We will be taking a bit of a different approach to blogging the rest of this year. Instead of approaching each week with “What topic should I write about now?” we will be scheduling out the topics for six weeks to see how this format works compared to before. Granted, this will only be the youth ministry side of our blogging as the technology world is too volatile to plan out more than a couple of weeks in advanced.
We hope that this will also aid in our efforts to start utilizing a weekend guest post system that we are putting into place. While the guest posts are free to write about whatever God leads them to put into a post, we will provide them with a list of topics we are constructing that may spur further thoughts. This is just another set in assisting the whole process for this blog and explore different styles and approaches.
Here are the topics for the next six weeks:
- Youth Ministry and Family
- Essentials in Youth Ministry
- Student Leadership Impact In Ministry
- Parents and Dating Teens
- Volunteer Leadership
- Youth Ministry and Hurting Teens
We are curious, how do you approach blogging? Do you have a schedule, strategy, or tradition? Do you simply write whatever is on your mind at the time and hope that something comes along consistently? Have you heard of other approaches or strategies that are different from the traditional versions being utilized today? Share them in the comments.
kolby milton says
Jeremy, Let me know if it works. I tend to plan out 4 weeks ahead. I am working on a project for the new year that would have me plan 30 posts before Jan 1st. I use the wordpress plugin editoral calendar. You should check it out.
Anonymous says
I will do that! This planning came out of the fact that I will be doing about twelve video projects over these six weeks and since I’ll be out at specific locations, I wanted to do several vlogs!
Anonymous says
Hey guys! I’d love to connect with you! I host a website/blog and a Christian radio show for teenagers. Maybe we could write a guest post or two for one another? My website is http://www.godlovesteenagers.com I found you on Twitter and love what you’re doing here!
Anonymous says
Thanks for contacting us. We will shoot you an email soon.
Ben Read says
As much as I try and make a schedule out, Its hard for me to stick with it. In my previous church, I had so much free time to blog. Now I hardly ever have time. Id like to sit down and make a much more detailed schedule though.
Anonymous says
I understand that! I am the kind of guy that needs a plan or it is actually harder for me to do something. So a six week plan actually makes blogging easier for me.