Editorial plan: How to organize my blog with Trello

 

How do you organize your blog? Do you have an editorial plan in which everything is prescribed weeks in advance? Or are you completely spontaneous and only write the post that should go online on the same day? It took me a lot of tools and a lot of time to finally find a type of editorial plan that was right for me. How I organize my blog with Trello, I'll tell you now.

What is Trello

Trello is a project management tool that you can use for free. You only have to register once and off you go. There is a premium version, but for me, the free version is completely sufficient. In Trello itself, you can make different lists, put items in these lists and position them as you like. You can also add labels, members, and deadlines to the tasks. If you're running a multi-person project, Trello is a great way to keep track of how tasks are distributed.

How do I organize my blog?

I used to write everything down with pen and paper until I realized how ineffective I was at it. Now I write down all the posting ideas in Trello and move them to the appropriate month when I plan the post more specifically. There I also categorize my contributions and add individual subtasks to the task.

I write posts either in Evernote (another brilliant tool) or directly on WordPress. I like the feeling that I am currently designing something for my blog and therefore I also like to use the WordPress editor. At the latest when I insert a few pictures, everything is transferred to the blog.

What features of Trello do I use?

In the meantime, I've got used to using Trello's calendar view. In the beginning, I switched between the views, but the calendar is the easiest for me to use. I drag and drop the appropriate element to the right day and categorize the post. Here you can see my planning for February. Since I published a post every day, I stayed organized thanks to Trello. The dark bar means, for example, that the article has already been written and planned.

Certainly, I could use Trello more effectively for my blog, but so far the variant that I have currently found for myself is enough for me. This makes me much more structured and at the same time more motivated because I know what tasks and topics await me in the next few weeks. Most of the time I have enough topics for the next 1-2 months that all I have to do is write everything down.

How do you organize your blog? Do you have an editorial plan? Which tools will help you further?