Comments on: Streamline Your Content Creation Process With Time-Saving Systems

By: Jeff Cockrell

Jeff Cockrell — Sun, 27 May 2012 16:00:12 +0000

Donna,

Thanks for putting this out there.

Quality content is rarer than it should be. The good thing about the internet is anyone can post any content; the bad thing about the internet is that anyone can post any content.

Quality content requires work. Streamlining the work process makes sense. Thanks for allowing us a peek inside how you’ve streamlined yours.

By: Catherine Lockey

Catherine Lockey — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:26:17 +0000

Thanks for sharing your process Donna – more than ever quality content creation is becoming “most wanted.” I’m saving a few of your tips and plan to use them!
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By: Donna Fontenot

Donna Fontenot — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:54:57 +0000

@Cornelia, while writeordie is a wonderful idea, I’m not sure I could stand seeing everything disappear if I paused for too long. My heart might stop! 🙂

@James, not sure what you mean by to(o) direct to be of use, and removing the context, but whatever works for you is cool with me!

@Angie, yours is even more complex than mine because of the client process that you have to deal with. I don’t envy that! 🙂

The key for me really is to make the non-creative bits as routine as possible so I don’t have to waste time over them, so yes, organization of those parts lets me concentrate on what matters.

By: Angie Haggstrom

Angie Haggstrom — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:04:11 +0000

Excellent tips Donna. Always wonder how you keep up with it all 🙂 I use a similar system with a few differences, but simply because I’m not always able to upload my work to the site. Mine are set out by where I am in a project (quoting, writing, client approval, etc.). I also run a set of folders labeled from Sunday to Saturday to keep things straight. Combined with my massive pull file and my ‘ideas’ notes that I have scattered all over in chunks, I find it works well.

I think a lot of people would find that if they kept themselves organized, they’d naturally produce better content. I say this simply because they have to time to do it rather than pushing something through at the last minute because they forgot.

The template is an excellent idea… will try that!

Angie Haggstrom
Angie’s Copywriting

By: JamesStrutton

JamesStrutton — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:20:20 +0000

A little to direct in my opinion to be of a use to the web population as a whole but if you pull your concepts and remove the context its a great read. I think your organization techniques will do me some good in the long run. I use a dirty mix of google docs and local folders to handle my current organization, it works, but there’s obvious flaws.

By: Cornelia Moore

Cornelia Moore — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:56:33 +0000

Excellent list of ideas … so much of your “thinking” and routine work is taken care of by your process that you’re able to concentrate solely on the creative process.

As for tips – I’m a HUGE fan of Write or Die, a tool that forces you to keep writing or it will simply start deleting what you’ve written. The idea is to separate writing from editing as much as possible … just type type type and then once it’s written, go back and start editing.

http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html