Advice from the trenches: best productivity Blogger tools

OK, if you are on a Mac, you must use MarsEdit and other items in this list. But if you have Windows, then the image is much brighter.

The free Windows Live Writer is certainly the best blog editor available. I use for my blog and it is difficult to compare with MarsEdit, even if it is a commercial software. I recommend you search YouTube Live Writer reviews and tutorials, to see it in action. I consider the software to be among the best created by Microsoft and especially created for blogging.

Once again, if you are a Windows user, and SnagIt is perhaps the best screen capture (either photo or video) in software, even if I do not see this well-related blogs. In addition, it is not free.

I refuse to fully understand how the Gmail or Google Calendar fell into this list, because they are not linked to blogs at all.

Personally for me, the list of things that I use for blogging also includes HTML Editor (the blog is not only consists of positions, but pages also), service comments Disqus, some modules for the Chrome browser that analyse the performance of the site, the software development environment (as I'm changing the blog engine according to my needs)utility synchronization of files, software for the production of screencasts and a whole lot more, but they are not directly related to the blogs, so the list would be meaningless.

The list of tools depends on what you do. Basically, that the list should contain only the platform (WordPress, BlogEngine.NET or other) and the editor offline, everything else is irrelevant.

In my view, by using the right equipment is no less important - for example, I have a separate laptop for blogs, and I am extremely pleased that I have taken this decision, although for some people it would look like to an overcapacity.

Just my 5 c.

Blog wise Tip 3: productivity

In view of all tasks that may arise on a blogger for the list, it is not surprising that many of us struggle with the task of planning and control. Even the big names bloggers we interviewed for Blog Wise faced with these issues.

After the negative effects of stress on its productivity, Amy Porterfield has adopted a range of tools - schedule physical to Google Docs - that help smooth its daily workload and to ensure that it receives all that is.

More importantly, it actually uses these tools: she told us that it ignores everything that do not really work for it. In this way, its operational management tactics and time are in constant evolution based on personal preferences and its workload and changing objectives.

Gretchen Rubin has found that having an Office and a clear workspace, helps them feel calm and in control. "Outer order contributes to inner calm," she said. "And I think,"well, is really important if my desktop is messy, because I do not see any."" But now I've really with the fact that I feel more calm, my mind feels more orderly, when my stuff is more orderly. »

Bloggers who work at home with families of obviously to a particular set of challenges of planning. Heather and Darren explain the value of sitting at the beginning of the week - perhaps even on Sunday and look at work and life to see what is this week.

Darren also takes the opportunity to speak with his wife on family plans, so that it can plan the things he needs to do as a father, as a blogger.

Heather said that Google calendars have been a "life-changer" for her. "We connected all our calendars on Gmail," she said. And so my assistant has a calendar, my husband has a calendar, there is a calendar of the House, there is a calendar of work - me, there is a me-exercise schedule, and all those who are synchronized together on my phone so that I can watch in my day.

"I can make a change, my husband can make a change, and immediately refresh on my phone so I know what to be prepared for the rest of the day." Heather adds that although things are not always going to plan, "is having all the other days go slowly making only one or two days off the coast of the rails feasible."

Finally Leo, who blogs without goals or plans, also believes that "without a doubt I more in control of my life now that I have never been before."

"Blogging made as possible", added.

How do you plan your blogging - and how much you leave place randomly? We would like to hear your take on planning in the comments.

Tomorrow: what structure contributes to productivity.