This week's Blogging 101 Tip is brought to us by Connie@The Young and Relentless. She is going to teach us how to organize the blogs you read using Google Reader:
I write three blogs and I follow 200 blogs.
You are probably wondering how I manage to do this and still take care of my two children, clean my apartment, make love to my husband and have time to watch all of the Real Housewives shows.
The answer is Google Reader and blog organization!
I have my subscriptions organized into categories.
A+ blogs that I read daily and comment on religiously.
B blogs that I read almost everyday...but only comment when I have time.
Crafts my favorite craft bloggers who inspire me.
Fitness blogs that I read and comment on.
Denver local bloggers that I know.
Home blogs that improve my home life like Simple Mom and The Inspired Room
Preschool blogs that feature crafts and learning for my kiddos.
Weekly blogs that I read on the weekends.
The beauty in this system is that if I take too many days off from reading blogs...I can mark as read a category...like crafts or preschool, and keep other’s that I’d really like to get to, like A+. This way, my reader is never out of control and I still read the important posts that I don’t want to miss.
After you subscribe to a blog. Go to Feed Settings at the top and select a new folder, name it whatever you want.
Another handy feature of Google Reader....is that you can change the tags on a post and it will store them for you to reference later. I like to save fun ideas like this (if I haven’t saved them on Pinterest) so that I know where I found that cool craft, book or recipe that I want to try.
Being a good blogger and blog commenter starts with organization!
GREAT Tip Connie, thanks so much. I am off to organize my Google Reader...your blog is most def in my A+ file!!
if you have a blogging tip to share send me a note.
20 comments:
Connie rocks! I've been wanting a better way to organize my g reader but honestly had no idea how. This will work brilliantly! THANKS!!! :)
Such A GREAT Tip! Thanks for sharing! Connie does Rock!
I've been meaning to set up Google Reader - looks like it would really help me organize my life!!
xo jess
http://cheapbutchicclothes.blogspot.com/
I love me some Connie! I have Google reader and use it daily but had no idea you could ORGANIZE it! I live for ORGANIZATION! I need to do this STAT.
Thanks Connie!
Hi Mama!
I'm totally wondering where Connie has me. :) Thanks for the tips - I tried creating categories for my blogs and I found that when I moved a blog into a folder it STILL stayed on a list outside the folder too meaning I had to mark as read twice. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong? :)
wow, great advice, blogging can sometimes be overwhelming!
Great tips! Sometimes it's difficult to read every blog every day! Especially if I want to comment :)
That is awesome! I'm so going to have to do that!! Thanks for the great tip!
Um. I just wanna know if I'm in your A+ folder. :)
This is an awesome tip! I've never really used my reader, but now I'm thinking I need to!
I quit Google reader because I let mine get too out of hand. Maybe I should go back. heaven knows I've been needing some new blog organization.
Oh geezzzz - 200 blogs??? Wowza!!
I am hoping that I make her A+ list......
yikers...
~Becca
wow lots of blogs you follow hope i'm one of them as for google reader thanks for the tip i di not know about this will have to go organize my blogs tomorrow
Stopping by from Connie's blog...and wondering which category she has me in. Hmmm...
I haven't used google reader in so long as I had no organization- I think I will have to start using it again! Thanks!!
google reader scares me!! Maybe I will go back in with this guidance and try to make it work for me :)
wow! i use google reader but i had no idea you could sort them like this. FABULOUS!
THANK YOU for sharing this...I'm always looking for tips to make my blog more "accessible" and organized. I will be stalking and obsessing over this now.
This is great advise!!!! I am off to organize now!
thank you for sharing. Be Well, Katherine
Post a Comment