On Blogging Daily — Not Only Luck

Today I share another one of the everyday systems that’s been in my life this year.

My blogging daily system started at the beginning of this year. My initial desire was to have a way to vet ideas publicly as a form of crowdsourced brainstorming on startups. I trusted that the act of writing daily would give shape and structure to my thoughts and actions.

In fact, both the “writing” part and the “daily” part each contribute important elements of structure to my business and personal life.

After a year of blogging, I can say that the benefits of blogging daily go deeper than my initial assumptions. There are personal and family benefits. There is a constant communication stream to my team members and potential future team members. There are connections made with the local Atlanta startup community as well as the markets in which my startup operates.

There is the opportunity to identify mistakes and change course. The best feedback I get is when people say, “Have you considered this alternative way of looking at the issue?” For a small company like ours, it’s super helpful to receive external perspective.

Blogging daily is now an ingrained system in my life. It’s second nature to me to be stewing on blog topics and to detect good topics when they appear.

Blogging daily is by no means the best form of blogging. Some of my favorite bloggers only post a handful of times each year. They write wonderfully informative posts. Some have pointed out how Mark Suster (impactful posts) beats Fred Wilson (daily posts) in this same way.

On January 1st, I will post the web analytic stats from my first year of posts.

What systems for blogging work for you?

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