How to Stay Consistent and Organized as a Content Creator
As a creator monetization coach, I speak with creators on a daily basis and one of the most popular issues I hear from creators is that they’re having trouble staying consistent.
There’s really one good way to stay consistent, and that’s to stay organized.
But staying organized can be difficult whether being a creator is your side hustle or your full-time job.
Today, I’m sharing some of my favorite methods to stay organized, consistent, and on-top of your game as a creator.
Don’t forget that we interviewed Austen Tosone, a successful creator managing content on multiple platforms, on our podcast Soulcial Scoop, and it’s available now for you to binge everywhere you listen to your podcasts. You’ll learn everything you need to know about staying consistent and getting yourself organized as a creator.
Batch create content.
I realize that everyone and their mother has probably already told you about batch creating. It’s not a new concept, but it’s tried and true for many people.
While there are absolutely some creators who prefer to create content on the fly, for the most part, having content ready to go can make life easier — especially if you’re someone with a 9-5 job.
Typically, I suggest splitting your planning tasks into multiple days — For example, Mondays for brainstorming ideas, Tuesdays for gathering content inspiration and planning what you’d like your content to look like, Wednesdays for writing captions and gathering keywords or captions, Thursdays for shooting the content, and Fridays for editing and scheduling.
Obviously, you can change up the days that you do each of these tasks, but what I’ve learned from working with many creators who have other jobs is that they can’t do the entire process top to bottom in one day — especially because that one day typically ends up being their day off.
It’s better to spend one hour each day on the content creation process to make it feel more sustainable for you and less overwhelming.
“Eat the Frog”
Have you ever heard of this productivity method? I was introduced to “eating the frog” about two years ago, and it’s how I’ve run my days ever since.
To “eat the frog” is to take the most daunting task on your to-do — you know, that one you’re really not looking forward to doing — and do it first.
Don’t give yourself a chance to put this task off until later in the day because, let’s be honest, if that’s the case, you’re probably not going to get around to it. Then, you’ll be avoiding it for way longer than you should and it’ll be dwelling over you until it’s done getting more and more daunting as the days go on.
For me, this task is actually shooting content. Sometimes I don’t want to get up, get makeup on, do my hair, get dressed, and record. So, I put it off until later on in the day, but by then, I’m already tired from working all day and if I’ve had something frustrating or annoying happen in my day, you can bet I’m not recording anything.
This is why I prefer to wake up, get myself put together, and get to recording that way it’s done and the rest of my day feels like a breeze.
Utilize your Saved folders on IG+TT.
The best way to make your life easier when it comes to thinking of content ideas is to gather them overtime instead of sitting in front of a blank screen on your computer and trying to brainstorm a ton out of nowhere.
As I’m scrolling on social media and come across things that inspire me, topics I want to talk about on the podcast, or trends I want to try on Reels or TikTok, I save them into organized folders on my Instagram or TikTok.
Then, when it’s time to sit down and think of my content ideas, I start by going through those folders to see what I’ve saved from the week. Sometimes these ideas are all that I need and I don’t really even have to do much digging deep in my brain.
Work smarter, not harder.
Create spreadsheets that work for YOU.
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned as a creator monetization coach working with influencers and content creators on a daily basis is that they all work differently. Sure, I’d love to be able to make some spreadsheet resources for my students and have them all work perfectly for each of them, but that’s just not the case. Everyone likes to work differently.
For me, I have a spreadsheet to track and organize my partnerships, my “to shoot list”, my podcast content, my Youtube/Instagram/TikTok content, my incoming invoices, and my ideas for content.
I created each of these with bare bones at first and started to add more as I found that I needed to track more. For example, with my partnerships tracker, I used to just track the due date, the live date, the rate, the deliverables, and the hashtags I needed to use in the post, but as time went on I realized it was really beneficial for me to start tracking the exclusivity that I agreed on, the usage dates, the date I’m expecting the invoice to be paid, and an attachment of the brief for easy access.
It’s evolved as I’ve realized what could make my life simpler.
If you’re not sure where to start with your spreadsheets, we offer a ton of different tracking templates for free to all of the members in our Soulcialmate Monthly Creator Membership. You can join for less than $10/week and get 1:1 access to me for personalized coaching, a likeminded community of creators, and plenty of easy-to-understand resources and tools.
Have a backlog of ideas.
Similar to using the “Saved” folders on TikTok or Instagram, I also have an “Idea Bank” in my Notion. On this spreadsheet, I have columns of my content pillars and in each of those columns, I write down ideas that I have for content that correlates to that topic.
Each time I receive a question from a student or in a comment on a piece of content, I write it down on this list, and it’s a great place for me to go to when my brain is feeling like mush and nothing is coming to me in terms of content ideas.
This is also a great way for me to ensure that I’m showing up for my community — I’m literally answering the questions that THEY sent in.
Overall, finding that YOU can stay organized and consistent as a creator can be difficult as it’s truly a trial and error process. Every creator has a different method that is going to work best for them, so it’s best to put the pedal to the metal and start trying out different methods to see what keeps you most on your game.
Don’t forget that we interviewed Austen Tosone, a successful creator managing content on multiple platforms, on our podcast Soulcial Scoop, and it’s available now for you to binge everywhere you listen to your podcasts. You’ll learn everything you need to know about staying consistent and getting yourself organized as a creator.
