

It's really just steady work

If you think of tasks in broad terms, they will be too big and you will lose motivation, but
by breaking down the tasks into smaller and smaller ones, you will be able to move forward.

Even if the task is something like "writing a blog," if you make it something like this
, you might feel like you can make a little more progress.

• Think of a title
• Try writing the opening sentence
• Write the first heading
• Write the heading 2
• Write the heading 3
• Fix it

Of course, this can be applied not only to blogs but also to various aspects of work

summary

I really want people to realize that writing a blog is surprisingly easy.
3 Benefits of Blogging | Beyond Co., Ltd.
I write about these things, and
how do you write a blog? | Beyond Co., Ltd.
I also write about these things.

I hope this reaches people who want to write a blog but think it's too difficult!